Released in 2001 by England's Proper Records Ltd., this package of 4 CDs explores some of the Crescent City's premier R & B practitioners - Dave Bartholomew, Professor Longhair, Alma "Lollipop" Mondy, Champion Jack Dupree, Archibald, Paul Gayten, Smiley Lewis, Roy Brown, Fats Domino and others.
Surprise! - Fats Domino's 1950 track The Fat Man was a bowdlerization of Champion Jack Dupree's 1941 "dope" song Junker Blues.
The box contains a total of 107 songs on its 4 CDs. A perusal of the track listing below should be sufficient additional description.
Liner notes by European R&B enthusiast Joop Visser are extensive - a 56-page booklet which provides a capsule story of each artist included in the compilation.
Another reasonably priced Proper package.
Disc One - Piano Power
1. CHAMPION JACK DUPREE - Dupree Shake Dance (Okeh 06104) - 1941
2. CHAMPION JACK DUPREE - Junker Blues (Okeh 06152) - 1941
3. CHAMPION JACK DUPREE - Big Time Mama (Okeh 06597) - 1941
4. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Byrd�s Blues (Mercury 314528295-2) - 1949
5. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Her Mind Is Gone (Mercury M 8175) - 1949
6. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Bald Head (Mercury M 8175) - 1949
7. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Hey Now Baby (Mercury M 8184)- 1949
8. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Oh Well (Mercury M 8184 - alternate flip) - 1949
9. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Hadacol Bounce (Mercury M 8184) - 1949
10. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Longhair Stomp (Mercury 314528295-2) - 1949
11. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Been Fooling Around (Mercury 314528295-2) - 1949
12. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Between The Night And Day (In The Wee Wee Hours) (Mercury 314528295-2) - 1949
13. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Hey Now Baby (Atlantic LP 7225) - 1949
14. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Mardi Gras In New Orleans (Atlantic 897) - 1949
15. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - She Walks Right In (Atlantic 897) - 1949
16. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Hey Little Girl (Atlantic 947) - 1949
17. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Willie Mae (Atlantic 947) - 1949
18. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Walk Your Blues Away (Atlantic 906) - 1949
19. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR -Professor Longhair Blues (Atlantic 906) - 1949
20. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR -Boogie Woogie (Atlantic LP 7225) - 1949
21. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Longhair�s Blues-Rhumba (Atlantic LP 7225) - 1949
22. ARCHIBALD - Stack-A-Lee, pts 1 & 2 (Imperial 5068) - 1950
23. ARCHIBALD - Shake Baby Shake (Imperial 5082) - 1950
24. ARCHIBALD - Ballin� With Archie (Imperial 5082) - 1950
25. ARCHIBALD - My Gal (Imperial 5101) - 1950
26. ARCHIBALD - Little Miss Muffet (Colony 105) - 1950
27. ARCHIBALD - Crescent City Bounce (Colony 105) - 1950
28. ARCHIBALD - She�s Scattered Everywhere (Imperial 5101) - 1950
Disc Two - The Pioneers
1. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Mr. Fool (Deluxe 3223) - 1949
2. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Country Boy (Deluxe 3223) - 1949
3. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Gert Town Blues (Deluxe 3217) - 1949
4. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Basin Street Breakdown (CD Charly 273) - 1950
5. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Pyramid (CD Charly 273) - 1950
6. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Messy Bessie (CD Charly 273) - 1950
7. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Nickel Wine (CD Charly 273) - 1950
8. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Ain�t Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life) (Imperial 5069) - 1950
9. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Good Jax Boogie (Jax 1-2) - 1950
10. PAUL GAYTEN - Now That You�re Gone (Regal 3230) - 1949
11. PAUL GAYTEN - Backtrackin� (Dr. Daddy-O) (Regal 3230) - 1949
