Al Jolson CDs available from webmaster

Al Jolson CDs

Over the years, I have amassed quite a collection of CDs featuring the recordings and broadcasts of Al Jolson. Having downsized from my home of four decades to a small condominium, I must part with these treasures. I am offering them to the Jolson fans who visit this page for $10 each, postage paid in the US. These are all commercial CDs, not the CDs offered by the IAJS, and, while I will do my best to update this page as CDs are sold, I will contact you if the CD you want has been sold already, CDs are subject to prior sale. I will also be adding to this list as I can process the CDs, so check back periodically to see if anything interests you. Any questions, just drop me an email at webmaster@jolson.org.

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	Platinum CD-PLAT-166 From Australia comes this collection of Decca tracks. Generally good transfers, the CD includes: My Mammy; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; You Made Me Love You; When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along; April Showers; Anniversary Song; Oh! You Beautiful Doll; Give My Regards To Broadway; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; Ol' Man River; Swanee; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; California, Here I Come; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; For Me And My Gal; Always; I Only Have Eyes For You; Sonny Boy; After You've Gone; Ma Blushin' Rosie. This is another of the auction type discs, which seems to be floating around. A nice addition if you need clean copies of the Decca series mainstays.
	LaserLight 12 585 This album is a subset of Larry Kiner's orginal Peaceful Productions ALK album, with half of the cuts strung together without breaks. Still, it's a nice selection of songs from the Kraft Music Hall. Includes: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; Say It Isn't So; Without A Song; How Deep Is The Ocean; Ol' Man River; Look For The Silver Lining; Roses Of Picardy; Ma Blushin' Rosie; They Didn't Believe Me; You Made Me Love You; My Wild Irish Rose; and Avalon.
	The Very Best Of Al Jolson - Prism PLATCD 130 On the surface, this collection of 20 repressed Decca and Kraft cuts looks very nice. It includes: Swanee; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; My Mammy; For Me And My Gal; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; California, Here I Come; Sweet Sixteen; Avalon; Carolina In The Morning; Sonny Boy; Is It True What They Say About Dixie? Alabamy Bound; You Made me Love You; Give My Regards To Broadway; I Only Have Eyes For You; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; April Showers; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy. Available from several sources, including frequently on Internet auctions, it should be avoided. Many of the tracks have false starts and cuts, and several, including "Swanee," have choruses duplicated to make the track run longer. There are better Jolson albums than this one; I don't recommend this CD.
	Halcyon DHDL 102 18 recordings from 1924 to 1932 including: California, Here I Come; Pasadena; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; Blue River; Golden Gate; Back In Your Own Backyard; My Mammy; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Sonny Boy; I'm In Seventh Heaven; Little Pal; Used To You; Why Can't You?; Liza; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; April Showers; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.
	MR-04507 An Irish import, the liner notes of this CD are in French, but the recordings are all Jolson, and Decca releases, at that, with two execeptions. A pleasant collection, tracks include: Liza; My Mammy; Swanee; Sonny Boy; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; For Me And My Gal; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; Give My Regards To Broadway; Alabamy Bound; When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along; Toot, Toot Tootsie, Goodbye; April Showers; I Only Have Eyes For You; Alexander's Ragtime Band (with Crosby); Avalon; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; I'm In Seventh Heaven. The last two tracks are from Brunswick recordings from the 1920s. This is a nice addition to your library, if you come across it.
	Rhino R2 72544 23 remastered Jolson masterpieces from Warner films, including: [Plantation Act] April Showers; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; [The Jazz Singer] Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!; Toot, Toot, Tootsie!; Blue Skies; Mother Of Mine, I Still Have You; My Mammy; [The Singing Fool] It All Depends On You; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Golden Gate; Sonny Boy; [Say It With Songs] Back In Your Own Backyard; Used To You; I'm In Seventh Heaven; [Mammy] Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; (Across The Breakfast Table) Looking At You; Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany? [Big Boy] Liza Lee; Little Sunshine; [Go Into Your Dance] About A Quarter To Nine; [The Singing Kid] I Love To Sing'a. There is a nice booklet included with the CD.
	The Sound Track Factory SFCD33533 With cuts from more than just The Jazz Singer, this CD is a nice collection of movie tracks from Jolson's earlier films. In fact, except for the order of tracks, it has the same selections, and sounds much the same, as the Rhino collection of Warner tracks, there is no booklet. Selections include: [The Jazz Singer] Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!; Toot, Toot, Tootsie!; Blue Skies; Mother Of Mine, I Still Have You; My Mammy; [The Singing Fool] It All Depends On You; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Golden Gate; Sonny Boy; [Say It With Songs] Back In Your Own Backyard; Used To You; I'm In Seventh Heaven; [Mammy] Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; (Across The Breakfast Table) Looking At You; Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany? [Big Boy] Liza Lee; Little Sunshine; [Go Into Your Dance] About A Quarter To Nine; [The Singing Kid] I Love To Sing'a; [Plantation Act] April Showers; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.
