- Format: CD
- Label: Stomper Time
- Genre: 60s Garage / Surf / RnB
Memphis, Tennessee in the 1950s seemed to act as a catalyst for so many things such as "King" Cotton, the Civil Rights movement, a polyglot of religious races and creeds, but perhaps, above all, for a stunning pot-pourri of music; from supercharged R&B to plaintive Hillbilly to Cotton Patch Blues, to the intense emotion of Gospel to the tough sounds of Rockabilly and RocknRoll.
It was all there and Sam Phillips was the first to realise that so much local talent needed an outlet and duly founded the Memphis Recording Service, the results of which have become history.
Many other local entrepreneurs attempted to have a taste of Sams success with varying results. Some foundered after only two or three releases, while a few, such as Meteor and Fernwood, would actually enter the Billboard Charts with sizeable hits.
This CD represents a documentation of one of those smaller, highly individual labels.
Track listing:Crazy Memories - ROY ALDEN
Pink Cadillac - JIMMY EVANS
Dance Baby Dance - JAY HADLEY
She Wont let Me Down - CURTIS LITTLE
Get With It - MARCUS VAN STORY
What Am I Gonna Do - JIMMY EVANS
Your Pilot Light Went Out - ROY JONES
She Knows How To Rock Me - JAY HADLEY
Cocklebur - TINY FULLER
Hollywood - PAUL LITTLE
American Sound Stomp - JIMMY EVANS
Goodbye Marie - MALCOLM YELVINGTON
Moving South - BILL SCOTT DAVIS
Dont Call Me Ill Call You - ROLAND EATON
Johns Place - JIMMY EVANS
Whole Lot Of You On My Mind - THOMAS JERNIGAN
Cotton Land Jump - JAY HADLEY
Little Susie - JIMMY EVANS
Country Beat For A Saturday Night - JAY HADLEY
Hot Top - TINY FULLER
Way Down Blues - MALCOLM YELVINGTON
I Hate To Say Goodbye - JIMMY EVANS
Rockin With Red - RED HADLEY
706 Union Breakdown - JIMMY EVANS
Country Shortnin Bread - JAY HADLEY
Part Time Man - TOMMY PEAIRCE
Johnny B. Goode - JIMMY EVANS
Mystery Train - TINY FULLER
It Dont Hurt Much Anymore - JIM WALDROP
Coming Home - LANNIE-LEE
Take Me To Your Leader - TOMMY PEAIRCE
Beans And Cornbread - GAIL AYERS
Wino Of The Year - JIM WALDROP
Where Is Linda - CURTIS LITTLE
Pink Cadillac (alternate version) - JIMMY EVANS
Memphis 1955 - JIMMY EVANS
