Description
A lot of new material has been added including unreleased alt takes, undubbed and unedited masters, and instrumental backing tracks.

Also for the first time anywhere we present some of Fats's biggest hits as they were originally recorded, not sped-up for release.

The completely revised book contains a wealth of previously unpublished images, track-by-track musical commentary by the producers, as well as updated and extended notes by Fats biographer Rick Coleman.

The box also includes an acclaimed video documentary on Fats's life and music.

We could have taken the easy way out. The original 1993 box set was out of stock. We could simply have printed more copies and filled orders. Of course, we didn't.

This is Bear Family Records and we don't take shortcuts. We've invested more than 1000 hours in re-writing, recompiling and re-mastering this box. The brilliant engineering by Christian Zwarg will leave you shaking your head in admiration. You won't quite recognize some of your favorite Fats Domino tracks because they've never sounded this good.

We've found a lot of new material - some things that were thought to be lost and other things that nobody knew existed. We have alternate takes that have never before been issued. We've got new unedited and non-overdubbed versions of some familiar Fats songs and newly discovered overdubs of familiar songs. We've got the intact recording of Blueberry Hill without the tape glitch. We've got previously unreleased backing tracks. We've also included some examples of Fats working as a session pianist for other artists (including Joe Turner, Lloyd Price and Smiley Lewis) early in his career. And to show how influential Fats's style was, we've included some examples of other performers imitating Fats during his Golden Era.

[tracklisting]Disc: 1
1. The Fat Man
2. Detroit City Blues
3. Hide Away Blues
4. She's My Baby
5. Brand New Baby
6. Little Bee
7. Boogie Woogie Baby
8. Hey! La Bas Boogie
9. Korea Blues
10. Every Night About This Time
11. Careless Love
12. Hey! Fat Man
13. Tired Of Crying
14. What's The Matter Baby
15. I've Got Eyes For You
16. Stay Away
17. Don't You Lie To Me
18. My Baby's Gone
19. Rockin' Chair
20. Sometimes I Wonder
21. Right From Wrong
22. You Know I Miss You
23. I'll Be Gone
24. No, No Baby

Disc: 2
1. Reeling And Rocking
2. Goin' Home
3. The Fat Man's Hop
4. How Long
5. Long Lonesome Journey
6. Poor Poor Me
7. Trust In Me
8. Cheatin'
9. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
10. I Guess I'll Be On My Way
11. Nobody Loves Me
12. Dreaming
13. Going To The River
14. I Love Her
15. Second Line Jump
16. Goodbye
17. Swanee River Hop
18. Please Don't Leave Me
19. Domino Stomp
20. You Said You Love Me
21. Fats Domino Blues
22. The Girl I Love

Disc: 3
1. Rose Mary
2. Ain't It Good
3. Don't Leave Me This Way
4. Something's Wrong
5. Fat's Frenzy
6. Goin' Back Home
7. You Left Me
8. Forty-Four
9. Barrel House
10. Little School Girl
11. If You Need Me
12. You Done Me Wrong
13. Thinking Of You
14. Baby Please
15. Where Did You Stay
16. You Can Pack Your Suitcase
17. I Lived My Life
18. Little Mama
19. I Know
20. Love Me
21. Don't You Hear Me Calling You
22. Don't You Know
23. Helping Hand

Disc: 4
1. Ain't It A Shame
2. All By Myself
3. La-La
4. Blue Monday
5. Troubles Of My Own
6. Poor Me
7. I Can't Go On
8. I'm In Love Again
9. Bo Weevil
10. Don't Blame It On Me
11. So Long
12. My Blue Heaven
13. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
14. What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You
15. Blueberry Hill
16. Honey Chile
17. I'm Walkin'
18. What Will I Tell My Heart
19. I'm In The Mood For Love
20. My Happiness
21. The Rooster Song
22. As Time Goes By
23. It's You I Love
24. Valley Of Tears
25. Wait And See
26. The Big Beat
27. I Still Love You

Disc: 5
1. What's Wrong
2. Help Me
3. Oh Ba-A-By
4. Howdy Podner
5. I Can't Go On This Way
6. Ida Jane
7. (The Twist) Set Me Free
8. Would You
9. Don't Deceive Me
10. Telling Lies
11. Town Talk
12. Twistin' The Spots
13. True Confession
14. Sailor Boy
15. It Must Be Love
16. Little Mary
17. Stack & Billy
18. When I See You
19. Oh Whee
20. My Love For Her
21. I Want You To Know
22. Yes, My Darling
23. Don't You Know I Love You

