The Come Back

Artista: Memphis Slim & His House Rockers

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: DLM

Catalogo: 762

Faixas: 1.1 Only a Fool Has Fun
1.2 The Come Back (Alternate)
1.3 Shuffleboard
1.4 Living the Life I Love
1.5 Cool Down Baby
1.6 Nat Dee Special
1.7 I Love My Baby
1.8 Two of a Kind (Alternate)
1.9 Smooth Sailin’
1.10 5 O’Clock Blues
1.11 Stewball
1.12 The Cat Creeps
1.13 Call Before You Go Home
1.14 Back Alley
1.15 This Is My Lucky Day
1.16 The Come Back
1.17 Midnight
1.18 St. Louis Woman
1.19 5 O’Clock Blues (Alternate)
1.20 She’s Alright

Memphis Slim’s United recordings deserve special acknowledgement because, to put it bluntly, they’re his best. “Memphis Slim U.S.A.” (DMK #710) presented the last two of his four United sessions. Now, this CD brings listeners the complete first two sessions plus two auditions. There’s much new to savor here, including 11 never before released tracks containing two real revelations: super-guitarist Matt “Guitar” Murphy’s first recorded vocal “Cool Down Baby” with a jaw-dropping guitar intro, as well as the initial 1952 version of “The Come Back” played as a straight slow blues cut lacking the stop time arrangement. It’s piano blues at it’s best.