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MG-20307: The Beat / Red Prysock

[Front Cover] 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




Jackets

Front Back
[MG-20307 FRONT] [MG-20307 BACK]


Labels

Side A Side B
[MG-20307 A] [MG-20307 B]
MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>
Initially Published: September 26, 2003.
Last Updated: (none)