toptentwist
03-02-2012, 11:35 AM
I recently purchased a "two-fer" CD by Marv Johnson on the Collectibles label.
The disc is 27 songs.
The first twelve tracks are from the LP called "Marvelous Marv Johnson".
The next eleven tracks are from the LP called "More Marv Johnson" [[which actually had 12 songs - but one track was a repeat from the previous LP and is only on my compact disc once).
Both albums were originally released on the United Artists label but both involved Berry Gordy.
The last four songs on the CD appear to be an attempt to throw in four non-LP songs as a bonus.
I'm familiar with the first three - but the last one is somewhat mysterious.
I can't figure out if Marv Johnson released a record with "Sweet Georgia Brown" during the 1959-1961 time frame. I'm guessing he did - but all I can find on the internet are pointers to this Collectible CD [[which does have liner notes - but says nothing about original records).
Maybe the fact that a song was repeated on the 2nd album hints that maybe a different territory [[i.e. the UK) had a slightly different track listing [[with maybe "Sweet Georgia Brown" used in place of the repeated song).
It's an interesting arrangement. I'm wondering if it might have been the inspiration for Tony Sheridan's version... but that can only be true if it was released at the time. If its a previously unreleased vault recording, then my thinking would be misplaced...
For what's its worth, apparently the famous recording of "Sweet Georgia Brown" that most people know from the Harlem Globetrotters is an older recording by someone named MARVIN Johnson. Very similar name - very different person. The version on my collectibles CD is NOT the old Harlem Globetrotters recording [[which would be fun to own - since its very iconic).
The disc is 27 songs.
The first twelve tracks are from the LP called "Marvelous Marv Johnson".
The next eleven tracks are from the LP called "More Marv Johnson" [[which actually had 12 songs - but one track was a repeat from the previous LP and is only on my compact disc once).
Both albums were originally released on the United Artists label but both involved Berry Gordy.
The last four songs on the CD appear to be an attempt to throw in four non-LP songs as a bonus.
I'm familiar with the first three - but the last one is somewhat mysterious.
I can't figure out if Marv Johnson released a record with "Sweet Georgia Brown" during the 1959-1961 time frame. I'm guessing he did - but all I can find on the internet are pointers to this Collectible CD [[which does have liner notes - but says nothing about original records).
Maybe the fact that a song was repeated on the 2nd album hints that maybe a different territory [[i.e. the UK) had a slightly different track listing [[with maybe "Sweet Georgia Brown" used in place of the repeated song).
It's an interesting arrangement. I'm wondering if it might have been the inspiration for Tony Sheridan's version... but that can only be true if it was released at the time. If its a previously unreleased vault recording, then my thinking would be misplaced...
For what's its worth, apparently the famous recording of "Sweet Georgia Brown" that most people know from the Harlem Globetrotters is an older recording by someone named MARVIN Johnson. Very similar name - very different person. The version on my collectibles CD is NOT the old Harlem Globetrotters recording [[which would be fun to own - since its very iconic).