All tracks on these CDs made from the original issue 78 rpm records.
Item Numbers TP115, TP116, and TP122:
All of the tracks on these three CDs have been mastered from the original 78 rpm records using 44.1 kHz-16 bit WAV files. Audio restoration by Dave Saviet. Sound quality is very good.There are at least 26 tracks on each of the three CDs, all released on the D-E-C-C-A label from 1935 to 1944. See the following track listings for more information.
See ordering information below. The three CDs can be obtained individually or in any combination as sets. Choose from the options given at bottom of this page.
Track Listing For TP115 "Early D-E-C-C-A Label Vocal Harmony - Volume One" CD:
1. Riding Around In The Rain - Charioteers - # 420 - 1935
2. Little David Play On Your Harp - Charioteers - # 421 - 1935
3. Let's Swing It - Babs And Her Brothers - # 505 - 1935
4. Double Trouble - Babs And Her Brothers - # 518 - 1935
5. A Little Bit Independent - Babs And Her Brothers - # 634 - 1936
6. No Other One - Babs And Her Brothers - # 635 - 1936
7. I'll Take The South - Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra - # 805 - 1936
8. Big Boy Blue - Mills Brothers And Ella Fitzgerald - # 1148 - 1937
9. Nobody's Sweetheart - Foursome - # 1480 - 1937
10. There'll Be Some Changes Made - Foursome - # 1529 - 1938
11. When That Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam - Foursome - # 1529 - 1938
12. My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Foursome - # 1867 - 1938
13. Blue - Foursome - # 1867 - 1938
14. Carelessly - Dolores Jackson And Cabin Boys - # 7396 - 1938
15. T'Aint What You Do - Ramblers - # 2470 - 1939
16. It Must Be Jelly - Hipp Cats - # 7518 - 1939
17. I'm Through - Three Sharps And A Flat - # 7569 - 1939
18. Swingin' In The Candy Store - Three Sharps And A Flat - # 7569 - 1939
19. Ace In The Hole - Three Riffs - # 7634 - 1939
20. It's A Killer Mr. Miller - Three Riffs - # 7634 - 1939
21. Jammin' In Georgia - Mack Sisters (Buddy Johnson Orch.) - # 7684 - 1939
22. I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You - Three Sharps And A Flat - # 2278 - 1940
23. Skinny-Doo - Three Sharps And A Flat - # 2278 - 1940
24. Little Joe From Chicago - Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy - # 3385 - 1940
25. Jumpin' Like Mad - Skeets Tolbert And His Gentlemen Of Swing - # 8528 - 1940
26. Georgia On My Mind - Mildred Bailey And Delta Rhythm Boys - # 3691 - 1941
27. I'm Afraid Of Myself- Mildred Bailey And Delta Rhythm Boys - # 3691 - 1941Track Listing For TP116 "Early D-E-C-C-A Label Vocal Harmony - Volume Two" CD:
1. Ev'rything Depends On You - Mildred Bailey/Delta Rhythm Boys - # 3888 - 1941
2. Queen Street Rag - Virginia Four - # 7808 - 1941
3. How Was I To Know - Cabineers - # 7835 - 1941
4. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Five Rocquettes - # 7842 - 1941
5. Dearie - Five Rocquettes - # 7848 - 1941
6. Break It Up Charlie - Four Blackamoors - # 7850 - 1941
7. Bogey Bottom Blues - Lloyd Phillip's Jumping Jacks - # 7860 - 1941
8. Sally Long - Lloyd Phillip's Jumping Jacks - # 7860 - 1941
9. Let The Party Go On - Cabineers - # 7873 - 1941
10. Sweet Louise - Cabineers - # 7873 - 1941
11. Don't You Want Me Anymore - Harden Brothers - # 8511 - 1941
12. Darling, You Can't Have Fifty - Four Blackamoors - # 8512 - 1941
13. Jitterbug Sadie - Four Blues - # 8517 - 1941
14. Easy Does It - Four Blues - # 8517 - 1941
15. Search Your Heart And See - Mabel Robinson/Four Blackamoors - # 8568 - 1941
16. Big Fat Butterfly - Skeets Tolbert And His Gentlemen Of Swing - # 8579 - 1941
17. Get In The Groove - Boyce's Harlem Serenaders - # 8585 - 1941
18. I'm Gettin' Mighty Lonesome For You - Ella Fitzgerald/Four Keys - # 4315 - 1942
