Boxset / Compilation · 1972
Tracklist
A1 In The Night 2:23
A2 Tipitina 2:29
A3 Hey Now Baby 2:47
A4 Walk Your Blues Away 2:46
A5 Hey Little Girl 2:52
A6 Willie Mae 2:38
A7 Professor Longhair Blues 2:19
B1 Ball The Wall 3:09
B2 Who's Been Fooling You 2:03
B3 Boogie Woogie 2:31
B4 Longhair's Blues-Rhumba 3:02
B5 Mardi Gras In New Orleans 2:42
B6 She Walks Right In 2:40
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Robert Parker (tracks: A3 to A7, B3 to B6)
Baritone Saxophone – Red Tyler (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
Bass – Edgar Blanchard (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Unknown Artist (tracks: A3 to A7, B3 to B6)
Drums – Al Miller (tracks: A3 to A7, B3 to B6), Earl Palmer (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), John Woodrow (tracks: A3 to A7, B3 to B6)
Tenor Saxophone – Lee Allen (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Unknown Artist (tracks: A3 to A7, B3 to B6)
Vocals, Piano – Roy Byrd
About this release
Atlantic – SD 7225
A1, A2, B1, B2 recorded in New Orleans, Louisana, in November 1953.
A3 to A7, B3 to B6 recorded in New Orleans, Louisana, in 1949.
A1: Originally issued on Atlantic 1020 as Professor Longhair & His Blues Scratchers.
A2: Previously unissued take.
A3, B1 to B4: Previously unissued.
A4, A7: Originally issued on Atlantic 906 as Professor Longhair & His Blues Scholars.
A5, A6: Originally issued on Atlantic 947 as Roland Byrd.
B5, B6: Originally issued on Atlantic 897 as Roy "Baldhead" Byrd.
Thanks to snobb for the addition