Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama) (studio, 1939-01-19: Victor matrix 031534-1, master take)

~ Recording by Fats Waller and His Rhythm

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama)?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmHold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama) / You Out-Smarted YourselfFats Waller and His RhythmSingle
  • US1939-02-01
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)B-10116
1.1Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama)?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmHold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama) / You Out-Smarted YourselfFats Waller and His RhythmSingle
  • CA1939-02-01
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)B-10116
1.2Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama)?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmLast Night a Miracle Happened / Hold TightFats Waller and His RhythmSingle
His Master’s VoiceB.D.5469
2.2Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama)?:??"Fats" WallerFavorites"Fats" WallerAlbum + Compilation
Victor (defunct “His Master’s Voice” imprint, formerly “Victor Record”, succeeded by RCA Victor)P 151
2.3Hold Tight?:??Fats Waller"Fats" Waller FavoritesFats WallerEP
RCA VictorEPBT 3040
1.1Hold Tight?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmAin't Misbehavin', Part 3Fats Waller and His RhythmEP
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)EPC-1246-3
4.14Hold Tight2:13Fats Waller“Fats” Waller MemorialFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor730.570/574
1.6Hold Tight?:??Fats WallerThe Vocal Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
RCA VictorLSA 3112
1.12Hold Tight2:16Fats WallerMusic Maestro PleaseFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Object EnterprisesORO107
1.12Hold Tight?:??Fats WallerMusic Maestro PleaseFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Jazz CollectionORO107
1.9Hold Tight2:17Fats WallerL: The Jazz SingerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Recording ArtsJZCD 350
1.1Hold Tight2:18Fats Waller'Taint What You DoFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Trace Trading0401512
1.12Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama)2:19Fats WallerFun With FatsFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Classic Jazz (UK, associated with Charly Records Ltd.)CDCD 1004
1.1Hold Tight2:19Fats WallerPhenomenal FatsFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • -1993
Point Productions2642522
2.8Hold Tight2:17Fats Waller and His RhythmThe Quintessence: New York - Camden - Los Angeles 1929-1943Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 207
2.9Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)2:16Fats Waller and His RhythmA Good Man Is Hard to Find: The Middle Years, Part 2 (1938-1940)Fats Waller and His RhythmAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66552-2
2.11Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama)2:19Fats WallerA Portrait of Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
GallerieGALE 412
1.9Hold Tight2:18"Fats" Waller and His RhythmThe Chronological Classics: Fats Waller 1938-1939Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)943
1.20Hold Tight2:15Fats WallerLounging at The Waldorf ’29 - ’43Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
ABM (imprint? of Audio Book & Music Company Limited)ABMMCD 1220
1.21Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)2:19Fats WallerThe Very Best of Fats Waller [Collectors' Choice]Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-09-12
Collectors’ Choice MusicCCM-141-2
6.1Hold Tight2:16Fats WallerPortrait, Volume 2Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)220955
1.10Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)2:19Fats WallerA Handful of FatsFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-05-18
Naxos Jazz Legends8.120760
4.4Hold Tight2:18Fats WallerHandful of KeysFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-06-21
Proper RecordsPROPERBOX 71
3.15Hold Tight2:17Fats WallerAin't Misbehavin' (Jazz Edition series)Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Quadromania222491-444
3.15Hold Tight2:17Fats WallerQuadromania Jazz Edition: Ain't Misbehavin'Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Membran International GmbH222491-444
1.4Hold Tight - Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)2:17Fats Waller & His RhythmJazz in the Charts 047 (1939)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.223746-222
2.21Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)2:15Fats WallerThe Essence of Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Essence33321
2.12Hold Tight2:21Fats Waller and His RhythmComplete Recorded Works, Volume 5Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP949, JSP949A, JSP949B, JSP949C, JSP949D
1.16Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama)2:16Fats Waller and His RhythmThe Copulatin' Blues, Volume TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-04-04
Grammercy Records
2.7Hold Tight I Want Some Seafood Mama2:17Fats WallerBD Music Presents: Jazz en cuisineVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-10-09
Éditions BDMusic
1.15Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama)?:??Fats WallerThe Real... Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor88985305422
27.9Hold Tight (I Want Some Sea Food Mama)2:15Fats Waller and His RhythmJazz von A–Z: Die Michael Naura JazzanthologieVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Die Zeit (German weekly newspaper), NDR kultur, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Studio Hamburg Enterprises GmbH
1.7Hold Tight2:18Fats WallerAin't Misbehavin'Fats WallerAlbum + CompilationRockin' Chair[none]
1.1Hold Tight?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmAin't Misbehavin', Part 3Fats Waller And His RhythmEPRCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)EPC-1246-3
1.3Hold Tight (I Want Some Sea Food Mama)2:18Fats Waller and His RhythmAin’t Misbehavin’Fats Waller and His RhythmAlbum + CompilationSPCD 1036
12.6Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama)2:18Fats WallerClassic American Music: Les Plus Grandes Voix Du JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MPO (French pressing plant, manufacturing and distribution company)
Bootleg
6.1Hold Tight2:16Fats WallerFats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-07-18
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)222925
(unknown)
1.2Hold Tight2:14Fats WallerThe One and Only Thomas "Fats" WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Memoir Records Ltd.CDMOIR306

Relationships

double bass:Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
piano:Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
recording of:Hold Tight (on 1939-01-19)

Hold Tight

writer:Jerry Brandow
Edward Robinson (songwriter)
Lenny Kent
Willie Spotswood (US singer, composer, often credited as "Spotswood")
Leonard Ware (American jazz guitar player and composer)
referred to in medleys:Swing Medley (order: 12)