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    Handful of Keys (Box Set)

    08/17/2004 | Proper Box Uk 

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    All Music Guide Review

    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 entire professional career. Each disc has its own title and runs basically chronologically, from his solo work through his many ensembles. This is a laymen's collection, and is hardly exhaustive of any period, rather merely representative. True fans will want to seek out the RCA sets which are exhaustive in their research, presentation and execution. This is a fine introductory package, but that's it. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Muscle Shoals Blues
  • 3:11
  • 2
  • Birmingham Blues
  • 2:56
  • 3
  • Henderson Stomp
  • 2:54
  • 4
  • Rusty Pail
  • 3:02
  • 5
  • Blue Black Bottom
  • 2:54
  • 6
  • Fats Waller Stomp
  • 3:22
  • 7
  • Savannah Blues
  • 2:56
  • 8
  • Geechee
  • 3:11
  • 9
  • Thou Swell
  • 3:02
  • 10
  • Handful of Keys
  • 2:50
  • 11
  • The Minor Drag
  • 2:42
  • 12
  • Harlem Fuss
  • 3:27
  • 13
  • Numb Fumblin'
  • 2:54
  • 14
  • Gladyse
  • 2:54
  • 15
  • Valentine Stomp
  • 3:25
  • 16
  • Smashing Thirds
  • 3:07
  • 17
  • Lookin' Good but Feelin' Bad
  • 2:34
  • 18
  • Won't You Get Off It Please?
  • 3:02
  • 19
  • I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
  • 3:09
  • 20
  • A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid
  • 3:24
  • 21
  • I Wish I Were Twins
  • 2:43
  • 22
  • Do Me a Favor
  • 3:13
  • 23
  • Then I'll Be Tired of You
  • 3:15
  • 24
  • Don't Let It Bother You
  • 2:56
  • 25
  • Have a Little Dream on Me
  • 2:50
  • 26 (2)
  • Serenade for a Wealthy Widow
  • 2:44
  • 27 (2)
  • How Can You Face Me?
  • 2:51
  • 28 (2)
  • Sweetie Pie
  • 3:10
  • 29 (2)
  • Believe It, Beloved
  • 2:42
  • 30 (2)
  • Dream Man
  • 3:00
  • 31 (2)
  • Breakin' the Ice
  • 3:17
  • 32 (2)
  • African Ripples
  • 3:10
  • 33 (2)
  • Alligator Crawl
  • 2:44
  • 34 (2)
  • Viper's Drag
  • 3:00
  • 35 (2)
  • I'm a Hundred Percent for You
  • 3:05
  • 36 (2)
  • Night Wind
  • 3:16
  • 37 (2)
  • I Believe in Miracles
  • 2:52
  • 38 (2)
  • I Ain't Got Nobody
  • 2:49
  • 39 (2)
  • Clothes Line Ballet
  • 2:31
  • 40 (2)
  • Lulu's Back in Town
  • 2:41
  • 41 (2)
  • I'm Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  • 3:36
  • 42 (2)
  • You're the Cutest One
  • 3:26
  • 43 (2)
  • Dinah
  • 3:08
  • 44 (2)
  • My Very Good Friend the Milkman
  • 3:33
  • 45 (2)
  • Twelfth Street Rag
  • 2:50
  • 46 (2)
  • There'll Be Some Changes Made
  • 3:09
  • 47 (2)
  • Sweet Sue
  • 2:55
  • 48 (2)
  • Truckin'
  • 3:20
  • 49 (2)
  • Sugar Blues
  • 2:51
  • 50 (2)
  • Rhythm and Romance
  • 3:16
  • 51 (3)
  • I'm on a See-Saw
  • 3:05
  • 52 (3)
  • When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
  • 3:39
  • 53 (3)
  • I've Got My Fingers Crossed
  • 2:40
  • 54 (3)
  • A Little Bit Independent
  • 2:57
  • 55 (3)
  • Fat and Greasy
  • 3:10
  • 56 (3)
  • I Got Rhythm
  • 3:11
  • 57 (3)
  • All My Life
  • 2:50
  • 58 (3)
  • Christopher Columbus
  • 2:55
  • 59 (3)
  • It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
  • 2:55
  • 60 (3)
  • Black Raspberry Jam
  • 2:39
  • 61 (3)
  • Fractious Fingering
  • 2:42
  • 62 (3)
  • Paswonky
  • 2:34
  • 63 (3)
  • Until the Real Thing Comes Along
  • 3:25
  • 64 (3)
  • The Curse of an Aching Heart
  • 2:30
  • 65 (3)
  • S'posin
  • 2:53
  • 66 (3)
  • I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
  • 2:48
  • 67 (3)
  • Nero
  • 2:43
  • 68 (3)
  • Spring Cleaning
  • 2:28
  • 69 (3)
  • Honeysuckle Rose
  • 4:35
  • 70 (3)
  • Smarty
  • 2:41
  • 71 (3)
  • Blue Turning Grey Over You
  • 4:27
  • 72 (3)
  • Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
  • 3:09
  • 73 (3)
  • The Joint Is Jumping
  • 2:48
  • 74 (3)
  • Everyday's a Holiday
  • 3:20
  • 75 (3)
  • Two Sleepy People
  • 3:06
  • 76 (4)
  • Yacht Club Swing
  • 3:03
  • 77 (4)
  • The Spider and the Fly
  • 3:07
  • 78 (4)
  • A Good Man Is Hard to Find
  • 2:58
  • 79 (4)
  • Hold Tight
  • 2:17
  • 80 (4)
  • 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)
  • 2:52
  • 81 (4)
  • London Suite: Piccadilly/Chelsea/Soho/Bond Street/Limehouse/Whitec ...
  • 17:15
  • 82 (4)
  • Squeeze Me
  • 3:09
  • 83 (4)
  • Your Feet's Too Big
  • 3:08
  • 84 (4)
  • Darktown Strutters' Ball
  • 2:47
  • 85 (4)
  • I Can't Give You Anything but Love
  • 2:58
  • 86 (4)
  • Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues
  • 3:16
  • 87 (4)
  • Pantin' in the Panther Room
  • 3:04
  • 88 (4)
  • Carolina Shout
  • 2:19
  • 89 (4)
  • Chant of the Groove
  • 3:05
  • 90 (4)
  • Buck Jumpin'
  • 2:38
  • 91 (4)
  • Your Socks Don't Match
  • 3:06
  • 92 (4)
  • The Jitterbug Waltz
  • 3:23
  • 93 (4)
  • Swing Out to Victory
  • 2:35
  • 94 (4)
  • Ain't Misbehavin'
  • 3:59
  • 95 (4)
  • Waller Jive/Hallelujah
  • 2:44

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