Fats Domino

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

Long unavailable on vinyl, this quintessential collector’s edition includes one of Domino’s finest LPs, The Fabulous “Mr. D,” originally released by the Imperial label in 1958. The album consists of singles dating back as far as 1952, and provides a glimpse of Fats Domino mixing early rock & roll into his New Orleans R&B gumbo. In addition, this 180-gram vinyl release contains 2 bonus tracks from the same period. This material is the cream of the crop from Domino’s hit-making stretch for Imperial records during his most inspired years.

These great recordings – most of them co-written, produced and arranged by the legendary Dave Bartholomew – feature a virtual who’s who of fabulous musicians from the Crescent City scene, including Lee Allen, Allen Toussaint, Frank Fields, and Cornelius Coleman, among others.

PERSONNEL:

FATS DOMINO, vocals and piano, plus:

SIDE A (1-3, 5 & 7) & SIDE B (1):
Lee Allen or Herb Hardesty or Clarence Ford (tS)
Wendell Duconge (aS, on side A (2),
Ernest McLean (g, on side A (1, 2, 5),
Walter Nelson (g, on side A (3) & side B (1),
Frank Fields (b), Allen Toussaint (p; on side A (7)
Cornelius Coleman (d).
Produced by Dave Bartholomew.
Recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957.

SIDE A (4) & SIDE B (2, 3 & 5):
Lee Allen or Buddy Hagans or Herb Hardesty (ts),
Wendell Duconge (as), Walter Nelson (g, on side A (4) & side B (2 & 3), Harrison Verrett (g, on side B (5)
Frank Fields (b, on side A (4) & side B (3), Bill
Diamond (b,on side B (2 & 5),
Cornelius Coleman (d).
Produced by Dave Bartholomew.
Recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, between April 1952 and October 1953.

SIDE A (6):
Herb Hardesty, Buddy Hagans (ts), Wendell Duconge (as), Clarence Ford (bs), Willie Jones (g), Jimmie Davis (b), Cornelius Coleman (d).
Produced by Dave Bartholomew.
Recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1958.

SIDE B (4): Lee Allen or Herb Hardesty or Buddy Hagans (ts),
Clarence Ford (as), Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields (b),
Cornelius Coleman (d).
Produced by Dave Bartholomew.
Recorded at
Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1955.

SIDE B (6): Herb Hardesty, Clarence Ford (ts), Wendell Duconge (as), Ernest McLean (g),
Frank Fields (b), Allen Toussaint (p), Cornelius Coleman (d). Fats Domino doesn’t play piano on this track.
Produced by Dave Bartholomew. Recorded at Cosimo
Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1958.

SIDE B (7): Herb Hardesty, Plas Johnson (ts), Wendell Duconge (as), Clarence Ford (bs),
Walter Nelson (g), Jimmie Davis or Red Callender (b), Cornelius
Coleman (d).
Produced by Dave Bartholomew.
Recorded at CosimoRecording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1958.

SIDE A
01 THE BIG BEAT
02 I’LL BE GLAD WHEN YOU’RE
DEAD, YOU RASCAL YOU
03 WHAT WILL I TELL MY HEART
04 BARREL HOUSE
05 LITTLE MARY
06 SICK AND TIRED
07 STACK AND BILLY *

SIDE B
01 I WANT YOU TO KNOW
02 “44”
03 MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS
04 I CAN’T GO ON (ROSALIE)
05 LONG LONESOME JOURNEY
06 YOUNG SCHOOL GIRL
07 MARGIE *

* BONUS TRACKS