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Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans Audio CD

A fair review of the Fats Domino "Walking to New Orleans" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Fats Domino reviews here, or go back to the Fats Domino tabs.

Fats Domino Band: Fats Domino
Title: Walking to New Orleans
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Release Date: 2002-03-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: The Fat Man 2: Detroit City Blues 3: She's My Baby 4: Every Night About This Time 5: Hey La Bas Boogie 6: Rockin' Chair 7: Goin' Home (version #1) 8: Reelin' And Rockin' 9: Poor Poor Me 10: Mardi Gras In New Orleans 11: How Long 12: Going To The River 13: Swanee River Hop 14: Rose Mary 15: Please Don't Leave Me 16: Something's Wrong 17: You Done Me Wrong 18: Thinking Of You 19: Where Did You Stay 20: You Can Pack Your Suitcase 21: Love Me 22: All By Myself 23: Don't You Know 24: La La (version #1) 25: Ain't It A Shame (Ain't That A Shame) 26: Blue Monday 27: Poor Me 28: I Can't Go On (Rosalie) 29: I'm In Love Again 30: Bo Weevil 31: Don't Blame It On Me 32: If You Need Me 33: So Long 34: My Blue Heaven 35: Ida Jane 36: When My Dreamboat Comes Home 37: What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You 38: Blueberry Hill 39: Honey Chile 40: I'm Walkin' 41: What Will I Tell My Heart 42: My Happiness 43: Young School Girl 44: The Rooster Song 45: Telling Lies 46: It's You I Love 47: Valley Of Tears 48: Wait And See 49: The Big Beat 50: Little Mary 51: When I See You 52: I Still Love You 53: I Want You To Know 54: Yes My Darling 55: Don't You Know I Love You 56: Sick And Tired 57: No No (The River) 58: I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday 59: Coquette 60: Whole Lotta Loving 61: Margie 62: I Hear You Knocking 63: When The Saints Go Marching In 64: Country Boy 65: I'm Ready 66: I Want To Walk You Home 67: I've Been Around 68: Be My Guest 69: Before I Grow Old 70: Tell Me That You Love Me 71: Walking To New Orleans 72: Don't Come Knockin' 73: Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey 74: Three Nights A Week 75: You Always Hurt The One You Love 76: Shu Rah 77: My Girl Josephine 78: Natural Born Lover 79: Ain't That Just Like A Woman 80: Rising Sun 81: It Keeps Rainin' 82: What A Price 83: La La (version #2) 84: Fell In Love On Monday 85: Hold Hands 86: Bad Luck And Trouble 87: I've Been Calling 88: Won't You Come Back 89: Good Hearted Men 90: One Night 91: You Win Again 92: Let The Four Winds Blow 93: Your Cheatin' Heart 94: What A Party 95: Trouble Blues 96: Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 97: Goin' Home (version #2) 98: My Real Name 99: I Want To Go Home 100: Dance With Mr. Domino

Astonishing yet imperfect.
For one, where's "Li'l Liza Jane" and for another, I would have loved to have heard a live version of Hank's Jambalaya 'cause Fats rips the song up live. This astonishing collection sounds great but I do have a gripe or two.
The omission of "Liza" is especially glaring since it was recorded for Imperial. . .

Imperfect as it is, this collection will keep you rockin' and rollin' with the Fat Man and insofar box sets go - this is a fine collection.


ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
i love fats domino's music because, to me, he had that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" style. you know, i love simplicity. i love that type of stuff when it is good. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and this is beyond that and then some. i STRONGLY recommend this box set. it is actually worth all the hard-earned bucks that you will be spending.


9 #1 Hits From A Rock Legend
How dare a radio dj say this man never had a #1 hit when he hit that spot 9 times on BB's R&B chart. 16 RIAA certified million sellers( at time of their release) and 9 #1 hits on Billboards R&B charts-nothing else needs to be said. This is the essential Fats Domino collection- for the roots of Rock and Roll are contained within.


Excellent overview of music legend/pioneer's best work
A pioneer and master of New Orleans rhythm & blues and early rock n' roll, this box set is a great introduction to his work. Fats Domino is one of the most important figures in the history of pop music, creating a large body of work with Imperial Records that remains some of the most ground-breaking, entertaining music ever recorded.

This box set replaces the 1991 box set, "They Call Me The Fat Man," and in some ways, it's superior, in others, it isn't. The packaging is certainly poorer: a sturdy, neat box with jewel cases is replaced by a digipak wallet, and the nice photo on the front is now a cartoonish, tracing of the same photo with a cartoonish logo (this would've been more appropriate on a Happy Meal). What makes this set better is the sound and track selection. All but 18 tracks from the 1991 box set are duplicated, and the 18 'replacements' are a little better overall, emphasizing rhythm & blues over pop. Furthermore, the sound is much better and completely remastered. The 1991 box set was very poor. Despite using good sources, poor remixing and processing (in some cases, it seems like they were going for a fake stereo effect where they were unable to do any remixing) sabotaged a lot of tracks. That's not the case for this box set.

There is a cheaper alternative in the recent 20-track best of, which is more suitable for casual fans and those on a stricter budget. For committed fans, the 8 CD Bear Family box set is the best (and better sound despite the age of the set), being both complete and expensive. There's also a few Ace CD's from the UK that collect all the singles up to the late 50's (therefore missing the latter day hits), also in better sound but without the sped-up sound that was applied after the mixing stage (the original records had this sped-up sound, but Fats doesn't seem to favor it). Depending on how much music you want and how much money you've got, any of these are great introductions to a living legend.


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