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| 1. Little Richard: Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey | |||
| 2. John Fred & The Playboys: Shirley | |||
| 3. Huey Smith: Would You Believe It, I Have A Cold | |||
| 4. Fats Domino: Telling Lies | |||
| 5. Smiley Lewis: Someday (You'll Want Me) | |||
| 6. Paul Gayten: Nervous Boogie | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Fats Domino: Don't Deceive Me | |||
| 2. Frankie Ford: Cheatin' Woman | |||
| 3. Joe Turner: Honey Hush | |||
| 4. Roy Brown: Diddy-Y-Diddy-O | |||
| 5. Allen Toussaint: Whirlaway | |||
| 6. Art Neville: Cha Dooky Doo | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Huey "Piano" Smith with His Clowns: Don't You Know Yockomo | |||
| 2. The Spiders: Someday, Bye And Bye | |||
| 3. Fats Domino: Would You | |||
| 4. Lee Diamond: Hatti Malatti | |||
| 5. Paul Gayten: Mother Roux (Yo Yo Walk) | |||
| 6. Amos Milburn: We Teenagers Know What We Want | |||
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Over the course of time, Heavy Sugar has been the title of a song, the name of a radio station, an independent movie and the primary ingredient for a rapturous recipe. How fitting it is that this latter description also epitomizes the ingredients that go to make up Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence of New Orleans R&B. Just think. If the celebrity chefs of New Orleans were to whip up Heavy Sugar until the peaks start to form, then the hostesses on Bourbon Street would go that little bit further and add any flavour necessary to achieve a creamy finish. The musical melting-pot, which helped turn rhythm & blues into rock n roll, was always at its most flavoursome in the Crescent City. Issuing forth from a store-front recording facility, the beguiling big beat reached out to a global audience through such artists as Fats Domino, Little Richard, Huey Smith and Lloyd Price. Many lesser-known but equally worthy individuals achieved the same level of sass, Alberta Hall, Ray Washington, Harry Lee, TV Slim to name but a few, although usually with just a couple of releases to show for their troubles. The focal point of the operation centred around a remarkable house-band that assembled day-after-day at Cosimo Matassa's funky studio in the heart of the French Quarter. Date-wise the metronome began ticking towards the end of the '40s, which was when the hip crowd first latched on to rhythm & blues. Rather than being restricted to a minority audience, the music's freewheeling ambience ended up blowing off anyone and everyones' cobwebs. New Orleans came out on top, because its talented musicians were able to put onto record the good time feel that was heard in the clubs. In order to share the joy, Fantastic Voyage has trawled through the city's rich musical repertoire to arrive at 75 highly sought-after recordings. Compiled and annotated by record producer and music historian Stuart Colman, and with many titles on CD for the first time, Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence of New Orleans R&B could easily end up being one of the releases of 2010.
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(2010/FV) 75 tracks 1950s - digipac with notes by Stuart Coleman.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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This is a superb collection that is a tribute to the formative years of R n B. It contains great,early Little Richard tracks from before he got really famous,and you've got Clarence(frogman)Henry,Fats Domino,Roy Brown,Joe Turner,Professor Longhair and a band called 'The Supremes' from before the more famous Motown ones ever existed. This is a treasure chest with many Gems that I, at least,have never heard before ,plus songs that are familiar to me,such as 'Rich Woman' by Li'l Millet & the Creoles which is maybe better known as something by Bo Diddley. If you've ever wanted to find that sound that Dr John has continually attempted to re~create but has ,unfortunately, failed to achieve( but not always )due to his limited,whining,vocal style ...well step this way ,put your money down and listen to some real dynamic,energetic,exciting,stuff.
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Eamonn
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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I thought I had all the New Orleans R&B that I needed - and I have a lot. But even if your are a buff, like me, there is still some stuff on here that you won't have.
There are almost no 'hits' here; even Fats and Richard get the less-obvious choices. And at this price??
God bless the 50 -year rule in the UK and may it never been altered.
There are almost no 'hits' here; even Fats and Richard get the less-obvious choices. And at this price??
God bless the 50 -year rule in the UK and may it never been altered.
35 of 40 people found the following review helpful
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this has got to be the best , if not one of the best new orleans, r and b compilations out there. a delight to the mind and food for the soul, it ticks the boxes on all levels. this cd has also been featured on the god, 'mark lamarr's' radio show and he thoroughly recommends it too--so i cant be lying-----enjoy !!
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