In the 50s, “The Memphis Sound” was the phrase coined to describe the music of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and dozens of other young hopefuls that flocked to former radio engineer Sam C. Phillips’ Sun studio on Union Avenue. But as far as the 60s go, ‘The Memphis Sound’ was owned pretty much by Stax Records, and the great music that poured out of the company’s studio on McLemore Avenue. This first volume brings together the group’s first two albums, “Green Onions” and “Soul Dressing” from 1962 and 1965 respectively, with two non-album tracks. The booklet is extensively annotated by Tony Rounce.
- 1 Green Onions
- 2 Rinky Dink
- 3 I Got A Woman
- 4 Mo' Onions
- 5 Twist And Shout
- 6 Behave Yourself
- 7 Stranger On The Shore
- 8 Lonely Avenue
- 9 Terrible Thing
- 10 You Can't Sit Down
- 11 A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
- 12 Comin' Home Baby
- 13 Soul Dressing
- 14 Tic-Tac-Toe
- 15 Big Train (My Babe)
- 16 Jelly Bread
- 17 Aw' Mercy
- 18 Outrage
- 19 Night Owl Walk
- 20 Chinese Checkers
- 21 Home Grown
- 22 Mercy, Mercy
- 23 Plum-Nellie
- 24 Can't Be Still
- 25 MG Party
- 26 Terrible Thing