DOCD-5683 - Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man- Earliest Recordings 1950-1957
Жанр: Rhythmn & Blues
Носитель: CD
Страна-производитель диска (релиза): UK
Год издания: 2008
Издатель (лейбл): Document Records
Номер по каталогу: DOCD-56833
Страна исполнителя (группы): USA
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Продолжительность: 00:53:49
Источник: сторонний рип
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
Треклист:
CD: Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man: Earliest Recordings 1950-1957
01. I'll Be A Good Boy - 1 [0:02:48.60]
02. I'm So Worried [0:02:42.49]
03. Who's That Chick [0:02:35.16]
04. Double Trouble [0:02:30.19]
05. Mr. Swing With Bobby Plater's Orchestra / Beer Bottle Boogie - 1 [0:02:54.13]
06. Mr. Swing With Bobby Plater's Orchestra / Gonna Bring My Baby Back [0:02:20.44]
07. Rufus Thomas Jr. / Night Workin' Blues [0:02:39.19]
08. Rufus Thomas Jr. / Why Did You Dee Gee? [0:02:26.28]
09. Rufus Thomas & His Orchestra / Crazy About You Baby - 1 [0:02:25.33]
10. Rufus Thomas Jr. / No More Doggin' Around (Ain't Gonna be Your Dog) [0:02:33.45]
11. Rufus Thomas Jr. / Junita [0:03:27.12]
12. Rufus Thomas Jr. / Decorate The Counter [0:02:20.70]
13. Rufus Thomas Jr. / Married Woman [0:02:40.38]
14. Rufus Thomas Jr. / I'm Off That Stuff [0:02:56.03]
15. Rufus Hound Dog Thomas Jr. / Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - 2 [0:02:46.02]
16. Rufus Thomas Jr. / Walkin' In The Rain [0:02:15.63]
17. Rufus Thomas Jr. / Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle) [0:02:41.55]
18. Rufus Thomas Jr. / Save That Money - 1 [0:02:35.09]
19. Rufus "Bear Cat" Thomas With The Bearcats / The Easy Livin' Plan [0:02:45.40]
20. Rufus "Bear Cat" Thomas With The Bearcats / I'm Steady Holdin' On [0:03:14.28]
Лог создания рипа
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Rufus Thomas / Tiger Man: Earliest Recordings 1950-1957
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1 | 0:00.00 | 2:48.60 | 0 | 12659
2 | 2:48.60 | 2:42.49 | 12660 | 24858
3 | 5:31.34 | 2:35.16 | 24859 | 36499
4 | 8:06.50 | 2:30.19 | 36500 | 47768
5 | 10:36.69 | 2:54.13 | 47769 | 60831
6 | 13:31.07 | 2:20.44 | 60832 | 71375
7 | 15:51.51 | 2:39.19 | 71376 | 83319
8 | 18:30.70 | 2:26.28 | 83320 | 94297
9 | 20:57.23 | 2:25.33 | 94298 | 105205
10 | 23:22.56 | 2:33.45 | 105206 | 116725
11 | 25:56.26 | 3:27.12 | 116726 | 132262
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13 | 31:44.33 | 2:40.38 | 142833 | 154870
14 | 34:24.71 | 2:56.03 | 154871 | 168073
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19 | 47:39.53 | 2:45.40 | 214478 | 226892
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Об исполнителе (группе)
DOCD-5683 Rufus Thomas – ‘Tiger Man’ – Complete Recordings (1950 – 1957) Includes previously unreleased tracks. Genres: Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Down-home. Informative booklet notes by Dave Clarke Detailed discography. Extracts abridged from this CD’s booklet notes:
In 1950 Rufus Thomas was performing at a north Memphis club called “Currie`s Club Tropicana” when he was approached by Dallas record man Jessie Erickson who asked if he could record Rufus and his band. An agreement was made and the first four tracks on this CD are the result of that meeting, although only the first two titles were issued.
Three of the titles are “woman trouble” songs, and the fourth Who`s That Chick is the celebration of a probable Beale Street beauty, and all her attributes, as she walks down the street. The small band features some mellow guitar from Robert Carter, and fine strong tenor sax from Evelyn Young , the lady who later joined B.B.King,s Orchestra, but Jesse Erickson`s tiny Dallas based Star Talent label was unfortunately going nowhere and the record sank without trace, presumably selling a few copies in Memphis and Dallas only.
During the summer of 1950, Rufus travelled at least as far as Nashville, with Bobby Plater`s Orchestra, and recorded for the Nashville-based Bullet label. The record being issued as by “Mr Swing” presumably to avoid any problems with Jesse Erickson. These titles used a bigger band with four horns and had reasonably sophisticated R & B arrangements by Plater, but they too were to become blues obscurities, not even credited to Rufus until 1996 when they were played to Rufus “blind” and he was asked if he knew the singer, “Hey, that’s me!”, he said, having not heard them himself for decades.
His next move was to Chess, which should have meant hits, but sadly none of his three issues made any real dent in the R & B Charts, although all were good sides. All were recorded at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studios. The first four titles use a small band, again with sharp arrangements and a little sophistication, Night Working Blues being recycled later on Stax as a dance number. The strangely titled Why Did You Dee Gee was, according to Rufus, dedicated to one “Doris Genius”, although he didn’t remember her by 1996.
The final two Chess titles and the two unissued use Rosco Gordon`s band and have that beautifully primitive, dirty sound Rosco generates with his percussive piano and the honking guttural baritone sax of Richard Sanders. Juanita shows off Rufus at his wonderful best. If there can be such a thing as a comedy blues, then this is it. And after that sobbing gem: “No more pistols, no more knives, no more messin’ around with wives. Man, I’m off that stuff.”
Rufus’ next issue was to be on the Sun label. Recorded in the same studio but this time guitar-dominated, when Sam Phillips got the idea to cut an answer record to Big Mama Thornton’s huge 1953 R & B hit ‘Hound Dog’. All of the Sun sides are far more downhome in style than any of his earlier records and feature Joe Hill Louis and Floyd Murphy playing powerful guitar. Bear Cat was to be Sun’s first real hit and also their first lawsuit, when Don Robey of Peacock Records, Houston, Texas sued Phillips for plagiarising his Hound Dog hit.
It was to be three years before Rufus would record again, this time for Meteor Records, the Memphis branch of the L.A-based RMP/Modern record company. The session included both Evelyn Young, sax player from his very first record and Louis Steinberg, who was to go on to be part of Booker T and the MGs, the core of the Stax sound which Rufus was to be a big part of. This Meteor 45 made only ripples and was to be his last record for several years before his daughter Carla and he gave Stax their first hits and Rufus was to follow on with many more on Stax including another remake of the Meteor title I’m Steady Holding On.