Disc: 6
1. Sick And Tired
2. No, No
3. Prisoner's Song
4. One Of These Days
5. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
6. Young School Girl
7. I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day
8. How Can I Be Happy
9. Lazy Woman
10. Isle Of Capri
11. Coquette
12. Once In A While
13. Sheik Of Araby
14. Whole Lotta Loving
15. I Miss You So
16. I'll Always Be In Love With You
17. Hands Across The Table
18. So Glad
19. Darktown Strutter's Ball
20. Margie
21. My Heart Is Bleeding
22. I Hear You Knocking
23. Lil' Liza Jane
24. Every Night
25. When The Saints Go Marching In
26. Country Boy

Disc: 7
1. I'm Ready
2. I Want To Walk You Home
3. When I Was Young
4. Easter Parade
5. I've Been Around
6. Be My Guest
7. Tell Me That You Love Me
8. Before I Grow To Old
9. Walking To New Orleans
10. Don't Come Knockin'
11. Put Your Arms Around Me
12. Three Nights A Week
13. Shu Rah
14. Rising Sun
15. My Girl Josephine
16. You Always Hurt The One You Love
17. Magic Isles
18. Natural Born Lover
19. Am I Blue
20. It's The Talk Of The Town
21. It Keeps Rainin'
22. What A Price
23. Ain't That Just Like A Woman
24. Fell In Love On Monday
25. Trouble In Mind
26. Hold Hands
27. Bad Luck And Trouble
28. I've Been Calling

Disc: 8
1. I Just Cry
2. Ain't Gonna Do It
3. Won't You Come On Back
4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
5. I'm Alone Because I Love You
6. Good Hearted Man
7. In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
8. Along The Navajo Trail
9. One Night
10. Trouble Blues
11. You Win Again
12. Your Cheatin' Heart
13. Let The Four Winds Blow
14. What A Party
15. Rockin' Bicycle
16. Did You Ever Seen A Dream Walking
17. Birds And Bees
18. Wishing Ring
19. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
20. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
21. South Of The Border
22. Teen Age Love
23. Stop The Clock
24. My Real Name
25. Hum Diddy Doo
26. Those Eyes
27. I Want To Go Home
28. Dance With Mr. Domino
29. Nothing New (Same Old Thing)

Disc: 9
1. Ain't It A Shame (original key)
2. Bo Weevil (original key)
3. I'm In Love Again (original key)
4. My Blue Heaven (original key)
5. When My Dreamboat Comes Home (original key)
6. Blueberry Hill (original key)
7. Blue Monday (original key)
8. I'm Walkin' (original key)
9. It's You I Love (original key)
10. Wait And See (original key)
11. The Big Beat (original key)
12. Bo Weevil (unedited)
13. You Always Hurt The One You Love (unedited)
14. Natural Born Lover (unedited)
15. I Can't Go On This Way (undubbed)
16. Valley Of Tears (undubbed)
17. It's You I Love (undubbed)
18. I'm Ready (undubbed)
19. When I Was Young (undubbed)
20. Don't Come Knockin' (undubbed)
21. Fell In Love On Monday (undubbed)
22. Walking To New Orleans (undubbed)
23. I'm Gonna B A Wheel Someday (backing track)
24. Young School Girl (backing track)
25. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
26. Oo-Eee Baby
27. Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop
28. Crawdad Hole
29. Show Me The Way
30. The Rocks
31. Good News

Disc: 10
1. Tired Of Crying (alt)
2. How Long (alt)
3. Long Lonesome Journey (alt)
4. Poor Poor Me (alt)
5. Rose Marie
6. You Left Me (alt)
7. Set Me Free (Don't Know What's Wrong)
8. Margie (IM 1762)
9. Margie (IM 1808-9)
10. The Sheik Of Araby (IM 1809)
11. Hands Across The Table (alt)
12. I Hear You Knocking (alt)
13. Country Boy (alt)
14. Let The Four Winds Blow (IM 3030)
15. Let The Four Winds Blow (IM 3035)
16. La-La (overdub)
17. Telling Lies (overdub)
18. When I See You (overdub)
19. Every Night About This Time (overdub)
20. Trouble In Mind (overdub)
21. Along The Navajo Trail (overdub)
22. Ain't It A Shame (overdub)
23. Lonely Tramp
24. Morning Star
25. I'm A Fool To Care
26. I Hear You Knockin'

Disc: 11
1. I've Got A Right To Cry
2. There Goes My Heart Again
3. Can't Go On Without You
4. Nobody Needs You Like Me
5. Bye Baby Bye Bye
6. Just A Lonely Man
7. When I'm Walking (Let Me Walk)
8. Forever, Forever
9. Song For Rosemary
10. Red Sails In The Sunset
11. Tell Me The Truth, Baby
12. Land Of A Thousand Dances
13. I'm Living Right
14. Who Cares (For Me)
15. Something You Got Baby
16. The Land Of Make-Believe
17. Old Man Trouble
18. Mary Oh Mary
19. If You Don't Know What Love Is
20. Fats' Shuffle
21. Gotta Get A Job
22. Fats On Fire

Disc: 12
1. Packin' Up
2. Lazy Lady
3. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
4. (All Of My Life) For You
5. Sally Was A Good Girl
6. A Whole Lot Of Trouble
7. That Certain Someone
8. Kansas City
9. Hearbreak Hill
10. I Met The Girl I'm Gonna Marry
11. Ballin' The Jack
12. Monkey Business
13. Reelin' And Rockin'
14. Why Don't You Do Right
15. Man That's All
16. Wigs
17. On A Slow Boat To China
18. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
19. Goodnight Sweetheart

Disc: 13
1. Opening Credits & Intro
2. Fats Domino At Home (2010)
3. Domino Family History
4. The Saints Go Marching In (1962)
5. Fats' Early Years
6. Boogie Woogie
7. Blue Monday (1962)
8. First Record
9. Dave Bartholomew
10. I'm Ready (1962)
11. New Orleans Music Scene
12. New Orleans R&B Scene
13. Birth of The Fat Man
14. Rock 'n' Roll Explosion
15. You Can Pack My Suitcase
16. Fats On Top
17. Fats Sits In
18. TV And The Movies Call
19. Ain't That A Shame
20. On The Road With Fats
21. Segregation
22. Movies And TV
23. Closing Credits
24. Rock 'n' Roll Riots
25. The Saints
26. End Credits
27. Dave And Fats Reunion[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VGTX94Z/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07VGTX94Z/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VGTX94Z/?tag=imwan-21

Yikes! I've already got the other Bear Family monster box for Fats. Do I want another one?

It would make a wonderful bookend with the other box.

I've added the packshot to Eddie's opening post, and hidden the tracklist since there are so many discs included.

Or if I had a boat I could use them to anchor it.

It is OOP now, Amazon.de was the last seller to list it at 153 Euros. I guess that makes the decision easy.

The Amazon.com and .uk links still give a false hope but Bear family says OOP.

It's . been out of print for many weeks now. Very disappointing

Any idea why this was withdrawn? I’ve had a pre-order in at Amazon since September (not going to happen I realize) but seems like it went OOP very quickly. Really disappointed.

I've tried to find something, some statement or anything from Bear Family about this but have been able to do so. If you go to their website though, there's a button to let you know when it becomes available again. I don't think that that's going to happen though.

At Bear Family it has been quite some time but Amazon.de still had stock not that long ago. I snoozed and lost.

Bim Bam records UK seems to be the only retail outlet with some remaining (other than flippers of course)

Thanks for the tip. I grabbed one as my Amazon order is never going to be filled.

Thank you again for the tip! Ordered and arrived to the USA in a week! Well packed and undamaged. I had never ordered from Bim Bam before but they were fantastic. And the Fats box looks great next to the Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis boxes. As expected, Amazon sent a cancellation notice this week as the set was in transit from Bim Bam.

You got yours before I got mine. Hmmmmm. I better contact them

Were you able to get yours? Feeling a little guilty if you didn’t. Just read a good portion of the book that came with the box and it was fascinating (especially about the sped up tapes).

Not yet, if it is lost they will refund, no big deal.
Don't feel guilty, enjoy!

Turned out the set finally showed up after a few weeks of waiting, the customs info suffered damage from water and that obviously caused the delay. Fortunately they sent me a tracking number so I knew it would eventually get to me.
The box is perfect fortunately and is a real pleasure to listen to and look at. Paid more than Amazon.de's price but I highly doubt anyone else is getting these since BF is listing it as OOP.

Yes I gotta thank the folks here for the link to purchase it. I had just about given up. One of my favorite Bear Family boxes ever.

Excellent! I was hoping you’d get your copy since you were so generous in sharing with all of us where to get a copy. I love this set and like the way the sequences the tracks with the sped up versions and the non-sped up versions easily identified. It’s a great set. Same that it’s OOP. Maybe they will get whatever legal issue caused them to pull it.

I’d love to see a box from bear family with Bo Diddley or Howlin Wolf but I think a lot of the Chess material was lost in the Universal fore.

Glad other people got in on this, Bim Bam were great in putting up with all of my emails.
They could have jacked up the price further as stock decreased, kudos to them for not doing so.

This is back in stock at Bear Family.

I got that email yesterday and was set to order until I saw the $50 postage.