However, the best one is actually one that was released when some of the music was still in copyright - a four-CD box set called They Call Me The Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings. But it’s a good song anyway.įats Domino’s forties and fifties music is now all in the public domain, so there are all sorts of cheap compilations available.

John - that doesn’t appear in the finished podcast. The Mixcloud, in fact, was created before I edited this one down, and so contains one song - “Junko Partner” by Dr. I think I know what caused the problem, and it shouldn’t affect any other episodes.Īlso, this episode is the first episode to discuss someone who’s still alive - we’re now getting into the realm of living memory, as Dave Bartholomew is still alive, aged ninety-nine - and I hope he’ll be around for many more years.Īs always, I’ve created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode. I also had some technical issues, so you might notice a slight change in audio quality at one point. This one originally ran very long, so I’ve had to edit it down rather ruthlessly - I know one of the things people like about this podcast is that it only takes half an hour. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Today we’re looking at Fats Domino and “The Fat Man”. Welcome to episode eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on November 26, 2018

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