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- Date Released: August 29, 2006
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Label: Specialty Records
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Larry Williams is one of the great figures of early rock & roll. He didn't have the world's greatest voice, more of a raucous shout, but he put it to electrifying use behind his original compositions, some of which became standards. The Beatles covered "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy," "Bad Boy" and "Slow Down," the Stones ripped up "She Said Yeah," hundreds of garage bands in the early '60s had "Bony Maronie" or "Short Fat Fannie" in their set list. The originals are the best, though, and this disc captures the essential tracks recorded by Williams for Specialty in the late '50s. There are other collections you might be able to track down that have more tracks, including At His Finest: The Specialty Rock 'N' Roll Years on Ace which collects all his singles for Specialty plus a disc's worth of rare outtakes and Specialty's Bad Boy, which sports an epic 23 tracks. However, for someone who just wants the essential wig-burning rockers Williams became known for, this collection will work just fine. As an extra the set comes with an bonus disc featuring ten songs chosen from Specialty's archives by the likes of Guitar Slim, Sam Cooke, and the immortal Don & Dewey.
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Bony Moronie
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3:05 |
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| 02. | |
Just Because
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2:48 |
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Short Fat Fannie
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2:25 |
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High School Dance
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2:21 |
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| 05. | |
You Bug Me Baby
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1:54 |
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Dizzy Miss Lizzy
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2:13 |
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Rockin Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
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2:14 |
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Hootchy-Koo
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2:37 |
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Bad Boy |
2:19 |
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Slow Down
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2:45 |
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Little School Girl
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1:54 |
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Ting-A-Ling
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2:05 |
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Let Me Tell You, Baby
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2:36 |
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She Said Yeah
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1:51 |
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14 Total Tracks, 33:07 Total Length
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| 01. | |
R.M. Blues
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2:53 |
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| 02. | |
Pink Champagne
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3:00 |
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| 03. | |
Please Send Me Someone To Love
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2:54 |
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| 04. | |
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
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2:30 |
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Dream Girl
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3:13 |
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| 06. | |
The Things That I Used To Do
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3:02 |
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Long Tall Sally
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2:08 |
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I'll Come Running Back To You
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2:14 |
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Leavin' It All Up To You
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2:10 |
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Dizzy Miss Lizzy
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2:13 |
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10 Total Tracks, 26:17 Total Length
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Credits
- Plas Johnson - Sax (Tenor) // Plas Johnson - Sax (Tenor) // Irving Ashby - Guitar // Bill Belmont - Project Assistant // Ted Brinson - Bass // Colin Escott - Liner Notes // Colin Escott - Compilation Producer // Jewell L. Grant - Sax (Baritone) // Rene Hall - Guitar // Ralph Hamilton - Bass // Howard Roberts - Guitar // Willard McDaniel - Piano // Earl Palmer - Drums // Cheryl Pawelski - Compilation Producer // Art Rupe - Producer // Joe Tarantino - Mastering // Joe Tarantino - Remastering // Jamie Putnam - Art Direction // Abbey Anna - Project Assistant // Deb Sibony - Design // Terri Hinte - Project Assistant // Rikka Arnold - Project Assistant // Robert "Bumps" Blackwell - Leader // Chris Clough - Project Assistant // John Anderson - Trumpet // Jesse & Marvin - Performer // Leon M. Silby - Piano // Stuart Kremsy - Project Assistant // John E. Oliveri - Sax (Tenor)
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