The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings

by Count Basie

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. New Basie Blues3:26
  2. New Basie Blues (45 take)3:33
  3. Sure Thing3:03
  4. Why Not?3:31
  5. Fawncy Meetin' You3:03
  6. Jive at Five3:09
  7. No Name3:08
  8. No Name (78 take)3:10
  9. Redhead2:51
  10. Every Tub2:50
  11. Jack and Jill (alternate take)2:55
  12. Jack and Jill2:55
  13. Bread2:52
  14. Small Hotel3:33
  15. Hob Nail Boogie2:35
  16. Basie Talks3:39
  17. Paradise Squat (take 2)4:05
  18. Paradise Squat (take 3)3:39
  19. U.F.O.3:04
  20. Like a Ship at Sea3:37
  21. Bunny3:09
  22. Tippin' on the Q.T. (alternate take)3:11
  23. Tippin' on the Q.T.3:02
  24. Blee Blop Blues3:03

CD 2

  1. Cash Box (alternate take)3:22
  2. Cash Box3:24
  3. Bootsie (alternate take)3:26
  4. Bootsie3:22
  5. Tom Whaley2:56
  6. Blues for the Count and Oscar (alternate take)10:53
  7. Blues for the Count and Oscar3:09
  8. Be My Guest3:03
  9. You're Not the Kind3:19
  10. Extended Blues5:57
  11. Let Me Dream2:42
  12. Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)3:13
  13. Goin' to Chicago3:22
  14. I Want a Little Girl2:53
  15. Oh, Lady Be Good2:26
  16. Song of the Islands2:52

CD 3

  1. Basie Beat3:22
  2. She's Funny That Way4:11
  3. Count's Organ Blues3:12
  4. K.C. Organ Blues2:55
  5. Blue and Sentimental3:04
  6. Stan Shorthair2:57
  7. As Long as I Live3:11
  8. Royal Garden Blues3:05
  9. Plymouth Rock3:44
  10. Blues Go Away!3:22
  11. Peace Pipe2:30
  12. Straight Life4:33
  13. Bubbles4:00
  14. Softly With Feeling3:08
  15. Cherry Point3:20
  16. Basie Goes Wess3:55
  17. Right On2:40
  18. The Blues Done Come Back3:38

CD 4

  1. Slow but Sure3:45
  2. You for Me3:12
  3. She's Just My Size4:31
  4. Soft Drink3:08
  5. Two for the Blues2:50
  6. Blues Backstage4:36
  7. I Feel Like a New Man2:55
  8. Down for the Count6:02
  9. Stereophonic2:25
  10. Sixteen Men Swinging3:05
  11. Ska-di-dle-dee-bee-doo3:37
  12. Perdido4:55
  13. Mambo Mist4:07
  14. Eventide4:40
  15. Two Franks3:16
  16. Ain't Misbehavin'3:43
  17. Rails5:57

CD 5

  1. Every Day I Have the Blues5:27
  2. The Comeback5:28
  3. Alright, O.K., You Win3:05
  4. In the Evening3:36
  5. April in Paris3:49
  6. April in Paris (alternate take)3:49
  7. Corner Pocket (alternate take)5:00
  8. Corner Pocket5:17
  9. Did'n You? (alternate take)4:51
  10. Did'n You?4:47
  11. Teach Me Tonight3:04
  12. Please Send Me Someone to Love3:32
  13. My Baby Upsets Me2:58
  14. Ev'ry Day I Fall in Love3:44
  15. Roll 'em Pete3:13
  16. Sweetie Cakes4:01

CD 6

  1. Smack Dab in the Middle3:38
  2. Shiny Stockings5:16
  3. What Am I Here For? (alternate take)4:06
  4. What Am I Here For?3:21
  5. Magic (alternate take)3:45
  6. Magic (alternate take)3:52
  7. Magic3:09
  8. Midgits3:15
  9. Midgits (alternate take)3:13
  10. Amazing Love3:31
  11. Only Forever3:37
  12. Stop Pretty Baby, Stop3:06
  13. Mambo Inn3:25
  14. Big Red3:48
  15. Dinner With Friends3:07

CD 7

  1. Blues Inside Out6:35
  2. Dolphin Dip3:12
  3. Flute Juice3:07
  4. Lady in Lace4:34
  5. Stompin' and Jumpin'2:47
  6. Trick or Treat4:13
  7. Move3:25
  8. As I Love You3:06
  9. Stop! Don't!2:35
  10. Oink4:36
  11. I'm Beginning to See the Light (mono take)3:08
  12. I'm Beginning to See the Light (stereo take)3:08
  13. Our Love Is Here to Stay3:40
  14. A Fine Romance2:31
  15. Nevertheless3:57
  16. Singin' in the Rain2:28
  17. There Will Never Be Another You2:53
  18. My Baby Just Cares for Me2:27
  19. 'S Wonderful2:38
  20. This Can't Be Love2:35
  21. Come Rain or Come Shine4:02
  22. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me2:40
  23. Thou Swell2:22

CD 8

  1. April in Paris4:43
  2. Too Close for Comfort3:05
  3. Every Day I Have the Blues5:11
  4. Party Blues3:59
  5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me3:04
  6. Low Life5:12
  7. Slats4:42
  8. Lollypop (alternate take)3:01
  9. Lollypop3:07
  10. Too Close for Comfort2:54
  11. One O'Clock Jump (45 take)4:34
  12. One O'Clock Jump (LP take)4:29
  13. Basie's Back in Town3:16
  14. From Coast to Coast8:31
  15. Jamboree1:58
  16. I Don't Like You No More2:39
  17. One O'Clock Jump2:05