Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Hill, Jessie
2. Beverly Baby - Allen & Allen
3. Lottie Mo - Dorsey, Lee
4. Owl Sees You - Showmen
5. Over You - Neville, Aaron
6. Mother In Law - Ernie K-Doe
7. Mudd - Montrell, Roy
8. Moanin' And Screamin' - Diamond Joe
9. Always Naggin' - Del Royals
10. Fortune Teller - Spellman, Benny
11. It's Too Soon To Know - Thomas, Irma
12. I Like It Like That - Kenner, Chris
13. All These Things - Neville, Art
14. It Will Stand - Showmen
15. New Kind Of Love - Harper, Willie
16. Everything Happens At Night - August, Joseph 'Mr. Google Eyes'
17. I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You - Lewis, Raymond
18. Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) - Spellman, Benny
19. Something You Got - Kenner, Chris
20. In The Night - Carbo, Chick
21. Show Me The Way - Neville, Aaron
22. House On The Hill (Rock 'n' Roll Hootenanny) - Neville, Art
23. Te Ta Te Ta Ta - Ernie K-Doe
24. Green Door - Reeder, Eskew
25. Ruler Of My Heart - Thomas, Irma
26. Pot's On Strike - Hill, Jessie
27. There's A Will There's A Way - Ernie K-Doe
28. It Won't Be Me - Diamond, Lee (1)
29. I Cried My Last Tear - Ernie K-Doe

Disc 2:

1. Land Of 1000 Dances - Kenner, Chris
2. Certain Girl - Ernie K-Doe
3. Fence Of Love - Bo, Eddie
4. For You My Darling - Humdingers (2)
5. Sooner You Realise - Holmes, Eldridge
6. It's Raining - Thomas, Irma
7. Flu - Reeder, Eskew
8. 10 4 - Spellman, Benny
9. T'ain't It The Truth - Ernie K-Doe
10. Oogsey Moo - Hill, Jessie
11. Reality (Even Though) - Neville, Aaron
12. Anybody Here Seen My Baby - Kenner, Chris
13. Hook Line And Sinker - Neville, Art
14. I Waited Too Long - Reeder, Eskew
15. SGB (Stone Graveyard Business) - Bo, Eddie
16. I'm Gonna Make You Eat Those Words - Lang, Eddie (2)
17. Whipped Cream - Stokes
18. Coo Coo Over You - Hueys
19. Whisper My Name - Little Buck
20. Something You Got - George, Barbara
21. Poor Boy Got To Move - Toussaint, Allen & The Stokes
22. Pass The Hatchet - Roger & The Gypsies
23. La La Man - Morgan, Oliver
24. Sad One - Lang, Eddie (1)
25. Lover And A Friend - Bo, Eddie & Inez Cheatham
26. Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Blanchard, Edgar
27. Popeye Joe - Ernie K-Doe
28. My Wife - Kenner, Chris
29. Why Holler - Hill, Jessie
30. Tight Like That - Blanchard, Edgar & Prince Royals

Disc 3:

1. Creole Baby - Michael, Al
2. Big Hunk O' Woman Come Back And See - Kenner, Chris
3. Jump And Shout - Michael, Al
4. Keep My Pockets Clean - Blanchard, Edgar & Prince Royals
5. Stomp Down Soul - Darnell, Larry
6. Souling - Lang, Eddie (1)
7. Rockin' Way - Flair, China
8. Loaded Down - Jacobs, Matthew
9. Ain't Hungry Ain't Broke - Polka Dot Slim
10. I'm Gone And That's All - Blanchard, Edgar & Prince Royals
11. Nervous Condition - Pitter Pats
12. If I Only Had A Chance For Your Love - Jacobs, Matthew
13. Fat Cat - Toussaint, Allen & The Stokes
14. Grumblin' Fussin' Nag Nag - Harper, Willie
15. Mini Skirts And Soul - Kenner, Chris
16. I Just Keep Rollin' - Bo, Eddie
17. No Never Again - Reeder, Eskew
18. Your Love Is True - Thomas, Irma
19. Oo Wee Baby What You Gonna Do - Bo, Eddie
20. Betty Jane - Templet, Doyle
21. Please Don't Leave Me - Diamond, Lee (1)
22. Who Will Be The One - Del Royals
23. Run Henry - Carbo, Chick
24. Dream Girl - Kari, Sax
25. Skinny McGinny - Humdingers (2)
26. True Fine Mama - Showmen
27. 39 21 46 Shape - Showmen
28. Boys - Ruby & The Pearls
29. If It Wasn't For Girls - Fabulettes
30. Rockin' With The Hawks - Night Hawks

