Louis Armstrong "Louis" (Expanded Edition) The Complete Mercury Recordings 1964-66

[l p]

i'd say that this is for completists only. the songs are pretty bad. it has 85 minutes of outtakes/alternate takes. this release is digital only.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N38GBEC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_KMjLyb04BW3MX
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/louis-expanded-edition/id1199679153

can preview it at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DluFK22oBQM&list=PLYEte3cgiNp64up7dNdbJ_IjUq8yI7lba&index=6

Edited February 12, 2017 by l p

[rostasi]

It has the wonderful "Cheesecake"!!

Many years ago, I asked people on this board
about that tune and nobody knew anything
about it - with some, IIRC, denying it even existed.
Found this album tho afterwards and even
featured some of it on the radio show.

Fun stuff!

Edited February 11, 2017 by rostasi

[duaneiac]

I love "Cheesecake" ("gobble, gobble, cheesecake")!  I have it on this album --

[rostasi]

Ahhh, good old Everest Records.

My short "food-themed" radio set from July of last year:

[l p]

no 'eat that chicken'.

[rostasi]

Oh, Mingus would've been nice too,
but it was just a 15 minute set within
the two hour show. Could've easily
done a whole show on food.

[JSngry]

aheruh...

 

[l p]

 

 

these are like 2 parts of a suite.

[rostasi]

 Here's the long version!

[JSngry]

Relax and have beer. More than one beer.

Louis Armstrong was god. God has a sense of humor. Not all the jokes are necessarily good ones, but, you know, when you're god, that's besides the point, really.

[king ubu]

how does this compare to this nice Hip-O-Select release?

[l p]

Hip-O-Select release has only 84 minutes of outtakes/alternate takes.