Good Times in New Orleans 1958-1962 - In the Studio with Mac Rebennack AKA Dr. John

This great comp features 19 studio tracks, including a selection of those overlooked 45s and seminal works that Mac Rebennack made as a composer, producer, arranger and performer for different local labels like Ace, Specialty, Rex, and Vin. These songs were recorded at Cosimo Matassa’s studio in New Orleans, between 1958 and 1962. A number of these tracks feature fabulous session players from the Crescent City scene, such as saxophonists Lee Allen & Alvin “Red” Tyler.
While some of the tracks were cut under his own name, on others he used pseudonyms such as Little Mac, and Drits & Dravy. Some of the songs were taped at sessions led by the likes of Big Boy Myles, The Ends, Sugar Boy Crawford, Chuck Carbo, and Ronnie Barron, among others. 

SIDE 1:

01 GOOD TIMES – Mac Rebennack (1961)
02 NEW ORLEANS - Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebennack’s Orchestra (1960)
03 (PUT ON YOUR OLD) GRAY BONETT - Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebennack’s Orchestra (1960)
04 HEY MAMA – Carl Greenstreet (1960)
05 FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL – Mac Rebennack (1959)
06 MERCY – Gene & Al’s Spacemen (1959)
07 AW! WHO? – Bat Carroll (1959)
08 HAVE A LITTLE MERCY – Sugar Boy Crawford (1961)
09 OUT ON A LIMB – Chuck Carbo (1962)

SIDE 2:

01 SAHARA – Mac Rebennack (1961)
02 ROW, ROW MY BOAT - The Ends (1962)
03 CURIOSITY - Joe and Ann (1962)
04 BAD NEIGHBORHOOD - Ronnie & The Delinquents (1960)
05 MORGUS THE MAGNIFICENT - Morgus & The Ghouls (1960)
06 LONELY BOY - Frankie & Mac (1960)
07 LIGHTS OUT - Jerry Byrne (1958)
08 TALK THAT TALK - Drits & Dravy (1962)
09 SOMETHING SPECIAL - Ronald Stone (1960)
10 STORM WARNING - Mac Rebennack (1959)

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Recomendable recopilatorio con material grabado (en ocasiones con seudónimo) , producido y/o compuesto por un joven Dr. John en New Orleans para sellos como Ace, Specialty, Rex, Vin, etc.

R&B, Rock and Roll, instrumentales, etc. ¡Gran disco! 

CARA A:

01 GOOD TIMES – Mac Rebennack (1961)
02 NEW ORLEANS - Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebennack’s Orchestra (1960)
03 (PUT ON YOUR OLD) GRAY BONETT - Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebennack’s Orchestra (1960)
04 HEY MAMA – Carl Greenstreet (1960)
05 FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL – Mac Rebennack (1959)
06 MERCY – Gene & Al’s Spacemen (1959)
07 AW! WHO? – Bat Carroll (1959)
08 HAVE A LITTLE MERCY – Sugar Boy Crawford (1961)
09 OUT ON A LIMB – Chuck Carbo (1962)

CARA B:

01 SAHARA – Mac Rebennack (1961)
02 ROW, ROW MY BOAT - The Ends (1962)
03 CURIOSITY - Joe and Ann (1962)
04 BAD NEIGHBORHOOD - Ronnie & The Delinquents (1960)
05 MORGUS THE MAGNIFICENT - Morgus & The Ghouls (1960)
06 LONELY BOY - Frankie & Mac (1960)
07 LIGHTS OUT - Jerry Byrne (1958)
08 TALK THAT TALK - Drits & Dravy (1962)
09 SOMETHING SPECIAL - Ronald Stone (1960)
10 STORM WARNING - Mac Rebennack (1959)