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Fats Waller - Of The Complete Recorded Works 1938-40, Vol. 5 [CD]

Of The Complete Recorded Works 1938-40, Vol. 5
Fats Waller
CD Rel Date: 2008-08-19
788065904920
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In this fifth volume of our Fats Waller edition, Fats takes rare trips overseas. Fats' audiences were falling in the US. Europe was an obvious refuge. Fats' asking price was an unprecedented $2500 a week. The British accepted the figure without hesitation. Fats' first appearance was in Glasgow - a tough town. To up the ante, Fats wore a kilt for his first show. They'd either love him or hate him. It was love. An audience of 2100 called him back for ten curtain calls. A week later, he did the same at the London Palladium. After the Palladium date, Fats recorded at HMV's Abbey Road. Jazz-inspired players were called in. One broke off his honeymoon to play with Fats. A week after his first UK session, Fats was at the Abbey Road organ to cut a sequence of spirituals. He finished in tears. Across the Channel he was as feted as he had been in Britain. His spiritual records had reached France and he was asked to play them in Notre Dame. Fats then started a royal progress, marred by problems in Germany. Hitler's saber-rattling became so worrying that the tour was canceled. Fats went home. So to the famous October 13th session. With the four confidently struck chords that open Two Sleepy People, Fats seems to be saying I'm back! And with his regular band in terrific form, he was. Europe could rout out a decent group of session players, but they'd rarely duplicate this casual virtuosity. The round of touring and recording continued. So great were Europe's attractions, that Fats made another Transatlantic trip, where again, he made some historic 'serious' recordings that might not have been considered in the US. Those recordings are here. Make your own judgment. Fats returned to a US that welcomed him. The grueling treadmill resumed. The last sides here are less famous than Fats' showcase material, but no worse for that. On Oh Frenchy the whole band reveals it's New Orleans side - the finale a call-to-arms that would soon be sounded for real.

Tracklist:

  1. There's Honey on the Moon Tonight
  2. If I Were You
  3. (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Spaces
  4. On the Bumpy Road to Love
  5. Fair and Square
  6. We, The People
  7. Don't Try Your Jive on Me
  8. Ain't Misbehavin'
  9. Flat Foot Floogie, The
  10. Pent Up in a Penthouse
  11. Music, Maestro, Please
  12. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  13. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  14. All God's Chillun Got Wings
  15. Go Down Moses
  16. Deep River
  17. Water Boy
  18. Lonesome Road
  19. That Old Feeling
  20. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  21. Two Sleepy People
  22. Shame! Shame!
  23. I'll Never Forgive Myself
  24. You Look Good to Me
  25. Tell Me with Your Kisses
  26. Yacht Club Swing
  27. Love, I'd Give My Life for You
  28. I Wish I Had You
  29. I'll Dance at Your Wedding
  30. Imagine My Surprise
  31. I Won't Believe It
  32. Spider and the Fly, The
  33. Patty Cake, Patty Cake
  34. Good Man Is Hard to Find, A
  35. You Outsmarted Yourself
  36. Last Night a Miracle Happened
  37. Good for Nothin' But Love
  38. Hold Tight
  39. Kiss Me with Your Eyes
  40. Sweet Sue
  41. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  42. You Asked for It-You Got It
  43. Some Rainy Day
  44. 'Tain't What You Do
  45. Got No Time
  46. Step Up and Shake My Hand
  47. Undecided
  48. Remember Who You're Promised To
  49. You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It
  50. Not There, Right There
  51. Cottage in the Rain
  52. Piccadilly
  53. Chelsea
  54. Soho
  55. Bond Street
  56. Limehouse
  57. Whitechapel
  58. Smoke Dreams of You
  59. You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It
  60. Honey Hush
  61. I Used to Love You
  62. Wait and See
  63. You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams
  64. Anita
  65. What a Pretty Miss
  66. Squeeze Me
  67. Bless You
  68. It's the Tune That Counts
  69. Abdullah
  70. Who'll Take My Place?
  71. Bond Street
  72. It's You Who Taught It to Me
  73. Suitcase Susie
  74. Your Feet's Too Big
  75. You're Lettin' the Grass Grow Under Your Feet
  76. Darktown Strutters' Ball
  77. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  78. I've Got a Crush on You
  79. Someone to Watch Over Me
  80. How Long Has This Been Going On?
  81. But Not for Me
  82. Swinga-Dilla Street
  83. At Twilight
  84. Oh! Frenchy
  85. Cheatin' on Me
  86. Black Maria
  87. Mighty Fine
  88. Moon Is Low, The
  89. Moon Is Low, Pt. 2, The
  90. Ain't Misbehavin' - (alternate take)
  91. I'll Never Forgive Myself - (alternate take)
  92. You Look Good to Me - (alternate take)
  93. Tell Me with You Kisses - (alternate take)
  94. I'll Dance at Your Wedding - (alternate take)
  95. Good Man Is Hard to Find, A - (alternate take)
  96. Good for Nothin' But Love - (alternate take)
  97. Hold Tight - (alternate take)
  98. Kiss Me with Your Eyes - (alternate take)
  99. Remember Who You're Promised To - (alternate take)
  100. Honey Hush - (alternate take)
  101. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - (alternate take)

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