The Complete Decca Recordings

Original Release Date:  1991

Track Listing

• 1. Lover Man
• 2. No More
• 3. No More [Alternate Take]
• 4. That Ole Devil Called Love
• 5. Don't Explain [First Version]
• 6. Big Stuff
• 7. Don't Explain [Second Version]
• 8. Big Stuff
• 9. You Better Go Now
• 10. What Is This Thing Called Love?
• 11. Good Morning Heartache
• 12. No Good Man [Previously Unissued Alternate][#]
• 13. No Good Man
• 14. Big Stuff [Breakdown and Chatter][#]
• 15. Big Stuff [Third Version][#]
• 16. Big Stuff
• 17. Baby, I Don't Cry Over You [Previously Unissued Alternate][#]
• 18. Baby, I Don't Cry Over You
• 19. I'll Look Around [Previously Unissued Alternate][#]
• 20. I'll Look Around
• 21. The Blues Are Brewin'
• 22. Guilty [Previously Unissued Alternate][#]
• 23. Guilty [Previously Unissued Breakdown and Chatter][Excerpt]
• 24. Guilty
• 25. Deep Song
• 26. There Is No Greater Love
• 27. Easy Living
• 28. Solitude [Previously Unissued Alternate][#]
• 29. Solitude
• 30. Weep No More
• 31. Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys
• 32. I Loves You, Porgy
• 33. My Man [Previously Unissued Alternate][#]
• 34. My Man
• 35. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do [Previously Unissued Alternate][#]
• 36. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
• 37. Baby Get Lost
• 38. Keeps on A-Rainin'
• 39. Them There Eyes
• 40. Do Your Duty
• 41. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
• 42. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
• 43. My Sweet Hunk O' Trash
• 44. Now or Never
• 45. You're My Thrill
• 46. They Can't Take That Away from Me
• 47. Please Tell Me Now
• 48. Somebody's on My Mind
• 49. God Bless the Child
• 50. This Is Heaven to Me

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Percy Grainger: Composer
• Buck Clayton: Trumpet
• Richard Davis: Vocals (Background)
• Leonard Feather: Composer
• Tiny Grimes: Guitar
• Bobby Hackett: Trumpet
• Gordon Jenkins: Arranger, Director, ?
• Budd Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• James P. Johnson: Composer
• Mundell Lowe: Guitar
• Specs Powell: Drums
• Lester Young: Sax (Tenor)
• Eddie Barefield: Clarinet, Sax (Baritone)
• Billy Butterfield: Trumpet
• Cozy Cole: Drums
• Bob Haggart: Bass, Arranger, Director
• Horace Henderson: Piano
• Al Klink: Sax (Alto)
• Carl Kress: Guitar
• Bernie Leighton: Piano
• Johnny Mince: Sax (Alto)
• Sy Oliver: Arranger, Director
• Johnny Parker: Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Joe Thomas: Sax (Tenor)
• George Wettling: Drums
• Tutti Camarata: Arranger, Director
• Bob Bain: Guitar
• George Duvivier: Bass
• Louis Armstrong: Vocals, Performer
• Everett Barksdale: Guitar
• Tom Barney: Bass
• Joe Benjamin: Bass
• Emmett Berry: Trumpet
• Denzil Best: Drums
• Billie Holiday: Composer, Vocals
• Larry Binyon: Guitar, Sax (Tenor)
• Wallace Bishop: Drums
• Johnny Blowers: Drums
• Dave Bowman: Piano
• Teddy Brannon: Arranger
• Mort Bullman: Trombone
• Sonny Burke: Producer
• Russ Case: Trumpet
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Henderson Chambers: Trombone
• Pete Clark: Sax (Alto)
• Kenny Clarke: Drums
• Shad Collins: Trumpet
• Sid Cooper: Sax (Alto)
• Jimmy Crawford: Drums
• Lem Davis: Sax (Alto)
• Bob Dorsey: Sax (Tenor)
• George Dorsey: Sax (Alto)
• Ervin Drake: Composer
• Art Drelinger: Sax (Tenor)
• Frank Driggs: Photography
• Nick Fatool: Drums
• David Frisina: Violin
• Milt Gabler: Producer, Photography
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Gordon Griffin: Trumpet
• Joe Guy: Trumpet
• Gus Kahn: Composer
• Armand Karpoff: Viola
• Leo Kruczek: Violin
• Billy Kyle: Piano
• Jack Lesberg: Bass
• Kelly Martin: Drums
• George Matthews: Trombone
• Andy McKaie: Producer, Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
• Dave McRae: Sax (Baritone)
• F.E. Miller: Composer
• Nuncio "Toots" Mondello: Sax (Alto)
• Sol Moore: Sax (Baritone)
• Tony Mottola: Guitar
• Loulie Jean Norman: Vocals (Background)
• Jimmy Nottingham: Trumpet
• Rudy Powell: Sax (Alto)
• Bernie Privin: Trumpet
• Hank Ross: Strings, Sax (Tenor)
• Hymie Schertzer: Sax (Alto)
• Doug Schwartz: Engineer, Reissue Engineer
• Norris "Bunny" Shawker: Drums
• Jimmy Shirley: Guitar
• John Simmons: Bass, Director
• Bill Stegmeyer: Clarinet, Director, Sax (Alto)
• Bobby Tucker: Piano, Sax (Tenor)
• Dick Vance: Trumpet
• Dicky Wells: Trombone
• Clarence Williams: Composer
• Shadow Wilson: Drums
• Milt Yaner: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Paul Ricci: Guitar, Sax (Tenor)
• Kurt Reher: Cello
• Stanley Webb: Sax (Baritone)
• Sammy Benskin: Piano
• Tony Faso: Trumpet
• John Fulton: Clarinet, Flute, Strings, Sax (Tenor), ?
• Bernard Kaufman: Strings, Sax (Tenor)
• Charlie LaVere: Piano
• Maurice Perlmutter: Viola
• Joe Quadri: Violin
• Joe Springer: Piano
• George Stevenson: Trombone
• Vartan: Art Direction
• The Stardusters: Choir, Chorus, Performer
• Dave Harris: Guitar
• Andy Engel: Design
• Michael Ochs: Photography
• Billy Taylor, Sr.: Bass
• Dave Knight: Vocals (Background)
• Morris Lefkowitz: Violin
• Daniel Perry: Guitar
• Rostelle Reese: Trumpet
• Armand Camgros: Strings, Sax (Tenor), ?
• Bobby Williams: Trumpet
• Haig Stephens: Bass
• William Gottlieb: Photography
• Geary Chansley: Photo Research
• Buster Harding: Director
• Ralph Blane: Composer
• Curtis Lewis: Composer
• Jack Cressey: Sax (Alto)
• Dick "Dent" Eckles: Flute, Sax (Tenor)
• Fred Neff: Orchestra, Orchestra Manager
• Pat Nizza: Sax (Tenor)
• George Serloff: Violin
• Freddy Williams: Sax (Tenor)
• Mark Matlock: Photography, Cover Design
• Billy Moore Jr.: Composer
• Art Drellinger: Sax (Tenor)
• Richard A. Whiting: Composer
• Harry Akst: Composer
• Dan Fisher: Composer
• Irene Higginbotham: Composer
• Charles Schroeder: Vocals (Background)
• Robert Prince: Composer
• Bickley S. Reichmer: Composer
• Robert Graham: Composer
• Freddie Williams: Sax (Tenor)
• Dave Harris: Sax (Tenor)
• Morton Krouse: Composer
• Charles Jaffe: Violin
• Frank Siefiels: Violin
• John Levy: Bass