Album

For Collectors Only

Percy Mayfield

1989 · Blues

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For Collectors Only by Percy Mayfield

For Collectors Only is a Blues album by Percy Mayfield, originally released in 1989. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Life Is Suicide (Take 1 - Master)
  2. A2The Hunt Is On (Take 1 - Alternate)
  3. A3Hopeless (Take 1 - Alternate)
  4. A4My Heart Is Crying (Take 1 - False Start-Studio Talk/Take 2 - Master)
  5. A5Baby You're Rich (Take 3 - Alternate)
  6. A6My Blues (Take 3 - Master)
  7. A7I Dare You, Baby (Take 1 - Alternate)
  8. A8Memory Pain (Take 2 - Alternate)
  9. A9You Are My Future (Take 3 - Previously Unissued)

Side B

  1. B1Get Way Back (Take 3 - Previously Unissued)
  2. B2Advice (For Men Only) (Take 1 - Previously Unissued)
  3. B3Lonesome Highway (Take 1 - Previously Unissued)
  4. B4Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Take 1 - Previously Unissued)
  5. B5Strange Things Happening (Take 2 - Alternate)
  6. B6Ruthie Mae (Take 3 - Previously Unissued)
  7. B7Please Send Me Someone To Love (Take 3 - Alternate)
  8. B8Hit The Road, Jack (Demo)

Sound DNA

  • Blues

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Collection of alternate takes and previously unissued material
Recording dates:
A1: August 16, 1950
A2: January 22, 1952
A3: July 27, 1951
A4: October 16, 1954
A5: October 16, 1954
A6: November 21, 1950
A7: July 27, 1951
A8: January 29, 1953
B1: January 29, 1953
B2: April 23, 1953
B3: November 21, 1950
B4: March 31, 1952
B5: April 23, 1953
B6: August 16, 1950
B7: July 27, 1951
B8: August 16, 1950
B9: Date unknown
Credited for sessions not assigned to any album track:
October 23, 1950
Thomas Maxwell Davis – Leader, Tenor Sax
Jack McVea – Tenor Sax
Charles H. Waller – Baritone Sax
Lee Wesley Jones – Piano
Eugene Floyd "Gene" Philips – Guitar
George "Red" Callender – Bass
Lee Young – Drums
December 11, 1953
Thomas Maxwell Davis – Leader, Tenor Sax
Harold Maxwell Grant – Guitar
Ralph W. Hamilton – Bass
Gerald F. Wiggins – Piano
William B. Woodman, Jr. – Tenor Sax
Jesse Sailes – Drums
Jewell Grant – Alto Sax
March 23, 1954
Thomas Maxwell Davis – Leader, Tenor Sax
Jewell Grant – Alto Sax
William "Bumps" Myers – Tenor Sax
Floyd Turnham – Baritone Sax
Willard McDaniel – Piano
Herman Mitchell – Guitar
Ralph Hamilton – Bass
Jesse Sailes – Drums
Donald Julian, Roald Barrett, Earl Jones (aka The Meadowlarks) listed as The Maytones on label

Credits

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Performers

  • Bill DouglassDRUMS
  • Billy HadnottBASS
  • Bumps MyersTENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Charles H. WallerBARITONE SAXOPHONE
  • Chuck NorrisGUITAR
  • David BryantBASS
  • Don JulianBACKING VOCALS
  • Earl JacksonTENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Earl JonesBACKING VOCALS
  • Eddie BealPIANO
  • Fletcher SmithPIANO
  • Floyd TurnhamBARITONE SAXOPHONE
  • Gene PhillipsGUITAR
  • Harold GrantGUITAR
  • Herman MitchellGUITAR
  • Jack McVeaTENOR SAXOPHONE
  • James JacksonTENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Jessie SailesDRUMS

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