Have You Ever Met That Funny Reefer Man?

This cd is one of my all-time favorites. It includes Cab's first recording of Reefer Man as well as Angeline, Old Man of the Mountain, and Eadie Was a Lady. It also includes Git Along with a very rare guest vocalist, this time a duet with Chick Bullock. I much prefer the older Cab Calloway recordings before his music became more polished in the 1940s, though Calloway himself expressed a preference for the opposite. I've got several more to come from this series. Enjoy, and Happy New Year. +

*** I forgot to mention something I just discovered today while searching for the cover image. Note the "chronogical" at the top of the label. Apparently it was misspelled for years before Classics corrected the error - and it only took me 13 years to notice!

Tracks

1. How Come You Do Me Like You Do
2. Old Yazoo
3. Angeline
4. I'm Now Prepared To Tell The World It's You
5. Swanee Lullaby
6. Reefer Man
7. Old Man Of The Mountain
8. You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (To Get Along With Me)
9. Strange As It Seems
10. This Time It's Love
11. Git Along
12. Hot Toddy
13. I've Got The World On A String
14. Harlem Holiday
15. Dixie Doorway
16. Wah-Dee-Dah
17. Sweet Rhythm
18. Beale Street Mama
19. That's What I Hate About Love
20. The Man From Harlem
21. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
22. My Sunday Gal
23. Eadie Was A Lady
24. Gotta Go Places And Do Things