“Piano Red In Concert” by Piano Red - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1956Album Chart of the Decade: 1950s

TJR says

Probably somewhere around late 1953 RCA decided that they would make a stab at breaking into the R n B market in a bigger way by launching a new subsidiary label with the hep sounding name “Groove”. The launch was trailed in “Billboard” in early January 1954 and on the 8th February Groove issued its first 45 sides. The first LP was scheduled a couple of years later. It was set to be LG-1001, Piano Red’s “Jump Man Jump”. However, for reasons unknown (probably economic) the album’s proposed 12 tracks were shelved. It was decided that LG-1002 (“Piano Red In Concert”) would be Grooves first LP instead. Somewhat confusingly, LG-1002 turned out to be a hybrid, with 6 live tracks (runtime 20:47) on side 1 (recorded at a concert in Atlanta, Georgia, March 1956) and 8 of the studio tracks (runtime 19:29) from the shelved LG-1001 project making up side 2! Even more confusingly, many online sources seem to be under the impression that both LPs exist in separate form… just as well my inner Columbo enjoys the challenge of unravelling a good mystery…

The Jukebox Rebel
03–Dec–2009

Tracklist
A1 [03:13] 4.8.png Piano Red - Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo [live ’56] (William Perryman) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A2 [03:22] 5.0.png Piano Red - Don’t Get Around Much Anymore [live ’56] (Edward Ellington, Bob Russell) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A3 [04:01] 4.5.png Piano Red - Umph-Umph-Umph [live ’56] (William Perryman, Edgar Snead) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A4 [03:39] 8.3.png Piano Red - Got You On My Mind [live ’56] (Howard Biggs, Joe Thomas) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A5 [02:07] 4.2.png Piano Red - I Ain’t Fattenin’ Frogs For Snakes [live ’56] (William Perryman, Edgar Snead) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A6 [04:25] 5.1.png Piano Red - Rockin’ With Red [live ’56] (William Perryman) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B1 [02:00] 6.2.png Piano Red - Jump Man Jump (Chick Thompson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B2 [02:04] 5.6.png Piano Red - Do She Love Me (John Doe) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B3 [02:49] 5.7.png Piano Red - Real Good Thing (Dora Rutledge) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B4 [02:41] 7.5.png Piano Red - Pay It No Mind (Edgar Snead) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B5 [02:18] 5.3.png Piano Red - Six O’Clock Bounce (Chick Thompson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B6 [02:39] 4.8.png Piano Red - Please Tell Me Baby (Dora Rutledge) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B7 [02:28] 5.8.png Piano Red - Jumpin’ With Daddy (Edgar Snead) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B8 [02:30] 7.1.png Piano Red and The Four Students - Goodbye (William Perryman) Blues / Rhythm n Blues

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