Almost 70 Tracks includes 30 Previously Unavailable Songs. It s extremely unlikely that any other 1950s R&B artist blended quite as many disparate idiomatic influences into an instantly identifiable whole as Wilbert Harrison. Wilbert s skill on a variety of instruments was a key factor in his uncommon versatility. He played rolling piano on Kansas City and several of his followups for Bobby Robinson s Harlem-based Fury Records, but he was just as likely to utilize a guitar/harmonica combination that sometimes expanded into a one-man-band setup with the addition of hi-hat. Harrison wasn t afraid to incorporate instrumentation on his recordings that registered well outside the R&B mainstream. The end result still sounded like nobody but Wilbert as he made a slew of platters over the course of a recording career that spanned more than two decades.
23 (Just Got to Have Some) Money Honey (Wilbert Harrison/Bobby Robinson)
24 Get It While You Can (Wilbert Harrison/Marshall Sehorn)
25 Amen (Wilbert Harrison/Marshall Sehorn)
- Disc 3 -
1 My Babe (Willie Dixon)
2 Ain't That a Shame (Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew)
3 Honest I Do (Jimmy Reed)
4 Going to the River (Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew)
5 Girls on Parade (Wilbert Harrison)
6 When the Saints Go Marching in (Traditional)
7 Blueberry Hill (Al Lewis/Larry Stock/Vincent Rose)
8 You Can Make It If You Try (Ted Jarrett)
9 My Dream (Wilbert Harrison)
10 Cold, Cold Heart (Hank Williams)
11 I Really Love You (Wilbert Harrison)
12 I Don't Know (Willie Mabon)
13 Mary Ann (Roaring Lion)
14 Sweet Baby (Wilbert Harrison)
15 Just Because (Lloyd Price)
16 On Top of Old Smokey (Traditional)
17 Loving Operator (Ronnie Arthurs)
18 Tell on Yourself (Wilbert Harrison)
19 Coming Down with Love (Wilbert Harrison)
20 Cheating Woman (Wilbert Harrison)
21 I Will Never Trust Another Woman (Wilbert Harrison)
Almost 70 Tracks includes 30 Previously Unavailable Songs. It s extremely unlikely that any other 1950s R&B artist blended quite as many disparate idiomatic influences into an instantly identifiable whole as Wilbert Harrison. Wilbert s skill on a variety of instruments was a key factor in his uncommon versatility. He played rolling piano on Kansas City and several of his followups for Bobby Robinson s Harlem-based Fury Records, but he was just as likely to utilize a guitar/harmonica combination that sometimes expanded into a one-man-band setup with the addition of hi-hat. Harrison wasn t afraid to incorporate instrumentation on his recordings that registered well outside the R&B mainstream. The end result still sounded like nobody but Wilbert as he made a slew of platters over the course of a recording career that spanned more than two decades.
