FAQ
Q: |
It is said that the Bear Family box set "Out of New Orleans" (BCD 15541) contains the complete Imperial recordings - is this true? |
A: |
No! SOME of the missing ones are: |
The master of BLUEBERRY HILL used for 78rpm releases (correct lyrics "WE made" and NO fault at 1:04).
The
master of BLUEBERRY HILL originally used for 45rpm and LP
releases (correct lyrics "WE made" and fault at 1:04).
Note: In the seventies Imperial made a new master and replaced the faulty
part with lyrics "YOU made" from later in the song. All CD
releases came from this master.
The
unedited version of I
lived my Life, released on 78 (5301) and 45
(X5301).
Available on
the CD "The Originals Vol. 9" (EMI,
7243 8 29062 2 3).
The second version of IF YOU
NEED ME, recorded November 7, 1955.
Available on
the CD "The Originals Vol. 4" (EMI,
0777 7 99657 2 4).
The edited version of Bo
Weevil, released on 78 (5375), 45 (X5375),
EP "Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino Vol. 3"
(IMP-140) and LP "Rock and Rollin' with Fats
Domino" (LP 9004) / "Fats Domino
swings * - * 12,000.000 Records" (LP 9062).
Available on the CD "The
Originals Vol. 2" (EMI, 7942842).
The edited version of Careless Love. Originally released on EP "Fats Domino Rock and Rollin' Vol. 2" (IMP-142) and LP "Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'" (LP 9009).
My Heart is in your
Hands, a remastered version of "Something's wrong",
released on EP "Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'
Vol. 3" (IMP-143) and LP "Fats Domino
Rock and Rollin'" (LP 9009).
Available on the CD "The
Originals Vol. 9" (EMI, 7243 8 29062 2 3).
Are you going my Way,
a remastered version of "Little School Girl", released on EP "Fats
Domino Rock and Rollin' Vol. 3" (IMP-143) and LP "Fats
Domino Rock and Rollin'" (LP 9009).
Available on the CD "The
Originals Vol. 10" (EMI, 7243 8 29132 2 1).
The edited version of Natural born Lover, released on 45 (X5704).
The edited version of You always hurt the One You love, released on 45 (5937).
The overdubbed version of Ain't
that a Shame, released on LP "Let's
dance with Domino" (LP 9239).
Available on the CD "The
Originals Vol. 11" (EMI, 7243 8 29150 2 7).
The instrumentals / backing tracks Just a little While (to stay here) / I don't want to walk without You / When You're smiling / Someday, released on LP "Let's dance with Domino" (LP 9239). Fats didn't play on these titles.
All the overdubbed tracks of Domino's last Imperial LP "Here he comes
again!" (LP 9248): Goin'
Home / Trouble
in Mind / Every
Night (about this Time) / When
I see You / Oh
Ba-a-by / Ain't
gonna do it / Your
cheatin' Heart / I
can't give You Anything but Love / Along
the Navajo Trail / South
of the Border / Lil'
Liza Jane / Telling
Lies
Available on the CD "The
Originals Vol. 11" (EMI, 7243 8 29150 2 7) and on the CD "Here
he comes again! / A Lot of Dominos!" (EMI, 7243 5 33630 2 4).
The overdubbed version of I
can't go on this Way, released on 45 (5980).
Available on
the CD "The Originals Vol. 4" (EMI,
0777 7 99657 2 4).
The overdubbed version of
Darktown Strutter's Ball.
Available
on the CD "The
Originals Vol. 11" (EMI, 7243 8 29150 2 7).
The first version of Let the four Winds blow, recorded June 14, 1958. Maybe lost.
The overdubbed second version of La la. Maybe lost.
If I could, recorded March 28, 1961. Maybe lost.
The first version of One Night, recorded March 28, 1961. Maybe lost.
The remixed version of I'm walking for the
1991 Aral commercial "Der Laeufer".
Available on the CD "The
Originals Vol. 10" (EMI, 7243 8 29132 2 1).
Q: |
There are some ABC-Paramount recordings which were released on a single, but I can't find them on LP: For you / Goodnight Sweetheart / If you don't know what Love is / Lazy Lady / Let me call you Sweetheart / Packin' up / Sally was a good old Girl / Something you got Baby / Who cares. |
A: |
In addition to the three original albums "Here comes Fats Domino" (ABC 455 / ABCS 455), "Fats on Fire" (ABC 479 / ABCS 479) and "Getaway with Fats Domino" (ABC 510 / ABCS 510), a fourth LP was issued, but only in Holland in 1966 as "The Best!" (Artone, PAP 241) and reissued in 1979 with the same cover (MCA, 5C 050-63041). It has all the above mentioned tracks plus That certain Someone / Nobody needs you like me / A whole Lot of Trouble. |
Q: |
Do you have any information about the mysterious album titled "Southland U.S.A." from Mercury? |
A: |
Sure. |
The catalog number is MG 21065 (Mono), and it was advertised in
January 1966 in the Billboard magazine. Covers were made and sent to record stores to
promote the album. Sources say that it was never finished by Domino, because
he left Mercury during the recording sessions for the LP in October/November
1965. One single, released in 1965, was taken from this album - What's
that you got? / It's never too late (72485).
