Mercury Records Collection: MG-20918: On The Countryside

MG-20918: On The Countryside / Brook Benton

Label Type :	red Mercury type B (VENDOR, one dot)
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20918A M1 RR I
	SIDE-B	MG 60918B M1 RR RI

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury SR-60918 (stereo).

Inside The Groove

Brook Benton's second last album on Mercury, singing Country songs in Benton's manner.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Brook Benton sings Country songs, but the sounds are not Country - it's just the Brook Benton sound “in the Brook Benton's manner” as always. In some ways, Brook successfully represents these Country tunes as if written especially for him. But at the same time, don't expect Country sounds for this album :)

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	1-30800	Going Going Gone (Emil J. Anton - Alan Thomas)	2:45
A-2	1-31070	Faded Love (Bob Wills - John Wills)	1:59
A-3	1-31071	I'd Trade All Of My Tomorrow's (For Just One Yesterday) (Jenny Lou Carson)	2:45
A-4	1-31072	Don't Rob Another Man's Castle (Jenny Lou Carson)	2:40
A-5	1-31067	All Over Again (Johnny Cash)	2:38
A-6	1-25268	Everytime I'm Kissing You (Carl Below - Faron Young)	2:19
SIDE-B
B-1	1-31065	My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You (Lee Ross - Bob Wills)	2:26
B-2	1-31056	Just Call Me Lonesome (Rex Griffin)	3:23
B-3	1-31066	Letters Have No Arms (Arbie Gibson - Ernest Tubb)	2:17
B-4	1-31051	I Don't Hurt Anymore (Don Robertson - Jack Rollins)	2:34
B-5	1-31052	I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love) (Steve Nelson - Ed Nelson, Jr. - Eddy Arnold)	2:48
B-6	1-31049	I'll Step Aside (Johnny Bond)	2:53

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-6:
Brook Benton (vo)
with Jerry Kennedy (arr, cond) Orchestra and The Merry Melody Singers.
Recorded at Owen Bradley Studio, Nashville, TN probably on July 16, 1962.

A-1:
Brook Benton (vo) with Luchi de Jesus (arr, cond) Orchestra.
Recorded probably in Nashville, TN on December 2, 1963.

A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6:
Brook Benton (vo) with Luchi de Jesus (arr, cond) Orchestra.
Recorded probably in Nashville, TN, 1964.

Produced by Shelby Singleton.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Brook Benton (vo) :

Mercury MG-20421 / SR-60077 : It's Just A Matter Of Time
Mercury MG-20464 / SR-60146 : Endlessly
Mercury MG-20565 / SR-60225 : I Love You In So Many Ways
Mercury MG-20588 / SR-60244 : The Two Of Us / Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
Mercury MG-20602 / SR-60602 : Songs I Love To Sing
Mercury MG-20607 / SR-60607 : Brook Benton Golden Hits
Mercury MG-20619 / SR-60619 : If You Believe
Mercury MG-20641 / SR-60641 : Boll Weevil Song And 11 Other Great Hits
Mercury MG-20673 / SR-60673 : There Goes That Song Again
Mercury MG-20740 / SR-60740 : Lie To Me / Singing The Blues
Mercury MG-20774 / SR-60774 : Golden Hits Volume 2
Mercury MG-20830 / SR-60830 : Best Ballads Of Broadway
Mercury MG-20886 / SR-60886 : Born To Sing The Blues
Mercury MG-20918 / SR-60918 : On The Countryside
Mercury MG-20934 / SR-60934 : This Bitter Earth

Mercury MGD-9 / SRD-9 : Galaxy - Music From 16 Great Artists / Various Artists
Mercury MG-20651 / SR-60651 : Chart Winners - A Collection Of Mercury's Top Pop Hits / Various Artists
Mercury MG-20826 / SR-60826 : Original Golden Hits Of The Great Blues Singers / Various Artists