Album Description
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Producer: Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino, Al Young.
Compilation producer: Alan Warner.
Recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana between 1950 & 1961. Includes liner notes by John Broven.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of Capitol's Crescent City Soul series.
Audio Remasterer: Ron McMaster.
Liner Note Author: Jon Broven.
Fats Domino was one of the brightest lights of the New Orleans R&B scene of the early 1950s and one of the key progenitors of rock & roll. His music is fun, rollicking, and upbeat, but it's the strength of his tunes that make the music timeless. FATS DOMINO JUKEBOX contains 20 of the big man's original classics, every one a vintage rock-&-roll gem. In addition to signature songs like "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill," there are lesser-known but no less essential tunes included, such as "Whole Lotta Loving" and "Walking to New Orleans." Simple and vibrant, Fats's music has remained relevant and entertaining throughout decades of changing styles and trends.
Released in conjunction in 2002 with the four-disc box set Walking to New Orleans, as well as three other titles in EMI/Capitol's Crescent City Soul series, The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them becomes the definitive single-disc Fats collection on the market nearly by default -- it's remastered, it's the one in print, and it has a flawless selection of songs. It's not markedly better than, say, the '90s' definitive Fats compilation, My Blue Heaven, since it has essentially the same track selection and even if the tapes were restored to their originally running speed, the difference is not enough for most ears to notice, but it's still a great collection of some of the greatest music of its time, and it summarizes Domino's peaks excellently. So, if you don't already have a Fats Domino collection, this surely is the one to get (despite the really ugly art). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
