JERRY LEE LEWIS – SOUTHERN ROOTS – BACK HOME TO MEMPHIS LP – Nr MINT UK 1974 ROCK n’ ROLL

Jerry Lee Lewis – Southern Roots – Back Home To Memphis
(Mercury Records  1974  6338452)
Matrix No’s: 1Y1/2Y2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– tiny tear on edge in top right corner

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022) was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. Nicknamed “The Killer“, he was described as “rock ‘n’ roll’s first great wild man”. A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made his first recordings in 1952 at Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana, and early recordings in 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. He later became known for his chart topping country music recordings from the 1960s and 1970s. “Crazy Arms” sold 300,000 copies in the Southern United States, but his 1957 hit “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” shot Lewis to worldwide fame. He followed this with the major hits “Great Balls of Fire”, “Breathless”, and “High School Confidential”.

Southern Roots: Back Home in Memphis is an album by Jerry Lee Lewis released on Mercury Records in 1973.

1. “Meat Man” (Mack Vickery)
2. “When a Man Loves a Woman” (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright)
3. “Hold On! I’m Comin'” (Isaac Hayes, David Porter)
4. “Just a Little Bit” (Rosco Gordon)
5. “Born to Be a Loser” (Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter)
6. “The Haunted House” (Bob Geddins)
7. “Blueberry Hill” (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock)
8. “The Revolutionary Man” (Doug Sahm)
9. “Big Blue Diamonds” (Kit Carson)
10. “That Old Bourbon Street Church” (Mack Vickery)

• Jerry Lee Lewis – vocals, piano
• Tony Joe White, Carl Perkins, James Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Paul Cannon, Steve Cropper – guitar
• Charles Owens – steel guitar
• Donald Dunn, Herman “Hawk” Hawkins, Tommy Cathey – bass
• J.L. “Marty” Morrison – organ
• Augie Meyers – Vox organ
• Al Jackson Jr., Joel Williams, Robert “Tarp” Tarrant – drums
• Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr. – percussion
• Mack Vickery – harmonica
• Bill Taylor, Mark Lindsay (ex. Paul Revere & the Raiders, saxophone), Russ Carlton – horns
• Memphis Horns: Andrew Love, Ed Logan, Jack Hale, James Mitchell, Wayne Jackson – horns
• Sugar Sweets – backing vocals