The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve

Album by Lester Young

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Back to the Land
    3:58
  2. 2.
    I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take)
    3:51
  3. 3.
    I Cover the Waterfront (Master take)
    4:04
  4. 4.
    Somebody Loves Me
    3:54
  5. 5.
    I've Found a New Baby
    4:05
  6. 6.
    The Man I Love
    4:51
  7. 7.
    Peg O' My Heart
    4:05
  8. 8.
    I Want to Be Happy
    3:58
  9. 9.
    Mean to Me
    4:13
  10. 10.
    Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)
    3:00
  11. 11.
    Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)
    3:02
  12. 12.
    'Deed I Do
    3:17
  13. 13.
    Encore
    3:09
  14. 14.
    Polka Dots and Moonbeams
    3:41
  15. 15.
    Up 'n' Adam
    3:50
  16. 16.
    Three Little Words
    3:19
  17. 17.
    Count Every Star (Master take)
    3:01
  18. 18.
    Count Every Star
    3:12
  19. 19.
    It All Depends on You
    3:23
  20. 20.
    Neenah (alternate take)
    3:09
  21. 21.
    Neenah (alternate take)
    2:18
  22. 22.
    Neenah (Master take)
    3:26

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Jeepers Creepers
    3:07
  2. 2.
    Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take)
    2:55
  3. 3.
    Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take)
    2:57
  4. 4.
    September in the Rain
    3:08
  5. 5.
    Undercover Girl Blues
    2:44
  6. 6.
    Frenesi
    3:01
  7. 7.
    Pete's Cafe
    3:36
  8. 8.
    Little Pee Blues
    2:42
  9. 9.
    A Foggy Day
    2:52
  10. 10.
    In a Little Spanish Town
    3:14
  11. 11.
    Let's Fall in Love
    2:57
  12. 12.
    Down 'n' Adam
    2:57
  13. 13.
    Lester Swings
    2:33
  14. 14.
    Slow Motion Blues
    2:58
  15. 15.
    Ad Lib Blues
    5:52
  16. 16.
    Just You, Just Me
    7:39
  17. 17.
    Tea for Two
    7:45
  18. 18.
    (Back Home Again In) Indiana
    7:04
  19. 19.
    These Foolish Things
    3:27
  20. 20.
    I Can't Get Started
    4:30

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Star Dust
    3:38
  2. 2.
    It Takes Two to Tango
    6:06
  3. 3.
    On the Sunny Side of the Street
    3:27
  4. 4.
    Almost Like Being in Love
    3:34
  5. 5.
    I Can't Give You Anything but Love
    3:23
  6. 6.
    There Will Never Be Another You
    3:29
  7. 7.
    I'm Confessin'
    3:44
  8. 8.
    Willow Weep for Me
    3:09
  9. 9.
    This Can't Be Love
    3:24
  10. 10.
    Can't We Be Friends?
    3:10
  11. 11.
    Tenderly
    3:29
  12. 12.
    New D.B. Blues
    3:21
  13. 13.
    Jumpin' at the Woodside
    3:04
  14. 14.
    I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
    3:13
  15. 15.
    Oh, Lady, Be Good!
    3:30
  16. 16.
    Another Mambo
    3:39
  17. 17.
    Come Rain or Come Shine
    3:12
  18. 18.
    Rose Room
    4:11
  19. 19.
    Somebody Loves Me
    4:58
  20. 20.
    Touch Me Again
    5:17
  21. 21.
    It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
    4:30

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    I'm in the Mood for Love
    3:32
  2. 2.
    Big Top Blues
    4:49
  3. 3.
    Mean to Me
    7:39
  4. 4.
    That's All (alternate take)
    4:40
  5. 5.
    That's All (master take)
    4:44
  6. 6.
    Red Boy Blues
    5:33
  7. 7.
    Pennies From Heaven
    5:24
  8. 8.
    She's Funny That Way (breakdown)
    3:28
  9. 9.
    She's Funny That Way (master take)
    8:52
  10. 10.
    One O'Clock Jump
    5:37
  11. 11.
    It's the Talk of the Town
    6:32
  12. 12.
    I've Found a New Baby
    6:01
  13. 13.
    I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
    9:25

