This digipack set of early 50's New Orleans R&B covers the hard to find MERCURY sessions of Fess along with many of the singers also recorded at the session.....Classic early shuffle boogie sounds with the unique afro-cuban influences well to the fore.......Also included are some swinging blues sides from the JAY McSHANN band from the early days....killer diller!!!!.......
1. Garfield Avenue Boogie - Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford 2. Crown Prince Blues - Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford 3. Shipyard Woman Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon 4. W.B. Blues - Walter Brown 5. Sloppy Drunk - Walter Brown 6. Lovin' a Beggar - Walter Brown 7. Miss Lollipop's Confession - Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy 8. Love Troubles - Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy 9. Baby Get Wise - Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy 10. Byrd's Blues - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers (Professor Longhair) 11. Her Mind Is Gone - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers (Professor Longhair) 12. Baldhead - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers (Professor Longhair) 13. Hey Now Baby - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers (Professor Longhair) 14. Oh Well - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers (Professor Longhair) 15. Boogie's the Thing - George Miller & His Mid-Riffs 16. She Won't Leave No More - Joseph "Little Joe" Gaines 17. Mercury Boogie - Hosie Dwine Craven (Mr Brown) 18. Hadacol Bounce - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers (Professor Longhair) 19. Longhair Stomp - Roy Byrd 20. Been Fooling Around - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers (Professor Longhair) 21. In the Wee Wee Hours - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers (Professor Longhair) 22. Streetwalkin' Daddy - Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy 23. Job For A Jockey - Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy 24. Still My Little Angel Child - Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy 25. Cloudy Weather Blues - Preacher Lee Graves 26. Sixty Years and a Day - Preacher Lee Graves
