Complete Recordings of the Father of Western Swing 1932-37

• Artist: Milton Brown
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1996
• Total Time: 348:16
• Type: Compilation (best of), Box set
• Genre: Country

Review

The Complete Recordings of the Father of Western Swing 1932-1937 is exactly what its title suggests -- everything Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies recorded for both Victor and Decca Records, spread out over five compact discs. The very comprehensiveness of the box makes it appealing only to serious country music historians and dedicated fans, but within these five discs is some of the most groundbreaking, influential -- and just plain enjoyable -- popular music of the early 20th century. For those willing to make the investment, it is well-worth the money. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Sunbonnet Sue		Milton Brown	(3:04)
Nancy Jane	Milton Brown	Milton Brown & His Brownies	(3:13)
Brownie's Stomp	Milton Brown	Milton Brown	(2:58)
Joe Turner Blues	Milton Brown, Cecil Brower	Milton Brown	(3:23)
Oh! You Pretty Woman		Milton Brown	(2:46)
My Precious Sonny Boy	Milton Brown	Milton Brown	(3:06)
Swinging on the Garden Gate	Milton Brown	Milton Brown	(2:49)
Do the Hula Lou		Milton Brown	(3:06)
Garbage Man Blues	Jimmie Davis	Milton Brown	(2:45)
Four, Five or Six Times		Milton Brown	(3:18)
Where You Been So Long, Corrine?		Milton Brown	(2:49)
Talking About You	Milton Brown	Milton Brown	(3:01)
Sitting on Top of the World	Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon	Milton Brown	(2:51)
Take It Slow and Easy		Milton Brown	(3:15)
Get Along, Cindy		Milton Brown	(2:28)
Trinity Waltz		Milton Brown	(3:14)
Loveland and You		Milton Brown	(3:18)
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon		Milton Brown	(3:09)
Girl of My Dreams		Milton Brown	(3:24)
Loveless Love		Milton Brown	(2:52)
Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet	Stanley Murphy	Milton Brown	(2:34)
Pray for the Lights to Go Out		Milton Brown	(2:43)
In el Rancho Grande		Milton Brown	(2:54)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Down by the Ohio	Jack Yellen	Milton Brown	(2:50)
I Love You		Milton Brown	(2:52)
Sweet Jennie Lee!	Walter Donaldson	Milton Brown	(3:13)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find		Milton Brown	(2:53)
St. Louis Blues	W.C. Handy	Milton Brown	(3:17)
The Object of My Affection		Milton Brown	(3:17)
Love in Bloom		Milton Brown	(3:01)
Chinatown, My Chinatown		Milton Brown	(2:59)
Copenhagen		Milton Brown	(2:26)
Brownie Special	Jimmie Davis	Milton Brown	(3:28)
Some of These Days	Shelton Brooks	Milton Brown	(2:45)
Wabash Blues	Traditional	Milton Brown	(2:49)
Beautiful Texas	C.A. Robbins	Milton Brown	(3:00)
Just a Dream		Milton Brown	(2:23)
Cheesy Breeze		Milton Brown	(2:47)
Who's Sorry Now	So Kalmery	Milton Brown	(3:00)
One of Us Was Wrong		Milton Brown	(3:18)
The House at the End of the Lane		Milton Brown	(3:13)
My Mary	Stuart Hamblen	Milton Brown	(2:59)
You're Tired of Me	Buddy DeSylva, Mel Leven	Milton Brown	(3:00)
You Rascal You	Traditional	Milton Brown	(3:22)
Sweet Georgia Brown	Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey	Milton Brown	(2:57)
Shine on Harvest Moon	Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth	Milton Brown	(3:10)

CD 3

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
You're Bound to Look Like a Monkey		Milton Brown	(2:27)
Wheezie Anna		Milton Brown	(3:06)
Taking Off		Milton Brown	(2:52)
Darktown Strutters' Ball		Milton Brown	(2:23)
Crafton Blues	Cecil Brower	Milton Brown	(2:47)
Black and White Rag		Milton Brown	(2:58)
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Egbert VanAlstyne, Harry Williams	Milton Brown	(2:45)
Little Betty Brown	W. Lee O'Daniel	Milton Brown	(2:50)
Going Up Brushy Fork		Milton Brown	(2:52)
Somebody's Been Using That Thing	Milton Brown	Milton Brown	(2:53)
The Sheik of Araby	Harry Beasley Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler	Milton Brown	(2:42)
Beale Street Mama	Roy Turk, J. Russel Robinson	Milton Brown	(2:51)
Mama Don't Allow It	Milton Brown	Milton Brown	(2:48)
Our Baby Boy		Milton Brown	(2:35)
Mexicali Rose	Helen Stone	Milton Brown	(2:58)
Stay on the Right Side, Sister		Milton Brown	(2:53)
If You Can't Get Five Take Two		Milton Brown	(2:48)
Cielito Lindo		Milton Brown	(2:48)
The Waltz You Saved for Me	Wayne King, Gus Kahn, Emil Flindt	Milton Brown	(3:01)
The Eyes of Texas	Traditional	Milton Brown	(3:09)
I Had Someone Before I Had You		Milton Brown	(2:45)
I've Got the Blues for Mammy	Hy Heath, William A. Dougherty, Jr.	Milton Brown	(2:46)
Texas Hambone Blues	Unknown Blues Band	Milton Brown	(2:46)
Easy Ridin' Papa	Milton Brown	Milton Brown	(2:43)
Am I Blue	Harry Akst, Grant Clarke	Milton Brown	(2:41)

