This quintessential release presents two of Curtis' finest LPs: Trouble in Mind and It's Party Time.............Both albums were originally issued by the Tru-Sound label in 1961, and have been remastered and packaged together in this very special collector's edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period. All of these great tracks – recorded by the legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder – feature a virtual who's who of fabulous musicians from the New York City scene, including Sam “The Man” Taylor, Al Casey, Paul Griffin, Ernie Hayes, Belton Evans, and three former Raelettes as backing vocalists (who billed themselves as The Cookies), among others............
TROUBLE IN MIND 01. TROUBLE IN MIND 3:02 02. JIVIN' TIME 4:50 03. NOBODY WANTS YOU WHEN 03. YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT 3:26 04. BAD, BAD WHISKEY 2:07 05. I HAVE TO WORRY 2:43 06. WOKE UP THIS MORNING 2:53 07. BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT 2:31 08. AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO 3:08 09. DON'T DECEIVE ME (PLEASE DON'T GO) 2:59 10. DEEP FRY 8:07 IT'S PARTY TIME 11. FREE FOR ALL 4:12 12. EASY LIKE 3:54 13. HOT SAXES 2:17 14. I'LL WAIT FOR YOU 2:19 15. THE PARTY TIME TWIST 2:23 16. LOW DOWN 2:37 17. KEEP MOVIN' 2:08 18. (LET'S DO) THE HULLY GULLY TWIST 2:14 19. SLOW MOTION 2:59 20. FIREFLY 2:32 21. SOMETHING FRANTIC 2:29 BONUS TRACKS 22. JAY WALK 2:40 23. THE LONE PRAIRIE 2:09 24. THE FLY 2:28 25. THE PEPPERMINT TWIST 2:13
