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Louis Armstrong
Great American Songbook
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Star Dust - Louis Armstrong, Carmichael, Hoagy
2. I've Got the World on a String [From Cotton Club Parade] - Louis Armstrong, Arlen, H.
3. Memories of You - Louis Armstrong, Blake, E.
4. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me [From Gay Paree] - Louis Armstrong, Gaskill, C.
5. When Your Lover Has Gone [From Blonde Crazy] - Louis Armstrong, Swan, E.
6. I Can't Give You Anything but Love [From Lew Leslie's Blackbirds ...] - Louis Armstrong, Fields, D.
7. All of Me - Louis Armstrong, Marks, G.
8. Body and Soul [From Three's A Crowd] - Louis Armstrong, Eyton, T.
9. Lazy River - Louis Armstrong, Arodin, S.
10. Ain't Misbehavin' [Live] - Louis Armstrong, Brooks, H.
11. Pennies from Heaven [Live] - Louis Armstrong, Burke, J.
12. On the Sunny Side of the Street [From Lew Leslie's International Revue] - Louis Armstrong, Fields, D.
13. Rockin' Chair [Live] - Louis Armstrong, Carmichael, H.
14. Mack the Knife [From the Three Penny Opera] - Louis Armstrong, Blitzstein, M.

CD Details

All Artists: Louis Armstrong
Title: Great American Songbook
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 9/5/2006
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: New Orleans Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Dixieland, Oldies, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 828767787824

CD Reviews

STAY AWAY FROM 'MARKETPLACE' COPIES - MAY INSTALL A SONY ROO

Greenlight | Vermont | 07/20/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Hi Satchmo fans,

It's absolutely infuriating that Sony implanted a significant portion of the Louis Armstrong Great American Songbook CDs made up to 2005 with an instant-install rootkit copy protection scheme. The same goes for the Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra Great American Songbook CDs. This Sony rootkit (The XCP rootkit) lodges itself in your Windows operating system if you so much as put the CD in your computer's drive, sends info to Sony, affects your performance, and has been exploited by hackers since 2004. Rootkits are notoriously difficult to detect and dislodge, and you have two options: Use the reputable company F-Secure's BlackLight rootkit detector, which is a free tool on their website, or use the Sony-provided removal tool, which you can get from the Sony site. Per Amazon's policy, I can't give you a link, but you can find the page by Googling "Sony XCP."

If you have a CD with bar code number 827969429525, then you have a CD with a rootkit problem.

In 2005, Sony also stated that it would allow owners to swap these CDs for new non-XCP copies -- but only if you have the precise bar code above. Still, there is no information on how to do so. My hunch is that you use the Tech Support link at the Sony XCP site to email Sony, and they'll provide the Return to Manufacturer details.

Amazon itself returned all of its old Louis Armstrong GAS copies to Sony, but the small sellers on Amazon Marketplace may still have the old copies for sale, unknowingly. Who knows what bar code you'll get if you buy one? Unfortunately, this also hoses all the people trying to sell their copies here on Amazon Marketplace. If you're a seller, I urge you to specify the barcode on your product."