Jelly Roll Morton Riverside LPs Library of Congress Recordings Vol 1-12 OG '55

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Jelly Roll Morton   Library of Congress Recordings Volume 1-12
Riverside LPs  (RLP 9001 - 9012)  Released in 1955.

Vintage 12 LP collection on original vinyl, deep groove labels

In 1938, noted musicologist and Morton biographer Alan Lomax conducted a series of interviews with Morton at the Library of Congress. Richard Cook and Brian Morton describe these recordings as Jelly Roll Morton's "virtual history of the birth pangs of jazz as it happened in the New Orleans of the turn of the century. His memory was unimpaired, although he chose to tell things as he preferred to remember them, perhaps; and his hands were still in complete command of the keyboard." Ron Wynn and Bruce Boyd Raeburn note that "though the albums came out posthumously, the interviews generated tremendous new interest in Morton's life and music."

Riverside Records issued the recordings as LP records in 1955. 
The list below is a track listing obtained off the internet.  These titles do match up with the Original Riverside Records for sale.

Album I

AFS Number

AFS 1648-B


AFS 1649-A
AFS 1649-B

AFS 1659-A

AFS 1659-B


AFS 1640-A

AFS 1640-B

AFS 1641-A


AFS 1675-A
Original Circle Title

TIGER RAG  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
(Original quadrille)

I.   TIGER RAG  1 - 2 - 3
II.  PANAMA  1 - 2 - 3

MR. JELLY LORD  1 - 2

I.   “SWEET PAPA JELLY ROLL”  1 - 3 - 4
II.  ORIG. JELLY ROLL BLUES  1 - 3 - 4

ANCESTRY AND BOYHOOD  1 - 3 - 4

BOY AT THE PIANO  1 - 3 - 4

I.   THE MISERERE  1 - 3 - 4
II.  BOYHOOD MEMORIES  1 - 3 - 4

HYENA STOMP  1
Original Issue

Circle jm-1


Circle jm-2


Circle jm-3

Circle jm-4


Circle jm-5

Circle jm-6

Circle jm-7


Circle jm-8

Album II

AFS Number

AFS 1657-A

AFS 1657-B


AFS 1661-A

AFS 1661-B


AFS 1662-B

AFS 1647-B


AFS 1648-A


AFS 1648-B

Original Circle Title

THE ANIMULE BALL  Part 1  1 - 2 - 3

I.   THE ANIMULE BALL,  Part 2  1 - 2 - 3
II.  SCAT SONG  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

“SHOOTING THE AGATE”  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

I.   “NO DOUBT THE FINEST FOOD”  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
II.  SEE SEE RIDER  (beg.)  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

SEE SEE RIDER  (concl.)  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL,  Part 1  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
(“We specialized in spirituals”)

NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL,  Part 2  1 - 2 - 3
(“Flee as a bird to the mountain”)

NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL,  Part 3  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
(“Oh, didn’t he ramble”) Original Issue

Circle jm-9

Circle jm-10


Circle jm-11

Circle jm-12


Circle jm-13

Circle jm-14


Circle jm-15


Circle jm-16

Album III

AFS Number

AFS 1650-A


AFS 1650-B



AFS 1651-A



AFS 1651-B


AFS 1653-B



AFS 1654-A




AFS 1639-A

AFS 1639-B

Original Circle Title

DISCOURSE ON JAZZ,  Part 1  1 - 3 - 4
Tempo, melody and riffs

DISCOURSE ON JAZZ,  Part 2  1 - 3 - 4
Discords and false harmony
KANSAS CITY STOMP,  Part I  1 - 3 - 4

DISCOURSE ON JAZZ,  Part 3  1 - 3 - 4
Breaks and riffs
KANSAS CITY STOMP, Concl.  1 - 3 - 4

DISCOURSE ON JAZZ,  Part 4  1 - 3 - 4
Sweet, soft, plenty rhythm

I.   RANDALL’S RAG  1 - 2 - 3
II.  MAPLE LEAF RAG,  Part 1
(St. Louis Style)

(I)  MAPLE LEAF RAG,  Concl.  1 - 3
(St. Louis Style)
(II) MAPLE LEAF RAG
(Morton’s transformation)

