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(1957) Sun 272 ''Greenback Dollar, Watch And Chain'' b/w ''Foolish Heart'' Ray Harris

STUDIO SESSION FOR RAY HARRIS AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS 1957 SUN RECORDING STUDIO 706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SUN SESSION: SUNDAY APRIL 7, / OR MAY 1957 SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS Geographically speaking, Mississippi, (the Northern border lies just below the city of Memphis) was an ideal state from which to feed exuberant wannabes into the Sun domain. Homer Ray Harris was born there in 1927, which made him one of the more senior contenders to figure in Sam Phillips' growing rockabilly empire. His second single, ''Greenback Dollar, Watch And Chain'', comes from the folksy end of public domain and features a young Roy Orbison in the chorus. (SC) "GREENBACK DOLLAR, WATCH AND CHAIN'' Composer: - Ray Marris Publisher: - B.M.I. - Knox Music Incorporated Matrix number: - U 254 - Master (2:54) Recorded: - May 1957 or Probably April 7, 1957 Released: - June 1957 First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 272-A mono GREENBACK DOLLAR, WATCH AND CHAIN / FOOLISH HEART Reissued: - 1995 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15802-4-13 mono THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 2 "Greenback Dollar" is a loony tune, and no less lovable. And what a mixture of styles!. A doo wop chorus, and more of the wild and woolly guitar / drum sound from the flipside. Only this time around a piano and slap bass player have been added. A truly overproduced record by Sun's delightful 1957 standards. Everybody did his part live, right off the floor, with no overdubbing. As Wayne Cogswell recalls, ''I was singing and playing lead guitar at the same time. Nothing fancy on that record''. Part of the prodigious amount of energy in the room stems from Reisenberg's drumming. The whole record comes close to being a drum solo rather than conventional 2/4 rhythm. You can hear guys shouting and whistling in the background during the guitar and piano solos. It sounds like a party going on and the drums certainly contribute to the mood. When the piano solo starts, Joe moves to his crash cymbal for emphasis. And then there's that memorable fade on a drum roll! How many records do you know, Sun or otherwise, that end on a drum roll? If Sam hadn't faded it, Joe might have kept at it until moved uptown in 1960. "FOOLISH HEART" Composer: - Ray Harris-Wayne Cogswell Publisher: - B.M.I. - Knox Music Incorporated Matrix number: - U 255 - Master (2:10) Recorded: - May 1957 Released: - June 1957 First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 272-B mono FOOLISH HEART / GREENBACK DOLLAR, WATCH AND CHAIN Reissued: - 1995 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15802-4-14 mono THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 2 "Foolish Heart" is a wonderful loony tune of a record. A doowop chorus welded onto a minimalist bluesy ballad. Other than the voice, the sound is not appreciably different from Harris' previous outing (SUN 254), which was markedly under produced even by 1956 standards. Wayne Cogswell and Joey Reisenberg are all over this record. Every empty space is a personal challenge to be filled by guitar and drums. Their playing is so assertive that the missing bass player is hardly noticed. Ray Harris contributes here on this session a fine vocal, even for a self-professed non-singer. The party atmosphere adds a delightful touch and enhances both instrumental breaks. The unknown piano player is suitably high spirited, although his style is notably un-Jerry Lee-like. If things weren't sufficiently off-the-wall, this record ends on a drum roll. Not exactly an everyday occurrence, made doubly bizarre by the studio fade. Precious few Sun record ended with fade-outs, despite how commonplace the practice was elsewhere. When we finally get a Sun fade, it focuses not on a repeated vocal or instrumental line, but on a drum roll. What a label!. For many years it was thought that Elvis Presley played piano on both of Ray Harris Sun release. However, research has discovered that Charlie Rich was the piano player. The vocal backing was provided by Roy Orbison, Wayne Cogswell, and Red Hensley. (HD) Name (Or. No. Of Instruments) Ray Harris - Vocals and Guitar Wayne Cogswell - Guitar Joey Reisenberg - Drums Unknown - Piano Unknown - Bass Wayne Cogswell, Red Hensley, Roy Orbison - Vocal Chorus © - 706 UNION AVENUE SESSIONS - ©