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    Let the Good Times Roll: The Complete Decca Recordings 1938-54: 'Fore Day Blues

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    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Toodle-Loo on Down
  • 3:15

  • 2
  • So Good
  • 3:09

  • 3
  • Away from You
  • 2:49

  • 4
  • Honey in the Bee Ball
  • 3:10

  • 5
  • Barnacle Bill the Sailor
  • 2:46

  • 6
  • Flat Face (Instrumental)
  • 2:44

  • 7
  • Keep a Knockin'
  • 2:37

  • 8
  • Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches
  • 2:47

  • 9
  • Swingin' in a Coconut Tree (Instrumental)
  • 2:48

  • 10
  • Doug the Jitterbug
  • 2:35

  • 11
  • At the Swing Cat's Ball
  • 2:33

  • 12
  • Jake, What a Snake (Instrumental)
  • 2:36

  • 13
  • Honeysuckle Rose
  • 3:11

  • 14
  • 'Fore Day Blues
  • 2:39

  • 15
  • But I'll Be Back
  • 2:40

  • 16
  • You Ain't Nowhere
  • 2:43

  • 17
  • You're My Meat
  • 3:02

  • 18
  • Juneteenth Jamboree
  • 2:45

  • 19
  • You Run Your Mouth and I'll Run My Business
  • 2:39

  • 20
  • I'm Alabama Bound
  • 3:00

  • 21
  • Hard Lovin' Blues
  • 3:13

  • 22
  • You Got to Go When the Wagon Comes
  • 2:30

  • 23
  • Lovie Joe
  • 2:47

  • 24
  • Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man
  • 2:42

  • 25
  • Bounce the Ball (Do da Dittle Um Day)
  • 2:44

  • 26
  • Penthouse in the Basement
  • 2:36

  • 27
  • After School Swing Session (Swinging With Sympony Sid)
  • 2:35

  • 28 (2)
  • Oh Boy, I'm in the Groove
  • 2:50

  • 29 (2)
  • Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doin'
  • 3:05

  • 30 (2)
  • Don't Come Cryin' on My Shoulder
  • 2:32

  • 31 (2)
  • Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
  • 2:33

  • 32 (2)
  • A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
  • 2:37

  • 33 (2)
  • Pompton Turnpike
  • 3:10

  • 34 (2)
  • Do You Call That a Buddy? (Dirty Cat)
  • 3:16

  • 35 (2)
  • I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
  • 2:32

  • 36 (2)
  • Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (Instrumental)
  • 2:57

  • 37 (2)
  • The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)
  • 2:28

  • 38 (2)
  • T-Bone Blues
  • 3:10

  • 39 (2)
  • Pan-Pan
  • 2:54

  • 40 (2)
  • Saint Vitus Dance
  • 2:52

  • 41 (2)
  • Saxa-Woogie
  • 2:40

  • 42 (2)
  • Brotherly Love (Wrong Ideas)
  • 3:00

  • 43 (2)
  • De Laff's on You
  • 2:53

  • 44 (2)
  • Boogie Woogie Came to Town
  • 3:09

  • 45 (2)
  • John, Stop Teasing Me
  • 3:03

  • 46 (2)
  • How 'Bout That?
  • 2:55

  • 47 (2)
  • Teacher (How I Love My Teacher)
  • 2:42

  • 48 (2)
  • Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)
  • 3:05

  • 49 (2)
  • Knock Me a Kiss
  • 2:49

  • 50 (2)
  • The Green Grass Grows All Around
  • 2:54

  • 51 (2)
  • Mister Lovingood
  • 2:48

  • 52 (2)
  • Small Town Boy
  • 2:49

  • 53 (2)
  • I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
  • 2:50

  • 54 (3)
  • What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)?
  • 2:52

  • 55 (3)
  • The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall
  • 2:29

