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The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve Lester Young

Release: 2006 United States, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 142, Length: 10:24:20, Barcode: 602498362754
Release type: Other

Contents

CD #1
1 Back to the Land 3:58
2 I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take) 3:51
3 I Cover the Waterfront (Master take) 4:04
4 Somebody Loves Me 3:54
5 I've Found a New Baby 4:05
6 The Man I Love 4:51
7 Peg O' My Heart 4:05
8 I Want to Be Happy 3:58
9 Mean to Me 4:13
10 Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take) 3:00
11 Too Marvelous for Words (LP take) 3:02
12 'Deed I Do 3:17
13 Encore 3:09
14 Polka Dots and Moonbeams 3:41
15 Up 'n' Adam 3:50
16 Three Little Words 3:19
17 Count Every Star (Master take) 3:01
18 Count Every Star 3:12
19 It All Depends on You 3:23
20 Neenah (alternate take) 3:09
21 Neenah (alternate take) 2:18
22 Neenah (Master take) 3:26
CD #2
1 Jeepers Creepers 3:07
2 Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take) 2:55
3 Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take) 2:57
4 September in the Rain 3:08
5 Undercover Girl Blues 2:44
6 Frenesi 3:01
7 Pete's Cafe 3:36
8 Little Pee Blues 2:42
9 A Foggy Day 2:52
10 In a Little Spanish Town 3:14
11 Let's Fall in Love 2:57
12 Down 'n' Adam 2:57
13 Lester Swings 2:33
14 Slow Motion Blues 2:58
15 Ad Lib Blues 5:52
16 Just You, Just Me 7:39
17 Tea for Two 7:45
18 (Back Home Again In) Indiana 7:04
19 These Foolish Things 3:27
20 I Can't Get Started 4:30
CD #3
1 Star Dust 3:38
2 It Takes Two to Tango 6:06
3 On the Sunny Side of the Street 3:27
4 Almost Like Being in Love 3:34
5 I Can't Give You Anything but Love 3:23
6 There Will Never Be Another You 3:29
7 I'm Confessin' 3:44
8 Willow Weep for Me 3:09
9 This Can't Be Love 3:24
10 Can't We Be Friends? 3:10
11 Tenderly 3:29
12 New D.B. Blues 3:21
13 Jumpin' at the Woodside 3:04
14 I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me 3:13
15 Oh, Lady, Be Good! 3:30
16 Another Mambo 3:39
17 Come Rain or Come Shine 3:12
18 Rose Room 4:11
19 Somebody Loves Me 4:58
20 Touch Me Again 5:17
21 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 4:30
CD #4
1 I'm in the Mood for Love 3:32
2 Big Top Blues 4:49
3 Mean to Me 7:39
4 That's All (alternate take) 4:40
5 That's All (master take) 4:44
6 Red Boy Blues 5:33
7 Pennies From Heaven 5:24
8 She's Funny That Way (breakdown) 3:28
9 She's Funny That Way (master take) 8:52
10 One O'Clock Jump 5:37
11 It's the Talk of the Town 6:32
12 I've Found a New Baby 6:01
13 I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan 9:25
CD #5
1 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 10:01
2 Gigantic Blues 6:50
3 This Year's Kisses 6:45
4 You Can Depend on Me 9:03
5 Pres Returns 6:22
6 Prisoner of Love 7:38
7 Taking a Chance on Love 5:09
8 All of Me 5:08
9 Louise 5:16
10 Love Is Here to Stay 6:28
11 Love Me or Leave Me 6:45
CD #6
1 St. Tropez (alternate take) 7:28
2 St. Tropez (master take) 10:38
3 Flic 6:31
4 Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront 5:52
5 Love Is Here to Stay 5:53
6 Sunday (rejected version) 5:39
7 Perdido (incomplete take) 6:37
8 Waldorf Blues (alternate take) 6:53
9 Waldorf Blues (master take) 8:36
10 Sunday (master take) 7:02
11 You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take) 7:39
CD #7
1 You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me 5:28
2 Romping 11:41
3 Gypsy in My Soul 4:13
4 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 6:01
5 They Can't Take That Away From Me 6:00
6 Salute to Benny 8:32
7 Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl 6:36
8 Mean to Me 7:00
9 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 4:19
10 Oh, Lady, Be Good! 3:35
11 Almost Like Being in Love 3:59
12 Three Little Words 4:17
13 I Cover the Waterfront 3:47
14 I Can't Get Started 3:09
CD #8
1 (Back Home Again In) Indiana 2:46
2 Pennies From Heaven 3:19
3 New D.B. Blues 3:13
4 Lullaby of Birdland 3:42
5 There Will Never Be Another You 3:37
6 Tea for Two 3:38
7 [interview: Early Life / Birthplace / Music in New Orleans / Young's Father] 3:47
8 [interview: After New Orleans] 1:54
9 [interview: Pres's Instruments / Drums / Tenor Saxophone] 5:54
10 [interview: Count Basie] 1:41
11 [interview: Racial Tension] 2:16
12 [interview: Influences] 2:33
13 [interview: Composing and Reading Music / The Family Band / With Orchestra] 5:16
14 [interview: Recordings: Clarinet Dates] 2:55
15 [interview: Lady Day and Nobody's Business] 2:44
16 [interview: Philosophy on Music I] 1:18
17 [interview: Younger Saxophone] 1:50
18 [interview: Basie Then and Now] 2:07
19 [interview: Debunking] 1:37
20 [interview: Philosophy on Music II] 1:44
21 [interview: Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson] 2:28
22 [interview: Joining Henderson] 3:29
23 [interview: Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie] 1:13
24 [interview: Coleman Hawkins and Henderson] 1:25
25 [interview: Billie Holiday] 1:38
26 [interview: Recording Techniques] 2:00
27 [interview: Pres's Favorite Singers] 1:39
28 [interview: Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players] 2:59
29 [interview: Records New and Old] 2:12
30 [interview: Mahalia Jackson] 0:54

Other Releases in Group (2)

Official

  1. The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve, United States (19 Oct 1999), (English)
  2. The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve, United States (2006), CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD (English)