When Mother's Gone (Spirit of Memphis Quartet) , 1953

EP. "When Mother's Gone" 1953; Peacock 1730; On cover: "The Spirit of Memphis quartet; 'When Mother's Gone'; Gospel Jubilee". Cover features two photos of same group of six men. In one photo, they wear matching light-colored suits and stand around a microphone singing. In second photo, they sit posed in matching dark-colored suits looking at something out of the frame to the right.; -- Founded in 1930, the Spirit of Memphis Quartet are more a continual concept than a set band. The core of the group was usually lead Jethro Bledsoe, tenor Robert Reed, and bass singer Earl Malone, all of whom joined in the 1930s. [Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide]