Middle Years 1

Fats Waller | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 27, 1992)
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00000EUMA
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Havin'a Ball

2. I'm Sorry I Made You Cry

3. Who's Afraid of Love?

4. Please Keep Me in Your Dreams

5. One in a Million

6. Nero

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Sweet Heartache

2. Sweet Heartache [Instrumental] [Instrumental]

3. Honeysuckle Rose [Instrumental]

4. Smarty (You Know It All)

5. Don't You Know or Don't You Care

6. Lost Love

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Every Day's a Holiday

2. Neglected

3. My Window Faces the South

4. Am I in Another World?

5. Why Do Hawaiians Sing Aloha?

6. My First Impression of You

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Essential Fats Waller, December 6, 2000

By 

Bob Marshak (Tempe, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Middle Years 1 (Audio CD)

This 3 CD boxed set contains 70 selections, played and sung by Thomas "Fats" Waller, backed up by some of the finest jazz muscians of the 1930's. Originally recorded from December 1936, to April 1938, Fats and his jazz bands, keep your fingers snapping and toes tapping with his signature renditions of songs written by such American icons as Irving Berlin, Guy Lombardo, James McHugh, and Johnny Mercer, as well as his own compositions, written and arranged with the help of his long-time partner, Andy Razaf. His keyboard stylings are unique as are the comments he injects into the lyrics. His instrumental version of "The Love Bug Will Get You (If You Don't Watch Out) will have you dancing in no time flat. He makes a jazz masterpiece out of Berlin's "Marie". For those of you who think Fats Waller is famous only for his Ain't Misbehavin' musical, this CD will show that he was truly a musical genius of the first order.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars more fine jazz from Fats, July 15, 2008

By 

L. A. Grider "Jack" (Arkansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Middle Years 1 (Audio CD)

The Middle Years Part One sees essentially the same cats coming back from earlier volumes on the record dates, with the exception of some "big band" sides where "His Rhythm" gets fleshed out. Most of the songs are original compositions and it makes me wonder "when the hell did this guy sleep?"
It's too bad these sets went out of print, but thankfully they're still available at a usually reasonable price in good condition. I'm working towards collecting them all. I have a radio show on local community FM, specializing in all kinds of classic American music and Fats always gets a call of appreciation. In a modern music scene full of flash in the pan, photogenic 1-D "artists", I treat the music of Fats and folks like him as manna from music heaven.