THE BEST OF NEW ORLEANS R&B (2cd set)

Artist: VARIOUS ARTISTS
Format: 2CD
Bar-code: 5060143497896
Cat No: NOT2CD789

£6.99

In the heart of New Orleans, studio owner Cosimo Matassa smiled. Working with producers like Dave Bartholomew and Allen Toussaint produced the sounds that he had in his head. Like blues – but not the rural, ‘work-up-this-morning’ and acoustic guitar kind. A more funky, piano-based style, with horns and drums that kept everything a-rollin’. That kind of thing. A precursor of rock and roll; it was a sound meant for juke boxes.

Disc 1

1. Let The Good Times Roll – Shirley & Lee
2. Every Dog Got His Day – Eddie Bo
3. Zuzu Man – Dr. John
4. Mother-In-Law – Ernie K-Doe
5. I Hear You Knocking – Smiley Lewis
6. Don’t Mess With My Man – Irma Thomas
7. Come On (Part 1) – Earl King
8. I Didn’t Want To Do It – The Spiders
9. Let The Four Winds Blow – Roy Brown
10. (Every Time I Hear That) Mellow Saxophone – Roy Montrell
11. All These Things – Art Neville
12. Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey
13. Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) – Benny Spellman
14. Be My Guest – Fats Domino
15. One Night – Smiley Lewis
16. The Monkey – Dave Bartholomew
17. Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Lloyd Price
18. It Will Stand – The Showmen
19. Cuttin’ Out – Professor Longhair
20. But I Do – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry

Disc 2

1. Bald Head – Dr. John
2. Bumpity Bump – Smiley Lewis
3. Sea Cruise – Frankie Ford
4. Wanted $10,000,00 Reward – Ernie K-Doe
5. Go To The Mardi Gras – Professor Longhair
6. Ain’t Got No Home – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry
7. I Like It Like That (Part 1) – Chris Kenner
8. I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday – Bobby Mitchell
9. Just Because – Lloyd Price
10. Fortune Teller – Benny Spellman
11. Over You – Aaron Neville
12. Tell It Like It Is – Eddie Bo
13. Mardi Gras In New Orleans – Fats Domino
14. Trick Bag – Earl King
15. Please Don’t Leave – Lee Diamond
16. Route 90 – Clarence ‘Bon Ton’ Garlow
17. Do Re Mi – Lee Dorsey
18. A Certain Girl – Ernie K-Doe
19. Mardi Gras Mambo – The Hawketts
20. Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 1) – Jessie Hill