78 and 45 rpm Original albums These
LPs and
EPs, studio and/or live recordings, were released during Armstrong's lifetime. The year and label information is for the first vinyl release, unless otherwise noted. Additional information, number of tracks, is given only when necessary to distinguish between different releases under the same title. In most cases, the number of CD releases is limited, with preference given to the label that originally released the album.
Posthumous releases, complete editions, anthologies released after Armstrong's death (1971). •
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 1923-1934 (Legacy / Columbia, 1994; Sony Music, 2001) •
Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions •
Hot Fives & Sevens (
JSP, 1998) •
The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) • ''
Struttin''' (Drive Archive, 1996) – 8 February 1947 concert with Edmond Hall's All-Stars •
The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions 1935–1946 (Mosaic Records, 2009) •
The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946–66 (Mosaic Records, 2021) •
The Complete Decca Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars (Mosaic Records, 1993) •
The Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings of Louis Armstrong & The All-Stars (Mosaic Records, 2013) •
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997) – repackaging of
Ella and Louis,
Ella and Louis Again, and
Porgy and Bess •
Live in Amsterdam 1959 (Ais Records, 2011) •
Together For The First Time and
The Great Reunion rereleases: •
The Great Summit: The Master Takes (2001) •
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Great Summit/Complete Sessions (2000) – includes additional CD of alternate takes •
The Katanga Concert (
Milan, 2000) – previously unreleased 1960.11 concert in Katanga (Africa) plus 17 tracks previously issued on the two earlier Milan CDs, Blueberry Hill (1962.06.17 in Nice, France) and What a Wonderful World: The Elizabethtown Concert (1960.11 in Elisabethville, Africa) •
Louis Armstrong in Prague Lucerna Hall 1965 (
Panton, 1979) – reissued in CD in 2000 by Columbia •
The Legendary Berlin Concert (Jazzpoint, 2000) – 22 March 1965 concert with Billy Kyle, Tyree Glenn, Eddie Shu, Arvell Shaw and Danny Barcelona •
Louis In London (1968) (Verve Records/
UMe, 2024)
Anthologies • ''Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest Hits'' (
MCA, 1994) •
16 Most Requested Songs (Columbia/
Legacy, 1994) •
The Definitive Collection (
Hip-O/
Verve, 2006) •
Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule (Verve Records/
UMe, 2022) ==List of songs recorded==