Mercury Records Collection: MG-20331: Man, We're Wailin'

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MG-20331: Man, We're Wailin' / Louis Jordan

Label Type :	black Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-20331A-1 M MSI B
	SIDE-B	MG-20331B-1 M MS1 C

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Inside The Groove

The 2nd album by Louis Jordan - this time with small combo.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Ah, Louis Jordan! One of the greatest originators of black music. He has been a hero of Jump music, and actually his left a gem of greatest black music full of energy.

This album, recorded in 1957, is his 2nd LP on Mercury label (his 1st LP is MG-20242). Unlike exploding big combo sounds full of his original jump music, this album features small combo with organ. The totality and the energy is less obvious than his first LP, but still great jump music.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	15730-3	Saturday Night Fish Fry (Walsh - Jordan)	2:35
A-2	15734-3	Sunday (Conn - Miller - Krueger - Styne)	2:16
A-3	15798-1	The Nearness Of You (Carmichael - Washington)	2:56
A-4	15799-4	I've Found My Peace Of Mind (Pee Wee Crayton - E. Crayton)	2:15
A-5	15731-6	I Never Had A Chance (Berlin)	2:47
A-6	15733-5	Got My Mo-Jo Working (Foster)	2:46
SIDE-B
B-1	15737-3	A Man Ain't A Man (Eddie Curtis)	2:30
B-2	15736-3	The Slop (Jordan)	2:27
B-3	15735-3	Sweet Lorraine (Burwell - Parish)	2:29
B-4	15729-9	Route 66 (B. Troup)	2:51
B-5	15727-2	The Jamf (Jordan)	2:29
B-6	15738-2	I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Ray Noble)	2:30

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-1, A-5, B-4, B-5:
Louis Jordan (as, vo), Austin Powell (ts),
Jackie Davis (org), Irving Ashby (g), Billy Hadnott (b), Marvin Oliver (ds),
Dorothy “Dottie” Smith (vo on A-1, A-4, A-6, B-1, B-4).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on August 28, 1957.

A-2, A-3, A-4, A-6, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-6:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, late August 1957.