VA - Heavy Sugar The Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B [2010] + VA - Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful [2011] (6 x CD's)

HEAVY SUGAR

VA  - Heavy Sugar The Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B [2010] + VA - Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful [2011] (6 x CD's)

Over the course of time, Heavy Sugar has been the title of a song, the name of a radio station, an independent movie and the primary ingredient for a rapturous recipe. How fitting it is that this latter description also epitomizes the ingredients that go to make up Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence of New Orleans R&B. Just think, if the celebrity chefs of New Orleans were to whip up Heavy Sugar until the peaks start to form, then the hostesses on Bourbon Street would go that little bit further and add any flavour necessary to achieve a creamy finish.  The musical melting-pot, which helped turn rhythm & blues into rock ‘n’ roll, was always at its most flavoursome in the Crescent City. Issuing forth from a store-front recording facility, the beguiling big beat reached out to a global audience through such artists as Fats Domino, Little Richard, Huey Smith and Lloyd Price. Many lesser-known but equally worthy individuals achieved the same level of sass, Alberta Hall, Ray Washington, Harry Lee, TV Slim to name but a few, although usually with just a couple of releases to show for their troubles. The focal point of the operation centred around a remarkable house-band that assembled day-after-day at Cosimo Matassa’s funky studio in the heart of the French Quarter. Date-wise the metronome began ticking towards the end of the ’40s, which was when the hip crowd first latched on to rhythm & blues. Rather than being restricted to a minority audience, the music’s freewheeling ambience ended up blowing off anyone and everyones’ cobwebs. New Orleans came out on top, because its talented musicians were able to put onto record the good time feel that was heard in the clubs. In order to share the joy, Fantastic Voyage has trawled through the city’s rich musical repertoire to arrive at 75 highly sought-after recordings. Compiled and annotated by record producer and music historian Stuart Colman, and with many titles on CD for the first time, Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence of New Orleans R&B could easily end up being one of the releases of 2010. 

Following the critical acclaim and enthusiastic response to Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence of New Orleans R&B, compiler Stuart Colman has dug deep into the city s unique recording legacy to bring about a sumptuous second helping. In addition to the requisite sourcings, the net has been cast wider still in order to focus on material gleaned from such picayune outlets as Rustone, Pontchartrain, Athens, Winner and Spinett. There is a very good reason for this. Midway through July 1954, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans powerful daily broadsheet) brought to its readership s attention an editorial issue entitled Music Box Week . The feature centered on a coming together of the area s record industry chiefs, and their declaration that the juke box had become a national institution. Never had a truer word been spoken. Every diner, bar, night club, laundromat and military barracks within the city limits sported a Wurlitzer, a Seeburg or a Rock-Ola, and the multitude of coins dropped into the slots gave rise to a win-win situation. With the coming of rock & roll in the mid-fifties, it was the Big Easy s arsenal of neon Nickel Odeons rather than its radio stations where you could hear the latest sounds first. This gave the shoe-string independents, most of whom were unlikely to accrue a review in the trades or make a programme director s playlist, the chance of some welcome promotion. So, in order to reflect this freewheeling coalescence, names like Johnny Love, Willie West and Alonzo Stewart have been given the chance to rub shoulders with such greats as Fats Domino, Little Richard and Huey Piano Smith. Welcome to Heavy Sugar: Second Spoonful. (Amazon)

