The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings

Album by Count Basie

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    New Basie Blues
    3:26
  2. 2.
    New Basie Blues (45 take)
    3:33
  3. 3.
    Sure Thing
    3:03
  4. 4.
    Why Not?
    3:31
  5. 5.
    Fawncy Meetin' You
    3:03
  6. 6.
    Jive at Five
    3:09
  7. 7.
    No Name
    3:08
  8. 8.
    No Name (78 take)
    3:10
  9. 9.
    Redhead
    2:51
  10. 10.
    Every Tub
    2:50
  11. 11.
    Jack and Jill (alternate take)
    2:55
  12. 12.
    Jack and Jill
    2:55
  13. 13.
    Bread
    2:52
  14. 14.
    Small Hotel
    3:33
  15. 15.
    Hob Nail Boogie
    2:35
  16. 16.
    Basie Talks
    3:39
  17. 17.
    Paradise Squat (take 2)
    4:05
  18. 18.
    Paradise Squat (take 3)
    3:39
  19. 19.
    U.F.O.
    3:04
  20. 20.
    Like a Ship at Sea
    3:37
  21. 21.
    Bunny
    3:09
  22. 22.
    Tippin' on the Q.T. (alternate take)
    3:11
  23. 23.
    Tippin' on the Q.T.
    3:02
  24. 24.
    Blee Blop Blues
    3:03

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Cash Box (alternate take)
    3:22
  2. 3.
    Cash Box
    3:24
  3. 4.
    Bootsie (alternate take)
    3:26
  4. 5.
    Bootsie
    3:22
  5. 6.
    Tom Whaley
    2:56
  6. 7.
    Blues for the Count and Oscar (alternate take)
    10:53
  7. 8.
    Blues for the Count and Oscar
    3:09
  8. 9.
    Be My Guest
    3:03
  9. 10.
    You're Not the Kind
    3:19
  10. 11.
    Extended Blues
    5:57
  11. 12.
    Let Me Dream
    2:42
  12. 13.
    Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)
    3:13
  13. 14.
    Goin' to Chicago
    3:22
  14. 15.
    I Want a Little Girl
    2:53
  15. 16.
    Oh, Lady Be Good
    2:26
  16. 17.
    Song of the Islands
    2:52

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Basie Beat
    3:22
  2. 4.
    She's Funny That Way
    4:11
  3. 5.
    Count's Organ Blues
    3:12
  4. 6.
    K.C. Organ Blues
    2:55
  5. 7.
    Blue and Sentimental
    3:04
  6. 8.
    Stan Shorthair
    2:57
  7. 9.
    As Long as I Live
    3:11
  8. 10.
    Royal Garden Blues
    3:05
  9. 11.
    Plymouth Rock
    3:44
  10. 12.
    Blues Go Away!
    3:22
  11. 13.
    Peace Pipe
    2:30
  12. 14.
    Straight Life
    4:33
  13. 15.
    Bubbles
    4:00
  14. 16.
    Softly With Feeling
    3:08
  15. 17.
    Cherry Point
    3:20
  16. 18.
    Basie Goes Wess
    3:55
  17. 19.
    Right On
    2:40
  18. 20.
    The Blues Done Come Back
    3:38

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Slow but Sure
    3:45
  2. 5.
    You for Me
    3:12
  3. 6.
    She's Just My Size
    4:31
  4. 7.
    Soft Drink
    3:08
  5. 8.
    Two for the Blues
    2:50
  6. 9.
    Blues Backstage
    4:36
  7. 10.
    I Feel Like a New Man
    2:55
  8. 11.
    Down for the Count
    6:02
  9. 12.
    Stereophonic
    2:25
  10. 13.
    Sixteen Men Swinging
    3:05
  11. 14.
    Ska-di-dle-dee-bee-doo
    3:37
  12. 15.
    Perdido
    4:55
  13. 16.
    Mambo Mist
    4:07
  14. 17.
    Eventide
    4:40
  15. 18.
    Two Franks
    3:16
  16. 19.
    Ain't Misbehavin'
    3:43
  17. 20.
    Rails
    5:57

