LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

From the living legend of electric guitar comes this massive 4CD box collection celebrating this giant often cited as inspiration by modern rock guitar players such as Jeff Beck and Eddie Van Halen. Vastly influenced by Django Reinhardt’s style, Les Paul’s swing/jazz/blues sound, supported by supreme inventiveness and technique, is found here in two separate sections: the first two CDs present his early years spent backing famous crooners and singers like Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters, Terry Shand and His Orchestra and his own work under the pseudonym Rhubarb Red, while CD three and four include all his recordings up to 1954 with his wife Mary Ford. A must have! Track listing: DISC ONE: 1. New Dupree Blues 2. Daddy Let Me Lay It On You 3. I Just Want Your Stingaree 4. Black Rider 5. I’ll Keep Sittin On It (If I Can’t Sell It) 6. Trouble In Mind 7. Just Because 8. Answer To Just Because 9. Deep Elem Blues 10. Deep Elem Blues #2 11. Cindy 12. The Filipino Hombre 13. Dream Dust 14. Begin The Beguine 15. Dark Eyes 16. Blue Skies (13 to 16 previously unreleased) 17. Blue Skies 18. Begin The Beguine 19. Dream Dust 20. Dark Eyes 21. It’s Been A Long, Long Time 22. Whose Dream Are You 23. Hawaiian Paradise 24. My Isle Of Golden Dreams 25. Spellbound 26. Everybody Knew But Me DISC TWO: 1. Baby, What You Do For Me 2. Everybody Knew But Me 3. Song Of The Islands 4. Sweet Leilani 5. King’s Serenade 6. To You, Sweetheart, Aloha 7. Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight 8. Aloha Oe 9. Pretending 10. Gotta Get Me Somebody To Love 11. A One- Sided Affair 12. What Would I Take 13. Rumors Are Flying 14. It’s A Pity To Say Goodnight 15. Steel Guitar Rag 16. Guitar Boogie (14 to 16 previously unreleased) 17. Guitar Boogie 18. Caravan 19. Somebody Loves Me (Previously Unreleased) 20. Gotta Get Somebody To Love 21. What Am I Gonna Do About You 22. Drifting And Dreaming 23. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? 24 My Future Just Passed DISC THREE: 1. Lover 2. Brazil 3. Hip-Billy Boogie 4. What Is This Thing Called Love 5. Caravan 6. Nola 7. Cryin’ 8. Dry My Tears 9. Goofus 10. Tennessee Waltz 11. Little Rock Getaway 12. Mocking Bird Hill 13. Chicken Reel 14. How High The Moon 15. Walkin’ and Whistlin’ Blues 16. Josephine 17. I Wish I’d Never Seen Sunshine 18. In The Good Old Summertime 19. Three Little Words 20. Jazz Me Blues 21. Just One More Chance 22. Whispering 23. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 24. Jingle Bells 25. Tiger Rag 26. The Carioca 27. I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) 28. Smoke Rings 29. Meet Mister Callaghan 30. Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me 31.Lady Of Spain 32. My Baby’s Coming Home DISC FOUR: 1. Bye Bye Blues 2. Deep In The Blues 3. St Louis Blues. 4. Mammy’s Boogie 5. I’m Sitting On Top Of The World 6. Sleep 7. Vaya Con Dios 8. Johnny (Is The Boy For Me) 9. The Kangaroo 10. Don’cha Hear Them Blues 11. I Really Don’t Want To Know 12. South 13. Episode #1 - The Case Of The Missing Les Paulverizer a) Avalon b) Hawaiian War Chant c) Where Or When d) I’ll See You In My Dreams 14. Episode #2 - The Gas Guitar a) Steel Guitar Rag b) Besame Mucho c) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes d) Night And Day 15. Episode #3 - The Les Paulverizer a) Sweet Georgia Brown b) I Can’t Give You Anything But Love c) If I Had You d) Baby Won’t You Please Come Home