Handful of Keys [Box Set] (2004)

About this title: As a label, the U.K.'s Proper does a pretty decent job of assembling a great cross-section of tracks, decent sound, and fairly annotated notes (though labels names seldom if ever appear either in liner notes or in track notations, only catalog number...hmmmm) all for a really great price. Hardcore fans of most artists will either have most or all of the material in their boxes, but those curious enough to look deeper into an artist than a single- or double-disc hits package will want to investigate Proper's catalog. This set of Fats Waller material covers the years 1922 -1943, virtually his ...

Tracks:

1. Muscle Shoals Blues [Matthews]
2. Birmingham Blues [Thomas]
3. Henderson Stomp [Henderson]
4. Rusty Pail [Waller]
5. Blue Black Bottom [Waller/Jackson]
6. Fats Waller Stomp [Waller/Irvis]
7. Savannah Blues [Morris]
8. Geechee [Booker/Austin]
9. Thou Swell [Rodgers/Hart]
10. Handful of Keys [Waller]
11. The Minor Drag [Waller]
12. Harlem Fuss [Waller]
13. Numb Fumblin' [Waller]
14. Gladyse [Waller]
15. Valentine Stomp [Waller]
16. Smashing Thirds [Waller]
17. Lookin' Good but Feelin' Bad [Santley/Waller]
18. Won't You Get Off It Please? [Waller]
19. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby [Waller/Hill]
20. A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid [Johnson/Razaf]
21. I Wish I Were Twins [DeLange/Loesser/Mey]
22. Do Me a Favor [Lawrence/Tinturin]
23. Then I'll Be Tired of You [Harburg/Schwartz]
24. Don't Let It Bother You [Gordon/Revel]
25. Have a Little Dream on Me [Rose/Murray/Baxter]
26. Serenade for a Wealthy Widow [Foresythe]
27. How Can You Face Me? [Razaf]
28. Sweetie Pie [Loeb]
29. Believe It, Beloved [Whiting/Schwartz]
30. Dream Man [Young/Ager]
31. Breakin' the Ice [McCarthy/Cavanaugh]
32. African Ripples [Waller]
33. Alligator Crawl [Waller]
34. Viper's Drag [Waller]
35. I'm a Hundred Percent for You [Oakland/Parish/Mill]
36. Night Wind [Pollack/Rohberg]
37. I Believe in Miracles [Lewis/Wending]
38. I Ain't Got Nobody [Graham/Williams]
39. Clothes Line Ballet [Waller]
40. Lulu's Back in Town [Warren/Dubin]
41. I'm Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter [Young/Ahlert]
42. You're the Cutest One [Berdahl]
43. Dinah [Lewis/Young/Akst]
44. My Very Good Friend the Milkman [Burke/Spina]
45. Twelfth Street Rag [Sumner/Borsman]
46. There'll Be Some Changes Made [Overstreet/Higgins]
47. Sweet Sue [Young/Harris]
48. Truckin' [Koehler/Bloom]
49. Sugar Blues [Fletcher/Williams]
50. Rhythm and Romance [Johnson/Whiting]
51. I'm on a See-Saw [Carter/Ellis]
52. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful [Woods]
53. I've Got My Fingers Crossed [Koehler/McHugh]
54. A Little Bit Independent [Leslie/Burke]
55. Fat and Greasy [Grainger/Johnson]
56. I Got Rhythm [Gershwin]
57. All My Life [Mitchell/Stept]
58. Christopher Columbus [Razaf/Berry]
59. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie [Mayhew]
60. Black Raspberry Jam [Waller]
61. Fractious Fingering [Waller]
62. Paswonky [Waller]
63. Until the Real Thing Comes Along [Cahn/Chaplin/Freema]
64. S'posin [Denniker/Razaf]

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