KING PORTER STOMP  1 - 3

I.   “He had a yen for my style.”  1 - 3 - 4
II.  YOU CAN HAVE IT  1 - 2 - 3 - 4 Original Issue

Circle jm-17


Circle jm-18



Circle jm-19



Circle jm-20


Circle jm-21



Circle jm-22




Circle jm-23

Circle jm-24

Album IV

AFS Number

AFS 1684-A

AFS 1685-A

AFS 1681-B

AFS 1682-A

AFS 1682-B

AFS 1683-A

AFS 1683-B

AFS 1673-A
Original Circle Title

MAMA ’NITA  1

SPANISH SWAT  1

NEW ORLEANS BLUES  1 - 3

LA PALOMA  1 - 3 - 4

CREEPY FEELING  Part 1  1 - 3

CREEPY FEELING  Concl.  1

THE CRAVE  1

FICKLE FAY CREEP  1
Original Issue

Circle jm-25

Circle jm-26

Circle jm-27

Circle jm-28

Circle jm-29

Circle jm-30

Circle jm-31

Circle jm-32

Album V

AFS Number

AFS 1644-B

AFS 1645-A

AFS 1645-B



AFS 1646-A


AFS 1662-A

AFS 1679-B


AFS 1680-A


AFS 1680-B

Original Circle Title

AARON HARRIS  Part 1  1 - 3 - 4

AARON HARRIS  Part II  1 - 2 - 3

I.   AARON HARRIS,  concl.  1 - 3 - 4
II.  ROBERT CHARLES,  Pt. 1  1 - 3 - 4
“Robert Charles was a marksman”

ROBERT CHARLES, concl.  1 - 3 - 4
“All for the trouble of Robert Charles”

“They were tough babies”  1 - 3 - 4

GEORGIA SKIN GAME,  Pt. I  1 - 3
“Of all the games in history”

GEORGIA SKIN GAME,  Pt. II  1 - 3
“Come on, let’s roll up”

GEORGIA SKIN GAME,  concl.  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
“He sang a little song like this” Original Issue

Circle jm-33

Circle jm-34

Circle jm-35



Circle jm-36


Circle jm-37

Circle jm-38


Circle jm-39


Circle jm-40

Album VI

AFS Number

AFS 1677-A

AFS 1677-B

AFS 1679-A

AFS 1685-B

AFS 1678-A

AFS 1673-B
Original Circle Title

THE PEARLS  Part I  1

THE PEARLS  concl.  1

PEP  1

AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’  1 - 2

BERT WILLIAMS  1

JUNGLE BLUES  1
Original Issue

Circle jm-41

Circle jm-42

Circle jm-43

Circle jm-44

Circle jm-45

Circle jm-46

Album VII

AFS Number

AFS 1642-A


AFS 1642-B


AFS 1688-A


AFS 1688-B


AFS 1646-B

AFS 1647-A


AFS 1666-A


AFS 1666-B


Original Circle Title

SAMMY DAVIS and TONY JACKSON  1 - 3 - 4
PRETTY BABY  1 - 2 - 3

TONY JACKSON, ALFRED WILSON,  3 - 4
ALBERT CARROLL and KID ROSS  3 - 4

MAMIE DESDOUMES  1 - 2 - 3
and MAMIE’S BLUES  1 - 2 - 3

ALBERT CARROLL and BUDDY BERTRAND  1 - 2 - 3
THE CRAZY CHORD RAG  1 - 2 - 3

THE GAME KID and his blues  1 - 2 - 3

I.   “GAME KID WOULDN’T WORK.”  1 - 3
II.  BUDDY CARTER (“Remember that bass?”)

BAD SAM and BENNY FRENCHY  Part 1  1 - 3 - 4
(“Oh, play it Mr. Frenchy!”)

BAD SAM and BENNY FRENCHY,  concl.  1 - 3
(“So I got out and played anyway.”)
ALL THAT I ASK IS LOVE  1 - 2 - 3 Original Issue

Circle jm-47


Circle jm-48


Circle jm-49


Circle jm-50


Circle jm-51

Circle jm-52


Circle jm-53


Circle jm-54

Album VIII

AFS Number

AFS 1675-B

AFS 1676-A

AFS 1655-B



AFS 1686-B

AFS 1670-A

AFS 1656-B
Original Circle Title

WOLVERINE BLUES  Part 1  1 - 2

WOLVERINE BLUES  Concluded  1 - 2

LOWDOWN BLUES  1 - 2 - 3
(“I could sit right here and think a thousand miles
    away.”)

