| Product Summary | | Label: Bmg Heritage | | UPC: 00828766094626 | | Release Date: 6/22/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 61009601 | | Item#: MTRNV6 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. That's All Right - Elvis Presley ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins ~ Various Artists | | | 4. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Last Night - The Mar-Keys ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Rock Me Baby - B.B. King ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Dark End Of The Street, The - James Carr ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Respect - Aretha Franklin ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Letter, The - The Box Tops ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Soul Man - Sam & Dave ~ Various Artists | | | 15. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Memphis Train - Rufus Thomas ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Let's Stay Together - Al Green ~ Various Artists | | | 21. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers ~ Various Artists | |
| | This 21 song, multi-artist compilation features some of rock 'n' roll's most indelible songs including tracks from Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Otis Redding & more! On July 5, 1954 Elvis Presley was trying to prove himself to Sam Phillips at the
Sun Studios in Memphis. He wanted to get a record deal and he was trying
hard to get the right sound with Scotty Moore and Bill Black. Elvis and Sam
both became frustrated so they took a break. Elvis and the boys started playing
around with Arthur Crudup’s "That’s All Right" and suddenly, they had that "new" sound
Sam had been searching for. Like most magical moments, this one wasn’t planned, it
just sort of all fell into place. The rest, as they say, was history. Rock history.
2004 is the 50th anniversary of the recording of the song that changed music and
culture forever. Elvis rocked onto the radio and never looked back. But if that song by
that man was the shot heard round the world, there were other triggers being pulled
all around him. Songs like "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and "Blue Suede Shoes" by
Carl Perkins were early rock records from two artists with their roots in the birthplace
of rock ‘n’ roll, Memphis, TN.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Liner Note Author: Colin Escott. | | Photographers: John Hudson; Rob Santos; Billy Miller; Miriam Linna; Bob Irwin. | | From the mid-'50s to the mid-'70s, Memphis was the creative cauldron and epicenter of American music. Positioned where the Delta meets the modern urban world, Memphis pushed country and blues together and gave the world rock & roll, then tossed in the fervor of deep gospel and gave it soul. The single that is credited as rock & roll's Big Bang is included on this delightful compilation, Elvis Presley's 1954 cover of Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right," but this wasn't a case of spontaneous combustion, and the disc opens with "Rocket '88," a particularly propulsive jump blues tune issued in 1951 (credited to Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, it was actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm doing a little moonlighting) that carries the clear strands of rock DNA. One of the strengths of this anthology is that it is arranged chronologically, and Presley's hit is followed by famous tracks from his Sun Records labelmates Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Jerry Lee Lewis, and then by two of the greatest instrumental singles in the history of rock & roll, the Mar-Keys' "Last Night" from 1961 (and the first official Stax Records release) and 1962's "Green Onions" by Booker T. & the MG's. James Carr's bleak and cheerless masterpiece "The Dark End of the Street," written by Chips Moman and Dan Penn, is a highlight here, as are acknowledged soul classics from the Stax hit factory like Aretha Franklin's "Respect," Sam & Dave's "Soul Man," and Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Al Green's 1971 Hi Records hit "Let's Stay Together," a soft, soulful croon over a slow shuffle beat done by Al Jackson of the MG's, shows how endlessly and effortlessly Memphis musicians could make magic happen. That "I'll Take You There" by the Staple Singers is the final track here is fitting, since the combustible and joyous music of Memphis has been taking listeners there for a very long time, and it is impossible to imagine modern pop music without it. ~ Steve Leggett |
Producer: Dan Penn; David Porter; Isaac Hayes; Rudolph V. "Doc" Russell; Sam Phillips; Jerry Wexler; Joe Bihari; Al Bell; Al Green; Quinton Claunch; Arif Mardin; Stanley A. Kesler; Steve Cropper; Tom Dowd; Willie Mitchell; Booker T. & The MG's; Rob Santos (Compilat |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/22/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 60946 | | Label : BMG (distributor) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00828766094626 |
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