19. When I Come Back Crying - Ella Fitzgerald And Her Four Keys - # 4315 - 1942
20. Harlem After Midnight - Boyce's Harlem Serenaders - # 8602 - 1942
21. Bluer Than Blue Than Blue - Four Blues - # 8637 - 1942
22. Honey Chile - Four Blues - # 8637 - 1942
23. C.O.D. - Skeets Tolbert And His Gentlemen Of Swing - # 8641 - 1942
24. Messy - Boone's Jumping Jacks - # 8644 - 1942
25. Hurry Sundown - Richard Huey And His Sundown Singers - # 8656 - 1944
26. The Blues Boogie Woogie - Richard Huey/Sundown Singers - # 8656 - 1944Track Listing For TP122 "Early D-E-C-C-A Label Vocal Harmony - Volume Three" CD:
1. Disappointed In Love - Palmer Brothers Trio (Earl Hines Orch.) - # 389 - 1935
2. Snowball - Charioteers - # 421 - 1935
3. Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down - Vocal Trio (Lunceford Orch.) - # 453 - 1935
4. When A Great Love Comes Along - Babs And Her Brothers - # 634 - 1936
5. Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town - Babs And Her Brothers - # 635 - 1936
6. T'Aint Good - Vocal Trio (Jimmie Lunceford Orch.) - # 960 - 1936
7. Trouble In Mind - Four Southerners - # 7291 - 1937
8. The Fly Outflew The Flea - King's Jesters - # 1826 - 1938
9. Flat Foot Floogee - Louis Armstrong And Mills Brothers - # 1876 - 1938
10. Cloudy - Dolores Jackson And Cabin Boys - # 7396 - 1938
11. Fuzzy Wuzzy - Three Peppers - # 2239 - 1939
12. Swing Out Uncle Wilson - Three Peppers - # 2557 - 1939
13. Beat It Out Bumpin' Boy - Royal Rhythm Boys - # 2830 - 1939
14. Beedle De Beedle Dee Bop Bop - Norfolk Jazz Quartet - # 7443 - 1939
15. When The Moon Goes Down In The Valley Of Time - Alphabetical Four - # 7507 -1939
16. Hot Dogs - Three Peppers - # 3342 - 1940
17. WHAM - Doctor Sausage And His Five Pork Chops - # 7736 - 1940
18. Doctor Sausage's Blues - Doctor Sausage And His Five Pork Chops - # 7736 - 1940
19. Jenny - Mildred Bailey And Delta Rhythm Boys - # 3661 - 1941
20. I'd Feel Much Better - Virginia Four [Norfolk Jazz Quartet] - # 7808 - 1941
21. Reminiscing - Five Rocquettes - # 7848 - 1941
22. I Miss You So - Hardin Brothers - # 8511 - 1941
23. Uptown Jive - Variety Boys - # 8564 - 1941
24. This Is The Boogie, The Woogie, The Boogie - Three Bits Of Rhythm - # 8572 - 1941
25. Hey Huss! - Trevor Bacon And Ensemble (Lucky Millinder Orch.) - # 4146 - 1942
26. Ride, Red, Ride - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - # 4146 - 1942
27. I'm Not That Way Anymore - Grooveneers - # 7883 - 1942
EARLY D-E-C-C-A LABEL VOCAL HARMONY - VOLUME ONE CD ONLY
(Item Number TP115): $11.50 (no extra for shipping within USA)
EARLY D-E-C-C-A LABEL VOCAL HARMONY - VOLUME TWO CD ONLY
(Item Number TP116): $11.50 (no extra for shipping within USA)
EARLY D-E-C-C-A LABEL VOCAL HARMONY - VOLUME THREE CD ONLY
(Item Number TP122): $11.50 (no extra for shipping within USA)
EARLY D-E-C-C-A LABEL VOCAL HARMONY - VOL. ONE & TWO (TWO CD SET)
(Item Number TP115/116): $21.50 (no extra for shipping within USA)
EARLY D-E-C-C-A LABEL VOCAL HARMONY - VOL. ONE & THREE (TWO CD SET)
(Item Number TP115/122): $21.50 (no extra for shipping within USA)
EARLY D-E-C-C-A LABEL VOCAL HARMONY - VOL. TWO & THREE (TWO CD SET)
(Item Number TP116/122): $21.50 (no extra for shipping within USA)
EARLY D-E-C-C-A LABEL VOCAL HARMONY - COMPLETE THREE VOLUME CD SET
(Item Number TP115/116/122): $31.50 (no extra for shipping within USA)
Click on above button to view current contents of your shopping cart or to check out.
If there are any questions or more information is needed, please E-mail by clicking .
Last Revised: 3/31/05
This site is non-commercial. These CD's are provided to further the general public's knowledge of early RnB vocal group harmony.