Louis Armstrong - Pops Is Tops The Complete Verve Studio Albums And More

Złożony z czterech płyt CD zestaw zawiera trzy albumy Louisa Armstronga ("I've Got The World On A String", "Louis Under The Stars", "Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson") oraz wyjątkowy krążek "A Day With Satchmo", na którym znajdują się, między innymi, rzadko spotykane wersje znanych przebojów Mistrza.
Wszystkie te albumy zostały nagrane w ciągu zaledwie kilku dni w sierpniu i październiku 1957 roku. Dziś, uznawane są za jedne z najwybitniejszych w bogatej dyskografii Armstronga.
Każdy z albumów posiada oryginalny dźwięk mono, co jest bezprecedensowym zjawiskiem na rynku płyt CD.
Lista utworów:
CD 1
I've Got The World On A String original mono album
1. When Your Love Has Gone
2. You're the Top
3. You Turned the Tables on Me
4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
5. Little Girl Blue
6. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
7. We'll Be Together Again
8. I've Got the World on a String
9. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
10. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Bonus Tracks
11. You Turned the Tables on Me (stereo master take)
12. Little Girl Blue (stereo master take)
13. You Turned the Tables on Me (alternate take 1 w/false start)
14. You Turned the Tables on Me (partial alternate take 3)
15. You Turned The Tables On Me (inserts & rehearsal)
16. I've Got the World on a String (false start/alternate take 2)
17. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (false start/breakdown takes 2 & 3)
18. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (alternate take 4)
CD 2
Louis Under The Stars original mono album
1. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
2. Have You Met Miss Jones?
3. I Only Have Eyes For You
4. Stormy Weather
5. Home (When Shadows Fall)
6. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
7. You're Blasé
8. Body and Soul
Bonus Tracks
9. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) (stereo master take)
10. Body And Soul (stereo master take)
11. Stormy Weather (breakdown/alternate take 2)
12. Stormy Weather (alternate take 3)
13. Stormy Weather (breakdown 4)
14. Stormy Weather (breakdown 5)
CD 3
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson original mono album
1. That Old Feeling
2. Let's Fall in Love
3. I'll Never Be the Same
4. Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
5. How Long Has This Been Going On?
6. I Was Doing All Right
7. What's New?
8. Moon Song
9. Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter)
10. There's No You
11. You Go to My Head
12. Sweet Lorraine
Bonus Tracks
13. Blues in the Night (rehearsal 1)
14. Let's Fall In Love (alternate take 1)
15. Let's Fall In Love (alternate take 2)
Additional Bonus Track
16. Indiana (studio warm-up)
CD 4
A Day With Satchmo: August 1, 1957
1. Makin' Whoopee (breakdown)
2. Makin' Whoopee (alternate take 1)
3. Makin' Whoopee (alternate take 2)
4. Makin' Whoopee (breakdown 3)
5. Makin' Whoopee (master take 4)
6. I Get a Kick Out of You
7. I Get a Kick Out of You (breakdown and studio chatter 3)
8. I Get a Kick Out of You (alternate take 4)
9. I Get a Kick Out of You (breakdown 5)
10. I Get a Kick Out of You (false start 6)
11. I Get a Kick Out of You (false start 7)
12. I Get a Kick Out of You (master take 8)
13. I Get a Kick Out of You (breakdowns and false starts 9-12)
14. I Get a Kick Out of You (alternate take 13)
15. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (breakdowns 1 and 2)
16. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (alternate take 3)
17. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (master take 4)
18. Willow Weep for Me (false start 1)
19. Willow Weep for Me (alternate take 2)
20. Willow Weep for Me (breakdown and false start 3)
21. Willow Weep For Me (alternate take 4)
22. Willow Weep for Me (false start 5)
23. Willow Weep for Me (breakdown 6)
24. Willow Weep For Me (master take 7)