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Personnel: Joseph Gaines (vocals, tenor); Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow, Earl King, Eddie Jones , Buddy Charles, Lowell Fulson, Pee Wee Crayton, Roy Montrell, Smiley Lewis, Werly Fairburn (vocals, guitar); Dave Bartholomew (vocals, trumpet); Edgar "Big Boy" Myles (vocals, trombone); Eddie Bo, Fats Domino, Willie Connell Johnson, Roy "Baldhead" Byrd, Frank Bocage, Jimmy Beasley, Art Neville (vocals, piano); Charles "Hungry" Williams , James Wayne (vocals, drums); Chuck Carbo , Tommy Ridgley, Dave Dixon, Elmer Breeding, Fat Man Matthews, W. Moon , D. Nero, J.D., Brown, Ernest Kador, Eddie Ray, Joe Maxon, Leo Price & Band, Tiny Brown, W. Armstead, Roland Cook, Bill Moore Lucky Seven Band, Shirley Goodman, Ledbetter, Baby Davis, Oliver Howard, Allene Matthews, Junior Gordon, Leonard Lee, Little Mr Midnight, Lloyd Price, R. Williams, Slim Saunders, Bernie Williams, Bobby Mitchell & the Toppers (vocals); Dudley Royal (tenor, baritone); Albert Veal, Allen Williams, Joe Gaines, Billy Gold, Albert Weal, Andrew Fisher, Billy Bland (tenor); John "Buddy" Morris (baritone); George Bonney, Frank Rushing, Willie Thrower (bass voice); Justin Adams (guitar, drums); Ernest McLean, Irving Banister, Edgar Blanchard, Ernest Meyer, Larry Guidry, Harrison Verrett, Alfred August, Walter Nelson, Joe Fritz, Rene Hall, Snooks Eaglin (guitar); Alfred Bernard (saxophone); Wendell DuConge, Gus Fontenette, Warren Bell, Joe Harris (alto saxophone); Dave Lastie, Carlo Marino, James Victor Lewis, Lee Allen Orchestra, Robert "Buddy" Hagans, Harry Simontaux, Joe Tillman, Charles Burbank, Raoul Prado, Nat Perrilliat, Robert Parker, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty (tenor saxophone); Clarence Ford, Norman Sinegal, Julius Shakesnider, Billy Diamond, Lloyd Lambert, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Frank Fields (baritone saxophone); Frank Mitchell, Dalton Rousseaux, August Fleuri (trumpet); Melvin Lastie (cornet); Waldron Joseph, Worthia Thomas, Waldron "Frog" Joseph (trombone); Salvadore Doucette, Jr., Melvin Dowden, Curtis Michell, Edward Frank, Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns, Ed LeBlanc, Gabriel Flemming, Paul Gayten, Tuts Washington, Ray Charles (piano); Eddie Landers, Earl Palmer , Charles "Honeyman" Otis, Cornelius Coleman, Kenneth Theriot, Eugene Jones, Eric Warner, Bartholomew Smith Frost, Oscar Moore, John Boudreaux (drums). Additional personnel: Fats Domino, Huey "Piano" Smith, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Smiley Lewis, Bobby Charles. Audio Remasterer: Peter Rynston. Recording information: Cosimo Studios, New Orleans, LA (09/1950-12/1956); Cosmo Studio, New Orleans, LA (09/1950-12/1956); J&M Studio, New Orleans, LA (09/1950-12/1956); Cosimo Studios, New Orleans, LA (1950-1956); Cosmo Studio, New Orleans, LA (1950-1956); J&M Studio, New Orleans, LA (1950-1956). Photographer: Adam Komorowski. Unknown Contributor Role: Four Kittens. Although he's far from a household name, it's hard to imagine the existence of New Orleans R&B without Cosimo Matassa. As owner and engineer at J&M Studios, housed in a reworked grocery store on Rampart Street, Matassa saw the birth of R&B, rock & roll, and soul pass through his doors between 1945 and 1956, and he was responsible for the early hits of Fats Domino, Little Richard, and many others during his tenure there. This amazing four-disc, 120-track box tells that story, and it is filled with marvelous recordings that burst with energy and vitality. There's so much to be astounded at here, and not just the steady rhythmic warmth of the Fats Domino sides or the ferocious energy that crackles from each and every Little Richard track ("Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally," "Rip It Up," "Ready Teddy," "The Girl Can't Help It," "Heebie Jeebies"). There's also Smiley Lewis' piano and horn rendition of "Don't Jive Me" (not to mention his original version of "I Hear You Knocking"), Lloyd Price's sturdy "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," Dave Bartholomew's wry treatise on barroom crime, "Who Drank My Beer While I Was in the Rear," and

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