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V.A. - Crescent City Soul_The Sound of New Orleans

Disc 1:
1. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Professor Longhair & His New Orleans Boys
2. The Fat Man - Fats Domino
3. Mighty, Mighty Man - Roy Brown
4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
5. The Things That I Used to Do - Guitar Slim
6. I Didn't Want to Do It - Spider
7. Jock-A-Mo - Sugar Boy Crawford
8. I Hear You Knockin' - Smiley Lewis
9. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
10. Ain't That a Shame - Fats Domino
11. Let the Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
12. Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
13. Let the Four Winds Blow - Roy Brown
14. The Monkey - Dave Bartholomew
15. Don't You Just Know It - Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns
16. Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Pt. 1 - Jessie Hill
17. Walking to New Orleans - Fats Domino
18. Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe
19. She Put the Hurt on Me - Prince La La
20. It Will Stand - The Showmen
21. I Like It Like That, Pt. 1 - Chris Kenner
22. I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - Barbara George
23. It's Raining - Irma Thomas
24. Working in the Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey
25. Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
26. Cissy Strut - The Meters
27. Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John
28. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle

Disc 2:
1. Boogie Woogie Mama - Tommy Ridgley
2. Detroit City Blues - Fats Domino
3. 3 x 7 = 21 - Jewel King
4. That's How You Got Killed Before - Dave Bartholomew
5. Tee-Nah-Nah - Smiley Lewis
6. Stack-A-Lee, Pt. 2 - Archibald
7. Poppa Stoppa Theme Song - Dave Bartholomew
8. Jumpin' Tonight (Midnight Rockin') - Joe Turner
9. Ain't Gonna Do It - Dave Bartholomew
10. Every Night About This Time - Fats Domino
11. Shake Shake Baby - Archibald
12. Good Jax Boogie - Dave Bartholomew
13. I'm Gone - Shirley & Lee
14. Looped - Tommy Ridgley
15. The Bells Are Ringing - Smiley Lewis
16. Who Drank My Beer (While I Was in the Rear?) - Dave Bartholomew
17. Goin' Home - Fats Domino
18. Lillie Mae - Smiley Lewis
19. Great Big Eyes (Those Little Reds) - Archibald
20. Little Girl Sing Ding-A-Ling - Dave Bartholomew
21. Bon Ton Roulet [New Bon Ton Roulet] - Clarence Garlow
22. You've Gotta Reap - Lowell Fulson
23. Going to the River - Fats Domino
24. Baby's Gone - Bobby Mitchell & the Toppers
25. Blue Monday - Smiley Lewis
26. You're the One - Spider
27. Sittin' and Wonderin' - Jesse Allen
28. ABC's (Pt. 1) - Smilin' Joe
29. ABC's (Pt. 2) - Smilin' Joe
30. Toy Bell - The Bees

Disc 3:
1. I'm Slipping In - The Spiders
2. Single Life - Billy Tate
3. Runnin' Wild - Pee Wee Crayton
4. Four Winds - Dave Bartholomew
5. Feel So Good - Shirley & Lee
6. Traveling Mood - Willie "Wee Willie" Wayne
7. Would You? - Dave Bartholomew
8. Witchcraft - The Spiders
9. I'm in Love Again - Fats Domino
10. One Night - Smiley Lewis
11. Try Rock & Roll - Bobby Mitchell
12. I Feel Good - Shirley & Lee
13. Someday - Smiley Lewis
14. Rockin' at Cosmo's - Lee Allen
15. Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn
16. Please Believe Me - Charles Brown
17. Shame, Shame, Shame - Smiley Lewis
18. Sick and Tired - Chris Kenner
19. Sister Jenny - Johnny Fuller
20. I'll Be the Bee - Ruth & Al
21. I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino
22. Keeper of My Heart - Faye Adams
23. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday - Bobby Mitchell
24. I Want to Walk You Home - Fats Domino
25. Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Pt. 2 - Jessie Hill
26. Tiddle Winks - Allen & Allen
27. Over You - Aaron Neville
28. Whip It on Me - Jessie Hill
29. Hello My Love - Ernie K-Doe
30. I Just Want You - Bobby Charles
31. It Keeps Rainin' - Fats Domino

Disc 4:
1. 'Tain't It the Truth - Ernie K-Doe
2. Come On, Pt. 1 - Earl King
3. Heavenly Baby - Allen & Allen
4. True Love Never Dies - Allen Orange
5. New Orleans Twist - Blazer Boy
6. Cry On - Irma Thomas
7. It Won't Be Me - Lee Diamond
8. Let's Live - Aaron Neville
9. Grumblin' Fussin' Nag Nag [Original Title: Always Naggin'] - The Del-Royals
10. I Cried My Last Tear - Ernie K-Doe
11. Country Fool - The Showmen
12. Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta - Ernie K-Doe
13. I Done Got over It - Irma Thomas
14. Oogsey Moo - Jessie Hill
15. A Certain Girl - Ernie K-Doe
16. Fate Planned It This Way - The Showmen
17. I Want Somebody - Tommy Taylor
18. Searching for Olive Oil - The Senors
19. Help Yourself - Diamond Joe
20. The Blues - Al Robinson
21. Always a First Time - Earl King
22. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman
23. Valley of Tears - Calvin Lee
24. Trick Bag - Earl King
25. Every Now and Then - Benny Spellman
26. Never Again - Eskew Reeder
27. Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) - Benny Spellman
28. Ruler of My Heart - Irma Thomas
29. 39-21-40 Shape - The Showmen
30. Take a Look - Irma Thomas

Review by Richie Unterberger :
The new king of the hill as far as retrospectives of early New Orleans R&B/rock go. This four-CD, 119-song box has hits by all of the major artists and hits and misses by most of the important minor ones as well.

The standards for inclusion are flexible and reasonable: Although New Orleans residents usually carry the day, important records that were recorded in New Orleans by non-natives are also featured. Fats Domino, Little Richard, Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, Smiley Lewis, Chris Kenner, Barbara George, Ernie K-Doe, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Lloyd Price, Aaron Neville, Professor Longhair, Shirley & Lee, and Dr. John are all here, as are one-shots and regional figures like the Showmen, Earl King, Benny Spellman, Dave Bartholomew, and the Spiders. There are plenty of hits, but also plenty of fine songs that most listeners won't be aware of: the original versions of "My Ding-A-Ling" (two of them!), "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday," and "One Night," for instance, which were covered for huge smashes by Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley. It's not perfect: the absence of Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise" is absolutely inexcusable, and the omission of hits like "Blueberry Hill," "Ya Ya," and "Rocking Pneumonia" only slightly less mystifying.

It's still the best chunk of New Orleans rock/R&B in one place, with more than enough variety to make the lengthy set a pleasure all the way through.

Thanks robinud for this !!!