Proper Records: PROPERBOX 71 (P1381--P1384). Jazz. Fats Waller, piano (in part solos), celesta, organ, vocals; with various ensembles, including his Rhythm. Recorded 1922-1943, principally in New York. Previously released material. Compact disc. Program notes by Joop Visser (47 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents:
(2:48). Have a little dream on me / Muscle Shoals blues / Rose ; Murray ; Baxter (3:08) -- Birmingham blues / Thomas (2:54) -- Henderson stomp / Henderson (2:52) -- Rusty pail / Waller (2:59) -- Blue black bottom / Waller ; Jackson (2:51) -- Fats Waller stomp / Waller ; Irvis (3:19) -- Savannah blues / Morris (2:53) -- Geechee / Booker ; Austin (3:08) -- Thou swell / Rodgers ; Hart (2:59) -- Handful of keys / Waller (2:47) -- The minor drag / Waller (2:39) -- Harlem fuss / Waller (3:24) -- Numb fumblin' / Waller (2:52) -- Gladyse / Waller (2:52) -- Valentine stomp / Waller (3:22) -- Smashing thirds / Waller (3:04) -- Lookin' good but feelin' bad / Santley ; Waller (2:31) -- Won't you get off it please? / Waller (2:59) -- I'm crazy 'bout my baby / Waller ; Hill (3:06) -- A porter's love song to a chambermaid / Johnson ; Razaf (3:21) -- I wish I were twins / Lange ; Loesser ; Meyer (2:40) -- Do me a favor / Lawrence ; Tinturin (3:11) -- Then I'll be tired of you / Harburg ; Schwartz (3:13) -- Don't let it bother you / Gordon ; Revel (2:53) -- Have a little dream on me / Rose ; Murray ; Baxter (2:48). Rhythm and romance / Serenade for a wealthy widow / Johnson ; Whiting (3:14). How can you face me? / Razaf (2:49) -- Sweetie pie / Loeb (3:08) -- Believe it, beloved / Whiting ; Schwartz (2:39) -- Dream man / Young ; Ager (2:58) -- Breakin' the ice / McCarthy ; Cavanaugh (3:14) -- African ripples / Waller (3:07) -- Alligator crawl / Waller (2:42) -- Viper's drag / Waller (2:57) -- I'm a hundred per cent for you / Oakland ; Parish ; Mills (3:02) -- Night wind / Pollack ; Rohberg (3:14) -- I believe in miracles / Lewis ; Wending (2:50) -- I ain't got nobody / Graham ; Williams (2:46) -- Clothes line ballet / Waller (2:29) -- Lulu's back in town / Waller ; Dubin (2:39) -- I'm going to sit right down and write myself a letter / Young ; Ahlert (3:33) -- You're the cutest one / Berdahl (3:23) -- Dinah / Lewis ; Young ; Akst (3:06) -- My very good friend the milkman / Burke ; Spina (3:31) -- Twelfth Street rag / Sumner ; Borsman (2:48) -- There'll be some changes made / Overstreet ; Higgins (3:07) -- Sweet Sue / Young ; Harris (2:52) -- Truckin' / Koehler ; Bloom (3:18) -- Sugar blues / Fletcher ; Williams (2:49) -- Rhythm and romance / Johnson ; Whiting (3:14). Two sleepy people / I'm on a see-saw / Loesser ; Carmichael (3:04). When somebody thinks you're wonderful / Woods (3:36) -- I've got my fingers crossed / Koehler ; McHugh (2:37) -- A little bit independent / Leslie ; Burke (2:54) -- Fat and greasy / Grainger ; Johnson (3:07) -- I got rhythm / Gershwin ; Gershwin (3:08) -- All my life / Mitchell ; Stept (2:47) -- Christopher Columbus / Razaf ; Barry (2:52) -- It's a sin to tell a lie / Mayhew (2:53) -- Black raspberry jam / Waller (2:36) -- Fractious fingering / Waller (2:39) -- Paswonky / Waller (2:31) -- Until the real thing comes along / Cahn ; Chaplin ; Freeman (3:23) -- The curse of an aching heart / Fink ; Piantados (2:28) -- S'posin / Denniker ; Razaf (2:50) -- I'm sorry I made you cry / Clesi ; Morse (2:45) -- Nero / Razaf ; Davis (2:40) -- Spring cleaning / Samulls ; Whitcup (2:28) -- Honeysuckle Rose / Razaf ; Waller (4:32) -- Smarty / Freed ; Lane (2:38) -- Blue turning grey over you / Razaf ; Waller (4:25) -- Keepin' out of mischief now / Waller (3:06) -- The joint is jumping / Razaf ; Waller ; Johnson (2:45) -- Everyday's a holiday / Coslow ; Trivers (3:17) -- Two sleepy people / Loesser ; Carmichael (3:04). Hallelujah / Yacht club swing / Waller ; Link (2:42). The spider and the fly / Razaf ; Waller (3:04) -- A good man is hard to find / Green (2:56) -- Hold tight / Brandow ; Kent ; Ware; Spotswood (2:14) -- 'Tain't what you do (it's the way that cha do it) / Oliver ; Young (2:49) -- London suite. Piccadilly (1:46) ; Chelsea (3:03) ; Soho (2:58) ; Bond Street (2:53) ; Limehouse (3:15) ; Whitechapel (3:17) / Waller -- Squeeze me / Waller ; Razaf ; Williams (3:06) -- Your feet's too big / Benson ; Fisher (3:05) -- Darktown strutter's ball / Brooks (2:44) -- I can't give you anything but love / Fields ; McHugh (2:55) -- Fats Waller's original E flat blues / Waller (3:13) -- Pantin' in the Panther Room / Casey ; Cedric (3:01) -- Carolina shout / Johnson (2:16) -- Chant of the groove / Hicks (3:03) -- Buck jumpin' / Casey ; Kirkeby (2:35) -- Your socks don't match / Carr ; Corday (3:03) -- The jitterbug waltz / Waller (3:20) -- Swing out to victory / Waller ; Kirkeby (2:32) -- Ain't misbehavin' / Waller ; Razaf ; Brooks (3:56) -- Waller jive ; Hallelujah / Waller ; Link (2:42).
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