MICHIGAN WATER BLUES  1 - 2 - 3

THE MURDER BALLAD  1 - 2 - 3

WININ’ BOY No. 1  1 - 2
Original Issue

Circle jm-55

Circle jm-56

Circle jm-57



Circle jm-58

Circle jm-59

Circle jm-60

Album IX

AFS Number

AFS 1664-B


AFS 1665-A


AFS 1665-B


AFS 1652-A



AFS 1654-B


AFS 1655-A


AFS 1638-A


AFS 1638-B

Original Circle Title

JELLY ROLL AND JACK THE BEAR,  Part I  1 - 2 - 3
“We can always get plenty to eat.”

JELLY ROLL AND JACK THE BEAR,  Part II  1 - 3 - 4
“One bottle can cure you.”

JELLY ROLL AND JACK THE BEAR,  Part III  1 - 3 - 4
“We got into Memphis allright.”

THE SALTY DOG  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
“They came into Chicago and turned the town upside
    down.”

ST. LOUIS  1 - 3
“That guy’s a shark.”

THE MISERERE  1 - 3
“So I swung a few of these operatic tunes.”

ALABAMA BOUND  Part I  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
“I was down on the Gulf Coast.”

ALABAMA BOUND  Concluded  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
“He had a knife right on me.”
Original Issue

Circle jm-61


Circle jm-62


Circle jm-63


Circle jm-64



Circle jm-65


Circle jm-66


Circle jm-67


Circle jm-68

Album X

AFS Number

AFS 1674-B

AFS 1676-B

AFS 1678-B

AFS 1653-A

AFS 1674-A

AFS 1660-A
Original Circle Title

SWEET PETER  1

STATE AND MADISON  1

FREAKISH  1

MY GAL SAL  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

KING PORTER STOMP  1

ORIGINAL JELLY ROLL BLUES  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Original Issue

Circle jm-69

Circle jm-70

Circle jm-71

Circle jm-72

Circle jm-73

Circle jm-74

Album XI

AFS Number

AFS 1663-A

AFS 1663-B

AFS 1658-A

AFS 1658-B

AFS 2487-B

AFS 2487-A

AFS 1684-B


AFS 1681-A


Original Circle Title

THE BROADWAY SWELLS  Part I  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

THE BROADWAY SWELLS  Concluded  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

THE BUDDY BOLDEN LEGEND  Part I  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

THE BUDDY BOLDEN LEGEND  Concluded  1 - 2 - 3 - 4

THE MARCHING BANDS  Part I  3 - 4

THE MARCHING BANDS  Concluded  3 - 4

I.   CREOLE SONG  1 - 2 - 3
II.  IF YOU DON’T SHAKE  1 - 2

UNGAI HA  2 - 3
(Indian Songs at the Mardi Gras)

Original Issue

Circle jm-75

Circle jm-76

Circle jm-77

Circle jm-78

Circle jm-79

Circle jm-80 +

Circle jm-81


Circle jm-82 +

Note: Circle jm-80 + and Circle jm-82 + bear these numbers, both in the wax and on their respective labels. However, the performance content is reversed, so that Circle jm-80 plays UNGAI HA (Indian Songs at the Mardi Gras) and Circle jm-82 plays THE MARCHING BANDS Concluded. [MJL 93]

Album XII

AFS Number

AFS 1644-A


AFS 1641-B

AFS 1643-A


AFS 1686-A


AFS 1643-B

AFS 1660-B

AFS 1652-B

AFS 1687-A
AFS 1687-B

Original Circle Title

LEVEE MAN BLUES  1 - 2 - 3 - 4
(“It was a free and easy place.”)

THE STORYVILLE STORY  1 - 3 - 4

I.   THE NAKED DANCE  1 - 3
II.  SPORTING LIFE  3

I HATE A MAN LIKE YOU  1 - 3 - 4
(“I played some rollin’ stuff.”)

HONKY TONK BLUES  I  1 - 3

HONKY TONK BLUES  II  1 - 3 - 4

IF I WAS WHISKEY AND YOU WAS A DUCK 1 - 3 - 4

THE WININ’ BOY  II   1 - 3 - 4


Original Issue

Circle jm-83


Circle jm-84

Circle jm-85


Circle jm-86


Circle jm-87

Circle jm-88

Circle jm-89

Circle jm-90 ¤

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