The Mercury Recordings

• Artist: Jimmy McCracklin
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• Release Date: 1992
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Jimmy McCracklin's liaison with Mercury was relatively brief, from late 1958 to the fall of 1960, and Bear Family has only managed to locate 13 songs for this CD. But it's a rewarding chapter in the pianist's endlessly nomadic recording career, featuring his original dance tunes "Georgia Slop" and "Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch)," a New Orleans-cut cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," and some smoothly arranged (by Clyde Otis, Brook Benton's collaborator) pop/R&B outings that suggest Mercury had big plans for McCracklin that never quite panned out. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Wobble	Jimmy McCracklin	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:21)
Georgia Slop	Jimmy McCracklin	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:26)
Hitched	Jimmy McCracklin	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:54)
No One to Love Me	Willie Dixon, Brook Benton, Clyde Otis	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:30)
(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You	Sam Theard	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:23)
By Myself	Jimmy McCracklin, Howard Dietz, Clyde Otis, Arthur Schwartz	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:45)
Doomed Lover	Jimmy McCracklin, Clyde Otis	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:50)
With Your Love	Jimmy McCracklin	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:22)
Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch)	Jimmy McCracklin	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:44)
The Bridge	Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:21)
What's That, Pt. 1		Jimmy McCracklin	(2:43)
What's That, Pt. 2		Jimmy McCracklin	(3:00)
Folsom Prison Blues	Johnny Cash	Jimmy McCracklin	(2:31)

Credits

Jimmy McCracklin (Piano), Jimmy McCracklin (Vocals), Jimmy McCracklin (Main Performer), Lee Hildebrand (Liner Notes), Lee Hildebrand (Biographical Information), Clyde Otis (Producer), Shelby Singleton (Producer), Mark Wilder (Disc Transfers), Rebecca Everett (Mastering), R.A. Andreas (Photography), R.A. Andreas (Illustrations), Richard Weize (Reissue Producer), Richard Weize (Discography), Eddy B. (Photography), Eddy B. (Illustrations), Robert Allen Lowery (Arranger)