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The Mar-Keys had a history of strange personnel changes; their previous LP (1969's Damifiknow!) had basically been Booker T. & the MG's-plus-horn section playing under the Mar-Keys name. Yet Memphis Experience was even stranger, demonstrating that the Mar-Keys at this point meant nothing more to Stax than a name that could be exploited. Three of the seven cuts were Bar-Kays outtakes that were scrapped when that band underwent one of its own numerous reorganizations. The rest of the album was recorded by an assortment of Memphis musicians. The result was serviceable period instrumental soul-funk, occasionally creeping into psychedelia (especially on the nine-minute "Cloud Nine," with several minutes of weird screams and whispers). It's an oddity in the Stax discography, related to the rest of the Mar-Keys' releases in name only, and not worth paying attention to unless you're determined to track down every available Stax recording. The album was combined with the 1969 Mar-Keys LP Damifiknow! onto a single-CD reissue in 1994.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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The Mar-Keys, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - The Bar-Kays, Ensemble - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - William Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON CAPONE, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henry Bush, Producer, Recording Engineer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Stax Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Raymond Jackson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Whitsett, ComposerLyricist - The Mar-Keys, MainArtist - Robert Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON CAPONE, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henry Bush, Producer, Recording Engineer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Beane, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Elliot Randall, ComposerLyricist - Tim Whitsett, ComposerLyricist - Roland robinson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Norris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sidney Kirk, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 Stax Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - The Mar-Keys, Ensemble, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - William Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON CAPONE, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henry Bush, Producer, Recording Engineer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Stax Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Raymond Jackson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Toles, ComposerLyricist - The Mar-Keys, MainArtist - Teenie Hodges, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON CAPONE, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henry Bush, Producer, Recording Engineer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Lynda Harper, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Stax Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Raymond Jackson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Russell, ComposerLyricist - The Mar-Keys, MainArtist - Robert Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON CAPONE, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henry Bush, Producer, Recording Engineer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Beane, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roland robinson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Norris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sidney Kirk, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 Stax Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Raymond Jackson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - The Mar-Keys, MainArtist - Robert Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON CAPONE, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henry Bush, Producer, Recording Engineer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Beane, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Levenson, Arranger, Work Arranger - Roland robinson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Norris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sidney Kirk, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 Stax Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Michael Toles, ComposerLyricist - The Mar-Keys, Ensemble, MainArtist - James Alexander, ComposerLyricist - William Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RON CAPONE, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Willie Hall, ComposerLyricist - Henry Bush, Producer, Recording Engineer, Remix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Gregory, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Stax Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
The Mar-Keys had a history of strange personnel changes; their previous LP (1969's Damifiknow!) had basically been Booker T. & the MG's-plus-horn section playing under the Mar-Keys name. Yet Memphis Experience was even stranger, demonstrating that the Mar-Keys at this point meant nothing more to Stax than a name that could be exploited. Three of the seven cuts were Bar-Kays outtakes that were scrapped when that band underwent one of its own numerous reorganizations. The rest of the album was recorded by an assortment of Memphis musicians. The result was serviceable period instrumental soul-funk, occasionally creeping into psychedelia (especially on the nine-minute "Cloud Nine," with several minutes of weird screams and whispers). It's an oddity in the Stax discography, related to the rest of the Mar-Keys' releases in name only, and not worth paying attention to unless you're determined to track down every available Stax recording. The album was combined with the 1969 Mar-Keys LP Damifiknow! onto a single-CD reissue in 1994.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:02
- Main artists: The Mar-Keys
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Craft Recordings
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2019 Craft Recordings. ℗ 2019 Craft Recordings.
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