It Came from Memphis

It Came from Memphis

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Upstart
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 011671802220
EAN: 0011671802220
ASIN: B000003NPB

Release Date: 1995-10-17

It Came from Memphis

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Tracks:

Radio Show Excerpt - Dewy Phillips
Money Talks - Mud Boy And The Neutrons
Which Way Did My Baby Go - Moses Williams
Boll Weevil - Sid Selvidge
Going To Brownsville - Furry Lewis
Uptight Tonight - Flash And The Memphis Casuals
Batarang - The Avengers
Frank, This Is It - Cliff Jackson And Jellean Delk With The Naturals
Rocket Ship Rocket Ship - Drive Inn Danny
Radio Show Excerpt - Dewy Phillips
She Wolf - Jessie Mae Hemphill
Wet Bar - Ross Johnson
Hung Over - The Martinis (Packy Axton)
Story Of My Life - Lesa Aldridge
Glory Hallelujah - Othar Turner's Rising Star Fife/Drum Corps
Cocaine Katy - Moloch
Oh How It Rained - Lorette Velvette
I'm A Ram - Big Ass Truck
Selection From Symphony #4, Bonnie Prince Charlie - William Eggleston

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Customer Reviews:

Wildly uneven, but some great tracks.......2004-06-05

The idea behind this CD was to show the wide range of musics made and recorded in & around Memphis--everything from country blues to rock to orchestral. Interesting concept, but it makes for a grab-bag collection of disparate elements, and a CD that fairly begs you to make your own mixtape version of your faves so you don't have to sit through the stuff you have no interest in. There are a handful of fabulous tracks: great blues from Moses Williams, Jessie Mae Hemphill & Furry Lewis; a classic 60s garage rock gem; an Othar Turner fife & drum piece. The rest is... erratic & mostly mediocre, and you get the sense you're hearing much of it simply because "it came from Memphis," not because it's good or interesting music. So, in the end, the concept fails as an organizing principle; a lot of these tracks just don't sit well together on the same CD. There's been more than enough music recorded in Memphis to produce a series of CDs, each with its own esthetic & genre, rather than trying to squeeze too many sounds onto a single disc.

Music Album:

Music Album

Music CD

Bags Meets Wes! (20 Bit Mastering) ~ Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery

Angels' Abacus ~ Emily Bezar

In Concert ~ Sherrie Maricle & Peter Appleyard

Experience and Judgment ~ Andy Bey

Dancing on the Ceiling ~ Erroll Garner

Generations ~ Young Grey Horse Society

Paradise ~ Mamond

Golden Best ~ Hideki Saijo

Flamenco Gitano ~ Various Artists