  • 56 (3)
  • I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
  • 3:06

  • 57 (3)
  • That'll Just About Knock Me Out
  • 3:10

  • 58 (3)
  • Dirty Snake
  • 2:27

  • 59 (3)
  • Five Guys Named Moe
  • 3:02

  • 60 (3)
  • It's a Low Down Dirty Shame
  • 2:49

  • 61 (3)
  • De Laff's on You
  • 2:50

  • 62 (3)
  • Ration Blues
  • 3:09

  • 63 (3)
  • Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
  • 2:45

  • 64 (3)
  • Deacon Jones
  • 2:58

  • 65 (3)
  • The Things I Want I Can't Get at Home
  • 2:56

  • 66 (3)
  • How High Am I?
  • 2:56

  • 67 (3)
  • I Like 'Em Fat Like That
  • 2:40

  • 68 (3)
  • The Truth of the Matter
  • 2:44

  • 69 (3)
  • Hey! Now Let's Live
  • 2:32

  • 70 (3)
  • Mop! Mop!
  • 2:57

  • 71 (3)
  • G.I. Jive
  • 3:00

  • 72 (3)
  • You Can't Get That No More
  • 3:21

  • 73 (3)
  • Louis' Oldsmobile Song
  • 1:51

  • 74 (3)
  • Your Socks Don't Match
  • 3:03

  • 75 (3)
  • My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)
  • 2:48

  • 76 (3)
  • My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)
  • 2:58

  • 77 (3)
  • Your Socks Don't Match
  • 2:58

  • 78 (4)
  • Buzz Me
  • 2:52

  • 79 (4)
  • They Raided the House
  • 2:53

  • 80 (4)
  • Caldonia Boogie
  • 2:44

  • 81 (4)
  • Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
  • 3:16

  • 82 (4)
  • How Long Must I Wait for You?
  • 2:37

  • 83 (4)
  • Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
  • 2:19

  • 84 (4)
  • Salt Pork, West Virginia
  • 3:02

  • 85 (4)
  • Paper Boy
  • 3:07

  • 86 (4)
  • Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
  • 2:31

  • 87 (4)
  • Reconversion Blues
  • 2:23

  • 88 (4)
  • It's So Easy
  • 2:53

  • 89 (4)
  • Beware, Brother, Beware
  • 2:53

  • 90 (4)
  • Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
  • 2:59

  • 91 (4)
  • Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
  • 2:44

  • 92 (4)
  • Ain't That Just Like a Woman
  • 2:53

  • 93 (4)
  • That Chick's Too Young to Fry
  • 2:26

  • 94 (4)
  • No Sale
  • 2:54

  • 95 (4)
  • If It's Love You Want Baby, That's Me
  • 2:50

  • 96 (4)
  • Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
  • 3:05

  • 97 (4)
  • Let the Good Times Roll
  • 2:49

  • 98 (4)
  • All for the Love of Lil
  • 2:52

  • 99 (4)
  • Texas and Pacific
  • 3:05

  • 100 (4)
  • Jack, You're Dead!
  • 2:34

  • 101 (4)
  • Reet Petite and Gone
  • 2:44

  • 102 (4)
  • Sure Had a Wonderful Time
  • 3:01

  • 103 (4)
  • I Know What You're Putting Down
  • 3:07

  • 104 (4)
  • Open the Door, Richard
  • 2:30

  • 105 (5)
  • Friendship
  • 2:24

  • 106 (5)
  • Open the Door, Richard
  • 3:03

  • 107 (5)
  • Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
  • 2:48

  • 108 (5)
  • Barnyard Boogie
  • 2:48

  • 109 (5)
  • Every Man to His Own Profession
  • 3:19

  • 110 (5)
  • Early in the Morning
  • 3:23

  • 111 (5)
  • Run Joe
  • 3:23

  • 112 (5)
  • Look Out
  • 2:54

  • 113 (5)
  • Beans and Corn Bread
  • 3:00

  • 114 (5)
  • Have You Got the Gumpton?
  • 3:05

  • 115 (5)
  • We Can't Agree
  • 2:50

  • 116 (5)
  • Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
  • 2:31

  • 117 (5)
  • Roamin' Blues
  • 2:56

  • 118 (5)
  • Inflation Blues
  • 3:00

  • 119 (5)
  • You're Much Too Fat (And That's That)
  • 2:43

  • 120 (5)
  • Chug Chug Boogie
  • 2:56

  • 121 (5)
  • There'll Be No Days Like That
  • 2:50

  • 122 (5)
  • Pettin' and Pokin'
  • 2:34

  • 123 (5)
  • You're on the Right Track, Baby
  • 3:03

  • 124 (5)
  • Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
  • 2:45

  • 125 (5)
  • Why'd You Do It Baby?
  • 3:20

  • 126 (5)
  • Daddy-O
  • 3:19

  • 127 (5)
  • Safe, Sane and Single
  • 2:42

  • 128 (5)
  • I Know What I've Got, Don't Know What I'm Getting
  • 2:54

  • 129 (5)
  • You Broke Your Promise
  • 2:51

  • 130 (5)
  • Push-Ka Pee-Shee Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)
  • 2:33

  • 131 (6)
  • Cole Slaw
  • 2:45

  • 132 (6)
  • Beans and Corn Bread
  • 2:52

  • 133 (6)
  • Onion (Instrumental)
  • 2:55

  • 134 (6)
  • Baby's Gonna Go, Bye-Bye
  • 2:49

  • 135 (6)
  • Heed My Warning
  • 3:22

  • 136 (6)
  • Psycho-Loco (Instrumental)
  • 3:03

  • 137 (6)
  • School Days (When We Were Kids)
  • 2:36

  • 138 (6)
  • Hungry Man
  • 3:08

  • 139 (6)
  • Love You 'Til Your Money's Gone Blues
  • 2:22

  • 140 (6)
  • Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pts. 1-2
  • 5:25

