Rock Archeologia

Robert Johnson - The Memphis Demos (1980 Vinyl Rip) 

Artist: Robert Johnson
Album: The Memphis Demos
Label: Ensign Records
Catalog#: ENRJ 12
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1980
Genre: Rock, Pop Rock
Format: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Bitrate: lossless
Duration: 00:29:56

• Exactly what it says on the tin, this superb disc wraps up the eight demos that Robert Johnson cut in Memphis in 1977, which led to him landing his first solo deal with the London-based Ensign label. Of course, they didn't have a clue what to do with him -- his best-known labelmates were the Boomtown Rats, so that's the crowd he was marketed to. Big mistake. Even more than the fish-out-of-water album that was Johnson's 1978 debut LP, these demos paint a face that would have been far better suited lining up alongside Southside Johnny and maybe Mink DeVille, a clutch of slow burners that wraps a couple of future album favorites around a bunch more deliberate rockers, and throws in seething covers of "Burning Love" and "Claudette" for luck. Because that's where Johnson's roots were, and the demos don't stray too far away. - Dave Thompson

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 • Side One:
A1. I'll Be Waiting 04:09
A2. Claudette 02:27
A3. Burning Love 03:11
A4. Wish Upon A Star 04:57
 • Side Two:
B1. Jimmy Dean's Back 03:18
B2. Shaking It Down 04:33
B3. Better Love 03:14
B4. Deep Love 04:04

Personel:
Dave Cochran - Bass, Drums, Vocals
Blair Cunningham - Drums, Vocals
Robert Johnson - Guitar, Vocals
Written-By Roy Orbison (track-A2)

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