Vinyl Album - Jerry Lee Lewis - The Session - Mercury

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Jerry Lee Lewis
Title:	The Session
Label:	Mercury
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	SRM 2-803
Date:	Mar 1973
Format:	Double LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	24 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Jerry Lee Lewis	Drinking Wine Spo-Dee O'Dee	Gransville, McGhee	Rate
A2	Jerry Lee Lewis	Music To The Man	T. Colton	Rate
A3	Jerry Lee Lewis	Baby What You Want Me To Do	J. Reed	Rate
A4	Jerry Lee Lewis	Bad Moon Rising	J. C. Fogerty	Rate
A5	Jerry Lee Lewis	Sea Cruise	E. Smith, J. Vincent	Rate
B1	Jerry Lee Lewis	Jukebox	T. Colton, R. Smith, A. Lee, C, Hodges	Rate
B2	Jerry Lee Lewis	No Headstone On My Grave	C. Rich	Rate
B3	Jerry Lee Lewis	Big Boss Man	J. Reed	Rate
B4	Jerry Lee Lewis	Pledging My Love	D. Robey, F. Washington	Rate
B5	Jerry Lee Lewis	Memphis	C. Berry	Rate
C1	Jerry Lee Lewis	Trouble In Mind	R. M. Jones	Rate
C2	Jerry Lee Lewis	Johnny B. Goode	C. Berry	Rate
C3	Jerry Lee Lewis	High School Confidential	R. Hargrave, J. L. Lewis	Rate
C4	Jerry Lee Lewis	Early Morning Rain	G. Lightfoot	Rate
D1	Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin' On	Williams, David	Rate
D2	Jerry Lee Lewis	Sixty-Minute Man	R. Mark, M. Ward	Rate
D3	Jerry Lee Lewis	Movin' On Down The Line	J. Nolen	Rate
D4	Jerry Lee Lewis	What'd I Say	R. Charles	Rate
D5	Jerry Lee Lewis	Rock And Roll Medley: Good Golly Miss Molly / Long Tall Sally / Jenny, Jenny / Tutti Frutti / Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin' On	Blackwell, Maraschiro, Penniman, Johnson, Blackwell, Johnson, Penniman, Penniman, LaBostrie, J. Lubrie, Williams, David	Rate

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Recorded In London With Great Guest Artists

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83montlvr 27th Jul 2020		Added alternate set of label images



David M. McKee 30th Apr 2015		No doubt inspired at least partly by the successful "In London" albums by Howlin' Wolf & Chuck Berry, this was an attempt to get Jerry to record with many (supposedly) rock "superstars" in London. The results were apparantly a clash of egos, a lack of willingless by Jerry to learn new songs, & his alcohol abuse starting to spiral out of control. So it's not surprising that the resulting double album is a very mixed blessing. The two newly written songs Jukebox & (especially) Music To The Man are excellent, as are Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (best ever re-make?), No Headstone On My Grave, Johnny B. Goode, Pledging My Love & Trouble In Mind, but some of the other revivals are far less successful musically (I've always found this version of What'd I Say particularly bad). It would've made a 5 star single album, but as a double... 3 out of 5 Outtakes: Goldmine In The Sky / Singing The Blues / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Dungaree Doll / I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby These outtakes were first issued in 1986 when The Session was re-released as two single albums by Bear Family. Goldmine In The Sky is a heart-felt slow gospel song which would've sounded very out of place on the original album (though perhaps would've made a nice B-side); (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction & Be-Bop-A-Lula are slowed-down dirges; and both Dungaree Doll & I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby are just brief jams. So only Singing The Blues was perhaps worth issueing originally though that's nothing special either. A few rehearsals & alternate takes from these sessions are available on bootlegs. This is from an excellent blog by Peter Checksfield. See the whole blog at http://themargatemusicman.blogspot.com/ ... years.html



RocknRollArchivist 4th Nov 2014		Manufactured and distributed by Phonogram Inc. ℗ 1973 Phonogram Inc. Stereo. Gatefold with flaps. Recorded on January 8-11, 1973. Produced by Steve Rowland. A&R: Robin McBride. Studio: Advision, London. Engineer: Martin Reshent. Mastering: Gilbert Kong. Art director: Jim Ladwig. Design: John Youssi. Lettering: Joe Sundwall. Packaging by Album Graphics, Inc. Photos: Barrie Wentzell. Executive Producer Charles Fach. Guest Artists: Tony Ashton, Andy Bown, Delaney Bramlett, B. J. Cole, Tony Colton, Drew Croon, Matthew Fisher, Peter Frampton, Rory Gallagher, Pete Gavin, John Gustafson, Chas Hodges, Joe Jammer, Kenny Jones, Mickey Jones, Mick Kellie, Albert Lee, Alvin Lee, Kenneth Lovelace, Brian Parrish, Pete Robinson, Steve Rowland, Ray Smith, Gary Taylor, Thunderthighs, Klaus Voormann, Gary Wright. "Maraschiro" (composer of track D5) is in fact Marascalco.

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