The lazy, rolling piano sounds that open this album are played by Professor Longhair, who blazed trails for Fats Domino and generations of other Crescent City musicians with his definitive version of "Go to the Mardi Gras." Pianists, especially those with a strong left hand, dominate many songs as New Orleans Party Classics lets us relive Mardi Gras year round. We might expect some of the tracks, but a reggae-influenced gem like "Meet de Boys on the Battlefront" by a self-described band of N'awlins "Indians" helped by the Neville Brothers and calling themselves the Wild Tchoupitoulas is a delightful surprise. Put out by Rhino Records, this is THE ORIGINAL New Orleans Party Classics! Released in 1992, 18 tracks, including:
01- Go To the Mardi Gras (Professor Longhair)
02- Don‘t You Just Know It (Huey “Piano” Smith)
03- Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (Fats Domino)
04- Whirlaway (Allen Toussaint)
05- Mardi Gras Mambo (The Hawketts)
06- Carnival Time (Al Johnson)
07- I Got Loaded (Lil' Bob & the Lollipops)
08- Sea Cruise (Frankie Ford)
09- Peanut Vendor (Alvin Tyler)
10- Who Shot the LaLa (Oliver Morgan)
11- Iko Iko (Dr. John)
12- Big Chief (part 1) (Professor Longhair)
13- Meet De Boys On the Battlefront (The Wild Tchoupitoulas)
14- Hey Pocky Way (The Neville Brothers)
15- Lil' Liza Jane (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
16- Dancing Jones (The Neville Brothers)
17- Second Line (part 1) (Stop, Inc.)
18- Do Whatcha Wanna (part 3) (The Rebirth Brass Band)