Various Artists - Sound Of The City : Memphis

This is probably my favourite of the series.

'Compiler Charlie Gillett is one of the rare guys who can make a virtue of getting dragged by obviosity. Although NYC, L.A., and Chicago proved too various to fold into accompanying musical cityscapes, he goes to town on a radio-ready two-CD mixtape that includes six songs with Memphis in their titles and three artists with Memphis in their names. It's got thematic segues, novelty instrumentals, stuff the historian-DJ plays wayfaring strangers in his living room, and known great songs now passed from the collective memory: "Tongue Tied Jill," "Trapped by a Thing Called Love," "I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home," the amazing "Third Rate Romance," more. Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King check in with early crudities; "Dixie Fried" packs thematic punch. And though some selections are only curiosities--Dan Penn must be one hell of a nice guy--the whole thing moves, slight dips being part of the ride.' (Robert Christgau)

CD 1

1 Memphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry

2 Me And My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie

3 Music Making Mama From Memphis - Hank Snow

4 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town - Bessie Smith

5 Mother Earth - Memphis Slim

6 He Never Left Me Alone - Spirit of Memphis

7 Going To Memphis - Johnny Cash

8 Blues In The Morning - BB King with Tuff Green's Orchestra

9 The Clock - Johnny Ace with The Beale Streeters

10 No More Doggin’ - Rosco Gordon

11 How Many More Years - Howlin’ Wolf 

12 Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats

13 Further On Up The Road - Bobby Bland

14 Mystery Train - Junior Parker

15 Red Hot - Billy The Kid Emerson

16 Dixie Fried - Carl Perkins

17 Tongue Tied Jill - Charlie Feathers

18 Hey Memphis - Lavern Baker

19 Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis

20 Smokie Pt 2 - Bill Black’s Combo

21 Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost

22 Scratchy - Travis Wammack

23 Tuff - Ace Cannon

CD 2

1 Memphis In The Meantime - John Hiatt

2 Last Night - Mar Keys

3 Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs

4 I’ve Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding

5 Your Good Thing - Mable John

6 Over Easy - Booker T & The MGs

7 Dark End Of The Street - James Carr

8 Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

9 Angel Of The Morning - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts

10 The Letter - The Box Tops

11 Thirteen - Big Star

12 Buckaroo Bill - Dan Penn

13 Trapped By A Thing Called Love - Denise Lasalle

14 Take Me To The River - Al Green

15 I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home - Ann Peebles

16 Theme From ‘Shaft’ - Isaac Hayes

17 I’ve Been Born Again - Johnnie Taylor

18 Third Rate Romance - Amazing Rhythm Aces

19 Po’ Black Maddie - North Mississippi All Stars