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Track lists

Heavy Sugar The Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B

CD1

01 Little Richard Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey 2:11

02 John Fred & the Playboys Shirley 1:56

03 Huey Smith Would You Believe, I Have a Cold 2:23

04 Fats Domino Telling Lies 2:24

05 Smiley Lewis Someday (You'll Want Me) 2:15

06 Paul Gayten Nervous Boogie 2:22

07 Frankie Ford It Must Be Jelly 2:45

08 Joe Jones A-Tisket A-Tasket 2:20

09 Jimmy Beasley I'm So Blue 2:16

10 Ray Washington I Know 2:04

11 Supremes Honey, Honey 2:16

12 Jimmy Clanton Ship on a Stormy Sea 2:19

13 Myles & Dupont Loud Mouth Annie 2:30

14 Shirley & Lee That's What I'll Do 2:38

15 Alberta Hall Oh, How I Need Your Lovin' 2:52

16 Oscar Wills Flatfoot Sam 2:12

17 Professor Longhair Look What You're Doing to Me 2:30

18 Bobby Mitchell Try Rock and Roll 2:11

19 Charles Brown I'll Always Be in Love With You 2:37

20 Lester Robertson My Girl Across Town 2:39

21 The Tropicals Sweet Sixteen 2:26

22 Roland Cook I've Got a Girl 2:19

23 Lee Allen & His Band Tic Toc 2:36

24 Gondoliers You Call Everybody Darling 2:09

25 Etta James Dance With Me Henry 2:23

CD2

01 Fats Domino Don't Deceive Me 1:56

02 Frankie Ford Cheatin' Woman 2:10

03 Joe Turner Honey Hush 2:42

04 Roy Brown Diddy-Y-Diddy-O 2:19

05 Allen Toussaint Whirlaway 2:22

06 Art Neville Cha Dooky Doo 2:37

07 Ruth & Al Real Gone Party 2:12

08 Bobby Marchan Chickee Wah Wah 2:17

09 Mickey & Sylvia There'll Be No Backin' Out 2:28

10 Sam Cooke That's All I Need to Know 2:23

11 Jerry Byrne Carry On 2:00

12 Huey Smith We Like Birdland 2:34

13 Lee Allen & His Band Creole Alley 2:34

14 Richard Berry Mad About You Baby 2:17

15 Earl King Well-O, Well-O, Well-O Baby 2:58

16 Bobby Mandolph Malinda 2:17

17 Smiley Lewis School Days Are Back Again 2:55

18 Jimmy Beasley Don't Break This Heart of Mine 2:02

19 Little Booker Doin' the Hambone 2:30

20 Li'l Millet & His Creoles Rich Woman 2:41

21 Royal Kings Teachin' and Preachin' 2:05

22 Little Richard Oh Why 2:12

23 Harry Lee Every Time I See You 2:14

24 Junior Gordon Blow Wind Blow 2:20

25 Lloyd Price I'm Glad, Glad 2:05

CD3

01 Huey ''Piano'' Smith With His Clowns Don't You Know Yockomo 2:25

02 Spiders Someday, Bye and Bye 2:27

03 Fats Domino Would You 2:05

04 Lee Diamond Hatti Malatti 2:51

05 Paul Gayten Mother Roux (Yo Yo Walk) 2:33

06 Amos Milburn We Teenagers Know What We Want 1:52

07 Art Neville Zing Zing 2:05

08 Charles Williams So Glad She's Mine 2:15

09 Smiley Lewis Sweeter Words (Have Never Been Told) 2:24

10 Eddie Bo I Love to Rock'n'roll 2:28

11 Etta James Tough Lover 2:13

12 John Fred Good Lovin 2:06

13 Gondoliers Knocked Out 2:43

14 Ernie Kador Eternity 2:16

15 Little Richard Kansas City 2:43

16 Charles Brown Please Believe Me 2:57

17 Johnny Angel Teenage Wedding 1:38

18 Clarence Henry Baby, Baby Please 2:24

19 Crystals Love You So 2:18

20 Huey & Jerry I Think You're Jiving Me 2:31

21 Lester Robertson Take it Home to Grandma 2:06

22 Gene & Al's Spacemen Mercy 2:33

23 Big Al Downing When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again 2:09

24 Bobby Charles I'll Turn Square for You 2:20

25 Roy Brown Saturday Night 2:19

