Memphis Boys auf CD
Memphis Boys
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
(soweit verfügbar beim Lieferanten)
- Label:
- Ace
- Aufnahmejahr ca.:
- 1966-88
- Artikelnummer:
- 1924403
- UPC/EAN:
- 0029667048828
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 27.2.2012
Jones' Book
Dieses Sampler begleitet das kürzlich veröffentlichte, gleichnamige Buch von Roben Jones, und wurde in enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem Autor zusammengestellt. Gewürdigt mit 24 Tracks werden die ‘American Studios‘, die in den 1960er und frühen 70er Jahren das Who is Who des zeitgenössichen Pop & Soul für Aufnahmen beherbergten - was durch einen Blick auf das erstklassige Tracklisting bestätigt wird. Neben den Songschreibern Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham oder Studiogründer Chips Moman waren u. a. Bobby Womack, Reggie Young (beide Gitarre), Bobby Emmons (Keyboards) oder Drummer Gene Chrisman für viele der Aufnahmen im Studio tätig. Mit ausgesuchten Tracks von Dusty Springfield, Box Tops, Wilson Picket, Elvis Presley, Solomon Burke u. v.a.
Product Information
There can be few with an interest in the music of the American South who didn’t welcome the recent publication of Memphis Boys, Roben Jones’ essential history of American Studios.
Established by songwriter-producer Chips Moman and his business partner Don Crews in 1964, it took a couple of years for American to find its true audio identity, but once the in-house group of key musicians – the Memphis Boys of Roben’s title – were all in place the steady trickle of hits and future classics quickly became a flood. Thanks to those players – Tommy Cogbill, Reggie Young, Bobby Emmons, Gene Chrisman, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and others – the American sound became as important a part of recording history as that which emanated from the studios of Motown, Cosimo’s, FAME and Memphis neighbours Sun, Stax and Hi.
The first Hot 100 biggies to be recorded at American – James & Bobby Purify’s ‘Shake A Tail Feather’ and Oscar Toney Jr’s ‘For Your Precious Love’ – were taped at the same session in March 1967, around the same time as Dan Penn was putting the Box Tops through their paces on ‘The Letter’, one of the biggest hits of 1967 and American’s first worldwide chart-topper. Not a bad year by anyone’s standards.
How quickly American’s stock rose in the eyes of others – particularly the companies that used the studio and the Memphis Boys on a regular basis – can be assessed by the fact that, by 1968, American was entertaining a client roster that included Neil Diamond, Petula Clark, B. J. Thomas, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and a local boy by the name of Elvis Presley who was looking to make his music as relevant as it had been 15 years earlier.
Although this collection doesn’t contain every major hit that came out of the funky little studio on Thomas Street, Memphis (we’re saving some for a possible second volume), as a listening experience it’s hard to beat – particularly when enjoyed in conjunction with Roben’s brilliant book.
By Tony Rounce
Rezensionen
,,Eine nur kurze, aber sehr intensive Geschichte des Studios." (Rolling Stone, Juni 2012)
,,Der vorliegende Sampler ist somit eine beeindruckende Best-Of-Werkschau, die vor allem von Soulgrößen dominiert wird." (Good Times, Februar / März 2013)
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 King Curtis: Memphis soul stew
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2 Dusty Springfield: Son-of-a preacher man
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3 Shake a tail feather
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4 The Boxtops: The letter
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5 Sandy Posey: Born a woman
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6 James Carr: You've got my mind messed up
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7 The Gentrys: Keep on dancing
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8 Joe Simon: Nine pound steel
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9 Merrilee Rush: Angel of the morning
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10 Wilson Pickett: I'm in love
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11 Mark James: Suspicious minds
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12 B.J. Thomas: I've been down this road before
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13 Arthur Conley: Funky street
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14 Osdcar "Jr." Toney: For your precious love
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15 Solomon Burke: Shame on me
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16 The Glories: Dark end of the street
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17 Joe Tex: Skinny legs and all
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18 Bobby Womack: More than I can stand
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19 L.C. Cooke: Let's do it over
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20 Spencer Wiggins: The power of a woman
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21 Clay Hammond: Suzy do it better than you
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22 Percy Milem: I don't know what you're got (but it's got me)
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23 O'Keefe: Good time Charlie's got the blues
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24 Elvis Presley: I'm moving on
