Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Carnival Time - Al Johnson
2. Sing It - Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas & Tracy Nelson
3. Drawers Trouble - Chuck Carbo
4. Just Because - Johnny Adams
5. Don't Mess With My Man - Irma Thomas
6. Check Mr. Popeye - Eddie Bo
7. You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones
8. Big Shot - Marcia Ball
9. I Bowed On My Knees - Davell Crawford
10. Drink Jax Beer - Ramsey McLean & the Survivors
11. Go On Fool - Ruth Brown
12. Dollar Got the Blues - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Disc 2:

1. Feel Like Funkin' It Up - ReBirth Brass Band
2. Sew-Sew-Sew - The Golden Eagles Featuring Monk Boudreaux
3. Cuttin' Out - Professor Longhair
4. Shoo-Fly - Bo Dollis and Monk Boudreaux with ReBirth Brass Band
5. Royal Flush - New Orleans Nightcrawlers
6. It Ain't What You Think - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
7. T. Chapman - All That
8. No It Ain't My Fault - Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
9. Golden Crown - Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias
10. St. Louis Blues - The Chosen Few Brass Band
11. If My Shoes Hold Out - Alvin "Red" Tyler
12. Just A Little While To Stay Here - ReBirth Brass Band

Disc 3:

1. You Can Stay But The Noise Must Go On - Walter "Wolfman" Washington
2. Ain't No Yachts in the Ghetto - Theryl "Houseman" de'Clouet
3. Rough Spots - George Porter, Jr. (of The Meters)
4. Flow On - All That
5. A Corn For Crip - The Ed Frank Quintet
6. Keeper Of The Crown - Bo Dollis & Willie Tee with Dr. John
7. Body And Fender Man - Johnny Adams
8. Gemini Rising - The New Orleans Saxophone Ensemble
9. Sweet Touch Of Love - Irma Thomas
10. Here We Go Again - Solomon Burke
11. Funkyard - Walter "Wolfman" Washington
12. House That Jack Built - Davell Crawford

Disc 4:

1. Hard Times - Eddie Bo
2. Classified - James Booker
3. Every Day, Every Night - Professor Longhair
4. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most - David Torkanowsky
5. Tee Nah Nah - Tuts Washington
6. On The Q-Tee - Willie Tee
7. Gumbo Piano - Davell Crawford
8. All By Myself - James Booker
9. My Children - Art Neville
10. I Don't Know - Champion Jack Dupree
11. Go To The Mardi Gras - Professor Longhair
12. Do you Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans - Tuts Washington

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62047 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-16
• Number of discs: 4

Album Description
For nearly three decades, Rounder Records has been among the pre-eminent labels recording the music of New Orleans - second line brass bands, rhythm & blues singers, Mardi Gras Indians, piano players, jazz and funk. Here is a definitive overview of Rounder's New Orleans catalogue, featuring such iconic Crescent City names as Irma Thomas, Professor Longhair and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, as well as lesser-known but equally exciting artists such as Chuck Carbo and Eddie Bo. Here is music that looks into every corner of the New Orleans musical landscape, always funky, rollicking and soulful. With extensive notes by Grammy®-winning Rounder producer Scott Billington

Customer Reviews

A New Orleans Party in a Box
Rounder Records' music catalog runs deep with some of the best of the "roots" music of New Orleans and over the years, they've documented many of the artists who never hit the "top 40" but form the soul of the music of the Big Easy. Some artists - like the great James Booker - got a full album, while others - like Professor Longhair's piano contemporary "Tuts Washington" were represented only on compilations. Much of Rounder's catalog is out there; it just doesn't get a lot of exposure for the older releases.

This has been rectified with this wonderful new "box set" (it's actually a small box with 4 CDs in cardboard leaves and a 24-page booklet with a 7 page essay and detailed track listings). The 48 tracks are grouped by musical style with Brass Bands on the "Street Beat" disc, the "funk" sounds (minus the Neville Brothers who never recorded as a group for Rounder) on another, vocal blues on a third, and - my favorite - the "Ivory Emperors" (`Fess Longhair, Booker, and Eddie Bo) for the last disc.

N.O. Music has always been a "gumbo" of styles and, really, the best way to experience this set is to shuffle the discs, rather than limit yourself to one style. Then use the info in the liner note booklet (which could have used a little more background on the lesser known artists) and seek out the albums that the tracks were derived from.

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"

Good for New Orleans music neophytes
if you are a new orleans native, then this is not the cd-set for you. however, if you are trying to be a nola music ambassador, it's a great gift! the artists are taken from some of the best n.o. musicians, such as rebirth brass band, marcia ball, the n.o. nightcrawlers, eddie bo, irma thomas, professor longhair, to name just a few. no dr john, fats, or anders osborne, some of my longtime favorites...

also, the collection is divided nicely into 4 discs, representing the 4 main styles of n.o. music: big easy blues, street beat, funky new orleans, and ivory emperors.

overall, a good primer for someone who wants to learn more about new orleans style music.

I AGREE - There's Great Music here BUT THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR......
......releasing a box set like set and only recording 12 tracks on each disc, when 20 or more could have been easily accommodated.

In terms of "bang-for-the-buck", there's really no comparison to the "Doctors, Professors....." set. Especially as it also includes rounder artists including many, many others.

Still, as a general introduction - and at a used Amazon price - it may be a good deal.

Shame on Rounder though!