Count Basie - The Best Of Basie (1937-1938) Vol. 1

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New York, January 21, 1937
A1	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Honeyuckle Rose Written-By – A. Razaf*, T. "Fats" Waller*	2:53
A2	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Swingin' At The Daisy Chain Written-By – C. Basie*	2:44
A3	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Roseland Shuffle Written-By – C. Basie*	2:30
New York, March 26, 1937
A4	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Boogie Woogie Vocals – Jimmy RushingWritten-By – C. Basie*	2:48
New York, July 7, 1937
A5	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	One O'Clock Jump Written-By – C. Basie*	2:57
A6	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	John's Idea Written-By – C. Basie*, E. Durham*	2:51
New York, August 9, 1937
B1	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Time Out Written-By – E. Durham*	2:57
B2	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Topsy Written-By – E. Durham*, E. Battle*	3:07
New York, October 13, 1937
B3	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Out The Window Written-By – E. Durham*	2:45
New York, January 4, 1938
B4	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Blues In The Dark Vocals – Jimmy RushingWritten-By – C. Basie*	3:00
New York, February 16, 1938
B5	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Sent For You Yesterday Vocals – Jimmy RushingWritten-By – C. Basie*	2:52
B6	–Count Basie & His Orchestra*	Every Tub Written-By – C. Basie*	3:14

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – MCA Records International
• Distributed By – Compagnie Européenne Du Disque
• Printed By – I.D.N.
• Published By – Chappell
• Published By – France Melodie

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Caughey Roberts (tracks: A1 to A4), Earle Warren (tracks: A5 to B6)
• Arranged By – Buck Clayton (tracks: B6), Eddie Durham (tracks: A6 to B3)
• Baritone Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Ronald "Jack" Washington*
• Bass – Walter Page
• Design [Maquette] – Etienne Robial
• Drums – Jo Jones
• Guitar – Claude Williams (tracks: A1 to A3), Freddie Greene* (tracks: A4 to B6)
• Liner Notes – Alain Gerber
• Other [Collection] – Hugues Panassié
• Photography By – J. Kriegsmann*
• Piano – Count Basie
• Tenor Saxophone – Hershal Evans*, Lester Young
• Trombone – Bennie Morton* (tracks: B3), Dan Minor, Eddie Durham (tracks: A4 to B6), George Hunt
• Trumpet – Bobby Hicks* (tracks: B3), Bobby Moore (tracks: A4 to B2), Buck Clayton, Carl "Tati" Smith* (tracks: A1 to A3), Edward Lewis* (tracks: A4 to B6), Harry Edison (tracks: B5, B6), Joe Keyes (tracks: A1 to A3), Karl George (tracks: B4)

Notes

'Stéréo Simulated' stated on labels.
'The Best Of Basie (1937-1938) Vol. 1 - Count Basie And His Orchestra' on labels.
'Count Basie 1 - The Best Of Basie (1937-1938)' on front cover,
'Count Basie Vol 1' on spine
Liner notes in French only.
First label cat. Nr on front cover, second on labels.
Publishers: Chappell stated on side A & B, France-Melodie only on side A.

Matrix Nr.
A1: 61542
A2: 61544
A3: 61545
A4: 62081
A5: 62332
A6: 62334
B1: 62513
B2: 62514
B3: 62683
B4: 63123
B5: 63286
B6: 63287

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout A): GV/CED 510013 A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B): GV/CED 510013 B
• Rights Society: SACEM SACD SDRM SGDL
• Price Code: none

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
M.C.A. 510013, 510013	Count Basie	The Best Of Basie Vol. 1 (1937-1938) ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	MCA Records, MCA Records	M.C.A. 510013, 510013	France	1974
MCA 510013	Count Basie	The Best Of Basie (1937-1938) ‎(LP, Comp, RE, TP)	MCA Records	MCA 510013	France	1974