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The man at his best, many of these numbers I heard back in the UK for the first time in the 50's and they still sound as good,NO EVEN BETTER NOW. the Fat Man rocks on.
If you were a teen in the late '50s/early /60s, the songs on this CD will be very familiar to you. There is some filler, but this is still the best collection of Fats Domino's hits I've seen.
The recording is of poor quality and does not sound like Fats Domino that I remember. Fats does not even sound like his concert at Petinas. I do not recomend that any connoisseur of the 1950's Fats whose music is still audible in his/her ears buy it, this is a disappointing experience.
The skill and experience of the mastering engineer staff; 2. This makes the new remastered version sound very different than the original song. Moreover, the 1965 "California Girls" has much better stereophonic voice/instrument isolation than the 1988 "Kokomo" which is 13 years younger. They're works of a musical master and a true gentleman with a sweet spirit. Now I understand the reality of remastering and hope this is helpful to you too.
I'm happy to say that this CD does contain five post-1958 (stereo) songs: "I Want To Walk You Home," "Be My Guest," "Walking To New Orleans," "My Girl Josephine," and "Let The Four Winds Blow." These five have a rich a sound with the instruments and voices sounding clear -and out of separate speakers. It's just too bad that EVERY song wasn't able to be recorded in multi-track stereo. My problem was that I didn't realize that the first 24 songs were remasters of the original SINGLE channel recordings -and that does NOT translate to STEREO sound. It usually annoys me. I love Fats Domino tunes, they have a beat that make you itch to jump up to the floor to move those feet. Remastering simply refers to some process of modifying one of the recorded versions. The modern era gives publishers almost unlimited ways to touch up, doctor, and "improve" their media. As the Fat Man sang, "Ain't that a shame." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *My ignorance about the limits of modern re-mastering technology led me to expect a fabulous stereo sound on all 30 tunes.silly boy.
Since buying this CD, I researched and discovered that the first stereophonic phonograph records didn't become available to the general public until 1958. That's some consolation to a stereophile like me. We all can do this by writing reviews that always discuss such qualities as the degree of stereo isolation of voices and instruments, their clarity and robustness, and the fullness of dynamic range, etc. The equipment used for the process; 3. An example of this is on the "The Beach Boys -Sounds of Summer" CD.
I'm a little disappointed in this CD even though it contains almost all of Fat's great tunes ("I Hear You Knocking" and "Kansas City" are missing). USER REVIEWS can help save the rest of us from falling prey to buying copies of music with inferior recording. Then, only buy CD's with high marks in those areas. All 30 songs were recorded during the stereo recording era, yet a couple of the songs like "Surfin' Safari" barely sound stereophonic. Another problem is that many of the remastered CDs from the late 1990s onwards have had the average volume of the recording raised -at the expense of dynamic range. Adding to the problem of different levels of master copies being used, is the fact that different levels of skills and/or equipment can be employed to create different songs in the SAME CD.
Our personal taste -ie: does addition of "reverberation" improve the song for you or annoy you. To further your savviness of "remastering," I'm adding the following information: Digital Remastering is a term that is often believed to mean "made better." Not necessarily true. This Fats Domino CD arranges the songs in the order that they were recorded, starting with "The Fat Man" (1951) and ending with "Let The Four Winds Blow" (1961). This results in varying qualities among the song selections.
That is accurate. Many of the individual instruments and/or voices can nearly disappear among an irritating garble of racket. The success of that product actually sounding better to us depends on: 1. If I get a superbly done copy then I'm glad I spent the extra money. As each release promises improved sound, producers hope these upgrades will entice people into making another purchase. The cause of my disappointment, I must own up, was my ignorance about the term "remaster." I bought this CD because other reviewers had given it an average score of a perfect five, and because one reviewer reported that all 30 hits had been digitally remastered. This is unnecessary, and any reduction in dynamic range totally turns me off.
I need to be able to savor the lowest and the highest notes that the musicians played. Further, a secondary master tape would likely be created from this original master recording consisting of equalization and other adjustments and improvements to the audio to make it sound better on vinyl, 8-track tape, etc. In the 1960s, instruments and vocals were recorded on multi-track tapes. Then these tapes were mixed to create a stereo or mono master. Because of this CD's good remastering, even some of the pre-1958 tunes seem to have at least "a suggestion" of stereo separation.
Let's all put pressure on record producers to create recordings that do full justice to the amazing vocal and instrumental talents of the artists. The quality of the original source recordings; 4. Note that several different levels of masters often exist for any one audio release, so many different CD qualities can result. Otherwise, I feel that both I and the artists themselves are being ripped off. Let's end the junk copies.
I reviewed several years ago, the Fats Domino CD with 20 songs on it. The sound on these classic gems is excellent. This CD includes those left off previous compilations like Please Don't Leave Me (1953) Honey Chile (1956) I'm Ready (1959) and others.
From 1950 to 1963, his records were always on the R&B and pop charts with his driving New Orleans band and his carefree relaxed vocals and roadhouse piano style. Fats Domino was a major contributor to the birth of rock and roll and at the age of 80, still resides in New Orleans and is undoubtedly one of our national treasures. This one is even better because it features 30 and they are all great.
So if there is only room for one Fats Domino CD, THIS IS THE ONE. He was one of the first artists to cross the barrier and bring real rock and roll to white audiences starting with 1955's Ain't That A Shame, which was covered by who else.Pat Boone. Well, in time, teens knew the real thing when they heard it and he racked up Rock and Roll masterpieces like Blueberry Hill, I'm Walking, Whole Lotta Lovin', I Want To Walk You Home, Blue Monday, I'm Ready and more.
His records just flat out made you feel better and they had the big beat. Essential to every collection.
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