	Living Era CD AJA 5038 18 recordings including 1920s and 1930s recordings, soundtracks, and "private recordings" including: California, Here I Come; Sonny Boy; April Showers; Pasadena; Red, Red, Robin; You Made Me Love You; I'm Ka-razy For You; You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet; Swanee; When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues For You; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Blue River; Used To You; Steppin' Out; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; Miami; Golden Gate; My Mammy.
	Evergreen 2690892 CD Ten of the Decca recordings, including: Sonny Boy; Swanee; Give My Regards To Broadway; Avalon; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; My Mammy; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; For My And My Gal; Easter Parade; California, Here I Come.
	Pro-Arte CDD-436 Twenty Jolson recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Includes There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Sonny Boy; Swanee; Red, Red, Robin; Sitting On Top Of The World; You Flew Away From The Nest; The Spaniard That Blighted My Life; Back In Your Own Backyard; My Mammy; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face; California Here I Come; Little Pal; Liza; Golden Gate; Let Me Sing and I'm Happy; The Cantor; Hallelujah, I'm A Bum; You Are Too Beautiful; April Showers; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.
	The Best of Al Jolson - Intersound 4625 Found on the rack in a local Target store, this gem contains Columbia, Brunswick, and Decca tracks of: You Made Me Love You; Swanee; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along; Back In Your Own Backyard; My Mammy; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Sonny Boy; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; Hallelujah, I'm A Bum!; April Showers, Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; You Are Too Beautiful; Anniversary Song; Too, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo'Bye).
	CCM-441 Marketed by the mail order Collector's Choice Music, this CD is billed as a one night Jolson concert, but is in reality a sequence of Jolson performances from a variety of Kraft Music Hall broadcasts. As such, the audio quality varies a bit, sometimes quite a bit, between selections. Tracks include: California, Here I Come; Come To Me, Bend To Me; Waiting For The Robert E. Lee; Anniversary Song; Liza; All My Love; Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye; Without A Song; Is It True What They Say About Dixie?; By The Light Of The Silv'ry Moon; Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; When You Were Sweet Sixteen; Alabamy Bound; Memories; Just One Of Those Things; Ol' Man River; For Me And My Gal; What'll I Do?; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; The Best Things In Life Are Free. Better quality versions of these songs are available on the IAJS Decca CDs; this may be a nice CD to take in the car on a trip, though.
	Goldie GLD-63103 Although the label claims "recorded 1925-1934," these sixteen recordings are all from the late 1940 Decca and Kraft Music Hall series. Includes: Sonny Boy, My Mammy, You Made Me Love You, Swanee, Avalon, There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Easter Parade, After You've Gone, I Only Have Eyes For You, Carolina In The Morning, Give My Regards To Broadway, Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (with the Mills Brothers), Chicago, The Best Things In Life Are Free, Alabamy Bound, and Alexander's Ragtime Band (with Bing Crosby)
	I.M.D. Al Jolson - Great Songs IMD-4041-2 There really are ten great songs by Al Jolson on this inexpensive disc. Unfortunately, the transfers are not of the best quality, with some breaking up on sound peaks and occasional dropouts. The recordings are from the Decca series, and include: Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; Give My Regards To Broadway; Sonny Boy; April Showers; Anniversary Song; Easter Parade; My Mammy; California, Here I Come; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; and Swanee.
	Going For A Song GFS-018 Not to be confused with others of the same name, this British import includes tracks recorded on the Decca label, including both studio recordings and Kraft Music Hall tracks. The selections include: Swanee; California Here I Come; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; I'm Sitting On Top Of The World; For Me And My Gal; Give My Regards To Broadway; My Mammy; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy; I Only Have Eyes For You; April Showers; You Made Me Love You; Oh You Beautiful Doll; Sonny Boy; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody; When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin Along; After You've Gone; Avalon; There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; and Anniversary Song. The verse for California is cut out, and several of the songs have what sounds like dropouts. This might be a good fill in disc, but I cannot recommend it as an essential Jolson item.

These CDs are offered by the webmaster from my personal collection. This is not an offer by the IAJS, nor are media produced by the IAJS included in this sale. All CDs are in used, clean, playable condition, and have been kept out of the sun in a smoke free home. All sales are final.

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Updated 11 Mar 25