The Essential Floyd Cramer

• Artist: Floyd Cramer
• Rating:
• Release Date: August 01, 1995
• Total Time: 47:03
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Country

Review

Although it isn't necessarily a definitive retrospective, Essential is the best CD compilation of Floyd Cramer's solo recordings yet assembled. Containing 20 tracks, including his hits "Last Date," "San Antonio Rose" and "Stood Up," the disc captures Cramer's signature stride piano style in all of its glory on a variety of country, pop and R&B numbers. Cramer was as well-known as a sideman as he was a solo artist, and even if Essential contains none of his session work, it contains a good portion of his very best recordings, making it a fine introduction to one of the most influential pianists in country and pop history. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Last Date (Lyrics)	Floyd Cramer	Floyd Cramer	(2:27)
Fancy Pants	Floyd Cramer	Floyd Cramer	(2:16)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Lyrics)	Hank Williams	Floyd Cramer	(2:08)
San Antonio Rose	Bob Wills	Floyd Cramer	(2:19)
Flip Flop and Bop	Floyd Cramer	Floyd Cramer	(2:14)
Your Last Goodbye	Floyd Cramer	Floyd Cramer	(2:25)
Corrine, Corrina	Mitchell Parish, J. Mayo Williams, Bo Chatmon	Floyd Cramer	(2:33)
Drown in My Own Tears	Henry Glover	Floyd Cramer	(2:27)
I Need You Now	Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs	Floyd Cramer	(2:37)
On the Rebound	Floyd Cramer	Floyd Cramer	(2:06)
Georgia on My Mind	Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell	Floyd Cramer	(3:45)
Lovesick Blues	Irving Mills, Cliff Friend	Floyd Cramer	(2:05)
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Harry Warren, Mack Gordon	Floyd Cramer	(2:03)
Losers Weepers	Floyd Cramer	Floyd Cramer	(2:03)
Java	Augustus Pablo, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Alvin O. Tyler, Freddy Friday, Allen Toussaint, Marilyn Schack	Floyd Cramer	(2:01)
Shaum	Floyd Cramer	Floyd Cramer	(2:20)
(These Are) The Young Years	Johnny Cowell	Floyd Cramer	(2:13)
All Keyed Up	Grady Martin, Floyd Cramer	Floyd Cramer	(2:05)
Stood Up	Al Gorgoni, Jerry Teiffer	Floyd Cramer	(2:05)
What'd I Say	Ray Charles	Floyd Cramer	(2:51)

Credits

Bill Porter (Engineer), Susan Eaddy (Art Direction), Mike Hartry (Digital Transfers), Felton Jarvis (Producer), Colin Escott (Liner Notes), Bill Justis (Arranger), Chet Atkins (Liner Notes), Jim Malloy (Engineer), Paul Williams (Tape Research), Eddie Eddings (Research), Chet Atkins (Producer), Colin Escott (Repertoire Selection), Dennis Ferrante (Mixing), Eddie Tallia (Digital Transfers), Floyd Cramer (Liner Notes), Paul Williams (Compilation Producer), Eddie Eddings (Vault Research), Bill Lacey (Audio Restoration), Colin Escott (Sequencing), Anita Kerr (Arranger), Floyd Cramer (Piano), Paul Williams (Research), Pat Martin (Mixing), Colin Escott (Selection), Cleve Keller (Archive Research), Boots Randolph (Liner Notes), Julie Wanca (Design), Tommy Strong (Engineer)