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Al Jolson CDs

Over the years, I have amassed quite a collection of CDs featuring the recordings and broadcasts of Al Jolson. Having downsized from my home of four decades to a small condominium, I must part with these treasures. I am offering them to the Jolson fans who visit this page for $10 each, postage paid in the US. These are all commercial CDs, not the CDs offered by the IAJS, and, while I will do my best to update this page as CDs are sold, I will contact you if the CD you want has been sold already, CDs are subject to prior sale. I will also be adding to this list as I can process the CDs, so check back periodically to see if anything interests you. Any questions, just drop me an email at webmaster@jolson.org.

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Currently there are 41 CDs listed on this page

	TKO Magnum CECD 028 Produced by the same company as the "Snap Your Fingers" CD below, and even borrowing the cover art, this is a track for track copy of that CD. The difference is, according to the label, that some proceeds from this division support a charitable trust. Tracks include: Snap Your Fingers And Away You Go, The Spaniard That Blighted My Life, My Yellow Jacket Girl, Asleep In The Deep, That Lovin' Traumerei, Brass Band Ephraham Jones, That Haunting Melody, Rum Tum Tiddle, Pullman Porters Parade, You Made Me Love You, Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers, When Grown Up Ladies Act Like Babies. Comments are the same as for the older twin CD.
	PILZ 449338-2 Twelve of the Decca recordings, including: Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; I Only Have Eyes For You; My Mammy; After You've Gone; Easter Parade; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Sonny Boy; Anniversary Song; April Showers; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; Carolina In The Morning; Alexander's Ragtime Band.
	Peaceful Productions ALK 28 Jolson Radio performances including: I Only Have Eyes For You; Look For The Silver Lining; Roses of Picardy; Down Among The Sheltering Palms/Back In Your Own Backyard; My Blushin' Rosie; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; They Didn't Believe Me; All By Myself; Say It Isn't So; A Latin From Manhattan; You Made Me Love You; Without A Song; When Day Is Done; My Wild Irish Rose; If I Only Had A Match; Avalon; My Melancholy Baby/My Blue Heaven; How Deep Is The Ocean; Oh, You Beautiful Doll/Little Girl; A Tree In The Meadow; Some Enchanted Evening; I'll Be Seeing You; At Sundown; People Will Say We're In Love; Come To Me, Bend To Me/Annie Laurie; Old Man River; Dinah; The Best Things In Life Are Free.
	CDS RPCD 300 20 digitally remastered Jolson cuts from 1926 - 1932 including: Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody; At Peace With The World; Tonight's My Night With Baby; Here I Am; When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along; Four Walls; Blue River; Mother Of Mine, I Still Have You; My Mammy; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Golden Gate; Sonny Boy; I'm In Seventh Heaven; Back In Your Own Backyard; Little Pal; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; You Are Too Beautiful; Hallelujah! I'm A Bum; April Showers
	Parrot PARCD 004 40 cuts of Al Jolson and Bing Crosby on the radio. Jolson: Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; Lazy; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; My Mammy; Swanee. Crosby: Kate; Ashmolean Marching Society; I Can Dream, Can't I?; You're Wonderful; That Lucky Old Sun; Bye, Bye, Baby; Rainy Night In Rio; Linda; Nobody; Beautiful Dreamer. Duets: Back In Your Own Backyard; You made Me Love You; Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee; The Best Things In Life Are Free; The Anniversary Song; Red, Red, Robin; April Showers; Ma Blushin' Rosie; The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else; Avalon; All By Myself; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Easter Parade; Sunbonnet Sue; A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody; My Old Kentucky Home; A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight; Oh! Susanna; In The Evening By The Moonlight; On The Banks Of The Wabash; Alabamy Bound.
	Great Movie Themes CD60021 Direct from the soundtrack, here are cuts from two Jolson films. From The Jolson Story: Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; Ma Blushin' Rosie; I Want A Girl; My Mammy; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; You Made Me Love You; Swanee; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; April Showers; California, Here I Come; Liza; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; She's A Latin From Manhattan; About A Quarter To Nine; Anniversary Song; Waiting For The Robert E. Lee; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; and April Showers. These are straight from the movie, often with Parks' dialog. From Mammy: Who Paid The Rent For Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?; Yes! We Have No Bananas; Looking At You; Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany?; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; To My Mammy; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy (reprise).
