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Pat
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Long
Gone Daddy - Complete 50's
recordings
El Toro Records ETCD1019
That Girl of Mine (demo)
- I Guess It's Mean That
Way (demo) - Baby Come
Back (demo) - Do Me No
Wrong (RPM 461) - Baby
Come Back (RPM 461) -
Long Gone Daddy (RPM 473)
- To Be The One (RPM 473)
- Long Gone Daddy (Crown
CLP 5364) - Do Me No
Wrong (Crown CLP 5364) -
Baby Come Back (Crown CLP
5364) - That Girl of Mine
(Crown CLP 5364) - I
Guess It's Meant That Way
(Crown CLP 5364) - Baby
Come Back (Rollin' Rock
45-002) - Do Me No Wrong
(Rollin' Rock 45-002) -
Long Gone Daddy (Rollin'
Rock 45-003) - That Girl
of Mine (Rollin' Rock 45-003)
- I Guess It's Meant That
Way (Rollin' Rock 45-009)
- I Won't Remember To Cry
(Rollin' Rock 45-009)
Pat Cupp's fifties
recordings stand as some
of the finest rockabilly
ever made. His legacy may
be modest in term of
quantity (18 cuts for
only 7 different songs)
but the quality equals
the likes of Carl Perkins
and Mac Curtis (to name
two that pop my mind).
Songs 1 to 3 are demos
recorded at the Onyx
studio in Memphis in
January 1956 to get
interest from Sam
Phillips. Had he only
recorded these demos, his
place in the rockabilly
pantheon would have been
assured. Powerfull
rhythmic, hiccupy voice,
mean guitar... all the
ingredients are here to
satisfy the most exigeant
rockabilly fan. But more
was to come. Cupp and his
band (the Flying Saucers)
secured a contract with
Joe Bihari from Modern
Records. The result is
the session of May 13
1956 that saw the release
of two singles, RPM 461 (Do
Me No Wrong/Baby Come
Back) and RPM 473 (Long
Gone Daddy/To Be The One).
The fact that Modern/RPM
was more R & B
oriented shows on this
recording. A tamer
rock'n'roll sound was
favored, like the sax
version of "Long
Gone Daddy" (recorded
with session musicians)
or "To be The One",
written by Pat's sister
Ruth, with doo woop
backing vocals. Despite
the high quality of these
recording, the true
genius of Pat cupp lies
in his rejected
blistering rockabilly
version of this songs
recorded that same day (10
in total). They later
resurfaced on Crown and
another batch in the 70's
on Rollin' rock. I guess
I'll soon run out of
superlative, but if
someone would ask me what
rockabilly is, Pat Cupp's
complete 50's recording
would be in the number of
records I'd play to help
him understand.That's for
the music. Now about the
record itself, I feel a
little ill at ease
because I don't believe
that Pat was contacted
for that compilation. And
due to the European
legislation, he'll surely
won't see a dollar from
the money this one will
generate. Of course, I
can only advice you to
listen to Pat's music,
but don't forget to get
in touch with his fan
club here
to support him. And get a
copy of his latest
release
on Wild Hare, you know
where your money will go.
Fred "Virgil"
Turgis
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