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(Zu-Zazz) 16 tracks -  By late 1956 THE sound in Memphis was ROCK AND ROLL. It...more

Various: Memphis Saturday Night (LP)

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By late 1956 THE sound in Memphis was ROCK AND ROLL. It brought some strange converts into the fold - some more converted than others. This album is a fascinating little cross-section of artists coming to terms with the shaking music. We see the urbanity of Bill Justis who had previously led a soci-ety dance band - the rawness of Merle Taylor who had played tent shows with Bill Monroe at the same time Justis was playing society balls - the mannered ex, aggerations of Wink Martindale who was trying to capitalise upon his local fame as a dee-joy. 

And then we have Billy Riley, Jay B. Loyd, Eddie Bond, Mack Allen Smith and Ramon Maupin who intuitively under-stood which end was up. The most revealing cut is also the worst. In 1956, Bill Justis was trying to learn rock & roll from the stance of a schooled musician who basically hated the stuff. He was hired by Dewey Phillips to arrange some sessions for O-J Records in which Dewey had a stake. 0-.1 had scored a big hit with Dave Gardner's White Silver Sands and Justis was brought in to arrange Dewey's single and a potential single by another WHBQ on-air personality, Wink Martindale. The music is an abomi-nation, Martindale evincing no understanding of rock & roll. 

However, the session chatter is wonderfully re-vealing as Justis puts down Sonny Burgess for his lack of musicianship, neatly missing by a mile the point of what Burgess - and rock & roll - were all about. Later in 1956 Justis took these tapes (with the obvious excep-tion of the one we have here) to Sam Phillips at Sun and parlayed them into a job as musical arranger. By 1959 Justis had been canned by Phillips and was starting his own Play-Me label, trying to capitalise on the fast fading glory of Raunchy. Among his first solo efforts was Instant Crap which shows the good natured cynicism that Justis brought to Rock & Roll. 

His tone on the sox is sour enough to curdle milk. At about the same time, Billy Riley was developing a fascination for recording pseudonymously. He had al-ready recorded as 'The Spitfires' for Top Rank, 'the Mojos' for Mojo and Sun and 'Lightnin' Leon' for Rita before he emerged as 'Willie B.' on Hermitage doing a couple of wonderful Jimmy Reed styled songs which we have included here. 

The other names are more-or-less familiar. Jay B. Loyd had alreody recorded as a 15 year old wunderkind for ABC-Paramount before he was signed to Hi Records where his star shone brightly for a few weeks. Ramon Maupin kicked off another local label, Fernwood Records, in fine style with these two cuts. Eddie Bond has been a veteran of countless rockabilly anthologies - and articles that scarcely need reprising here. This unissued cut from 1957 shows Bond's hillbilly roots shining through, to better effect than some of his man-nered attempts at rockabilly. 

Mack Allen Smith was a late bloomer who came to Memphis in the late '50s and cut Mean Ole Frisco down in Muscle Shoals dur-ing the early '60s. This album exemplifies the reasons that rock & roll mu-sic from Memphis still exercises such a unique fascina-tion over the music world. It was loose, sparse and informal and - as such - contrasts favourably with the layered productions that have come into vogue since its demise. Musical mistakes don't matter a hell of a lot if the feel is there - and the FEEL IS HERE! 

COLIN ESCOTT 

Article properties:Various: Memphis Saturday Night (LP)

  • Interpret: Various

  • Album titlle: Memphis Saturday Night (LP)

  • Genre Rock

  • Label ZU ZAZZ Records

  • Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
  • Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
  • Record Grading Mint (M)
  • Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
  • Artikelart LP

  • EAN: 4000127803122

  • weight in Kg 0.2
Various - Memphis Saturday Night (LP) LP 1
01Intro.: Dewey Phillips-Memphis Saturday NightVarious
02Apron StringsLOYD, Jay B.
03The Time Is RightVarious
04I'm So LonelyVarious
05I'll Be AlrightVarious
06No ChanceMAUPIN, Ramon
07There's A LightTAYLOR, Merle 'Red'
08Love FeverVarious
09Intro.: B. Justis-Saturday Afternoon Dixie...Various
10Instant CrapJUSTIS, Bill
11A Little Piece At A TimeRILEY, Billy a/k/a Willie B.
12You'll Have To Come And Get ItVarious
13Mean Ole FriscoSMITH, Mack Allen
14King On Your ThroneBOND, Eddie & STOMPERS
15Love GoneMAUPIN, Ramon
16Bug-A-BopMARTINDALE, Wink
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Tracklist
Various - Memphis Saturday Night (LP) LP 1
01 Intro.: Dewey Phillips-Memphis Saturday Night
02 Apron Strings
03 The Time Is Right
04 I'm So Lonely
05 I'll Be Alright
06 No Chance
07 There's A Light
08 Love Fever
09 Intro.: B. Justis-Saturday Afternoon Dixie...
10 Instant Crap
11 A Little Piece At A Time
12 You'll Have To Come And Get It
13 Mean Ole Frisco
14 King On Your Throne
15 Love Gone
16 Bug-A-Bop