	Classic World Productions CWP-9995 A dozen tracks from the Decca series comprise this half hour CD, which is of generally enjoyable quality with no glaring problems. Tracks include: Swanee; After you've Gone; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Pretty Baby; (Someone Else May Be There) While I'm Gone; Avalon; My mammy; For Me And My Gal; Carolina In The Morning; Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo'Bye); April Showers; I'm Just Wild About Harry.
	SMS-44 Yet another British CD published by Pickwick, often around on Internet auctions, includes these 12 Brunswick cuts, in a 35 minute CD: Sonny Boy; Golden Gate; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; You Are Too Beautiful; Hallelujah, I'm A Bum; California, Here I Come; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Used To You; Back In Your Own Backyard; If I Knew I'd Find You; April Showers; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World. These are generally good transfers, and are good additions to your collection.
	Columbia/Legacy CK 53419 24 of Jolson's Columbia recordings in excellent condition, with a very nice 24 page booklet, including: That Little German Band; Everybody Snap Your Fingers; Back To The Carolina You Love; Revival Day; Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers; Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?; Down Where The Swanee River Flows; I Sent My Wife To The Thousand Isles; Tell That To The Marines; I'll Say She Does; On The Road To Calais; Swanee; In Sweet September; Avalon; O-Hi-O; April Showers; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; Morning Will Come; Stella; Waitin' For The Evening Mail; Hallelujah, I'm A Bum; You Are Too Beautiful; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.
	Living Era CD AJA 5596 This interesting British issue from the company that has brought us two other good Jolson CDs includes seven tracks from Jolson radio performances. From the 04 Jan 50 Crosby show, songs are "Is Is True What They Say About Dixie?" and "Carolina In The Morning;" from the 06 Mar 47 Eddie Cantor Show, short versions of "Swanee," "Anniversary Song," "California, Here I Come," "If You Knew Susie," "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider," and "Toot, Toot Tootsie;" from the Kraft Music Hall of 7 Oct 48, a bit with Edward G. Robinson; from the Eddie Cantor Show 8 Jan 48, "California, Here I Come," "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" "April Showers," "Now's The Time To Fall In Love," and "Near You;" from the Crosby show of 28 Dec 49, "Swanee," "Red, Red Robin," and "I Only Have Eyes For You;" from the Kraft show of 4 Nov 48, "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet;" and from the Crosby show of 15 Feb 50, "Bye-Bye Baby." Some of these songs are just a few bars, some are longer, some in duet and some solo. The audio quality varies, with some a bit over processed. Still, this is an enjoyable recording which fans and not-yet fans will certainly enjoy.
	Hallmark 308492 Another British CD that has found its way to Internet auctions, here are 20 cuts mostly from the Brunswick era. Tracks include: There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Sonny Boy; April Showers; Back In Your Own Backyard; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; I'm In The Seventh Heaven; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Little Pal; Why Can't You; Tonight's My Night With Baby; When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along; Here I Am; California, Here I Come; Used To You; You Made Me Love You; Pasedena; You Are Too Beautiful; Golden Gate; Liza; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy. Note that all the recordings are Brunswicks except "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World," which is from the sound track of The Singing Fool, and "You Made Me Love You," which is a Columbia. This is not a bad CD, and the quality is fairly good throughout.
	Stardust CLP-07592 This collection of 19 early Jolson tracks makes for almost an hour of enjoyable listening. Tracks include: April Showers; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; Liza; Why Can't You; Used To You; Little Pal; I'm In Seventh Heaven; Sonny Boy; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!; My Mammy; Back In Your Own Backyard; Golden Gate; Blue River; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; Pasadena; California, Here I Come; Alexander's Ragtime Band. The first two tracks are the Guy Lombardo recordings, tracks 3 through 18 are Brunswick recordings, and the last track is from a Kraft Music Hall broadcast. This is a fairly clean disc with some good recordings.
