Columbia CL-6268 (Album)
A Musical Portrait Of New Orleans
with Frankie Laine
Issued August 1953 – 33 rpm LP
Also issued as a 2-EP set, Columbia B-342
The 33 rpm LP, Columbia CL-6268
Tracks on the 33 rpm LP:
Side 1:
‘Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
with Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer (piano)
Matrix No. RHCO 10450 * Recorded 29th March 1953
Raminay (The New Orleans Chimney Sweep)
with the Norman Luboff Choir
Issued before on single, Columbia 39725 (April 1952)
Matrix No. RHCO 10112 * Recorded 4th February 1952
(New Orleans, by Frankie Laine)
Jambalaya
with the Norman Luboff Choir
Issued before on single, Columbia 39838 (September 1952), and on Columbia B-1649 (EP 'Jo Stafford Spotlite',
April 1953)
Matrix No. RHCO 10260 * Recorded 20th July 1952
Side 2:
Floatin' Down To Cotton Town
with Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer (piano)
Matrix No. RHCO 10448 * Recorded 29th March 1953
(Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans, by Frankie Laine)
Shrimp Boats
with the Norman Luboff Choir
Issued before on single, Columbia 39581 (October 1951)
Matrix No. RHCO 4554 * Recorded 18th July 1951
Basin Street Blues
with Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer (piano)
Matrix No. RHCO 10460 * Recorded 29th March 1953
The EP set, Columbia B-342
Tracks on the 45 rpm EP’s:
Disc 1, 5-1678:
Side 1: ‘‘Way Down Yonder In New Orleans’, and ‘Raminay (The New Orleans Chimney Sweep)’
Side 4: ‘Shrimp Boats’, and ‘Basin Street Blues’
Disc 2, 5-1679:
Side 2: ‘New Orleans’, and ‘Jambalaya’
Side 3: ‘Floatin' Down To Cotton Town’, and ‘Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans’
NOTES
Jim Marshall’s Jo Stafford Discography does not mention a date of issue for this album (other than: ‘1953’). My thesis that it was issued in August is based on the fact it is mentioned under the heading ‘Twelve Great New Columbia Albums’, in a Columbia advertisement I found in Billboard’s September 5, 1953 issue.
Just like the album ‘Jo Stafford Sings Broadway’s Best’, ‘A Musical Portrait Of New Orleans’ was not issued on 78 rpm.