Mercury Records Collection: MG-20237: Slow Walk Rock

MG-20237: Slow Walk Rock / Sil Austin

Label Type :	black Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG20237A MS1 MSI A1 I
	SIDE-B	MG20237B MS1 MSI A1 I

Comments

Inside The Groove

Yet another famous honker's album.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Sil Austin. He is also a famous honker on Mercury label next to a superb bad honker Red Prysock (actually Sil and Red recorded an excellent album together - “Battle Royal”).

By the way, Sil later became more famous and popular for his ballards and easy-listening records, like “Danny Boy” and “Ruby” on the album “Plays Pretty For The People” (MG-20424).

This album, released just after Sil's big hit single “Slow Walk” (reached #19 on popular chart in 1956), is a collection of his nice honking ensemble. As the title says, most tunes (especially Side-B) are in middle tempo - so we cannot enjoy his hottest erupting honk. In order to fully get entertained, we must go further for his brilliant single releases, which I haven't get yet.

Yet Sil plays very hot, especially throughout Side-A. A very good album.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	14358	Train Whistle (Sil Austin)	2:18
A-2	14354	Shufflin' Home (S. Irving)	2:00
A-3	14359	Pink Shade Of Blue (Sil Austin)	2:55
A-4	14352	Walkin' And Talkin' (Sil Austin)	2:34
A-5	14351	Oochie John (R. Allen)	2:48
A-6	14361	Birthday Party (J. Collins)	-
SIDE-B
B-1	14350	The Last Time (Sil Austin)	2:42
B-2	14360	One Plus Two Is Nine (S. Irving)	2:40
B-3	14349	Dogwood Junction (Sil Austin)	2:57
B-4	14357	'Bout Time (Sil Austin)	2:50
B-5	14356	A Mother's Child (S. Irving)	2:42
B-6	14353	Fine Brown Frame (Guadelupe Cartiero - J. Mayo Williams)	2:40

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-2, A-4, A-5, B-1, B-3, B-6:
Sil Austin (ts), Doc Bagby (org), Mickey Baker (g), Wendell Marshall (b), James Crawford (ds).
Recorded in New York City on October 15, 1956.

A-1, A-3, A-6, B-2, B-4, B-5:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in New York City on October 19. 1956.