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Of The Complete Recorded Works 1938-40, Vol. 5
Artist:
Fats Waller
Format: CD
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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
1. Love, I'd Give My Life for You
2. I Wish I Had You
3. I'll Dance at Your Wedding
4. Imagine My Surprise
5. I Won't Believe It
6. Spider and the Fly, The
7. Patty Cake, Patty Cake
8. Good Man Is Hard to Find, A
9. You Outsmarted Yourself
10. Last Night a Miracle Happened
11. Good for Nothin' But Love
12. Hold Tight
13. Kiss Me with Your Eyes
14. Sweet Sue
15. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
16. You Asked for It-You Got It
17. Some Rainy Day
18. 'Tain't What You Do
19. Got No Time
20. Step Up and Shake My Hand
21. Undecided
22. Remember Who You're Promised To
23. You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It
24. Not There, Right There
25. Cottage in the Rain
1. Piccadilly
2. Chelsea
3. Soho
4. Bond Street
5. Limehouse
6. Whitechapel
7. Smoke Dreams of You
8. You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It
9. Honey Hush
10. I Used to Love You
11. Wait and See
12. You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams
13. Anita
14. What a Pretty Miss
15. Squeeze Me
16. Bless You
17. It's the Tune That Counts
18. Abdullah
19. Who'll Take My Place?
20. Bond Street
21. It's You Who Taught It to Me
22. Suitcase Susie
23. Your Feet's Too Big
24. You're Lettin' the Grass Grow Under Your Feet
25. Darktown Strutters' Ball
26. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
1. I've Got a Crush on You
2. Someone to Watch Over Me
3. How Long Has This Been Going On?
4. But Not for Me
5. Swinga-Dilla Street
6. At Twilight
7. Oh! Frenchy
8. Cheatin' on Me
9. Black Maria
10. Mighty Fine
11. Moon Is Low, The
12. Moon Is Low, Pt. 2, The
13. Ain't Misbehavin' - (alternate take)
14. I'll Never Forgive Myself - (alternate take)
15. You Look Good to Me - (alternate take)
16. Tell Me with You Kisses - (alternate take)
17. I'll Dance at Your Wedding - (alternate take)
18. Good Man Is Hard to Find, A - (alternate take)
19. Good for Nothin' But Love - (alternate take)
20. Hold Tight - (alternate take)
21. Kiss Me with Your Eyes - (alternate take)
22. Remember Who You're Promised To - (alternate take)
23. Honey Hush - (alternate take)
24. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - (alternate take)
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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.
