Al Jolson - The Decca Years 1945-1950 (CD)

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Description

For the first time a 3-CD Al Jolson set containing the master takes of every one of his 1945-1950 Decca recordings.

In the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed 'The World's Greatest Entertainer'. He popularised many songs that benefited from his 'shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach.'

For the first time a 3-CD Al Jolson set containing the master takes of every one of his 1945-1950 Decca recordings (his last commercial recordings) with a total of 71 selections in chronological order and with recording details. Also includes previously unreleased material including alternative takes.

Track Listing

Disc 1:
  • Swanee
  • April Showers
  • Ma Blushin' Rosie
  • My Mammy
  • You Made Me Love You
  • Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
  • California, Here I Come
  • Sonny Boy
  • Avalon
  • Anniversary Song
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
  • All My Love
  • Keep Smiling At Trouble
  • Back in Your Own Backyard
  • I'm Sitting On Top of the World
  • Where the Black-Eyed Susans Grow
  • Toot, Toot Tootsie! (Goodbye)
  • Carolina in the Morning
  • Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
  • For Me and My Gal
  • About a Quarter to Nine
  • Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
  • Golden Gate
  • When You Were Sweet Sixteen
  • There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
  • If I Only Had a Match
  • Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
Disc 2:
  • I Want A Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon
  • I Wish I Had a Girl
  • When I Leave the World Behind
  • Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone
  • When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along
  • Kol Nidre
  • Cantor On the Sabbath
  • Hatikvoh
  • Israel
  • Down Among the Sheltering Palms
  • Is It True What They Say About Dixie'
  • I'm Crying Just for You
  • I Only Have Eyes for You
  • That Wonderful Girl of Mine
  • In Our House
  • Pretty Baby
  • I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover / Baby Face
  • Chinatown, My Chinatown
  • After You've Gone
  • It All Depends On You
  • Give My Regards to Broadway
  • Is It True What They Say About Dixie'
  • I'm Just Wild About Harry
  • (Just One Way to Say) I Love You
  • Paris Wakes Up and Smiles
Disc 3:
  • Some Enchanted Evening
  • Let's Go West Again
  • God's Country
  • Remember Mother's Day
  • My Mother's Rosary
  • The Old Piano Roll Blues
  • Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight'
  • No Sad Songs for Me
  • Old Black Joe
  • My Old Kentucky Home
  • Beautiful Dreamer
  • Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground
  • Old Folks At Home
  • I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
  • Oh! Susanna
  • De Camptown Races
  • Swanee (alternative take)
  • You Made Me Love You (alternative take)
  • Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (Alternative take)
  • California, Here I Come (alternative take)
  • About a Quarter to Nine (alternative take)
  • Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (alternative take)
  • Is It True What They Say About Dixie' (alternative take)
  • Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (solo version previously unreleased)
  • Alabamy Bound (previously unreleased)

Additional Details

Label: Sepia Records

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 150 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/13/19

UPC: 5055122113430

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