Capitol Collectors Series (1956)

About this title: What Louis Prima accomplished musically in the company of Sam Butera and the Witnesses and vocalist Keely Smith is in hard evidence on this excellent 26-track compilation. All the classics are aboard with excellent liner notes from Scott Shea and crisp transfers of the original masters ("Angelina-Zooma Zooma," "That Old Black Magic," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Buona Sera" -- which includes a great snippet of studio chatter kicking it off -- "Oh Marie," and the obligatory "Just a Gigolo-I Ain't Got Nobody"). Although this duplicates several tracks with Rhino's Zooma! Zooma! compilation, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody [Brammer/Caesar/Casu]
2. Oh Marie [DiCapua/Prima]
3. Buona Sera [Sigman/DeRose]
4. Jump, Jive, An' Wail [Prima]
5. Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South [Mace/Rene/Rene/Will]
6. The Lip [Klages/Knight]
7. Whistle Stop [Breedlove]
8. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days [Donaldson/Morris]
9. Banana Split for My Baby [Irwin/Prima]
10. There'll Be No Next Time [Berry/Josea]
11. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/The Sheik of ... [Fisher/Goodwin/Shay]
12. Baby Won't You Please Come Home [Warfield/Williams]
13. I've Got the World on a String [Arlen/Koehler]
14. Pennies from Heaven [Burke/Johnston]
15. Angelina/Zooma Zooma [Citarella/Fisher/Ka]
16. Beep! Beep! [Joyce/Prima/Winn]
17. Embraceable You/I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good [Ellington/Gershwin/]
18. Sing, Sing, Sing [Prima]
19. That Old Black Magic [Arlen/Mercer]
20. The Music Goes 'Round and Around [Farley/Hodgson/Rile]
21. Hey Boy, Hey Girl [McLollie/Thomas]
22. Lazy River [Arodin/Carmichael]
23. I've Got You Under My Skin [Porter]
24. You're Just in Love [Berlin]
25. Twist All Night [Prima/Butera]
26. St. Louis Blues [Handy]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.