Jimmy Forrest : Night Train ( 1952 )

This Is The Original Version Of "Night Train".

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• blues
• jazz
• jimmy
• forrest
• night
• train
• sax
• record
• manhatin
• george
• corneliussen
• james
• brown
• turntable
• player
• 78
• rpm

[Luciferminusone]

Is that really your record player? I think it's neat seeing these old record players on YouTube to see how older generations listened to music before tape/CD players came out.

[manhatin]

@Luciferminusone

Yes, this record is really playing on a record player from 1967

[Luciferminusone]

@manhatin Right on! How many albums do you have? We actually have about a dozen but no record to play the on! I wonder if you can find record players for less then 100$?

[manhatin]

@Luciferminusone

You can find decent turntables Pioneer, Technics, Sony at some Goodwill stores. They might need a new needle but,all the bigger music stores carry them. Expect to pay between $25 and $50. Plug them in and make sure they turn before you buy one.

[Luciferminusone]

@manhatin Why is your video not showing up suddenly. I had to click on a weird video on the top that said playlists when it showed up in the results earlier. It's a bit hard to explain.

[manhatin]

@Luciferminusone

Quirks of Youtube, I guess.

[Oldschoolhockey91]

R.I.P: Sonny Liston

dude used this song as his training song he played this religiously and obviously it worked.

Dude was one of the greatest heavyweights ever.

This tune just says two words; BAD ASS.

[moloch49]

The "Stripper's National Anthem!"

[theotherhepcat]

@MegaKickassman Of course, Forrest was in Ellington's Band prior to recording Night Train and it becoming a huge 50's R&B hit... and Back to the Future favorite... In fact, Forrest was part of the Ellington ensemble that recorded "Happy Go Lucky Local" and possibly (not for certain though) he was also with the group when "That's the Blues, Old Man" was recorded.

Perhaps though Forrest were paying homage to their former boss and music mentor more than anything with the recording of Night Train

[theotherhepcat]

@MegaKickassman Arguably... One could ARGUE that Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington & Lewis C. Simpkins wrote the tune...

However, look (or hear) a little deeper and you'll find that one of Night Train's main melodies is taken directly from Duke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local" (as well as Forrest's solo breaks). The only difference is that the tempo is slower for Night Train.

And Forrest takes Night Train's main melody from Ellington's "That's the Blues, Old Man"

[IbarraBros1969]

from the summer of 1952

[MegaKickassman]

@Aleixpb2 jimmy forrest wrote this song retard

[MegaKickassman]

HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!

[Luciferminusone]

@manhatin Obviously.  I like hearing this and the Back To The Future version.

[Aleixpb2]

This is TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow... come on! I play this song more faster, like the original.

[ultraroadmap]

I think I'll get my girlfriend to strip to this!!

[carlitoboxing7]

Sonny Liston's favorite song!!