Time: 76:07
Size: 174.3 MB
Styles: R&B, Memphis Soul
Year: 2003
Art: Front
[1:51] 1. Willie Cobbs - Kiss Me One More Time
[2:09] 2. The Lyrics - Down In The Alley
[1:49] 3. Charlie H. Hoskins - Wanna Jean
[2:33] 4. Eddie Carroll - Golden Door Night Club
[2:38] 5. Earl Forest - Now It's Alright
[2:29] 6. Donnie Williams - Mister B
[2:11] 7. Willie Cobbs - My Little Girl
[2:06] 8. The Lyrics - Crying Over You
[2:45] 9. Kenneth Spider Webb Rice - I Feel Blue
[2:42] 10. Jeb Stuart - A Big Blue World
[2:36] 11. O'henry & Barbara - Why Do I Love You
[1:45] 12. Earl Forest - Don't Leave Me
[2:36] 13. Memphis Sounds - Girl Of My Dreams
[2:15] 14. Donnie Williams - Boogie Chilluns Playhouse
[2:11] 15. Willie Cobbs - Come On Home
[1:50] 16. The Lyrics - You And Your Fellow
[2:39] 17. Kenneth Spider Webb Rice - Carol
[2:04] 18. Eddie Carroll - I've Never Met An Angel Before
[2:09] 19. Willie Cobbs - Here Is My Heart
[2:42] 20. Bogard Brothers - Just Over There
[2:18] 21. Lusk, Prophet G. - Everybody Ought To Serve The Lord
[2:33] 22. Willie Cobbs - You Don't Love Me
[1:51] 23. The Lyrics - Let's Be Sweethearts Again
[2:28] 24. Memphis Sounds - Millionaire Without Love
[2:38] 25. Jeb Stuart - A Whole Lot Of Tears
[2:47] 26. Willie Cobbs - Big Boss Man
[3:27] 27. Bogard Brothers - Stop And Let Me Ride
[2:09] 28. Willie Cobbs - Lonely Boy
[2:18] 29. Willie Cobbs - Too Sad
[2:52] 30. Lusk, Prophet G. - Going Home To Jesus
[2:42] 31. Willie Cobbs - Mistreated Blues
[1:51] 32. Barbara Perry - Bobby Is A Bad Bad Boy
In 1956 truck driver and musician Slim Wallace purchased a used Magnacorder recording machine and set up a little studio in his garage on Fernwood Street in Memphis. A year later, Fernwood Records was born, and for a decade or so the label (and studio) turned out some of the best early rock & roll and rockabilly around, and some pretty amazing R&B, as well, as this collection shows. The 32 tracks here are a complete delight, ranging from ragged Memphis soul pieces to deep gospel shouters, and that they exist at all is somewhat of a miracle, since all of Fernwood's masters are rumored to have been destroyed in the late '60s. Most of these tracks never saw anything past regional release, which is a shame because there is an awful lot to like here, including the wonderful "Down in the Alley" by the Lyrics, the funky and elegant "Now It's Alright" by Earl Forest, "Boogie Chilluns Playhouse" (complete with a greasy Stax groove) by Donnie Williams, two hard gospel soul pieces ("Everybody Ought to Serve the Lord" and "Going Home to Jesus") by Prophet G. Lusk, and the weird carnival teen pop of Barbara Perry's "Bobby Is a Bad Bad Boy." Transfers for this disc were probably made from vinyl sources (if the rumor about Fernwood's master tapes is true), but the sound quality is fine, and the joy and energy on display here are more than worth the price of admission. Not bad for a little garage on Fernwood Street, and it reaffirms Memphis as the epicenter of the Big Bang that was rock & roll soul. ~Steve Leggett
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