	Nimbus NI-2009 Robert Parker has made a career of restoring 78 rpm recordings to modern standards, and this CD is a fine example of his craft. Featuring 28 Decca tracks, they are cleaned up and augmented with a tad of reverberation; not enough to detract as the simulated stereo of the 1960s did, but enough to flesh out the sound. Tracks include: When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along; I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover/Baby Face; Pretty Baby; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (w/Crosby); There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; About A Quarter To Nine; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; My Mammy; April Showers; Ma Blushin' Rosie; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; You Made Me Love You; California, Here I Come; Sonny Boy; Avalon; Swanee; Carolina In The Morning; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; Liza; For Me And My Gal; Anniversary Song; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; If I Only Had A Match; Is It True What They Say About Dixie (w/Mills Bros); Waiting For The Robert E. Lee; Give My Regards To Broadway; I'm Just Wild About Harry; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy. This album is a worthy addition to any Jolson fan's collection.
	Jasmine JASCD 100 25 Jolson original soundtrack recordings, including: My Mammy; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; California, Here I Come; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face; About A Quarter To Nine; Mammy, I'll Sing About You; Casino De Paree; She's A Latin From Manhattan; Go Into Your Dance; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; To My Mammy; Looking At You; I Love To Sing-a; You're The Cure For What Ails Me; What Do You Want With Money?; Hallelujah, I'm A Tramp; You Are Too Beautiful; Oh! Susanna; Camptown Races; Old Folks At Home; It All Depends On You; Mother Of Mine; Who's The Swingin'est Man In Town; Save Me Sister; Goin' To Heaven On A Mule; Golden Gate.
	Stash ST-CD-564 Jolson's first 24 recordings, including the Victors and early Columbia recordings, with alternate takes of some songs: That Haunting Melody; Rum Tum Tiddle; Asleep In The Deep; Snap Your Fingers; Brass Band Ephraham Jones; Ragging the Baby To Sleep; That Lovin' Traumerai; Movin' Man, Don't Take My Baby Grand; My Yellow Jacket Girl; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; The Pullman Porters' Parade; You Made Me Love You; That Little German Band; Everybody Snap Your Fingers With Me; Back To The Carolina You Love; Revival Day; Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers (1&2); When The Grown Up Ladies Act Like Babies (1&2); Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go; Down Where The Swanee River Flows; Now He's Got A Beautiful Girl.
	Allegro CRG120015 Here is a collection of early Jolson favorites from the Victor and Columbia series, with fairly clean transfers to CD. Twelve tracks on the CD include: Snap Your Fingers And Away You Go, The Spaniard That Blighted My Life, My Yellow Jacket Girl, Asleep In The Deep, That Lovin' Traumerei, Brass Band Ephraham Jones, That Haunting Melody, Rum Tum Tiddle, Pullman Porters Parade, You Made Me Love You, Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers, When Grown Up Ladies Act Like Babies.
	Platinum CD-PLAT-166 From Australia comes this collection of Decca tracks. Generally good transfers, the CD includes: My Mammy; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; You Made Me Love You; When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along; April Showers; Anniversary Song; Oh! You Beautiful Doll; Give My Regards To Broadway; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; Ol' Man River; Swanee; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; California, Here I Come; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; For Me And My Gal; Always; I Only Have Eyes For You; Sonny Boy; After You've Gone; Ma Blushin' Rosie. This is another of the auction type discs, which seems to be floating around. A nice addition if you need clean copies of the Decca series mainstays.
	LaserLight 12 585 This album is a subset of Larry Kiner's orginal Peaceful Productions ALK album, with half of the cuts strung together without breaks. Still, it's a nice selection of songs from the Kraft Music Hall. Includes: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; Say It Isn't So; Without A Song; How Deep Is The Ocean; Ol' Man River; Look For The Silver Lining; Roses Of Picardy; Ma Blushin' Rosie; They Didn't Believe Me; You Made Me Love You; My Wild Irish Rose; and Avalon.
