Louis Prima Wildest (180g red vinyl LP)

Release date: 30-06-2021(originally released in 1956)

2021 EU reisses 180g red vinyl LP - A veritable greatesthits album The Wildest is the gem of Louis Primas catalogue. None of his other efforts transcend its raunchy mix of demented gibberish blaring sax and explosive swing which rocked as hard as anything released at the time.

Almost all of Primas signature songs are found here Just a Gigolo/I Aint Got Nobody,  "Oh Marie",  "Jump Jive an Wail" and "Buona Sera" to name a few. A plethora of greatest hits packages.

Tracks:
A1 Medley: Just A Gigolo / Ain’T Got Nobody
A2 (Nothing’S Too Good) For My Baby
A3 The Lip
A4 Body And Soul
A5 Oh Marie
A6 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days (*)
A7 Banana Split For My Baby (*)
A8 Medley: When You’Re Smiling / The Sheik Of Araby (*)

B1 Medley: Basin Street Blues / When It’S Sleepy Time Down South
B2 Jump, Jive An’ Wail
B3 Buona Sera
B4 Night Train
B5 (I’Ll Be Glad When You’Re Dead) You Rascal You
B6 Whistle Stop (*)
B7 Be Mine (Little Baby) (*)
B8 I’Ve Got The World On A String (*)
B9 Pennies From Heaven (*)

PERSONNEL:

Louis Prima - vocals & trumpet
Keely Smith - vocals
Sam Butera - tenor saxophone
James "Little Red" Blount Jr. - trombone
Jack Marshall - guitar
Willie McCumber - piano
Amado Rodriguez - bass guitar
Bobby Morris - drums

Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, April 19 & 20, 1956.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
A6-A7 & B6-B7: Same personnel as above.
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, September 13, 1956.
A8: Same personnel.
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, January 17, 1957.
B8-B9: Same personnel.
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, January 31, 1957.