Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Fat Man
2. Detroit City Blues
3. She's My Baby
4. Every Night About This Time
5. Hey La Bas Boogie
6. Rockin' Chair
7. Goin' Home (version #1)
8. Reelin' And Rockin'
9. Poor Poor Me
10. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
11. How Long
12. Going To The River
13. Swanee River Hop
14. Rose Mary
15. Please Don't Leave Me
16. Something's Wrong
17. You Done Me Wrong
18. Thinking Of You
19. Where Did You Stay
20. You Can Pack Your Suitcase
21. Love Me
22. All By Myself
23. Don't You Know
24. La La (version #1)
25. Ain't It A Shame (Ain't That A Shame)

Disc 2:

1. Blue Monday
2. Poor Me
3. I Can't Go On (Rosalie)
4. I'm In Love Again
5. Bo Weevil
6. Don't Blame It On Me
7. If You Need Me
8. So Long
9. My Blue Heaven
10. Ida Jane
11. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
12. What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You
13. Blueberry Hill
14. Honey Chile
15. I'm Walkin'
16. What Will I Tell My Heart
17. My Happiness
18. Young School Girl
19. The Rooster Song
20. Telling Lies
21. It's You I Love
22. Valley Of Tears
23. Wait And See
24. The Big Beat
25. Little Mary

Disc 3:

1. When I See You
2. I Still Love You
3. I Want You To Know
4. Yes My Darling
5. Don't You Know I Love You
6. Sick And Tired
7. No No (The River)
8. I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
9. Coquette
10. Whole Lotta Loving
11. Margie
12. I Hear You Knocking
13. When The Saints Go Marching In
14. Country Boy
15. I'm Ready
16. I Want To Walk You Home
17. I've Been Around
18. Be My Guest
19. Before I Grow Old
20. Tell Me That You Love Me
21. Walking To New Orleans
22. Don't Come Knockin'
23. Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey
24. Three Nights A Week
25. You Always Hurt The One You Love

Disc 4:

1. Shu Rah
2. My Girl Josephine
3. Natural Born Lover
4. Ain't That Just Like A Woman
5. Rising Sun
6. It Keeps Rainin'
7. What A Price
8. La La (version #2)
9. Fell In Love On Monday
10. Hold Hands
11. Bad Luck And Trouble
12. I've Been Calling
13. Won't You Come Back
14. Good Hearted Men
15. One Night
16. You Win Again
17. Let The Four Winds Blow
18. Your Cheatin' Heart
19. What A Party
20. Trouble Blues
21. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
22. Goin' Home (version #2)
23. My Real Name
24. I Want To Go Home
25. Dance With Mr. Domino

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91922 in Music
• Released on: 2002-03-12
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: 1.18 pounds

Album Description
100 legendary Imperial recordings from 1949 to 1962 all digitally remastered on 4CDs. Includes all 40 of his R&B top 10 hits and 10 #1's. Housed in a digi-book with liner notes. 2002.

Amazon.com
In an art form characterized from its earliest days by sexually charged imagery, rebellious abandon, a fickle sense of fashion, and often disposable musical fluff, Antoine "Fats" Domino embodied none of the above. Long revered as one of the founding fathers of rock & roll, Domino scored nearly three dozen Top 40 hits from 1955 to 1963. Yet that success--second only to Elvis's during that era--belied a friendly, often low-key performing style and reverence of musical history that was ostensibly rock's very antithesis. The answers to that conundrum lie in the four 24-bit-remastered discs of this 100-track anthology, a rich chronicle of Domino's New Orleans boogie-woogie-bred R&B. If there are some distinct formulas at work here (the familiar lolling rhythms--and even lyrics--of "Something's Wrong" foreshadow at least two of his most massive hits, "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That a Shame," while the melody of the brief "You Done Me Wrong" can't help but recall Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee"), Domino has honed them to perfection, selling each song with a warm, understated voice that's a sharp contrast to his distinctively rollicking piano work. Indeed, it's remarkable how consistent Domino was over the near-15-year span of this anthology; if only General Motors had decided to keep building the '55 Bel Air as long. Suffice it to say that Domino's legacy continues to inform new generations of musicians and fans, and that this generous set documents one of the true cornerstones of modern American popular music. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview of music legend/pioneer's best work
Fats Domino is one of the most important figures in the history of pop music, creating a large body of work with Imperial Records that remains some of the most ground-breaking, entertaining music ever recorded. A pioneer and master of New Orleans rhythm & blues and early rock n' roll, this box set is a great introduction to his work.

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.

9 #1 Hits From A Rock Legend
16 RIAA certified million sellers( at time of their release) and 9 #1 hits on Billboards R&B charts-nothing else needs to be said.How dare a radio dj say this man never had a #1 hit when he hit that spot 9 times on BB's R&B chart. This is the essential Fats Domino collection- for the roots of Rock and Roll are contained within.

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
you know, i love simplicity. i love fats domino's music because, to me, he had that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" style. i love that type of stuff when it is good...............and this is beyond that and then some. i STRONGLY recommend this box set. it is actually worth all the hard-earned bucks that you will be spending.