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│ s o u p p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s │
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│ carla thomas-gee whiz
│
│ artist ........ carla thomas
│ title ......... gee whiz
│ release date .. 1962
│ label ......... Atlantic
│ cat. no ....... Atlantic 8057
│ url ........... n/a
│
│ rip date ...... 03-06-2005
│ genre ......... soul
│ quality ....... VBRkbps / 44.1Hz
│ time .......... 29:45 min
│ size .......... 45,7 MB
│ source ........ vinyl
│
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│ release info │
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│ │
│ "Gee Whiz" by Carla Thomas was the first Stax hit..... except, │
│ of course, the Stax label did not actually exist at the time. In │
│ fact, if the original plan of Carla's father had succeeded, the │
│ record would have been released two years earlier on Vee Jay and │
│ Stax might never have even been formed. According to Rob │
│ Bowman's book Soulsville, U.S.A., the story goes something like │
│ as follows . . . │
│ │
│ Carla Thomas composed "Gee Whiz" in 1958 and had committed a │
│ version to tape, which Rufus Thomas had taken with him on his │
│ annual business trip to Chicago. Upon a return visit to the │
│ Windy City twelve months later he found that Vee Jay were still │
│ not showing any interest, so he brought the tape back home to │
│ Memphis. │
│ │
│ In the meantime, Jim Stewart and his sister Estelle Axton had │
│ inaugurated their Satellite record label, on which they had │
│ released a handful of 45s. They had just settled into new │
│ premises when Rufus Thomas approached them with a number of │
│ demos; amongst which was a duet he had recorded with his │
│ teenaged daughter Carla. And so, in the summer of 1960, "Cause I │
│ Love You" by Carla & Rufus became the first track recorded at │
│ the tiny company's studio on McLemore Avenue in Memphis. The │
│ record was released as the seventh single on Satellite very soon │
│ after.s │
│ │
│ Unlike previous issues on the logo, sales on the record were │
│ very healthy. So healthy, in fact, that when the news reached │
│ Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records in New York, he decided to │
│ approach Satellite and propose a deal to lease it for national │
│ distribution. │
│ │
│ Financially galvanised by this transaction, Jim Stewart elected │
│ to take Carla into the more sophisticated studios of nearby Hi │
│ Records to cut a solo track, "Gee Whiz". Unfortunately, the │
│ finished result was not to his liking and he was forced to │
│ record the song a second time at his own studio. He released the │
│ new slower version on Satellite. As soon as Jerry Wexler twigged │
│ to the fact that his leasing deal applied to "Gee Whiz", he │
│ exercised his option and released it nationally on Atlantic. │
│ Meanwhile, West Coast group the Innocents had charted with a │
│ totally different song entitled "Gee Whiz", so Atlantic amended │
│ the title of Carla's to "Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)" to avoid │
│ any confusion. By the end of March 1961, the record was in the │
│ national Top 10 and 18-year-old college freshman Carla Thomas │
│ was a star. │
│ │
│ Some months later, at the request of another company called │
│ Satellite, Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton took the first two │
│ letters from their respective surnames and re-branded their logo │
│ Stax, thus officially launching what was to become one of the │
│ most fabled record labels of all time. │
│ │
│ An album was inevitable. Comprising almost entirely │
│ string-driven ballads - eight produced by Jim Stewart in Memphis │
│ and four overseen by Chips Moman in Nashville - Carla's "Gee │
│ Whiz" long-player remains a treasure. Highlights are the │
│ self-penned "A Love Of My Own", "It Ain't Me" and "For You", all │
│ of which display the influence of her heroine Baby Washington. │
│ │
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│ track list │
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│ │
│ 01 gee whiz look at his eyes 02:17 │
│ 02 dance with me 02:21 │
│ 03 a lovely way to spend an evening 02:35 │
│ 04 your love 02:09 │
│ 05 fools fall in love 02:23 │
│ 06 to the aisle 02:41 │
│ 07 the masquerade is over 03:38 │
│ 08 a love of my own 02:30 │
│ 09 promises 02:12 │
│ 10 it aint me 02:26 │
│ 11 for you 01:47 │
│ 12 the love we shared 02:46 │
│ │
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