Django Reinhardt - The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order (CD)

The music on this CD set has been restored from the best available 78 copies, which have been carefully checked for pitch by the sound engineer Ted Kendall. His work is so good that it can literally be said that Reinhardt has never been heard with such presence before. The guitarist's fingers can be heard moving across the fingerboard, and there is a new resonance as he plucks each note. Kendall has cleared away audio rubble... and has brought out sounds which haven't been heard since the recordings were made in the studio.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I Saw Stars (Unissued As 78) (September 1934)
2. I'm Confessin'
3. Dinah
4. Tiger Rag
5. Oh Lady Be Good
6. I Saw Stars (December 1934)
7. Lily Belle May June
8. Sweet Sue, Just You
9. I'm Confessin'
10. The Continental
11. Blue Drag
12. Swanee River
13. The Sunshine of Your Smile
14. Ultrafox
15. Avalon
16. Smoke Rings
17. Clouds
18. Believe It, Beloved
19. I've Found a New Baby
20. St. Louis Blues
21. Crazy Rhythm
22. The Sheik of Araby
23. Chasing Shadows
24. I've Had My Moments
25. Some of These Days
26. Djangology

Disc: 2

1. Honeysuckle Rose
2. Sweet Georgia Brown
3. Night and Day
4. My Sweet
5. Souvenirs
6. Daphne
7. Black and White
8. Stompin' at Decca
9. Tornerai
10. If I Had You
11. It Had to Be You
12. Nocturne
13. The Flat Foot Foogie
14. The Lambeth Walk
15. Why Shouldn't I?
16. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
17. Please Be Kind
18. Louise
19. Improvisation No.2
20. Undecided
21. HCQ Strut
22. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
23. The Man I Love
24. My Sweet
25. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
26. Improvisation No.2

Disc: 3

1. Billets Doux
2. Swing from Paris
3. Them There Eyes
4. Three Little Words
5. Appel Direct
6. Hungaria
7. Hungaria
8. Jeepers Creepers
9. Jeepers Creepers
10. Swing '39
11. Japanese Sandman
12. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
13. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
14. Tea for Two
15. Tea for Two
16. My Melancholy Baby
17. Time on My Hands
18. Twelfth Year
19. Twelfth Year
20. My Melancholy Baby
21. Japanese Sandman
22. Tea for Two
23. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
24. Hungaria

Disc: 4

1. Blue Moon
2. Avalon
3. What a Difference a Day Made
4. Stardust
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Limehouse Blues
7. I Got Rhythm
8. I've Found a New Baby
9. It Was So Beautiful
10. China Boy
11. Moon Glow
12. It Don't Mean a Thing
13. I'se A-Muggin'
14. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
15. Oriental Shuffle
16. After You've Gone
17. Are You in the Mood?
18. Limehouse Blues
19. Nagasaki
20. Swing Guitars
21. Georgia on My Mind
22. Shine
23. In the Still of the Night
24. Sweet Chorus

Disc: 5

1. Exactly Like You
2. Charleston
3. You're Driving Me Crazy
4. Tears
5. Solitude
6. Hot Lips
7. Ain't Misbehavin'
8. Rose Room
9. Body and Soul
10. When Day Is Done
11. Runnin' Wild
12. Chicago
13. Liebestraum No.3
14. Miss Annabelle Lee
15. A Little Love, a Little Kiss
16. Mystery Pacific
17. In a Sentimental Mood
18. The Sheik of Araby
19. Improvisation
20. Parfum
21. Alabamy Bound
22. Rosetta
23. Stardust
24. The Object of My Affection