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    I Didn't Know What Time It Was
    10:01
  2. 2.
    Gigantic Blues
    6:50
  3. 3.
    This Year's Kisses
    6:45
  4. 4.
    You Can Depend on Me
    9:03
  5. 5.
    Pres Returns
    6:22
  6. 6.
    Prisoner of Love
    7:38
  7. 7.
    Taking a Chance on Love
    5:09
  8. 8.
    All of Me
    5:08
  9. 9.
    Louise
    5:16
  10. 10.
    Love Is Here to Stay
    6:28
  11. 11.
    Love Me or Leave Me
    6:45

Disc 6

  1. 1.
    St. Tropez (alternate take)
    7:28
  2. 2.
    St. Tropez (master take)
    10:38
  3. 3.
    Flic
    6:31
  4. 4.
    Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront
    5:52
  5. 5.
    Love Is Here to Stay
    5:53
  6. 6.
    Sunday (rejected version)
    5:39
  7. 7.
    Perdido (incomplete take)
    6:37
  8. 8.
    Waldorf Blues (alternate take)
    6:53
  9. 9.
    Waldorf Blues (master take)
    8:36
  10. 10.
    Sunday (master take)
    7:02
  11. 11.
    You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take)
    7:39

Disc 7

  1. 1.
    You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
    5:28
  2. 2.
    Romping
    11:41
  3. 3.
    Gypsy in My Soul
    4:13
  4. 4.
    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
    6:01
  5. 5.
    They Can't Take That Away From Me
    6:00
  6. 6.
    Salute to Benny
    8:32
  7. 7.
    Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl
    6:36
  8. 8.
    Mean to Me
    7:00
  9. 9.
    I Didn't Know What Time It Was
    4:19
  10. 10.
    Oh, Lady, Be Good!
    3:35
  11. 11.
    Almost Like Being in Love
    3:59
  12. 12.
    Three Little Words
    4:17
  13. 13.
    I Cover the Waterfront
    3:47
  14. 14.
    I Can't Get Started
    3:09

Disc 8

  1. 1.
    (Back Home Again In) Indiana
    2:46
  2. 2.
    Pennies From Heaven
    3:19
  3. 3.
    New D.B. Blues
    3:13
  4. 4.
    Lullaby of Birdland
    3:42
  5. 5.
    There Will Never Be Another You
    3:37
  6. 6.
    Tea for Two
    3:38
  7. 7.
    [interview: Early Life / Birthplace / Music in New Orleans / Young's Father]
    3:47
  8. 8.
    [interview: After New Orleans]
    1:54
  9. 9.
    [interview: Pres's Instruments / Drums / Tenor Saxophone]
    5:54
  10. 10.
    [interview: Count Basie]
    1:41
  11. 11.
    [interview: Racial Tension]
    2:16
  12. 12.
    [interview: Influences]
    2:33
  13. 13.
    [interview: Composing and Reading Music / The Family Band / With Orchestra]
    5:16
  14. 14.
    [interview: Recordings: Clarinet Dates]
    2:55
  15. 15.
    [interview: Lady Day and Nobody's Business]
    2:44
  16. 16.
    [interview: Philosophy on Music I]
    1:18
  17. 17.
    [interview: Younger Saxophone]
    1:50
  18. 18.
    [interview: Basie Then and Now]
    2:07
  19. 19.
    [interview: Debunking]
    1:37
  20. 20.
    [interview: Philosophy on Music II]
    1:44
  21. 21.
    [interview: Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson]
    2:28
  22. 22.
    [interview: Joining Henderson]
    3:29
  23. 23.
    [interview: Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie]
    1:13
  24. 24.
    [interview: Coleman Hawkins and Henderson]
    1:25
  25. 25.
    [interview: Billie Holiday]
    1:38
  26. 26.
    [interview: Recording Techniques]
    2:00
  27. 27.
    [interview: Pres's Favorite Singers]
    1:39
  28. 28.
    [interview: Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players]
    2:59
  29. 29.
    [interview: Records New and Old]
    2:12
  30. 30.
    [interview: Mahalia Jackson]
    0:54

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