CD 4

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Wheel of the Wagon Is Broken		Milton Brown	(3:10)
Memphis Blues	W.C. Handy, George Norton	Milton Brown	(2:45)
Somebody Stole My Gal	Leo Wood	Milton Brown	(2:30)
Under the Double Eagle		Milton Brown	(2:43)
Washington and Lee Swing	M.W. Sheafe	Milton Brown	(2:42)
When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve		Milton Brown	(2:35)
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi		Milton Brown	(3:06)
An Old Water Mill by a Waterfall		Milton Brown	(3:18)
The Hesitation Blues		Milton Brown	(2:45)
Avalon	Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, Vincent Rose	Milton Brown	(3:03)
Sadie Green (The Vamp of New Orleans)	Johnny Dunn, Gilbert Wills	Milton Brown	(2:46)
Show Me the Way to Go Home	Reginald Connelly, Jimmy Campbell	Milton Brown	(2:38)
The Yellow Rose of Texas	Gene Autry	Milton Brown	(3:23)
The Roseland Melody		Milton Brown	(3:04)
My Galveston Gal		Milton Brown	(3:00)
Yes Sir!		Milton Brown	(2:41)
La Golondrina	Narciso Serradel	Milton Brown	(3:04)
When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Connor	Milton Brown	(2:30)
Song of the Wanderer		Milton Brown	(3:00)
Right or Wrong	Haven Gillespie, Arthur Sizemore	Milton Brown	(2:44)
Chinese Honeymoon		Milton Brown	(3:13)
Alice Blue Gown	Harry Tierney, Joseph McCarthy	Milton Brown	(2:50)
Fan It	Hank Penny, Sydney Robin	Milton Brown	(2:53)
Tired of the Same Thing All the Time		Milton Brown	(3:10)

CD 5

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I'll String Along With You	Al Dubin, Harry Warren	Milton Brown	(2:59)
Goofus	Wayne King, Gus Kahn, William Harold	Milton Brown	(2:39)
Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider	Eddie Leonard, Eddie Munson	Milton Brown	(3:04)
When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline		Milton Brown	(2:49)
Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie	Carson J. Robinson	Milton Brown	(2:58)
A Thousand Goodnights	Walter Donaldson	Milton Brown	(3:08)
Keep a Knockin'	Milton Brown	Milton Brown	(2:35)
Baby Keep Stealin'		Milton Brown	(2:35)
The Old Grey Mare		Derwood Brown	(2:35)
Confessin' (That I Love You)		Milton Brown	(2:55)
The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)	Lani McIntire, Del Lyon	Milton Brown	(3:04)
Bring It on Down to My House Honey		Milton Brown	(2:51)
Louise, Louise Blues		Milton Brown	(2:37)
How Come You Do Me Like You Do?		Milton Brown	(2:29)
High Geared Daddy	Buddy Jones	Milton Brown	(3:16)
Honky Tonk Blues		Milton Brown	(3:07)
Long, Long Ago		Milton Brown	(3:03)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love	Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields	Milton Brown	(3:00)
There'll Be Some Changes Made		Milton Brown	(3:08)
Rose Room	Art Hickman, Harry Williams	Milton Brown	(2:59)
Cross Patch		Milton Brown	(2:45)
Everybody Loves My Marguerite		Milton Brown	(2:52)
I Just Want Your Stingaree		Roy Lee Brown	(2:55)
Fall in Line With the NRA		Milton Brown	(2:49)
The Musical Brownies' Theme Song		Milton Brown	(1:25)

Credits

Wanna Coffman (Sax (Baritone)), Roy Lee Brown (Guitar), Ted Grantham (Fiddle), Milton Brown (Vocals), Ocie Stockard (Banjo), Johnny Borowski (Fiddle), Derwood Brown (Guitar), Derwood Brown (Vocals (Background)), Cecil Brower (Fiddle), Muryel "Zeke" Campbell (Guitar (Electric)), Fred "Papa" Calhoun (Piano), Roy Lee Brown (Vocals)