Mercury Records Collection: MG-20307: The Beat

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MG-20307: The Beat / Red Prysock

Label Type :	black Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-20307A-1 M MSI
	SIDE-B	MG-20307B-2 M1 MSI

Comments

sticker on front cover.

Inside The Groove

Red Prysock's third leader album on Mercury; great honking but less thrilling steady rhythm (than his earlier sessions)

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This album contains Red Prysock's 1956-1957 sessions. Instead of craziest and super-bad honking of his early 1954-1955 sessions (heard on MG-20088), the rhythm section heard on this album sounds rather steady and less thrilling in my humble ears. However, Red himself honks as always.

A typical Rock 'N Roll album featuring blowin' tenor sax with steady rhythm section, which was maybe common in the late 1950s.

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	14633	Tea Bird (Red Prysock)	2:17
A-2	14634	Purple Wail (Red Prysock)	2:22
A-3	14635	He's A Real Gone Guy (Nellie Lutcher)	2:32
A-4	14636	Moonday (Red Prysock)	2:35
A-5	14625	Rooster Walk (Red Prysock)	2:52
A-6	14626	Pog Wog (R. Slade)	2:36
SIDE-B
B-1	14627	2 Point 8 (Red Prysock)	2:21
B-2	14622	Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price)	2:47
B-3	14623	Foot Stompin' (Red Prysock)	2:40
B-4	14624	Mashin' Potatoes (M. Bowser III - N. Watts)	2:35
B-5	14313	Earth Rock (Red Prysock)	-
B-6	14316	Lion's Den (Red Prysock)	-

Personnel

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

B-5, B-6:
Red Prysock (ts), Rufus Gore (ts), Clarence “Zack” Wright (bs),
Lucius Weathers (vib), Oliver Blair (p), Leo Blevins (g), Herbert Gordy (b), Jerome Potter (ds).
Recorded in New York City on October 4, 1956.

B-2, B-3, B-4:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in New York City on January 23, 1957.

A-5, A-6, B-1:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in New York City on January 24, 1957.

A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in New York City on January 31, 1957.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Red Prysock (ts) :

Mercury MG-20088 : Rock 'N Roll
Mercury MG-20211 : Fruit Boots (reissue of Wing MGW-12007)
Mercury MG-20307 : The Beat
Mercury MG-20434 / SR-60106 : Battle Royal!! / Sil Austin and Red Prysock
Mercury MG-20512 / SR-60188 : Swing Softly Red
Wing MGW-12007 : Fruit Boots

Mercury MG-20089D : Hit Parade, Vol.7 / Various Artists
Mercury MG-20167 : The Best In Bands - Sweet & Solid / Various Artists
Mercury PPMD-1-12 / PPSD-1-12 : Mercury Perfect Presence / Various Artists
Mercury SRM-2-600 : Original Gold Soul: 21 All Time Soul Greats / Various Artists