Candid session · in the studio
January 16, 1961
Memphis Slim
Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC
- This day's music is on 2 records: Memphis Slim's Tribute To Big Bill Broonzy, Leroy Carr, Cow Cow Davenport, Curtis Jones, Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, U.S.A.
In the room
Memphis Slim – vocal, piano- Jazz Gillum – vocal, harmonica
- Arbee Stidham – vocal, guitar
- Nat Hentoff – supervisor
The takes
What the numbers mean
Candid numbered its masters by the tune; the take kept is the one that was issued.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | I Feel So Good | CJM 8023 |
| – | Rockin' Chair Blues | CJM 8023 |
| – | Baby Gone | CJM 8023 |
| – | Cow Cow Blues | CJM 8023 |
| – | Miss Ida B. | CJM 8023 |
| – | Forty-Four Blues | CJM 8023 |
| – | Troubled In Mind | CJM 8023 |
| – | Worried Life Blues | CJM 8023 |
| – | I Don't Want My Rooster Crowin After The Sun Goes Down | CJM 8023 |
| – | Lonesome In My Bedroom | CJM 8023 |
| – | Diggin' My Potatoes | CJM 8023 |
| – | In The Evenin' | CJM 8023 |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | Born With The Blues | CJM 8024 |
| – | Just Let Me Be | CJM 8024 |
| – | Red Haired Boogie | CJM 8024 |
| – | Blue And Disgusted | CJM 8024 |
| – | New Key To The Highway | CJM 8024 |
| – | I'd Take Her To Chicago | CJM 8024 |
| – | Harlem Bound | CJM 8024 |
| – | El Capitan | CJM 8024 |
| – | I Just Landed In Your Town | CJM 8024 |
| – | John Henry | CJM 8024 |
| – | I Believe I'll Settle Down | CJM 8024 |
| – | Bad Luck And Troubles | CJM 8024 |
| – | Late Afternoon Blues | CJM 8024 |
| – | Memphis Slim, U.S.A. | CJM 8024 |
26 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
