Memphis Slim [Chess/MCA]

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  • Willie's Blues
  • At the Gate of Horn
  • Blue This Evening
  • Travelling with the Blues
  • Memphis Slim's Tribute to Big Bill Broonzy, Leroy Carr, Cow Cow Davenport, Curtis Jones, Jazz Gillum
  • Alone with My Friends
  • Just Blues
  • Steady Rolling Blues
  • Memphis Slim U.S.A.
  • Memphis Slim [Chess/MCA]
  • Broken Soul Blues
  • Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon in Paris
  • All Kinds of Blues
  • The Real Folk Blues
  • Mother Earth
  • The World's Foremost Blues Singer
  • Messin' Around with the Blues
  • Memphis Slim [Barclay]
  • Born with the Blues
  • Boogie Woogie
  • Blue Memphis
  • South Side Reunion
  • Very Much Alive and in Montreux
  • Soul Blues
  • Goin' Back to Tennessee
  • Memphis Slim & Michel Denis
  • Rockin' the Blues
  • Memphis Heat
  • I'll Just Keep on Singin' the Blues
  • Steppin' Out - Live at Ronnie Scott's

Release Date

1961

Duration

29:53

Genre

Styles

Recording Location

  • Chicago, IL
  • Cleveland, OH
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Memphis Slim

Memphis Slim [Chess/MCA]

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A straight CD reissue of a vintage Chess LP, its contents dating back to the early '50s and most tracks originally issued on the Premium logo. Includes an early and very nice reading of "Mother Earth;" also sharp as a tack is "Rockin' the Pad." In an unusual move, Slim is joined by a smooth vocal group, the Vagabonds, for "Really Got the Blues."

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:59
2
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:36
3
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:20
4
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:30
5
Lewis Simpkins / Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
2:38
6
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:35
7
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:49
8
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
3:14
9
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:35
10
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:57
11
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim
2:40
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