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Weary Blues
King Porter Stomp
Strictly Swing
Do You Wanna Jump, Children?
What Do You Know About Love?
A Study In Blue
Easy Rider
Because Of You
"I", The Living "I"
Let The Punishment Fit The Crime
Swing Out
Raid The Joint
Big Wig In The Wigwam
Polka Dotty (Come Out Tonight)
No Soap (A Jitterbug Jamboree)
Swingin' On Lenox Avenue
Hot Platter
Gin Mill Special
Cherry
Tuxedo Junction
Weddin' Blues
You Can't Escape From Me
Rehearsal In Love
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Made in the E.E.C. / Released in jewel case with booklet (8 pp.).
Misspelt 'The Chronogical Classics' on the front.
Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra - according to front;
Erskine Hawkins (The Twentieth Century Gabriel) And His Orchestra - according to booklet.
Tracks 1 to 2 recorded in New York, September 12, 1938.
Originally released on Bluebird B-7839.
Tracks 3 to 8 recorded in New York, October 20, 1938.
Tracks 3 & 5 originally released on Bluebird B-10012; tracks 4 & 8 on Bluebird B-10019; tracks 6 & 7 on Bluebird B-10029.
Tracks 9 to 12 recorded in New York, April 8, 1939.
Tracks 9 & 10 originally released on Bluebird B-10218; tracks 11 & 12 on Bluebird B-10224.
Tracks 13 to 16 recorded in New York, May 14, 1939.
Tracks 13 & 14 originally released on Bluebird B-10287; tracks 15 & 16 on Bluebird B-10292.
Tracks 17 to 21 recorded in New York, July 18, 1939.
Tracks 17 & 21 originally released on Bluebird B-10364; tracks 18 & 20 on Bluebird B-10409; track 19 on Bluebird 10540.
Tracks 22 to 23 recorded in New York, October 2, 1939.
Track 22 originally released on Bluebird B-10540; track 23 on Bluebird B-10456.
Alto Saxophone – - Jimmy Mitchelle , - William Johnson
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – - Haywood Henry
Directed By, Leader, Trumpet – - Erskine Hawkins
Double Bass [String Bass] – - Leemie Stanfield *
Drums – - James Morrison (5)
Guitar – - William McLemore * (tracks: 1 to 21), - Clifton "Skeeter" Best * (tracks: 22 to 23)Liner Notes – - Anatol Schenker
Orchestra – - Erskine Hawkins (The Twentieth Century Gabriel) And His Orchestra *
Piano – - Avery Parrish
Tenor Saxophone – - Julian Dash
Trombone – - Edward Sims , - Robert Range
Trumpet – - Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb *, - Marcellus Green , - Sammy Lowe
Vocals [Vocal] – - Dolores Brown (tracks: 23), - Ida James (tracks: 5, 9, 13), - Jimmy Mitchelle (tracks: 4, 8, 10, 14, 19)
Copyright Classics Records
Pressed By MPO