Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy SR-80022: A Double Shot Of Joe Saye

SR-80022: A Double Shot Of Joe Saye / Joe Saye

Label Type :	blue Mercury/EmArcy type D
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR 80022-A3 FF
	SIDE-B	SR 80022-B3 FF

Comments

Equivalent release: EmArcy MG-36147 (mono).

Later reissued as Mercury MG-20534 (mono) and Mercury SR-60211 (stereo).

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

Since the label has smaller oval logo (than other EmArcy Stereo titles have) as well as the matrix information is all handwritten type, this copy may not be the very early pressing, I guess.

Inside The Groove

“Unique, Jazz-Flavored Piano Stylings”, as the sub-title says.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Similar to his previous albums MG-36072 and MG-36112 , Joe Saye's quintet (featuring a flute and a guitar) plays all tunes in very relaxed mood. It may be very “Scotch-flavoured” to call Jazz, anyway it's rather fine and listenable.

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

6 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	JB236 (17668)	No Two People (Loesser)	2:46
A-2	JB251 (17674)	Scot Free (Saye)	2:12
A-3	JB234 (17666)	Younger Than Springtime (Rodgers - Hammerstein)	2:51
A-4	JB238 (17670)	Heather Hop (Saye)	2:59
A-5	JB239 (17671)	Wonderful, Wonderful (Raleigh - Edwards)	2:51
A-6	JB252 (17675)	Tenement Symphony (Kuller - Golden - Borne)	3:27
SIDE-B
B-1	JB233 (17665)	Double Shot (Saye)	2:12
B-2	JB235 (17667)	Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (Ira & George Gershwin)	3:50
B-3	JB249 (17672)	Light Tread (Saye)	2:56
B-4	JB237 (17669)	The Blue Room (Rodgers - Hart)	2:48
B-5	JB232 (17664)	If I Were A Bell (Loesser)	4:47

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-3, A-4, A-5, B-1, B-2, B-4, B-5:
Joe Saye (p), Spencer Sinatra (fl), Barry Galbraith (g), John Drew (b), Jimmy Campbell (ds).
Recorded in New York City on July 21, 1958.

A-2, B-3:
Same personnel as A-1.
Recorded in New York City on July 25, 1958.

A-6:
Same personnel/date/place as A-2, except Walter Bolden (ds) replaces Jimmy Campbell.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Joe Saye (p) :

EmArcy MG-36072 : Scotch On The Rocks
EmArcy MG-36112 : A Wee Bit Of Jazz
EmArcy MG-36147 / SR-80022 : A Double Shot Of Joe Saye
Mercury MG-20545 / SR-60052 : A Wee Bit Of Jazz (reissue of MG-36112 / SR-80022)