Back in 1989, BEAR FAMILY issued a double LP, 'Mercury Records--The New Orleans Sessions, 1950.' Containing early and great(not to mention some unissued) recordings by Professor Longhair, Alma Mondy, and other Crescent City legends, it was a definitive statement of New Orleans R&B at its inception. They uncovered the original acetates at Mercury Records' vault, and painstakingly restored them, thereby re-creating one of the great field trips in record business history on two LPs! Researcher Rick Coleman, whose recently published book on Fats Domino is recognized as a classic work in New Orleans R&B, figured out that a Mercury R&B session long thought to have taken place in Los Angeles in 1953 actually took place in New Orleans. To confirm his hunch, Rick spoke with Mercury A&R man Dee Kilpatrick, who recalled recording Alma Mondy along with a female impersonator, Pat Valadear, Woo-Woo Moore, and Plas Johnson's brother, Ray. So we included everything from that session in this new 2 CD SET, plus the ultra-rare gospel recordings by the Silvertone Singers from the 1950 sessions! Add new photos, new notes, and digitally enhanced sound. That's how we took the story of Mercury's New Orleans sessions to a new level. A fitting tribute, especially as so many of the neighborhoods that gave birth to this music may never return! ALMA MONDAY (ALMA LOLLYPOP.......... 1.Miss Lollypop's Confession 2.Love Troubles 3.Baby Get Wise 4.Just As Soon As I Go Home 5.Street Walkin' Daddy 6. A Job For A Jockey 7.Still My Angel Child 8.No Stuff For Me 9.I Need You Baby 10.You Done Me Wrong......... ROY BYRD & HIS BLUES JUMPERS 11.Byrd's Blues 12.Her Mind Is Gone 13.Bald Head 14.Hey Now Baby 15. Oh Well 16.Hadacol Bounce 17.Longhair Stomp 18.Been Foolin' Around 19.Between The Night And Day....... THEARD JOHNSON 20.I Walk In My Sleep 21. Lost Love........... GEORGE MILLER & HIS MID DRIFFS 22.Boogie's The Thing 23.Bat-Lee Swing......... CD2: LITTLE JOE GAINES 1.She Won't Leave No More 2.Snuff Dipper.......... DWINE CRAVEN (MR. BROWN) 3.Mercury Boogie 4.New Way Of Loving........... SILVERTONE SINGERS 5.Bye And Bye 6.What Are They Doing In Heaven Today 7.Call On Jesus In Scret Prayer 8.Rest From Labor............ PATSY VALDEVEAR 9. Keep Your Hands On Your Heart 10.Baby, Rock Me.......... RAY JOHNSON 11.Boogie The Blues 12.House Of Blues 13.I'll Never Let You Go 14.Smilin' Blues.......... HERBERT WOO WOO MOORE 15.Something's Wrong 16.Five Long Letters.......... ALMA MONDAY (ALMA LOLLYPOP 17. Miss Lollypop's Confession 18.Love Troubles 19.Just As Soon As I Go Home........... ROY BYRD & HIS BLUES JUMPERS 20.Her Mind Is Gone 21.Hadacol Bounce 22.Longhair Stomp 23.Between The Night And Day......... GEORGE MILLER & HIS MID DRIFFS 24.Bat-Lee Swing
