*(1957) Sun 260-B ''I Want You Baby'' Billy Riley & His Little Green Men

STUDIO SESSION FOR BILLY RILEY & HIS LITTLE GREEN MEN AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS 1956 SUN RECORDING STUDIO 706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SUN SESSION: TUESDAY DECEMBER 11, 1956 SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS "I WANT YOU BABY" Composer: - Billy Riley Publisher: - B.M.I. - Knox Music Incorporated Matrix number: - U 234 - Master (1:52) Recorded: - December 11, 1956 Released: - January 23, 1957 First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single Sun 260-B mono I WANT YOU BABY / FLYIN' SAUCER ROCK AND ROLL Reissued: - 1995 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15802 DI-3-14 mono digital THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 2 If you were a song, even one as sweet as ''I Want You Baby'', how'd you like to get stuck on the flipside of ''Flyin' Saucer Rock And Roll''? Talk about being invisible! It is very easy to underestimate to this record. The lyrics won't make anybody forget about Cole Porter. The sound has that "live in the studio, cooked up spontaneously" quality. The results are endearing but just as easy to discount. Sun couldn't havepicked a more perfect B-side for ''Flyin' Saucer Rock And Roll''. It would have been a rare disc jockey who listened to this and decided to divert his attention from the A-side. Ask yourself: What category of music is this? Everyone knows that Sun produced hybrids, but how would you label this track? Is this country? Rock and roll? Pop? A large part of that confusion stems from Roland's wonderful guitar playing. Some of the alternate takes push the results closer to either country or rock, but the original 45 contains just the perfect measure of confusion. On the master of "I Want You Baby", Riley and company also shine on this undervalued midtempo gem. The smooth guitar work and pleading vocal reveal an exceptionally talented performer. Once again, it is James Van Eaton, whose tasty licks and accenting raise this fine record to excellence. (MH) (HD) (CE) Name (Or. No. Of Instruments) Billy Riley - Vocal and Guitar Roland Janes - Guitar Marvin Pepper - Bass James M. Van Eaton - Drums Jerry Lee Lewis - Piano © - 706 UNION AVENUE SESSIONS - ©

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