The Come Back

Memphis Slim & His House Rockers (Artist), Matt 'Guitar' Murphy (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delmark
• ASIN: B00006I09M
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,063 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Only A Fool Has Fun

2. The Come Back (Alternate)

3. Shuffleboard

4. Living The Life I Love

5. Cool Down Baby

6. Nat Dee Special

7. I Love My Baby

8. Two Of A Kind (Alternate)

9. Smooth Sailin'

10. 5 O'Clock Blues

11. Stewball

12. The Cat Creeps

13. Call Before You Go Home

14. Back Alley

15. This Is My Lucky Day

16. The Come Back

17. Midnight

18. St. Louis Woman

19. 5 O'Clock Blues (Alternate)

20. She's Alright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slim's United sides, many unissued, August 28, 2006

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Come Back (Audio CD)

All of these sides were recorded for United in 1952-54, and many of them were unissued at the time. The band Slim is working with here features two tenors and the great Matt Murphy on guitar, and is possibly the best he ever had. Murphy is a terrific guitarist - his fleet jazz runs are impressive as his blues dynamics. CALL BEFORE YOU GO HOME is a downhome classic, with great lyrics: "Call before you go home/The life you save may be your own." BACK ALLEY and LIVING THE LIFE I LOVE are also fantastic, with Slim's hauntingly plaintive vocals really setting the mood. Another gem is THIS IS MY LUCKY DAY - beautiful! Many of the issued sides have been released before on LP, but what makes this disc so special is all the unissued sides that are included: ONLY A FOOL HAS FUN, the instrumental SHUFFLEBOARD, NAT DEE SPECIAL, and COOL DOWN BABY (which also has Murphy on the vocal) to name just a few. These United sides are among the best things Memphis Slim ever recorded. Not all of them are here, but most of the previously unissued ones are, and that's a BIG plus. Definitely worth looking into.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slim was awesome, April 5, 2007

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D. Aron "nosoap1" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Come Back (Audio CD)

Amazing compilation of early 50's sides featuring Matt Murphy on guitar. These recordings were relatively unavailable for years, and are a must for every blues/R&B-lover's collection.
It's interesting to compare these with his later "Folk Festival" persona -- these sides rock!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, February 19, 2003

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Tom Timmermans (Belgium, Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Come Back (Audio CD)

Do you like blues?

If you do, buy this album. It's essential. Memphis Slim is stunning on vocals and piano and Matt Murphy shows that he's a world class guitar player.

I rank this album way up there with "The essential early recordings" of Freddie King.