Search - Lionel Hampton :: Flying Home

Hopefully NOT flying off the shelves

Robin Benson | 03/12/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"WOW! Ten Lionel Hampton CDs in a box. But before you click the BUY button you might want to know that not all ninety-seven tracks feature Hampton. I reckon at least eight are nothing to do with him. They sound like some mid-fifties small combo. Also worth knowing is that there is no information on the back of each sleeve other than track number, the name of the tune, composer and track length. So you won't know when the track was recorded, who was playing and which orchestra or group it was. All in all a pretty useless box set especially when the five and a half hours of music would have fitted on five discs (as another reviewer noted).



There is one worthwhile item though: CD ten (forty-seven minutes) has fourteen versions of Flying Home varying from eight minutes (the wartime V-Disc version) to just under two minutes. I found it interesting to compare the different interpretations. The other discs feature big bands and groups totally mixed up. The sound quality throughout is reasonable.



Hampton and his fans deserve better than this feeble box set.



Far better value I think is the ProperBox set: The Lionel Hampton Story. Four CDs with ninety-two tracks arranged in date order from 1937 to 1949. It comes with a forty-four page booklet listing tracks, musicians, dates, original label numbers and Hamp's life story. Possibly worth checking out is a four CD set: Vibe Boogie with sixty-nine tracks (253 minutes) of Hampton recorded from 1937 to 1978. There is a complete title and musician listing but like most budget sets there is no coherent theme to the tracks."

These would easily fit on five discs

David Porta | Sacramento | 08/03/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Still, 99 recordings [as originally released], about 5 hours, for under $17.

Equals about 17-cents per recording.



Track Title Duration



CD 1

1. It Don't Mean a Thing 3:15

2. Love Is Here to Stay 3:25

3. On a Slow Boat to China 3:15

4. Punch and Judy 3:15

5. Memories of You 6:36

6. Prelude to a Kiss 3:11

7. Ribs and Hot Sauce 2:30

8. Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) 2:55

9. Beulah's Boogie 3:13

10. Twelfth Street Rag 3:08



CD 2

1. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 3:11

2. Ridin' on the L & N 2:52

3. Shoe Shiner's Drag 3:25

4. Tempo's Birthday 2:48

5. Air Mail Special [Part 1 & 2] 6:01

6. China Stomp 2:56

7. Empty Glass (Normania) 3:08

8. Blue Because of You 3:01

9. Loose Wig 3:02



CD 3

1. Drum Stomp (Crazy Rhythm) 3:13

2. House of Morgan 2:52

3. Jivin' with Jarvis 2:40

4. Blues for Oliver 8:44

5. High Society 3:17

6. I Didn't Know What Time it Was 3:55

7. I Know That You Know 2:56

8. Merry Christmas Baby 3:19

9. Memories of You 3:13



CD 4

1. I've Found a New Baby 2:53

2. Muskrat Ramble 3:20

3. Playboy 3:08

4. Red Top 3:04

5. Old Man River 8:46

6. Slide Hamp Slide 2:47

7. Tempo's Birthday 2:37

8. Vibe Boogie 5:26

9. Midnight Sun 3:14



CD 5

1. A Foggy Day 3:09

2. Beulah's Sister's Boogie 3:00

3. Dinah 2:41

4. Gay Notes 3:07

5. How High the Moon 6:21

6. Jeepers Creepers 3:48

7. My Old Flame 3:36

8. On the Sunny Side of the Street 3:14

9. Blow Top Blues 3:23



CD 6

1. 64 Bars on Wilshire 3:18

2. Cobb's Idea 3:06

3. Four or Five Times 2:52

4. Hamp's Walking Boogie 3:00

5. It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got this Swing) 6:02

6. Ring Dem Bells 3:25

7. Someday 2:42

8. Air Mail Special 2:31

9. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:41



CD 7

1. After You've Gone 3:04

2. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus 2:43

3. Doug-rey-mi 3:11

4. Satin Doll 5:17

5. Screamin' Boogie 5:46

6. Soft Winds 2:27

7. Speak Low 2:43

8. How Long Has this Been Going On? 3:18

9. I Wish You Love 3:25



CD 8

1. Rockin' in Rhythm [Part 1] 2:55

2. Rockin' in Rhythm [Part 2] 2:52

3. The Sheik of Araby 3:20

4. You Stepped out of a Dream 2:50

5. Mr. PC 5:25

6. Playboy 3:21

7. Sweethearts on Parade 3:01

8. Two Finger Boogie 3:11

9. Hamp's Salty Blues 3:13

10. In the Bag 3:22



CD 9

1. Adam Blew His Hat 3:20

2. Doublin' with Dublin 3:07

3. Hamp's Boogie Woogie 3:12

4. Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop 3:18

5. Ain't Misbehavin' 4:12

6. Hamp's Boogie Woogie [Part 1] 3:15

7. Hamp's Boogie Woogie [Part 2] 2:59

8. One Sweet Letter from You 3:23

9. Sleepy Time down South 4:36



CD 10

1. Benny Goodman Sextett - Flying Home 3:16

2. Lionel Hampton Big Band - Flying Home [Part 1] 3:11

3. Lionel Hampton Big Band - Flying Home [Part 2] 3:24

4. Charlie Barnett and His Orchestra - Flying Home 2:54

5. Les Brown - Flying Home 2:10

6. Armstrong / Eldridge / Teagarden / Hawkins / Vic Schoen and his Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald - Flyin' on a V - Disc [Part 1 & 2] (Flying Home) 8:54

7. Flying Home 2:28

8. Hampton with Illinois Jacquet - Flying Home [Part 1] 3:12

9. Hampton with Cobb - Flying Home [Part 2] 3:24

10. Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars - Flying Home [Part 1] 2:48

11. Glenn Miller Big Band - Flying Home [Part 2] 2:17

12. Oscar Peterson Duo - Flying Home 3:12

13. Art Tatum Trio - Flying Home 1:51

14. Flying Home 4:11





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