VA - Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful

CD1

01 Little Richard The Girl Can't Help It (Soundtrack version) 2:29

02 Huey “piano” Smith & the Clowns Beatnik Blues 2:21

03 Frankie Ford You Talk Too Much 2:35

04 Larry Birdsong I'm Pleading Just for You 2:45

05 Lee Allen & His Band Cat Walk 2:16

06 Roland Stone Preacher's Daughter 2:28

07 Jo Ann Campbell Funny Thing 1:59

08 Bobby Charles Why Can't You 2:34

09 Jimmy Beasley She's Good to Me 2:04

10 Charles Brown It's a Sin to Tell a Lie 2:36

11 Alonzo Stewart I Get the Blues When it Rains 2:04

12 James "Sugar Boy" Crawford Morning Star 2:16

13 Willie West A Man Like Me 2:21

14 Fats Domino Tell Me That You Love Me 2:05

15 Johnny Fuller Sister Jenny 2:36

16 Lester Williams McDonald's Daughter 2:05

17 Smiley Lewis I Shall Not Be Moved 2:04

18 Chris Kenner You Can't Beat Uncle Sam 2:30

19 Clarence “frogman” Henry I'm in Love 2:31

20 Bobby Marchan Snoopin' and Accusin' 2:10

21 Bobby Lonero Little Bit 2:19

22 Earl King Funny Face 2:07

23 Benny Spellman Ammerette 2:38

24 Tommy Ridgley Jam Up 2:49

25 Hawks School Girl 2:11

CD2

01 Jimmy Beasley Little Coquette 2:16

02 Amos Milburn Shake Shake 2:00

03 Eddie Bo We Like Mambo 2:31

04 Spiders Honey Bee 2:02

05 Little Richard All Night Long 2:16

06 Billy Tate Single Life 2:17

07 Fats Domino Don't You Know I Love You 2:13

08 Paul Marvin Hurry Up 2:23

09 Professor Longhair Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand 2:17

10 Upsetters Jaywalking 2:32

11 Huey “piano” Smith & the Clowns Just a Lonely Clown 2:14

12 Dee Clark Oh Little Girl 2:42

13 Jessie Hill Scoop Scoobie Doobie 2:56

14 Johnny Love & His Orchestra Chills and Fever 2:30

15 Frankie Ford The Groom 1:49

16 Roy Brown Good Rocking Tonight 3:01

17 Smiley Lewis Lil Liza Jane 2:14

18 Lenny Capello & Dots Tottles 2:16

19 Ernie K‐doe Make You Love Me 2:22

20 Matthew Jacobs Loaded Down 2:05

21 Collay & His Satellites Little Girl Next Door 1:59

22 Irma Thomas A Good Man 2:20

23 James "Sugar Boy" Crawford She's Gotta Wobble (When She Walks) 2:07

24 Paul Gayten Mule Face 2:14

25 Li’l Millet Rock Around the Clock 2:03

CD3

01 Al Reed Top Notch Grade A 2:14

02 Fats Domino When I See You 2:11

03 Chris Kenner Don't Make No Noise 2:23

04 Professor Longhair Go to the Mardi Gras 2:49

05 Bobby Marchan Quit My Job 2:38

06 Jessie Hill High Head Blues 2:47

07 James "Sugar Boy" Crawford You Gave Me Love 2:06

08 Jimmy Beasley Good Lovin' 2:36

09 Monitors Candy Coated Kisses 2:32

10 Billy Tircuit Crazy Green Lizard 2:17

11 Wynona Carr I'm Mad at You 2:12

12 Arthur & Booker You're Near Me 2:15

13 Smiley Lewis Can't Stop Loving You 2:16

14 Huey “piano” Smith & the Clowns For Cryin' Out Loud 2:32

15 Allen Toussaint Chico 2:21

16 Eddie Bo Every Dog Got It's Day 2:16

17 Calvin Spears Baby Come on Home 2:37

18 Clarence “frogman” Henry Just My Baby and You 2:42

19 Big Boy Myles She's So Fine 2:35

20 Paul Gayten Tickle Toe 2:29

21 Frankie Ford Watchdog 2:09

22 Aaron Neville Get Out of My Life 2:04

23 Little Richard Can't Believe You Wanna Leave 2:30

24 Professor Longhair If I Only Knew 2:36

25 Al Johnson Carnival Time 2:41

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