  • 141 (6)
  • I Want a Roof Over My Head
  • 2:41

  • 142 (6)
  • Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)
  • 2:53

  • 143 (6)
  • Blue Light Boogie, Pt. 1-2
  • 5:11

  • 144 (6)
  • Tamburitza Boogie
  • 3:13

  • 145 (6)
  • (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
  • 2:36

  • 146 (6)
  • Lemonade
  • 3:17

  • 147 (6)
  • It's a Great, Great Pleasure
  • 3:09

  • 148 (6)
  • You Will Always Have a Friend
  • 3:03

  • 149 (6)
  • Louisville Lodge Meeting
  • 3:26

  • 150 (6)
  • Trouble Then Satisfaction
  • 3:23

  • 151 (6)
  • Crazy Baby
  • 2:58

  • 152 (6)
  • Life Is So Peculiar
  • 3:22

  • 153 (6)
  • You Rascal You
  • 3:07

  • 154 (6)
  • Teardrops from My Eyes
  • 2:59

  • 155 (7)
  • If You've Got Some Place to Go
  • 3:13

  • 156 (7)
  • Weak Minded Blues
  • 2:31

  • 157 (7)
  • Is My Pop in There?
  • 2:30

  • 158 (7)
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • 2:31

  • 159 (7)
  • If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich?
  • 2:59

  • 160 (7)
  • Trust in Me
  • 3:31

  • 161 (7)
  • Louisville Lodge Meeting
  • 3:32

  • 162 (7)
  • How Blue Can You Get?
  • 2:46

  • 163 (7)
  • Happy Birthday Boogie
  • 2:11

  • 164 (7)
  • May Every Day Be Christmas
  • 3:12

  • 165 (7)
  • Please Don't Leave Me
  • 3:16

  • 166 (7)
  • Bone Dry
  • 3:03

  • 167 (7)
  • I Love That Kinda Carryin' On
  • 2:36

  • 168 (7)
  • Three Handed Woman
  • 2:47

  • 169 (7)
  • Fat Sam from Birmingham
  • 3:01

  • 170 (7)
  • Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
  • 2:13

  • 171 (7)
  • Garmoochie
  • 3:17

  • 172 (7)
  • There Must Be a Way
  • 3:12

  • 173 (7)
  • Come and Get It (Instrumental)
  • 2:54

  • 174 (7)
  • Stop Makin' Music
  • 2:32

  • 175 (7)
  • Slow Down
  • 2:40

  • 176 (7)
  • Work, Baby Work
  • 2:47

  • 177 (7)
  • Never Trust a Woman
  • 2:56

  • 178 (7)
  • All of Me
  • 2:28

  • 179 (7)
  • There Goes My Heart
  • 2:55

  • 180 (7)
  • Lay Something on the Bar (Besides Your Elbow)
  • 2:41

  • 181 (7)
  • Gimme Gimmie Blues
  • 2:57

  • 182 (8)
  • Junco Partner
  • 2:46

  • 183 (8)
  • Time Marches On
  • 2:29

  • 184 (8)
  • Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
  • 3:09

  • 185 (8)
  • Oil Well, Texas
  • 2:29

  • 186 (8)
  • There's Nothing Else That I Can Do
  • 3:10

  • 187 (8)
  • Jordan For President
  • 2:59

  • 188 (8)
  • The Soon-A-Baby
  • 2:38

  • 189 (8)
  • There's Nothing Else That I Can Do
  • 2:38

  • 190 (8)
  • The Soon-A-Baby
  • 2:25

  • 191 (8)
  • You Didn't Want Me Baby
  • 2:46

  • 192 (8)
  • A Man's Best Friend Is a Bed
  • 3:12

  • 193 (8)
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  • 3:23

  • 194 (8)
  • It's Better to Wait for Love
  • 2:41

  • 195 (8)
  • Only Yesterday
  • 3:08

  • 196 (8)
  • Just Like a Butterfly (That's Caught in the Rain)
  • 3:17

  • 197 (8)
  • Hog Wash
  • 2:59

  • 198 (8)
  • House Party
  • 2:51

  • 199 (8)
  • Everything That's Made of Wood
  • 2:44

  • 200 (8)
  • I Want You to Be My Baby
  • 3:00

  • 201 (8)
  • You Know It Too
  • 2:54

  • 202 (8)
  • Locked Up
  • 2:42

  • 203 (8)
  • I Gotta Move
  • 2:32

  • 204 (8)
  • Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  • 3:01

  • 205 (8)
  • If It's True
  • 2:43

  • 206 (8)
  • Wake Up Jacob
  • 2:56

  • 207 (8)
  • Lollypop
  • 2:30

  • 208 (8)
  • Perdido (Instrumental)
  • 2:55

  • 209 (9)
  • Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
  • 2:43

  • 210 (9)
  • Petootie Pie
  • 2:36

  • 211 (9)
  • Petootie Pie
  • 2:31

  • 212 (9)
  • Baby, It's Cold Outside
  • 2:46

  • 213 (9)
  • Don't Cry, Cry Baby
  • 3:00

  • 214 (9)
  • Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
  • 3:15

  • 215 (9)
  • I'll Never Be Free
  • 3:09


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