Let the Good Times Roll, Vol. 2 (2004)

About this title: Let the Good Times Roll, Vol. 2 is a fine sampling of 20 classic New Orleans R&B tracks. While Vol. 1 is highly recommended, this second volume is even better. The Fats Domino tracks are scaled back to two, making more space available for Benny Spellman, Amos Milburn, Bobby Mitchell, Lee Dorsey, Shirley & Lee, Irma Thomas, the Showmen, Ernie K-Doe, Lloyd Price, Earl King, Little Richard, and Smiley Lewis. The compilers also had the good taste to include a few tracks that don't often show up on hits-based packages, such as "Bon Ton Roulet" by Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow, "3 x 7 = 21" by Jewel ... read more

Tracks:

1. Long Tall Sally [Johnson/Penniman/Bl]
2. Ya Ya [Lewis/Levy/Dorsey]
3. I'm Walkin' [Domino/Bartholomew]
4. Fortune Teller [Neville]
5. I Didn't Want to Do It [Smith]
6. Chicken Shack Boogie [Milburn/Cullum]
7. Feel So Good [Lee]
8. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday [Bartholomew/Domino/]
9. Stack-A-Lee, Pt. 1 [Gross]
10. Trick Bag [Johnson]
11. Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) [Neville]
12. Cry On [Toussaint]
13. I Cried My Last Tear [Neville]
14. Ruler of My Heart [Neville]
15. Bon Ton Roulet (New Bon Ton Roulay) [Garlow/Shuler]
16. 3 x 7 = 21 [Bartholomew]
17. One Night [Bartholomew/King/St]
18. Blue Monday [Bartholomew/King]
19. Tell Me Pretty Baby [Price]
20. Walking to New Orleans [Domino/Bartholomew/]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.