LOUIS PRIMA - THE WILDEST!
Track Listing (standout tracks in bold
1. Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
2. (Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby
3. The Lip
4. Body And Soul
5. Oh Marie
6. Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South
7. Jump, Jive An' Wail
8. Buona Sera
9. Night Train
10. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
What a fun album!!! This album makes your ass shake all the way through! Familiar songs were Just a Gigolo, (as covered note for note word for word by David Lee Roth) and Jump, Jive an' Wail, which was later covered by Brian Setzer. If you know those covers - well the rest of the album is pretty much in this same vein. Upbeat, happy, and makes you want to dance - if you do that kinda thing anyway.
This has an infectious quality to it that makes it VERY listenable.
I must admit, I had never heard of Louis Prima before listening to this album, which made this all the more such a pleasurable suprise.
While not the greatest vocalist in the world, Louis Prima is an entertainer getting the most out of his band on these tracks. It's raunchy mix of gibberish, sax turned up high in the mix, this rocked as hard as anything released at the time.
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