12. PAUL GAYTEN - Baby, What�s New? (Regal 3246) - 1949
13. PAUL GAYTEN - My Rough And Ready Man (Regal 3235)- 1949
14. PAUL GAYTEN - You Shouldn�t (Regal 3245)- 1949
15. PAUL GAYTEN - Confused (Regal 3234)- 1949
16. PAUL GAYTEN - You Oughta Know (Regal 3258)- 1949
17. PAUL GAYTEN - Fishtails (Regal 3234)- 1949
18. PAUL GAYTEN - I�ll Never Be Free (Regal 3258)- 1950
19. PAUL GAYTEN - I Ain�t Gonna Let You In (Regal 3273)- 1950
20. SMILEY LEWIS - Lowdown (Imperial 5067) - 1950
21. SMILEY LEWIS - Slide Me Down (Imperial 5072) - 1950
22. SMILEY LEWIS - Growing Old (Imperial 5072) - 1950
23. SMILEY LEWIS - If You Ever Loved A Woman (Imperial 5102) - 1950
24. SMILEY LEWIS - Dirty People (Imperial 5102) - 1950
25. SMILEY LEWIS - Where Were You? (Colony 110) - 1950
26. SMILEY LEWIS - My Baby Was Right (Colony 110) - 1950
Disc Three - The Hit Makers
1. ROY BROWN - Good Rockin� Tonight (DeLuxe 1093) - 1947
2. ROY BROWN - Lolly Pop Mama (DeLuxe 1093) - 1947
3. ROY BROWN - Special Lesson No.1 (DeLuxe 1098) - 1947
4. ROY BROWN - Woman�s A Wonderful Thing (DeLuxe 1098) - 1947
5. ROY BROWN - Roy Brown Boogie (DeLuxe 1107) - 1947
6. ROY BROWN - Miss Fanny Brown (DeLuxe 1128) - 1947
7. ROY BROWN - Long About Midnight (DeLuxe 1154) - 1947
8. ROY BROWN - Rainy Weather Blues (DeLuxe 1198) - 1948
9. ROY BROWN - Rockin� At Midnight (DeLuxe 3212) - 1949
10. ROY BROWN - Please Don�t Go (DeLuxe 3226) - 1949
11. ROY BROWN - Ridin� High (DeLuxe 3226) - 1949
12. ROY BROWN - Rock-A-Bye Baby (Route 66-Kix-26) - 1949
13. ROY BROWN - (The Girls In) Big Town (Route 66-Kix-26) - 1949
14. FATS DOMINO - Detroit City Blues (Imperial 5058) - 1950
15. FATS DOMINO - The Fat Man (Imperial 5058) - 1950
16. FATS DOMINO - Hide Away Blues (Imperial 5077) - 1950
17. FATS DOMINO - She�s My Baby (Imperial 5077) - 1950
18. FATS DOMINO - Brand New Baby (Imperial 5085) - 1950
19. FATS DOMINO - Little Bee (Imperial 5065) - 1950
20. FATS DOMINO - Boogie Woogie Baby (Imperial 5065) - 1950
21. FATS DOMINO - Hey, La Bas Boogie (Imperial 5085) - 1950
22. FATS DOMINO - Korea Blues (Imperial 5099) - 1950
23. FATS DOMINO - Every Night About This Time (Imperial 5099) - 1950
24. FATS DOMINO - Careless Love (Imperial 5145) - 1950
25. FATS DOMINO - Hey! Fat Man (Imperial 150) - 1950
26. LARRY DARNELL - For You My Love (Regal 3240) - 1949
27. LARRY DARNELL - I�ll Get Along Somehow, pts. 1&2 (Regal 3236) - 1949
28. LARRY DARNELL - Lost My Baby (Regal 3240) - 1949
Disc Four - Hip Shakin� Mamas, Crooners and Shouters
1. CHUBBY NEWSOME - Hip Shakin� Mama (DeLuxe 3199) - 1948
2. CHUBBY NEWSOME - Chubby�s Confession (DeLuxe 3199) - 1948
3. CHUBBY NEWSOME - Back Bitin� Woman (DeLuxe 3204) - 1948
4. CHUBBY NEWSOME - Bedroom Blues (DeLuxe 3204) - 1948
5. CHUBBY NEWSOME - Close To Train Time (DeLuxe 3213) - 1949
6. CHUBBY NEWSOME - New Orleans Lover Man (DeLuxe 3213) - 1949
7. ALMA "LOLLIPOP MAMA" MONDY - Miss Lollipop�s Confession (Mercury M 8190) - 1949
8. ALMA "LOLLIPOP MAMA" MONDY - Baby Get Wise (Mercury M 8176) - 1949
9. ALMA "LOLLIPOP MAMA" MONDY - Streetwalkin� Daddy (Mercury M 8190) - 1949
10. ALMA "LOLLIPOP MAMA" MONDY - A Job For A Jockey (Mercury M 314528295-2) - 1949
11. GEORGE MILLER & HIS MID-DRIFFS - Boogie�s The Thing (Mercury M 8183) - 1949
12. LITTLE JOE GAINES - She Won�t Leave No More (Mercury M 8180)- 1949
13. HOSIE DWINE CRAVEN - Mercury Boogie (Mercury 314528295-2) - 1949
14. JAMES "BLAZER BOY" LOCKS - Blazer Boy Blues (Regal 3231) - 1949
15. JAMES "BLAZER BOY" LOCKS - New Orleans Women Blues (Regal 3239) - 1949
16. ERLINE "ROCK�N�ROLL" HARRIS - Jump And Shout (Regal 3233) - 1949
17. ERLINE "ROCK�N�ROLL" HARRIS - I Never Missed My Baby (Regal 3233) - 1949
18. JOHNSON BROTHERS COMBO - Mellow Woman Blues (DeLuxe 3227) - 1949
19. TOMMY RIDGLEY - Shrewsbury Blues (Imperial 5054) - 1949
20. JEWEL KING - Don�t Marry Too Soon (Imperial 5055) - 1949
21. JEWEL KING - 3 x 7 = 21 (Imperial 5055) - 1949
22. JEWEL KING - I�ll Get By (Imperial 5061) - 1950
23. JEWEL KING - I Broke My Mother�s Rule (Imperial 5061) - 1950
24. JOE "GOOGLE EYES" AUGUST - I Cried (P. Vine LP 9034) - 1950
25. JOE "GOOGLE EYES" AUGUST - Just To Be Home With You (Delmark DE-715) - 1950
