(1956) Sun ’’Slow Rock And Roll’’ (Take 1) Macy Skipper

STUDIO SESSION FOR MACY SKIPPER AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS PROBABLY 1956 SUN RECORDING STUDIO 706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SUN SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE PROBABLY 1956 SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS AND/OR JACK CLEMENT The fact that Macy Skipper recorded for Sun Records wasn’t revealed until a serious excavation of the out-take boxes was conducted in the 1980s. Skipper is clearly drawing on traditions quite different from the majority of Sun rockabillies. The veneer of sophistication makes his music more akin to Bill Justis than anyone else. After failing to secure a release on Sun Records in 1956, he recorded for a start-up label, ”Quick Sand Love”\”Who Put The Squeeze On Eloise” (Light 2020) for Light Records, owned by a local theatre owner, M.A. Lightman. After Light Records, Skipper recorded an instrumental single “Goofin’ Off”\”Night Rock”(Stax 117) for Stax Records, in 1960, and the Stax correspondence file reveals that they tried to lease it to RCA without success. From that point, Skipper worked society functions, country clubs and the like, all the while holdings down a day job as a government equipment inspector, right up until his death on April 17, 2001. (CE) ’’SLOW ROCK AND ROLL’’ Composer: - Macy Skipper-Melton McNatt Publisher: - . - Jack Music Incorporated Matrix number: - None - Take 1 - Not Originally Issued (3:09) Recorded: - Unknown Date 1956 Released: 1985 First appearance: – Sun England (LP) 33rpm LP 1023-8 mono ROCK AND ROLL PILLS Reissued: 1993 Charly Records (CD) 500/200rpm CPCD 8161 mono ESSENTIAL SUN ROCKABILLIES - VOLUME 3 Name (Or. No. Of Instruments) Mace Skipper - Vocal and Bass Brad Suggs - Guitar Melton McNatt - Piano Nelson Grilli - Tenor Saxophone Slick Glissom - Drums © - 706 UNION AVENUE SESSIONS - ©