Home Sweet Home [180 Gram Vinyl] [Reissued]

Recorded in Memphis during the late 1960s, HOME SWEET HOME is a wonderfully off-the-cuff example of the seemingly endless stream of musical creativity and strange brilliance that Memphis has to offer. Originally released in 1970 on Stax, though having few similarities with the sound and style that made that label famous, HOME SWEET HOME is studio whiz/hepcat Terry Manning's unique musical gumbo of blues, '60s psychedelia, R&B, and frat rock. Manning did nearly all the recording and playing himself (although he does get some help from a few friends, including Big Star's Chris Bell in what is believed to be Bell's first appearance on tape) over a two-year period at the famed Ardent studios. A strange album if there ever was one (check out the 10-minute-plus opening cover of George Harrison's "Savoy Truffle"), HOME SWEET HOME is by record folks for record folks: instead of listening to them at 3:00 a.m. with a bunch of friends, imagine making one.