Creole Kings of New Orleans

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Creole Kings of New Orleans
Compilation album by various artists
Cover

Publication
(s)

1992

admission

1952-1958

Label (s) Specialty Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Rhythm and Blues

Title (number)

26th

running time

62:00

production

Art Rupe , Johnny Vincent , Bumps Blackwell , Lee Rupe , Harold Battiste

Studio (s)

J&M Studio , New Orleans

Creole Kings of New Orleans is a label sampler from 1992 that contains 26 partially unreleased recordings from the archives of Specialty Records and Ebb Records . The recordings were made between 1952 and 1958.

Music genre

According to the title, the recordings are imbued with the characteristics of the music of the Creole population of Louisiana . Allmusic assigns the sampler to rhythm and blues and further specifies it as "early R&B, New Orleans R&B [and] soul".

History of origin

Los Angeles independent label Specialty Records has been recording regularly at Cosimo Matassa's J&M studio in New Orleans since Lloyd Price 's hit Lawdy Miss Clawdy . Among the performers, most of whom were accompanied by the studio band , were the city's current R&B greats. Some of the recordings were also made at the Californian headquarters of the label in Universal Records or Master Records in Hollywood . Most of the songs appeared on singles on Specialty and Ebb Records, some recordings, including alternative tracks, went to the label's archives.

After the takeover by Fantasy Records in 1990, Billy Vera was tasked with viewing the master tapes, remixing the most attractive finds and putting them together as a sampler. The transfer from analog to digital technology was done by Gordon Skene, another mastering was done by Kirk Felton at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley , California. Jerry Wexler could be won over for the text part of the booklet .

A second edition with the same concept appeared in 1993 under the title Creole Kings of New Orleans Volume Two .

Track list

  1. Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers : Going back to New Orleans ( Ellis Walsh ) - 2:56
  2. Percy Mayfield : Louisiana (Percy Mayfield) - 2:05
  3. Percy Mayfield: River's Invitation (Percy Mayfield) - 2:50
  4. Lloyd Price : Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price) - 2:30
  5. Lloyd Price: Where You At ( Huey Smith ) - 2:02
  6. Lloyd Price: Frog Legs (Lloyd Price) - 2:15
  7. The Royal Kings : Teachin 'and Preachin' ( Dave Bartholomew ) - 2:00
  8. Guitar Slim : The Things That I Used to Do ( Eddie Jones ) - 2:58
  9. The Kings : 'til I Say Well Done ( Earl Johnson ) - 2:02
  10. Clifton Chenier : Aye-Tete Fee aka Eh! Petitte Fille (Clifton Chenier) - 2:33
  11. Alberta Hall : Oh! How I Need Your Love (Alberta Hall) - 2:46
  12. Leo Price : Send Me Some Lovin ' (Leo Price) - 2:36
  13. Ernest Kador : Do Baby Do (Ernest Kador) - 2:08
  14. Big Boy Myles and the Sha-Weez : Who's Been Fooling You ( Roeland Byrd / Cosimo Matassa ) - 1:50
  15. Li'l Millet and his Creoles : Rich Woman ( Dorothy La Bostrie / McKinley Millet ) - 2:37
  16. Lloyd Lambert featuring Joe Tillman on Sax: Whistlin 'Joe (Joseph Tillman) - 2:30
  17. Professor Longhair : No Buts, No Maybes ( Roeland Byrd ) - 2:50
  18. Professor Longhair: Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Roeland Byrd) - 2:15
  19. Roy Montrell : (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone (Roy Montrell / John Marascalco / Bumps Blackwell ) - 2:28
  20. Edgar Blanchard : Bop Sit-In Blues (Edgar Blanchard) - 2:21
  21. Big Boy Myles: Just to Hold My Hand (Perryman / Robey) - 2:13
  22. Jerry Byrne : Lights Out (David / Mac Rebennack ) - 1:53
  23. Art Neville : Cha Dooky-Doo ( Mae Vince ) - 2:36
  24. Art Neville: I'm a Fool to Care (Art Neville) - 2:22
  25. Larry Williams : Jockamo aka Iko Iko (Hawkins / Hawkins / James Crawford / Johnson) - 1:32
  26. Larry Williams: Bad Boy aka Junior Behave Yourself (Larry Williams) - 2:15

Publications and chart successes

The sampler was released on CD in 1992 on Specialty Records, which was taken over by Fantasy Records. An edition on music cassette followed as well as licensed editions on Ace Records in 1993 and 1995. The sampler did not get into the charts.

reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic thinks Creole Kings of New Orleans is an excellent sampler: "Although it only contains a few big hits, the material is consistently strong and makes the record an excellent buy."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The album on Allmusic, accessed on December 11, 2012
  2. ↑ a b Booklet of Specialty SPCD-2168-2
  3. ^ Allmusic releases the album, accessed December 11, 2012