	The Very Best Of Al Jolson - Prism PLATCD 130 On the surface, this collection of 20 repressed Decca and Kraft cuts looks very nice. It includes: Swanee; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; My Mammy; For Me And My Gal; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; California, Here I Come; Sweet Sixteen; Avalon; Carolina In The Morning; Sonny Boy; Is It True What They Say About Dixie? Alabamy Bound; You Made me Love You; Give My Regards To Broadway; I Only Have Eyes For You; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; April Showers; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy. Available from several sources, including frequently on Internet auctions, it should be avoided. Many of the tracks have false starts and cuts, and several, including "Swanee," have choruses duplicated to make the track run longer. There are better Jolson albums than this one; I don't recommend this CD.
	Halcyon DHDL 102 18 recordings from 1924 to 1932 including: California, Here I Come; Pasadena; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; Blue River; Golden Gate; Back In Your Own Backyard; My Mammy; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Sonny Boy; I'm In Seventh Heaven; Little Pal; Used To You; Why Can't You?; Liza; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; April Showers; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.
	The Sound Track Factory SFCD33533 With cuts from more than just The Jazz Singer, this CD is a nice collection of movie tracks from Jolson's earlier films. In fact, except for the order of tracks, it has the same selections, and sounds much the same, as the Rhino collection of Warner tracks, there is no booklet. Selections include: [The Jazz Singer] Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!; Toot, Toot, Tootsie!; Blue Skies; Mother Of Mine, I Still Have You; My Mammy; [The Singing Fool] It All Depends On You; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Golden Gate; Sonny Boy; [Say It With Songs] Back In Your Own Backyard; Used To You; I'm In Seventh Heaven; [Mammy] Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; (Across The Breakfast Table) Looking At You; Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany? [Big Boy] Liza Lee; Little Sunshine; [Go Into Your Dance] About A Quarter To Nine; [The Singing Kid] I Love To Sing'a; [Plantation Act] April Showers; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.
	Living Era CD AJA 5038 18 recordings including 1920s and 1930s recordings, soundtracks, and "private recordings" including: California, Here I Come; Sonny Boy; April Showers; Pasadena; Red, Red, Robin; You Made Me Love You; I'm Ka-razy For You; You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet; Swanee; When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues For You; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Blue River; Used To You; Steppin' Out; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; Miami; Golden Gate; My Mammy.
	Evergreen 2690892 CD Ten of the Decca recordings, including: Sonny Boy; Swanee; Give My Regards To Broadway; Avalon; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; My Mammy; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; For My And My Gal; Easter Parade; California, Here I Come.
	Pro-Arte CDD-436 Twenty Jolson recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Includes There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Sonny Boy; Swanee; Red, Red, Robin; Sitting On Top Of The World; You Flew Away From The Nest; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; Back In Your Own Backyard; My Mammy; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face; California Here I Come; Little Pal; Liza; Golden Gate; Let Me Sing and I'm Happy; The Cantor; Hallelujah, I'm A Bum; You Are Too Beautiful; April Showers; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.
	The Best of Al Jolson - Intersound 4625 Found on the rack in a local Target store, this gem contains Columbia, Brunswick, and Decca tracks of: You Made Me Love You; Swanee; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along; Back In Your Own Backyard; My Mammy; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Sonny Boy; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; Hallelujah, I'm A Bum!; April Showers, Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; You Are Too Beautiful; Anniversary Song; Too, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo'Bye).
	CCM-441 Marketed by the mail order Collector's Choice Music, this CD is billed as a one night Jolson concert, but is in reality a sequence of Jolson performances from a variety of Kraft Music Hall broadcasts. As such, the audio quality varies a bit, sometimes quite a bit, between selections. Tracks include: California, Here I Come; Come To Me, Bend To Me; Waiting For The Robert E. Lee; Anniversary Song; Liza; All My Love; Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye; Without A Song; Is It True What They Say About Dixie?; By The Light Of The Silv'ry Moon; Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; Alabamy Bound; Memories; Just One Of Those Things; Ol' Man River; For Me And My Gal; What'll I Do?; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; The Best Things In Life Are Free. Better quality versions of these songs are available on the IAJS Decca CDs; this may be a nice CD to take in the car on a trip, though.
