AL JOLSON - THE DECCA YEARS: 1945-1950 (3CD Set)

DISC ONE

1. SWANEE
2. APRIL SHOWERS
3. MA BLUSHIN' ROSIE
4. MY MAMMY
5. YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
6. ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY
7. CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME
8. SONNY BOY
9. AVALON
10. ANNIVERSARY SONG
11. ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND with Bing Crosby
12. THE SPANIARD THAT BLIGHTED MY LIFE with Bing Crosby
13. ALL MY LOVE
14. KEEP SMILING AT TROUBLE
15. BACK IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD
16. I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
17. WHERE THE BLACK-EYED SUSANS GROW
18. TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE!
19. CAROLINA IN THE MORNING
20. LIZA
21. FOR ME AND MY GAL
22. ABOUT A QUARTER TO NINE
23. WAITING FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE 
24. GOLDEN GATE
25. WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN
26. THERE'S A RAINBOW 'ROUND MY SHOULDER
27. IF I ONLY HAD A MATCH
28. LET ME SING AND I'M HAPPY


DISC TWO

1. I WANT A GIRL
2. BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON
3. I WISH I HAD A GIRL
4. WHEN I LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
5. SOMEONE ELSE MAY BE THERE WHILE I'M GONE
6. WHEN THE RED, RED ROBIN COMES BOB, BOB BOBBIN' ALONG
7. KOL NIDRE
8. CANTOR ON THE SABBATH 
9. HATIKVOH
10. ISRAEL 
11. DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS with The Mills Brothers
12. IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXIE? with The Mills Brothers
13. I'M CRYING JUST FOR YOU
14. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
15. THAT WONDERFUL GIRL OF MINE
16. IN OUR HOUSE
17. PRETTY BABY
18. I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER / BABY FACE
19. CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN
20. AFTER YOU'VE GONE
21. IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU
22. GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY
23. IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXIE? with The Lee Gordon Singers
24. I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY
25. I LOVE YOU 
26. PARIS WAKES AND SMILES

DISC THREE

1. SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
2. LET'S GO WEST AGAIN
3. GOD'S COUNTRY
4. REMEMBER MOTHER'S DAY
5. MY MOTHER'S ROSARY
6. THE OLD PIANO ROLL BLUES with The Andrews Sisters
7. 'WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS with The Andrews Sisters
8. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? with Gordon Jenkins
9. NO SAD SONGS FOR ME with Gordon Jenkins
10. OLD BLACK JOE
11. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME
12. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
13. MASSA'S IN DE COLD, COLD GROUND
14. OLD FOLKS AT HOME
15. JEANIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN HAIR
16. OH! SUSANNAH
17. DE CAMPTOWN RACES

BONUS TRACKS
18. SWANEE alternative take
19. YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU alternative take
20. ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY incomplete take
21. CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME alternative take
22. ABOUT A QUARTER TO NINE alternative take
23. WAITING FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE alternative take
24. IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXIE? alternative take
25. 'WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS previously unreleased solo version
26. ALABAMY BOUND previously unreleased

The most fabulous and fitting 3CD set of Al Jolson ever made, including all 71 of his vocal sides for Decca from 1945 to 1950, plus two previously-unreleased performances, six alternative takes, and one incomplete take.

In pristine remastered sound with a deluxe booklet including newly-written liner notes, period illustrations, and a sessionography.