The tracks of the LP were listed as
follows: Mardi Gras in New Orleans /
Alabamy Sound / Deep in the Heart of Texas
/ Walking to New Orleans (the Billboard ad lists "Memphis, Tennessee")
/ Way down yonder in New Orleans /
Basin Street Blues / St. Louis Blues /
Cotton Fields
/ What's that you got / It's never too late /
Don't play with my Heart / I had the Blues for New Orleans
The last-mentioned four songs were released on the 2006 CD "Fats
Domino '65 - What's that you got?".
(Thanks to Paul MacPhail!)
Q: |
I've never seen a copy of the second Reprise LP "Fats". Does it really exist? |
A: |
Of course. |
For the US release, only test pressings with the orange label are known
to exist. They came in a white cardboard cover and a "Contains RS 6439 -
Fats - Fats Domino Special International Release" sticker. It was
officially released with the original cover artwork in January 1970 in Holland (Reprise, RS 6439), in South
Africa (RRC 6439), in 1972 in Germany (Reprise/Kinney, 44
113), with a different cover in Japan (Reprise,
P-8046R), and again with a different cover in 1974 in
Germany as "Star-Collection, Vol. 2" (Midi/WEA, MID 24019
F). The tracks are: I'm
going to cross that river / Big
Mouth / It's a Sin to tell a Lie
/ Wait till it happens to You / I'm
going to help a Friend / The Lady
in Black / Another Mule / When
You're smiling (the whole World smiles with You) / These
old Shoes / Lawdy Miss Clawdy
/ Work my Way up steady
Originally, all the tracks of this album were
recorded 1967 in New Orleans for Dave Bartholomew's own Broadmoor label. Only
two singles were put out - Work my Way up Steady /
The Lady in
black (Broadmoor, 104) and Big Mouth /
Wait 'til it
happens to you (Broadmoor, 105).
Before releasing the accompanying LP, Fats signed
with Reprise, taking the Broadmoor stuff with him. In 1968, Richard Perry
produced a new album in Los Angeles, "Fats is back" (Reprise,
RS 6304). The old
"Fats" LP remained unissued, because Domino left Reprise in 1970.
For all of these tracks plus a new version of HELP ME see the
2005 Rhino CD "Sweet
Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings".
Q: |
Are there any other studio albums, which were never finished? |
A: |
Yes, it is said that there are at least two: |
A third album recorded for Reprise and produced by Fred Smith.
Four tracks were finished, but the LP never was. A single,
containing two of these tracks, was issued in 1970 - New Orleans ain't
the same / Sweet
Patootie (0944).
The other two songs CAN'T CHASE A DREAM FOREVER / BLUES SO BAD can be
found on "Sweet
Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings".
(Thanks again to Paul MacPhail!)
An album recorded 1982 in a suburb of Washington, D.C. (either at Big Mo Recording Studios, Kensington, MD, or
at Track Recorders, Silver Spring, MD). The session resulted in - at least -
9 tracks,
plus an extended version and an alternate take: Ain't that a Shame /
Every Night about this
Time / Every Night about this
Time - extended / Get your Business (straight) /
Had my Fun / I LOVE YOU / IT MakeS no
Difference (NOW) / MATTER OF TIME aka If I didn't love you so
/ There you go /
Three fools (in Love) /
Three fools ( in Love) - undubbed
(Thanks to the Holland Fats
Domino Fan Club & Rien Boellaard!)
Now available on the 2009 Mardi Gras
Records CD "give me some! - rare
and unreleased".
Q: |
I own some songs on an old and worn record, but I can't find them on CD. Which are the tracks not issued on CD? |
A: |
Here they are: |
After Hours (complete)
Blueberry Hill (master for 78rpm with correct lyrics)
Blueberry Hill (master for 45rpm & LP with correct lyrics and fault at 1.04)
Don't
mess with my Popeye's (with Doug Kershaw)
Available on the CD "give me
some! - rare and unreleased", but dubbed from record.
Every Night about this
Time (extended "Washington"-version)
Missing on "give me some! - rare and
unreleased".
I don't want to walk without you
If you don't know what Love is (stereo mix)
Just a little While
Let me call you Sweetheart (stereo mix)
My Toot Toot (country version, with Doug Kershaw)
My Toot Toot
(rock version, alternate take, with Doug Kershaw)
"give me some! - rare and
unreleased" has the regular version on it, again dubbed from record
- see Doug Kershaw CDs for better sound quality!
Natural born Lover (edited)
Sally was a good old Girl (stereo mix)
Someday
When you're smiling
You always hurt the one you love (edited)