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Percy Mayfield was blessed with an emotive Louisiana baritone and a poet's sensibility to sadness and pain, and few songwriters in the history of pop or R&B have written a body of work so drenched in beautiful suffering. This set features Mayfield's major hits for Art Rupe's Specialty Records, a label that Mayfield recorded for from 1950 until 1954 before leaving for Chess Records (the bonus disc included here is simply a sampler for other artists who recorded for Specialty). Given depth and atmosphere by Maxwell Davis' saxophone textures, songs like "Cry Baby" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love" were carefully written R&B symphonies to the harsh realities and downside of romance, and at times that downside morphed into relentless darkness, as is the case with the excessively maudlin "The River's Invitation," which is just this side of a melodic suicide note. Also here is the wonderful (and relatively upbeat) "Louisiana" as well as Mayfield's original version of his signature song, "Hit the Road Jack," which Ray Charles would cover and turn into a huge hit. In all, this makes a nice introduction to Mayfield's early work and spotlights his considerable skill as a songwriter. He fell in love with sadness, Mayfield said, because there was more truth in it.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Red Callender, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Mayfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Young, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Maxwell Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Beal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Wells, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Charles H. Waller, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Red Callender, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Mayfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Young, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Maxwell Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Beal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jack McVea, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles H. Waller, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Percy Mayfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Young, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN CRAWFORD, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Hadnott, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Willard McDaniel, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Maxwell Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Simon, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Mitchell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Red Callender, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Mayfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Young, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Maxwell Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Beal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jack McVea, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles H. Waller, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Jesse Sailes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Mayfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JOHN CRAWFORD, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Willard McDaniel, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Maxwell Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mitchell Webb, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jewell Grant, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 Specialty Records Inc.
Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Morris, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Percy Mayfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Specialty Records Inc.
Chronique
Percy Mayfield was blessed with an emotive Louisiana baritone and a poet's sensibility to sadness and pain, and few songwriters in the history of pop or R&B have written a body of work so drenched in beautiful suffering. This set features Mayfield's major hits for Art Rupe's Specialty Records, a label that Mayfield recorded for from 1950 until 1954 before leaving for Chess Records (the bonus disc included here is simply a sampler for other artists who recorded for Specialty). Given depth and atmosphere by Maxwell Davis' saxophone textures, songs like "Cry Baby" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love" were carefully written R&B symphonies to the harsh realities and downside of romance, and at times that downside morphed into relentless darkness, as is the case with the excessively maudlin "The River's Invitation," which is just this side of a melodic suicide note. Also here is the wonderful (and relatively upbeat) "Louisiana" as well as Mayfield's original version of his signature song, "Hit the Road Jack," which Ray Charles would cover and turn into a huge hit. In all, this makes a nice introduction to Mayfield's early work and spotlights his considerable skill as a songwriter. He fell in love with sadness, Mayfield said, because there was more truth in it.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 14 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:39:30
- Artistes principaux : Percy Mayfield
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Concord Records
- Genre : Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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