Various Artists

GOOD TIMES IN NEW ORLEANS 1958-1962.

This special release contains 30 studio tracks, including a wide selection of those overlooked 45s and seminal works Mac Rebennack made as a composer, producer, arranger and performer for different local labels, between 1958 and 1962. While some of the tracks were cut under his own name, on others he used pseudonyms such as Little Mac, and Drits & Dravy. Some of the songs were taped at sessions led by the likes of Big Boy Myles, The Ends, Sugar Boy Crawford, Chuck Carbo, and Ronnie Barron, among others. A number of these tracks feature fabulous session players from the Crescent City scene, such as saxophonists Lee Allen & Alvin “Red” Tyler, and drummer Earl Palmer. These early works form the building blocks of Mac Rebennack’s incomparable musical legacy.

TRACKS & ARTISTS

01 Good Times – MAC REBENNACK
02 New Orleans – BIG BOY MYLES WITH MAC REBENNACK’S ORCHESTRA
03 (Put on Your Old ) Gray Bonnet – BIG BOY MYLES WITH MAC REBENNACK’S ORCHESTRA
04 Hey Mama – CARL GREENSTREET
05 Foolish Little Girl – MAC REBENNACK
06 Mercy – GENE & AL’S SPACEMEN
07 Aw! Who? – BAT CARROLL
08 Have A Little Mercy – SUGAR BOY CRAWFORD
09 Out On A limb – CHUCK CARBO
10 Row, Row My Boat – THE ENDS
11 Curiosity– JOE AND ANN
12 Gee Baby – JOE AND ANN
13 Bad Neighborhood – RONNIE & THE DELINQUENTS
14 Keeps Dragging Me On – RONNIE & THE DELINQUENTS
15 Morgus The Magnificent – MORGUS & THE GHOULS
16 Lonely Boy – FRANKIE & MAC
17 Lights Out – JERRY BYRNE
18 Something Special – RONALD STONE
19 Desert Winds – RONALD STONE
20 Down The Road – RONALD STONE
21 Show Me the Way – IKE CLANTON
22 I Cried– SUGAR BOY CRAWFORD
23 Sahara – MAC REBENNACK
24 Luvy Brown – CHUCK CARBO
25 Picture of You – CHUCK CARBO
26 It's You – CHUCK CARBO
27 I’m the One – GERRI HALL
28 Talk That Talk (Part 1) – DRITS & DRAVY
29 It Ain's No Use – THE ENDS
30 Storm Warning – MAC REBENNACK

TOTAL TIME: 71:31

Recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, 1958-1962.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET