Baby Jump: The Definitive Collection (2005)

About this title: Hmmm, "definitive," you say? Well, let's see. The need for a truly all-encompassing Mungo Jerry collection has been evident ever since the early '90s brought the first in the long line of CD compilations that simply followed the same laws as the LPs that preceded them -- here are the hits, here's the odd B-side, here are a couple of randomly selected album tracks. Mungo Jerry meant so much more than that, even if that brief does sum up most listeners' total knowledge of the band's output. With 60 tracks at its disposal, Baby Jump certainly comes close to the ideal. Concentrating on their ... read more

Tracks:

1. In the Summertime
2. Mighty Man
3. Dust Pneumonia Blues
4. Baby Let's Play House
5. Johnny B Badde
6. San Francisco Bay Blues
7. Sad Eyed Joe
8. Maggie
9. Peace in the Country
10. See Me
11. Movin' On
12. My Friend
13. Mother *! *! *! Boogie
14. Tramp
15. Daddie's Brew
16. Baby Jump
17. The Man Behind the Piano
18. She Rowed
19. Somebody Stole My Wife
20. I Just Wanna Make Love to You
21. Lady Rose [Single Version]
22. Memoirs of a Stockbroker
23. Follow Me Down
24. You Better Leave That Whisky Alone
25. Coming Back to You When the Time Comes
26. Have a Whiff on Me
27. Milk Cow Blues
28. Little Louis
29. You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight the War
30. The Sun Is Shining
31. O'Reilly
32. We Shall Be Free
33. Ella Speed
34. Take Me Back
35. Hey Rosalyn
36. Northcote Arms
37. There's a Man Going Round Taking Names
38. Simple Things
39. Keep Your Hands off Her
40. On a Sunday
41. That Old Dust Storm
42. Open Up
43. Going Back Home
44. I Don't Wanna Go Back to School
45. No Girl Reaction
46. See You Again
47. Demon
48. My Girl and Me
49. Sweet Mary Jane
50. Lady Rose
51. Brand New Car
52. Summer's Gone
53. It's a Goodie Boogie Woogie
54. Say Goodnight
55. Alright Alright Alright
56. Little Miss Hipshake
57. Wild Love
58. Glad I'm a Rocker
59. Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
60. Gonna Bop Till I Drop
61. Don't Stop
62. Shake Till I Break
63. Too Fast to Live and Too Young to Die
64. Burnin' Up
65. All Dressed Up with No Place to Go

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