It's Been a Long, Long Time - Les Paul, Cahn, Sammy
Whose Dream Are You? - Les Paul, Willson, Meredith
Dark Eyes - Les Paul, Traditional
Blue Skies - Les Paul, Berlin, Irving
My Isle of Golden Dreams - Les Paul, Blaufuss, Walter
Everybody Knew But Me - Les Paul, Berlin, Irving
Baby What You Do to Me - Les Paul, Goerge, Don
Song of the Islands - Les Paul, King, Charles E. [H
Aloha Oe - Les Paul, Liliuokalani, Queen
A One Sided Affair - Les Paul, Worth, Bobby
What Would It Take - Les Paul, Kramer, Alex
Rumors Are Flying - Les Paul, Benjamin, Bennie
Pretending - Les Paul, Sherman, Al
Gotta Get Me Somebody to Love - Les Paul, Wrubel, Allie
Steel Guitar Rag - Les Paul, McAuliffe, Leon
Guitar Boogie - Les Paul, Smith, Arthur
Track Listings (25) - Disc #2
Lover - Les Paul, Hart, Lorenz
Brazil - Les Paul, Barroso, Ary
What Is This Thing Called Love? - Les Paul, Porter, Cole
Hip-Billy Boogie - Les Paul, Paul, Les
Nola - Les Paul, Arndt, Felix
Caravan - Les Paul, Ellington, Duke
Cryin' - Les Paul, Paul, Les
Dry My Tears - Les Paul, Paul, Les
Tennessee Waltz - Les Paul, King, Pee Wee
Goofus - Les Paul, Harold, William
Little Rock Getaway - Les Paul, Sigman, Carl
Mockin' Bird Hill - Les Paul, Horton, Vaughn
How High the Moon - Les Paul, Hamilton, Nancy
Chicken Reel - Les Paul, Traditional
Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues - Les Paul, Paul, Les
Josephine - Les Paul, Bivens, Burke
In the Good Old Summertime - Les Paul, Evans, George [Sax]
I Wish I'd Never Seen Sunshine - Les Paul, Davis, J. [1]
Three Little Words - Les Paul, Kalmar, Bert
Jazz Me Blues - Les Paul, Delaney, Tom [1]
Just One More Chance - Les Paul, Coslow, Sam
Whispering - Les Paul, Coburn, Richard H.
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise - Les Paul, Lockhart, Eugene
Meet Mister Callaghan - Les Paul, Spear, Eric
Jingle Bells - Les Paul, Pierpont, James
Import exclusive budget-price compilation. Complete early works as a solo guitar wizard & many of his hits with Mary Ford. Well deserved cult status amongst guitarists everywhere. Featuring the best quality masterin... more »g, high quality packaging, slipcase & a 16-page full color booklet (including discography, biographical notes & photos). Over two hours of music. 2002.« less
Import exclusive budget-price compilation. Complete early works as a solo guitar wizard & many of his hits with Mary Ford. Well deserved cult status amongst guitarists everywhere. Featuring the best quality mastering, high quality packaging, slipcase & a 16-page full color booklet (including discography, biographical notes & photos). Over two hours of music. 2002.
CD Reviews
From the thirties to the early fifties
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 06/15/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Les is remembered for many things including the type of guitar he gave his name to, but his contribution to recorded music is impressive, as this collection covering his work from 1936 to 1951 demonstrates.This amazing compilation brings includes many of his finest solo recordings and a few of his earliest duets with Mary Ford, although many of these are missing including Vaya con dios. You need a different compilation to do justice to his duets with Mary. Do not worry - there is much compensation for those missing duets, because his work backing Georgia White (New Dupree blues, I just want your stingaree, Black rider), Bing Crosby (It's been a long long time, Whose dream are you), Helen Forrest (Baby what you do to me, Everybody knew but me) and the Andrews sisters (Rumors are flying) is also represented here.There are plenty of instrumental tracks here - all superbly performed - but the inclusion of tracks featuring the various singers adds plenty of extra variety. Among the notable instrumentals here are Lover, Brazil, What is this thing called love, Whispering, Meet Mister Callaghan and Jingle Bells. The duets with Mary that are featured here include Tennessee waltz, Mocking bird hill, How high the moon, I wish I had never seen sunshine, Just one more chance and The world is waiting for the sunshine.This is an excellent collection of Les Paul's music at a great price. Exactly why it stops at 1951 is a mystery, as Les and Mary continued to record for Capitol until 1958. Maybe a second volume is planned - if so, that would also be worth buying."
Guitar Wizard - the great Les
Peter Durward Harris | 01/18/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Great music, great compilation, great price. The compilation stops at 1951 in all likelihood because the 50-year copyright expired. I believe it's 75 years in the US but a lot of inexpensive foreign compilations have popped because the copyrights have expired in the respective countries (UK mostly, I believe.)."
Track Listings (25) - Disc #1