Product Details

• Released on: 2007-05-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

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In an art form characterized from its earliest days by sexually charged imagery, rebellious abandon, a fickle sense of fashion, and often disposable musical fluff, Antoine "Fats" Domino embodied none of the above. Long revered as one of the founding fathers of rock & roll, Domino scored nearly three dozen Top 40 hits from 1955 to 1963. Yet that success--second only to Elvis's during that era--belied a friendly, often low-key performing style and reverence of musical history that was ostensibly rock's very antithesis. The answers to that conundrum lie in the four 24-bit-remastered discs of this 100-track anthology, a rich chronicle of Domino's New Orleans boogie-woogie-bred R&B. If there are some distinct formulas at work here (the familiar lolling rhythms--and even lyrics--of "Something's Wrong" foreshadow at least two of his most massive hits, "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That a Shame," while the melody of the brief "You Done Me Wrong" can't help but recall Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee"), Domino has honed them to perfection, selling each song with a warm, understated voice that's a sharp contrast to his distinctively rollicking piano work. Indeed, it's remarkable how consistent Domino was over the near-15-year span of this anthology; if only General Motors had decided to keep building the '55 Bel Air as long. Suffice it to say that Domino's legacy continues to inform new generations of musicians and fans, and that this generous set documents one of the true cornerstones of modern American popular music. --Jerry McCulley

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Avant même Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Little Richard et Elvis Presley, puisque son premier succès dans les charts date de 1949 ("The Fat Man"), Fats Domino a montré à la jeunesse occidentale qu'il ne pouvait y avoir d'avenir hors du rock'n'roll. Une démarche qui a consisté chez lui à marier les différentes sensibilités musicales américaines, transcendées par le parfum unique en son genre de La Nouvelle-Orléans dont il est originaire. La musique du pianiste et compositeur louisianais est immortelle. Ce coffret de quatre CD en apporte la preuve. En cent chansons, enregistrées pour le label Imperial entre 1949 et 1962, Walking To New Orleans sonne comme une ode à la jeunesse éternelle et replace le piano – l'instrument privilégié des pianistes de boogie-woogie dans les lupanars au temps des années d'or de Crescent City – au centre de l'actualité. De "Blue Monday" à "Ain't That Shame", de "Blueberry Hill" à "Be My Guest", Fats Domino montre qu'il est le père spirituel à la fois des Beatles, des Neville Brothers, de Dr. John et de Lucky Peterson. --Philippe Margotin

Album Description
100 legendary Imperial recordings from 1949 to 1962 all digitally remastered on 4CDs. Includes all 40 of his R&B top 10 hits and 10 #1's. Housed in a digi-book with liner notes. 2002.