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101210 in Music
• Released on: 2005-07-04
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Just a minit!
This is a great collection of tracks for afficinados of 60's soul. The songs should stand up shoulder to shoulder with TM and Stax but there is just some essence missing to make them chart-toppers that the other two labels were able to infuse into their arrangements. My biggest disappointment is the lack of Homer Banks and Jimmy McCracklin. However very good value for money and I would recommend it

The cream of New Orleans soul in the 1960's
This is a strange one- at an R.R.P. of £19.99 this may appear to be a budget album, especially since it will not have the wider appeal of a Motown or Stax compliation. Certainly the packaging might not instantly fill you with hope- a cardboard box (in the same fashion as this companies' own Curtom box set) and with three cardboard sleeves inside. But this should not bother the true music fans. The effort that has gone into the important aspects of a box collection is commendable; first off there is a 40 page glossy booklet included with extensive notes about the history of these labels, the artists and the music. On the back of each cd sleeve is the date of release for each song, and although this isn't too helpful on the 4 previously unreleased before on cd tracks (which have 2005 as the release date) there is enough information in the booklet to find out the general recording dates. The songs aren't arranged by release date, which is another minor drawback, although generally the first cd contains early 60's songs, the second has the mid to later 60's songs and the third cd appears to be a collection of rarer tracks.

The music itself- well New Orleans is on the 1960's musical map primarily for its R&B scene. There are many important releases that were guided by the legendary Allen Toussaint including such classics as Lipstick traces, land of a 1000 dances, it will stand and mother in law. In particular the second disc is as joy to listen to: its much closer to the Stax sound than Motown but much more rootsie. I've heard a few of these songs on other compilations, but to have 89 of these tracks on one compilation is a real find. I would definately reccomend this to any fellow mod fan or anyone else who likes 60's soul.

They're not all after your money
The UK has a number of great reissue labels like Cherry Red,Ace and Charly and all the CDs are beautifully packaged with informative fact packed booklets.Soometimes you get 4 CDs which work out at very little money.Here you get a 3 CD set with a booklet which would take a couple of hours to read and digest.
The music itself is the kind of New Orleans rhythm'n'blues which influenced many English groups especially the Stones and its all from just 2 labels which began in 1960-Instant and Minit
They had many hit singles through the 60s such as Mother In Law by Ernie K-Doe,Chris Kenner with I Like It Like That and Land of 1000 Dances and recorded the first singles by future superstar black singers like Lee Dorsey,Aaron Neville and Irma Thomas.
The recent History Channel documentary on Allen Toussaint focused strongly on the label-Toussaint was really the major player and success story-writer,producer and occasonally artist-though his own career as a future recording artist was stalled by him in order to conncentrate on the main business but along the way the group he fronted known as the Stokes recorded an instrumental called Whipped Cream which Herb Alpert later picked up.
In the 70s Toussaint had a recording studio called Sea Saint where Paul McCartney & Wings recorded Venus & Mars.
Also in the 80s many of their copyrights were covered in England-both the Darts and Shakin' Stevens had big hits with Its raining-a song recorded first by Irma Thomas in the 50s
This jack of all trades picked up his recording career in the 80s with a series of albums the latest of which is a joint one with Elvis Costello.

The Minit and Instant labels were the longest running in New Orleans and licensed their product out to major labels many times in order to get it more widely distributed and away from its regional origins if the records weren't moving.Thus the story of the labels is the continuous chasing after further success which in many cases just about paid for the session