The Decca Years and More

Album by Bill Haley and His Comets

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Disc 1

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

Disc 2

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

Disc 3

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

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Corrine, Corrina
    2:27
  2. 5.
    B.B. Betty
    2:32
  3. 6.
    Sweet Sue, Just You
    2:15
  4. 7.
    Charmaine
    3:00
  5. 8.
    Vive le Rock and Roll
    2:35
  6. 9.
    Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
    2:34
  7. 10.
    The Dragon Rock
    2:05
  8. 11.
    A.B.C. Rock
    2:32
  9. 12.
    The Cat Walk (instrumental)
    2:27
  10. 13.
    I Got a Woman
    2:34
  11. 14.
    (Now and Then) There’s a Fool Such as I
    2:45
  12. 15.
    Be by Me
    2:22
  13. 16.
    Where Did You Go Last Night
    2:45
  14. 17.
    Caldonia
    2:23
  15. 18.
    Shaky (instrumental)
    2:05
  16. 19.
    Ooh! Look‐a There, Ain’t She Pretty
    2:24
  17. 20.
    (Thanks for the) Summer Souvenirs
    2:41
  18. 21.
    Puerto Rican Peddlar (instrumental)
    2:25
  19. 22.
    (Put Another Nickel in the Jukebox) Music, Music, Music! (instrumental)
    2:26
  20. 23.
    Skokiaan (instrumental)
    2:33
  21. 24.
    Drowsy Waters (instrumental)
    2:40
  22. 25.
    Two Shadows (instrumental)
    2:30
  23. 26.
    In a Little Spanish Town (’Twas on a Night Like This) (instrumental)
    2:21
  24. 27.
    Strictly Instrumental (instrumental)
    3:07
  25. 28.
    Mack the Knife (instrumental)
    2:16
  26. 29.
    The Green Door
    2:32
  27. 30.
    Yeah She’s Evil
    2:07
  28. 31.
    Football Rock and Roll (demo)
    3:35
  29. 32.
    Six Year‐Old Can Rock and Roll (demo)
    2:00

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Dragon Rock (alt. take 1)
    2:07
  2. 6.
    Dragon Rock (alt. take 2)
    2:15
  3. 7.
    Dragon Rock (two false starts)
    2:12
  4. 8.
    Dragon Rock (two false starts & alt. take 3)
    3:35
  5. 9.
    ABC Rock (false start & incomplete take)
    2:36
  6. 10.
    ABC Rock (two false starts & alt. take)
    2:59
  7. 11.
    The Catwalk (false start & alt. take)
    2:48
  8. 12.
    I Got a Woman (alt. take 1)
    2:42
  9. 13.
    I Got a Woman (alt. take 2)
    2:27
  10. 14.
    I Got a Woman (alt. take 3)
    2:53
  11. 15.
    I Got a Woman (two false starts & incomplete take)
    1:54
  12. 16.
    I Got a Woman (false start & incomplete take)
    1:58
  13. 17.
    I Got a Woman (chatter & master take)
    2:59
  14. 18.
    A Fool Such as I (false start & alt. take 1)
    2:49
  15. 19.
    A Fool Such as I (two false starts & alt. take 2)
    3:36
  16. 20.
    Be by Me (false start & alt. take 1)
    3:04
  17. 21.
    Be by Me (five false starts & alt. take 2)
    3:54
  18. 22.
    Be by Me (four false starts & alt. take 3)
    3:31
  19. 23.
    Where Did You Go Last Night (two false starts) (slow)
    1:38
  20. 24.
    Where Did You Go Last Night (false start & incomplete take) (fast)
    2:39
  21. 25.
    Where Did You Go Last Night (four false starts)
    2:49
  22. 26.
    Where Did You Go Last Night (incomplete take & alt. take)
    4:10

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