Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans: MusicNear.com

Music CD 1

The Fat Man
Detroit City Blues
She's My Baby
Every Night About This Time
Hey La Bas Boogie
Rockin' Chair
Goin' Home (version #1)
Reelin' And Rockin'
Poor Poor Me
Mardi Gras In New Orleans
How Long
Going To The River
Swanee River Hop
Rose Mary
Please Don't Leave Me
Something's Wrong
You Done Me Wrong
Thinking Of You
Where Did You Stay
You Can Pack Your Suitcase
Love Me
All By Myself
Don't You Know
La La (version #1)
Ain't It A Shame (Ain't That A Shame)

Music CD 2

Blue Monday
Poor Me
I Can't Go On (Rosalie)
I'm In Love Again
Bo Weevil
Don't Blame It On Me
If You Need Me
So Long
My Blue Heaven
Ida Jane
When My Dreamboat Comes Home
What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You
Blueberry Hill
Honey Chile
I'm Walkin'
What Will I Tell My Heart
My Happiness
Young School Girl
The Rooster Song
Telling Lies
It's You I Love
Valley Of Tears
Wait And See
The Big Beat
Little Mary

Music CD 3

When I See You
I Still Love You
I Want You To Know
Yes My Darling
Don't You Know I Love You
Sick And Tired
No No (The River)
I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
Coquette
Whole Lotta Loving
Margie
I Hear You Knocking
When The Saints Go Marching In
Country Boy
I'm Ready
I Want To Walk You Home
I've Been Around
Be My Guest
Before I Grow Old
Tell Me That You Love Me
Walking To New Orleans
Don't Come Knockin'
Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey
Three Nights A Week
You Always Hurt The One You Love

Music CD 4

Shu Rah
My Girl Josephine
Natural Born Lover
Ain't That Just Like A Woman
Rising Sun
It Keeps Rainin'
What A Price
La La (version #2)
Fell In Love On Monday
Hold Hands
Bad Luck And Trouble
I've Been Calling
Won't You Come Back
Good Hearted Men
One Night
You Win Again
Let The Four Winds Blow
Your Cheatin' Heart
What A Party
Trouble Blues
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Goin' Home (version #2)
My Real Name
I Want To Go Home
Dance With Mr. Domino

Free Music Notes for Walking to New Orleans

Free Music Review: Excellent overview of music legend/pioneer's best work
Hit: 5 Stars

This box set replaces the 1991 box set, "They Call Me The Fat Man," and in some ways, it's superior, in others, it isn't. The packaging is certainly poorer: a sturdy, neat box with jewel cases is replaced by a digipak wallet, and the nice photo on the front is now a cartoonish, tracing of the same photo with a cartoonish logo (this would've been more appropriate on a Happy Meal). What makes this set better is the sound and track selection. All but 18 tracks from the 1991 box set are duplicated, and the 18 'replacements' are a little better overall, emphasizing rhythm & blues over pop. Furthermore, the sound is much better and completely remastered. The 1991 box set was very poor. Despite using good sources, poor remixing and processing (in some cases, it seems like they were going for a fake stereo effect where they were unable to do any remixing) sabotaged a lot of tracks. That's not the case for this box set.

There is a cheaper alternative in the recent 20-track best of, which is more suitable for casual fans and those on a stricter budget. For committed fans, the 8 CD Bear Family box set is the best (and better sound despite the age of the set), being both complete and expensive. There's also a few Ace CD's from the UK that collect all the singles up to the late 50's (therefore missing the latter day hits), also in better sound but without the sped-up sound that was applied after the mixing stage (the original records had this sped-up sound, but Fats doesn't seem to favor it). Depending on how much music you want and how much money you've got, any of these are great introductions to a living legend.