The Decca Years and More

The Decca Years and More

Bill Haley and His Comets

Album
Label Bear Family Records Release date Format 5×CD Country 🇩🇪 Germany

Tracklist 342:22

CD 1

1 Rock Around the Clock 2:13
2 Thirteen Women 2:54
3 Shake, Rattle and Roll 2:32
4 A.B.C. Boogie 2:29
5 Happy Baby 2:36
6 Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) 2:33
7 Birth of the Boogie 2:16
8 Mambo Rock 2:39
9 Two Hound Dogs 3:00
10 Razzle Dazzle 2:45
11 R‐O‐C‐K 2:22
12 Rock a Beatin’ Boogie 2:21
13 The Saints Rock and Roll 3:28
14 Burn That Candle 2:47
15 See You Later, Alligator 2:46
16 The Paper Boy (on Main Street, U.S.A.) 2:31
17 Goofin’ Around (instrumental) 2:41
18 Rudy’s Rock (instrumental) 2:49
19 Hide the Seek 2:11
20 Hey Then, There Now 2:26
21 Tonight’s the Night 2:22
22 Hook, Line and Sinker 2:37
23 Blue Comet Blues (instrumental) 2:32
24 Calling All Comets (instrumental) 2:33
25 Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie 2:45
26 A Rockin’ Little Tune (instrumental) 2:41
27 Hot Dog Buddy Buddy 2:36
28 Rockin’ Through the Rye 2:12

CD 2

1 Don’t Knock the Rock (without overdub) 2:25
2 Teenager’s Mother 2:18
3 Rip It Up 2:28
4 Don’t Knock the Rock 2:22
5 Forty Cups of Coffee 2:36
6 Miss You 2:23
7 (You Hit the Wrong Note) Billy Goat 2:44
8 Rockin’ Rollin’ Rover 2:30
9 Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone 2:53
10 You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming 2:26
11 I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 2:43
12 Rock Lomond 2:49
13 Is It True What They Say About Dixie? 2:26
14 Carolina in the Morning 2:25
15 The Dipsy Doodle 2:29
16 Ain’t Misbehavin’ 2:15
17 The Break Speaks 2:55
18 Moon Over Miami 2:33
19 One Sweet Letter From You 2:13
20 (I’ll Be With You in) Apple Blossom Time 2:30
21 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place 2:16
22 How Many? 2:26
23 Move It on Over 2:46
24 Rock the Joint 2:18
25 Rip It Up (without handclaps) 2:22

CD 3

1 Me Rock‐a‐Hula 2:15
2 Rockin’ Rita 2:14
3 Jamaica D.J. 2:39
4 Piccadilly Rock 2:18
5 Pretty Alouette 2:39
6 Rockin’ Rollin’ Schnitzlebank 3:00
7 Rockin’ Matilda (Waltzing Matilda) 2:40
8 Vive le Rock and Roll 2:13
9 It’s a Sin 2:29
10 Mary, Mary Lou 2:43
11 El Rocko 2:19
12 Come Rock With Me 2:41
13 Oriental Rock 2:41
14 Wooden Shoe Rock 2:25
15 The Walkin’ Beat 2:20
16 Skinny Minnie 3:01
17 Sway With Me 2:44
18 Lean Jean 2:36
19 Don’t Nobody Move 2:30
20 Joey’s Song (instrumental) (stereo) 2:57
21 Chiquita Linda (instrumental) 2:47
22 Dinah 2:28
23 Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider 2:18
24 Whoa Mabel! 2:27
25 Marie 2:26
26 Eloise 2:26
27 Corrine, Corrina (without handclaps) 2:27
28 Joey’s Song (instrumental) (mono) 2:54

CD 4

1 Corrine, Corrina 2:27
2 B.B. Betty 2:32
3 Sweet Sue, Just You 2:15
4 Charmaine 3:00
5 Vive le Rock and Roll Bill Haley & His Comets with Caterina Valente 2:35
6 Hot Dog Buddy Buddy 2:34
7 The Dragon Rock 2:05
8 A.B.C. Rock 2:32
9 The Cat Walk (instrumental) 2:27
10 I Got a Woman 2:34
11 (Now and Then) There’s a Fool Such as I 2:45
12 Be by Me 2:22
13 Where Did You Go Last Night 2:45
14 Caldonia 2:23
15 Shaky (instrumental) 2:05
16 Ooh! Look‐a There, Ain’t She Pretty 2:24
17 (Thanks for the) Summer Souvenirs 2:41
18 Puerto Rican Peddlar (instrumental) 2:25
19 (Put Another Nickel in the Jukebox) Music, Music, Music! (instrumental) 2:26
20 Skokiaan (instrumental) 2:33
21 Drowsy Waters (instrumental) 2:40
22 Two Shadows (instrumental) 2:30
23 In a Little Spanish Town (’Twas on a Night Like This) (instrumental) 2:21
24 Strictly Instrumental (instrumental) 3:07
25 Mack the Knife (instrumental) 2:16
26 The Green Door 2:32
27 Yeah She’s Evil 2:07
28 Football Rock and Roll (demo) Bill Haley 3:35
29 Six Year‐Old Can Rock and Roll (demo) Bill Haley 2:00

CD 5

1 Dragon Rock (alt. take 1) 2:07
2 Dragon Rock (alt. take 2) 2:15
3 Dragon Rock (two false starts) 2:12
4 Dragon Rock (two false starts & alt. take 3) 3:35
5 ABC Rock (false start & incomplete take) 2:36
6 ABC Rock (two false starts & alt. take) 2:59
7 The Catwalk (false start & alt. take) 2:48
8 I Got a Woman (alt. take 1) 2:42
9 I Got a Woman (alt. take 2) 2:27
10 I Got a Woman (alt. take 3) 2:53
11 I Got a Woman (two false starts & incomplete take) 1:54
12 I Got a Woman (false start & incomplete take) 1:58
13 I Got a Woman (chatter & master take) 2:59
14 A Fool Such as I (false start & alt. take 1) 2:49
15 A Fool Such as I (two false starts & alt. take 2) 3:36
16 Be by Me (false start & alt. take 1) 3:04
17 Be by Me (five false starts & alt. take 2) 3:54
18 Be by Me (four false starts & alt. take 3) 3:31
19 Where Did You Go Last Night (two false starts) (slow) 1:38
20 Where Did You Go Last Night (false start & incomplete take) (fast) 2:39
21 Where Did You Go Last Night (four false starts) 2:49
22 Where Did You Go Last Night (incomplete take & alt. take) 4:10