	Goldie GLD-63103 Although the label claims "recorded 1925-1934," these sixteen recordings are all from the late 1940 Decca and Kraft Music Hall series. Includes: Sonny Boy, My Mammy, You Made Me Love You, Swanee, Avalon, There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Easter Parade, After You've Gone, I Only Have Eyes For You, Carolina In The Morning, Give My Regards To Broadway, Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (with the Mills Brothers), Chicago, The Best Things In Life Are Free, Alabamy Bound, and Alexander's Ragtime Band (with Bing Crosby)
	I.M.D. Al Jolson - Great Songs IMD-4041-2 There really are ten great songs by Al Jolson on this inexpensive disc. Unfortunately, the transfers are not of the best quality, with some breaking up on sound peaks and occasional dropouts. The recordings are from the Decca series, and include: Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Give My Regards To Broadway; Sonny Boy; April Showers; Anniversary Song; Easter Parade; My Mammy; California, Here I Come; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; and Swanee.
	Going For A Song GFS-018 Not to be confused with others of the same name, this British import includes tracks recorded on the Decca label, including both studio recordings and Kraft Music Hall tracks. The selections include: Swanee; California Here I Come; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; For Me And My Gal; Give My Regards To Broadway; My Mammy; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; I Only Have Eyes For You; April Showers; You Made Me Love You; Oh You Beautiful Doll; Sonny Boy; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin Along; After You've Gone; Avalon; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; and Anniversary Song. The verse for California is cut out, and several of the songs have what sounds like dropouts. This might be a good fill in disc, but I cannot recommend it as an essential Jolson item.
	Music Digital CD6038 This British import, widely circulated on Internet auction sites, contains 25 cleanly remastered Brunswick tracks. They include: My Mammy; April Showers; Sonny Boy; Mother Of Mine I Still Have You; Lazy; Hello Tucky; You Flew Away From The Nest; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Little Pal; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; Mr. Radio Man; I'd Climb The Highest Mountain; Blue River; When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along; Golden Gate; I'm In Seventh Heaven; California, Here I Come; Used To You; At Peace With The World; Hallelujah, I'm A Bum; Back In Your Own Backyard; You Are Too Beautiful; Ol' Man River. There are lots of CDs called "The Best Of Al Jolson." This one might just live up to it's name!
	MCA 088-112-692-2 MCA has re-released these dozen original Decca tracks in a remastered CD as part of a 20th Century Masters collection. Tracks include: Swanee; California, Here I Come; April Showers; My Mammy; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; You Made Me Love You; Anniversary Song; Alexander's Ragtime Band (w/Crosby); Sonny Boy; Liza; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; When You Were Sweet Sixteen. The quality is quite good, but you should know that this is a subset of the tracks from the earlier MCA CD The Best Of The Decca Years, shown below. Still, it is a good, clean, CD, and it is good to see MCA continuing to release Jolson tracks. If only they would open those archives!
	Samba MTLCD 5060 This CD, Volume 10 of the series, includes many cuts from radio broadcasts not available elsewhere. Tracks include: April Showers (Al Jolson); Body & Soul (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra); Back In Your Own Backyard; I'll Be Seeing You; Ida; Hello 'Tucky (all Jolson); Little White Lies (Dorsey); and Where The Black Eyed Susans Grow (Jolson).
	Samba MTLCD-5061 This is Volume 11 of a series, and features many obscure Jolson cuts from radio broadcasts. The only problem with the album is that the cover does not tell the whole story of the album. The record includes: Ma Blushin' Rosie; I'll Be Seeing You (by Tommy Dorsey - not Jolson); Come To Me, Bend To Me/Annie Laurie; A Fellow Needs A Girl (not listed on album); Old Folks At Home (end only, from Cantor radio show); Manaña (parody with Joan Davis on radio show); Old Fashioned Girl In A Gingham Gown; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; When I Leave The World Behind (not listed on album)
	Jolson Sings MCA MSD-35047-101626 17 Decca recordings and one Kraft Music Hall cut in glorious mono without that annoying echo. Includes: Swanee; April Showers; My Mammy; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; California, Here I Come; Sonny Boy; Anniversary Song; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; Toot, Toot, Tootsie!; Carolina In The Morning; About A Quarter To Nine; Waiting For The Robert E. Lee; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; I Want A Girl; By The Light Of The Silvery Moon; When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along; and Is It True What They Say About Dixie? with the Mills Brothers. Also included is Baby Face from a Kraft Music Hall broadcast.
