Home Sweet Home (Terry Manning album)
Encyclopedia
Home Sweet Home is a solo album
by rock music
producer
and artist
Terry Manning
, originally begun as a joke, but later turning into a release now considered an innovative classic by many rock collectors. Manning licensed the album for vinyl release by Stax Records
' Enterprise label in 1970, and then for CD release by the UK's Sunbeam Records in 2006. Manning reportedly played most instruments except for drums, and some guitar overdubs were performed by Big Star's Chris Bell
on Bell's first foray into the professional recording studio.
Solo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
by rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
Terry Manning
Terry Manning
Terry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....
, originally begun as a joke, but later turning into a release now considered an innovative classic by many rock collectors. Manning licensed the album for vinyl release by Stax Records
Stax Records
Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...
' Enterprise label in 1970, and then for CD release by the UK's Sunbeam Records in 2006. Manning reportedly played most instruments except for drums, and some guitar overdubs were performed by Big Star's Chris Bell
Chris Bell (musician)
Christopher Branford "Chris" Bell was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist born in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star, which recorded albums during the early 1970s...
on Bell's first foray into the professional recording studio.