Tracklist
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01. Clap Your Hands - Wallace Johnson
02. Always Accused - Willie Tee
03. Need You - Prince La La
04. You Better Check - Eddie Bo
05. Talk That Talk - Dr John & Ronnie Barron
06. World Of Dreams - Tami Lynn
07. Gonna Get You Yet - The Tick Tocks
08. Peace Of Mind - Wallace Johnson
09. Two Weeks, Three Days - Joan Duvall
10. The Fix (One Naughty Flat) - Dr John
11. Try Me - Barbara George
12. Make Her Your Wife - Pistol
13. It Was You - Willie Tee
14. Wyld - AFO Executives
15. Let Me Know - Robbie Lee
16. Better Be Cool - Alvin Robinson
17. I've Never Been In Love - Alvin Robinson
18. Light My Fire - Tammi Lynn
19. We Got Love - Alvin Robinson
20. Johnny A's Blues - Johnny Adams
The second batch of material from the vaults of Harold Battiste's AFO label is actually a stronger collection than the first (Gumbo Stew), although over half of it was previously unissued. Most of it's good early '60s New Orleans R&B, with genuine highlights like Prince La La's "Need You" (a futuristic foreshadowing of the sort of voodoo rock that Dr. John would play in the late '60s), a couple rambunctious performances by the young Dr. John himself ("The Fix" sounds like the early Animals as played on a department store-quality organ), and the Dr. John-penned "World of Dreams," sung in heart-tugging fashion by Tami Lynn. Also includes tracks by Barbara George, Alvin Robinson, Eddie Bo, and Johnny Adams (a live 1960 performance), as well as Lee Dorsey's smash "Ya Ya" (not recorded at AFO, but included because AFO chief Harold Battiste says he produced it). If you've already got the best New Orleans R&B anthologies and want more of the same, you should make this one of your next stops.
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