	Conifer CMSCD-008 Twenty Jolson recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Includes Hallelujah! I'm A Bum; Back In Your Own Backyard; Lazy; Miami; Hello 'Tucky; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face; My Papa Doesn't Two-Time No Time; You Flew Away From The Nest; You Are Too Beautiful; Sonny Boy; Never Again; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; Ol' Man River; I'd Climb The Highest Mountain; Mr. Radio Man; There's A Rainbow Round My Shoulder; At Peace With The World; California, Here I Come; Used To You; A Chazend'l Ohf Shabbes

	Flapper PAST CD-7856 From the British company that produced several excellent collections of early Jolson music comes this 28 track CD of cuts from the Decca era. Tracks include: Swanee; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; California, Here I Come; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; I Only Have Eyes For You; Waiting For The Robert E. Lee; Ma' Blushin' Rosie; Back In Your Own Backyard; My Mammy; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; Anniversary Song; Give My Regards To Broadway; Carolina In The Morning; Is It True What They Say About Dixie?; Alexander's Ragtime Band; You Made Me Love You; April Showers; About A Quarter To Nine; Pretty Baby; Avalon; Alabamy Bound; Golden Gate; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; I'm Just Wild About Harry; A Real Piano Player; Sonny Boy. This is a nice collection which may do well for those looking to acquire a variety of later Jolson cuts.
	MCA MCAD-27052 CD Reissue of pictured Decca LP-9035, with 12 of original 14 cuts, including: Swanee; After You've Gone; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Pretty Baby; Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone; Avalon; My Mammy; For Me And My Gal; Carolina In The Morning; Toot, Toot, Tootsie!; April Showers; I'm Just Wild About Harry ("My Mother's Rosary" and "Where The Black Eyed Susans Grow" are omitted. Songs recorded in mono, without annoying stereo reverb!
	Golden Stars GSS 5162 Dated 1998, this CD was made in Belgium, and contains a little more than a half hour of Jolson in the substance of 14 of the Decca cuts. Tracks include: Sonny Boy; April Showers; Anniversary Song; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; Easter Parade; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Alexander's Ragtime Band; My Mammy; After You've Gone; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; I Only Have Eyes For You; Carolina In The Morning; Give My Regards To Broadway; and Swanee. These are acceptable cuts, although not as crisp as the IAJS remasters.
	Half Moon HMNCD-004 This British import is a collection of tracks originally released on the Decca label, including both studio recordings and Kraft Music Hall tracks. Most of them are in mono, and sound rather good. The selections include: I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin Along; Swanee; California Here I Come; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; You Made Me Love You; Avalon; After You've Gone; April Showers; Ma Blushin' Rosie; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; For Me And My Gal; Always; I Only Have Eyes For You; Anniversary Song; Oh You Beautiful Doll; Give My Regards To Broadway; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; My Mammy; Ol' Man River; and Sonny Boy.
	The Entertainers CD-276 Thirty Decca and Kraft Music Hall classics, including: Swanee; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; My Mammy; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; California, Here I Come; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; Avalon; Carolina In The Morning; Sonny Boy; Is It True What They Say About Dixie?; Alabamy Bound; You Made Me Love You; Give My Regards To Broadway; I Only Have Eyes For You; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; April Showers; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; For Me And My Gal; Chicago; Easter Parade; Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; The Best Things In Life Are Free; Just One Of Those Things; Red, Red, Robin; After You've Gone; Ma Blushin' Rosie; Oh, You Beautiful Doll This is a great "starter" Jolson album!
	MCA MCAD-10505 16 Decca recordings, including: Swanee; Sonny Boy; California, Here I Come; You Made Me Love You; Anniversary Song; Liza; Carolina In The Morning; My Mammy; Rock-A-Bye; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; About A Quarter To Nine; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; Avalon; Ma Blushin' Rosie; April Showers; Alexander's Ragtime Band (w/Crosby).

These CDs are offered by the webmaster from my personal collection. This is not an offer by the IAJS, nor are media produced by the IAJS included in this sale. All CDs are in used, clean, playable condition, and have been kept out of the sun in a smoke free home. All sales are final.

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