Description
Release Date: 1993
Label: Ace Records UK
Track List
1 AFO Executives – Olde Wine
2 Barbara George – I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More)
3 Tami Lynn – Mojo Hanna
4 Prince La La – Things Have Changed
5 Eddie Bo – Tee Na Na Na Na Ney
6 Dr. John & Ronnie Barron – My Key Don’t Fit
7 The Tick Tocks – Mary
8 Willie Tee – All For One
9 Wallace Johnson – Private Eye
10 Dr. John – The Pot
11 Pistol – Keep On Lovin’ You
12 Charles Carson – Time Has Expired
13 Nookie Boy – I’ll Make A Bet
14 Robbie Lee – True Love
15 Willie Tee – I Found Out (You Are My Cousin)
16 The Tick Tocks – Is It Too Late
17 The Turquinettes – Tell Me The Truth
18 Alvin Robinson – Tuned In, Turned On
19 Alvin Robinson – Give Her Up
20 Melvin Lastie & Harold Battiste with Cornell Dupree – Ignant
21 Alvin Robinson – Empty Talk
22 The Pastor – I Shall Not Be Moved
Notes
In the early ’60s, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Harold Battiste (who had done some A&R for Specialty) formed the New Orleans-based AFO label with the intention of giving local artists a fairer deal via a Black-owned company. Only one true hit resulted, Barbara George’s “I Know” (included here), but some solid New Orleans R&B was recorded during its brief time in operation. This is the first of three compilations of AFO material, including a couple of obscure performances by the young Dr. John, sides by second-tier Crescent City artists like Eddie Bo and Alvin Robinson, and several names known only to record collectors. Most of it’s from the early ’60s, although a few from the late ’60s (when Battiste was a successful arranger on the West Coast) also sneak in.
