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Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven, The Best of Fats Domino (1961)

Track listing:
  1. My Blue Heaven 2:06
  2. The Fat Man 2:41
  3. Please Don't Leave Me 2:38
  4. Ain't It A Shame 2:30
  5. I'm In Love Again 1:55
  6. When My Dreamboat Comes Home 2:17
  7. Blueberry Hill 2:18
  8. Blue Monday 2:14
  9. I'm Walkin' 2:09
  10. Valley Of Tears 2:00
  11. The Big Beat 2:01
  12. Yes, My Darling 1:55
  13. Whole Lotta Loving 1:36
  14. I'm Ready 2:01
  15. I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday 2:00
  16. I Want To Walk You Home 2:17
  17. Be My Guest 2:12
  18. Walking To New Orleans 1:57
  19. Let The Four Winds Blow 2:13
  20. What A Party 1:57

Notes

For the budget-minded fan, this 20-track single-disc compilation of Fats Domino's Imperial smashes will serve nicely. Not much of his early pre-rock stuff — "The Fat Man" and "Please Don't Leave Me" are all that are here — but there's plenty of his hit-laden output from 1955 on — "Ain't It a Shame," "Blue Monday," "I'm in Love Again," "Blueberry Hill," "I'm Ready," among others. One small but substantial difference between this set and the larger packages: It uses non-sped-up masters of his mid-'50s material (some of his hits from this era were mastered slightly faster than true pitch). Even if they're not historically correct, these versions actually sound better.