Louis Jordan - No Moe! - Greatest Hits [Verve]

Louis Jordan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 1992)
• Original Release Date: August 4, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046L0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,063 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #29 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > East Coast Blues
  • #93 in Music > Blues > Jump Blues

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Re-Makes Not Advertised As Such, August 7, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Louis Jordan - No Moe! - Greatest Hits [Verve] (Audio CD)

These 1956/57 stereo re-recordings of some of his earlier hits are indeed, as one reviewer says, very well done. Also, the three pages of liner notes, adapted from text by Alain Tomas, are quite interesting. BUT, these distributors have got to STOP foisting upon the public items which, on the surface, lead us to believe they are original renditions.

There is absolutely nothing on the front or reverse of the CD to alert you to the fact that these are re-recordings, and it isn't until you get it home, tear off the celophane covering, and start to listen to it - or read the second page of the insert - that you realize you've been had.

This is NOT to suggest that the music itself is bad, but in issuing a compilation under the title "The Greatest Hits" they not only provide remakes, but six of the selections were never hits for Louis in the first instance - tracks 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, and 15.

Sorry, but as much as I love Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five this kind of deception just does not cut it anymore, and I simply cannot go higher than 2 stars because of that. Enjoy it if you don't mind, or seek out his ORIGINAL hits on other compilations.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST, worthy of TEN freakin' stars, not just 5!!!!!!!!!!, June 28, 2004

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WillieJohnsonDick (Wangerville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Louis Jordan - No Moe! - Greatest Hits [Verve] (Audio CD)

These are stereo later 50's re-recordings of his hit songs, same lively energy, yet a more of a rock'n'roll r&b feel, then swing! This is gritty jump blues, Jordan's voice was in it's prime, and the guitarist on this set really ROCKS the blues! Fun stereo versions, but no less fun then the originals. This is good time party music, and Jordan never sounded like he was having so much fun, as he does on thsi great cd!!! Includes kick-butt versions of Knock Me A Kiss, Outskirts Of Town and Saturday Night Fish Fry. A GEM!!!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Let the Good Times Roll!, June 24, 2004

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Martin 13 (Slovenia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Louis Jordan - No Moe! - Greatest Hits [Verve] (Audio CD)

His previous hits rerecorded in 1956 and 1957. Some of them are really great (Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Knock Me A Kiss, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Caldonia,...), but I don't like ones which are featuring organist Jackie Davis. Too much organ for me.