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Every Day I Have the Blues
    5:27
  2. 6.
    The Comeback
    5:28
  3. 7.
    Alright, O.K., You Win
    3:05
  4. 8.
    In the Evening
    3:36
  5. 9.
    April in Paris
    3:49
  6. 10.
    April in Paris (alternate take)
    3:49
  7. 11.
    Corner Pocket (alternate take)
    5:00
  8. 12.
    Corner Pocket
    5:17
  9. 13.
    Did'n You? (alternate take)
    4:51
  10. 14.
    Did'n You?
    4:47
  11. 15.
    Teach Me Tonight
    3:04
  12. 16.
    Please Send Me Someone to Love
    3:32
  13. 17.
    My Baby Upsets Me
    2:58
  14. 18.
    Ev'ry Day I Fall in Love
    3:44
  15. 19.
    Roll 'em Pete
    3:13
  16. 20.
    Sweetie Cakes
    4:01

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Smack Dab in the Middle
    3:38
  2. 7.
    Shiny Stockings
    5:16
  3. 8.
    What Am I Here For? (alternate take)
    4:06
  4. 9.
    What Am I Here For?
    3:21
  5. 10.
    Magic (alternate take)
    3:45
  6. 11.
    Magic (alternate take)
    3:52
  7. 12.
    Magic
    3:09
  8. 13.
    Midgits
    3:15
  9. 14.
    Midgits (alternate take)
    3:13
  10. 15.
    Amazing Love
    3:31
  11. 16.
    Only Forever
    3:37
  12. 17.
    Stop Pretty Baby, Stop
    3:06
  13. 18.
    Mambo Inn
    3:25
  14. 19.
    Big Red
    3:48
  15. 20.
    Dinner With Friends
    3:07

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Blues Inside Out
    6:35
  2. 8.
    Dolphin Dip
    3:12
  3. 9.
    Flute Juice
    3:07
  4. 10.
    Lady in Lace
    4:34
  5. 11.
    Stompin' and Jumpin'
    2:47
  6. 12.
    Trick or Treat
    4:13
  7. 13.
    Move
    3:25
  8. 14.
    As I Love You
    3:06
  9. 15.
    Stop! Don't!
    2:35
  10. 16.
    Oink
    4:36
  11. 17.
    I'm Beginning to See the Light (mono take)
    3:08
  12. 18.
    I'm Beginning to See the Light (stereo take)
    3:08
  13. 19.
    Our Love Is Here to Stay
    3:40
  14. 20.
    A Fine Romance
    2:31
  15. 21.
    Nevertheless
    3:57
  16. 22.
    Singin' in the Rain
    2:28
  17. 23.
    There Will Never Be Another You
    2:53
  18. 24.
    My Baby Just Cares for Me
    2:27
  19. 25.
    'S Wonderful
    2:38
  20. 26.
    This Can't Be Love
    2:35
  21. 27.
    Come Rain or Come Shine
    4:02
  22. 28.
    I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
    2:40
  23. 29.
    Thou Swell
    2:22

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    April in Paris
    4:43
  2. 9.
    Too Close for Comfort
    3:05
  3. 10.
    Every Day I Have the Blues
    5:11
  4. 11.
    Party Blues
    3:59
  5. 12.
    Don't Worry 'Bout Me
    3:04
  6. 13.
    Low Life
    5:12
  7. 14.
    Slats
    4:42
  8. 15.
    Lollypop (alternate take)
    3:01
  9. 16.
    Lollypop
    3:07
  10. 17.
    Too Close for Comfort
    2:54
  11. 18.
    One O'Clock Jump (45 take)
    4:34
  12. 19.
    One O'Clock Jump (LP take)
    4:29
  13. 20.
    Basie's Back in Town
    3:16
  14. 21.
    From Coast to Coast
    8:31
  15. 22.
    Jamboree
    1:58
  16. 23.
    I Don't Like You No More
    2:39
  17. 24.
    One O'Clock Jump
    2:05

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