Jerry Lee Lewis
Essential Jerry Lee Lewis: The Sun Sessions
Essential Jerry Lee Lewis: The Sun Sessions
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Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Jan 01, 2013
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Liner Note Author: Robert Gordon.
RCA/Legacy's 2013 collection The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis: The Sun Sessions digs deep into the Killer's earliest years, offering 40 peerless sides from his time at Sam Phillips' legendary Memphis studio. Anybody just looking for the hits -- "Crazy Arms," "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On," "Great Balls of Fire," "Breathless," "High School Confidential" -- will find this to be too much, but their needs are well-served elsewhere in the countless compilations of these basics. This does something better: it offers a detailed portrait of Jerry Lee's immense talents as an interpreter and song stylist, illustrating how he could bend country, gospel, blues, R&B, and even Elvis tunes to sound like he was the guy who sang the song first. Yes, this could be heard on Bear Family's seminal 1989 box Classic, but that eight-disc box demands effort. At 40 songs and two discs, The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis speeds on by, dazzling listeners with the depth and breadth of the Killer's classic work. This doesn't tell his whole story -- his Smash/Mercury sides are wonderful in a very different way -- but there was a real need for a collection that explored the Sun sessions in a thorough yet invigorating fashion, which this essential Essential surely does. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
RCA/Legacy's 2013 collection The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis: The Sun Sessions digs deep into the Killer's earliest years, offering 40 peerless sides from his time at Sam Phillips' legendary Memphis studio. Anybody just looking for the hits -- "Crazy Arms," "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On," "Great Balls of Fire," "Breathless," "High School Confidential" -- will find this to be too much, but their needs are well-served elsewhere in the countless compilations of these basics. This does something better: it offers a detailed portrait of Jerry Lee's immense talents as an interpreter and song stylist, illustrating how he could bend country, gospel, blues, R&B, and even Elvis tunes to sound like he was the guy who sang the song first. Yes, this could be heard on Bear Family's seminal 1989 box Classic, but that eight-disc box demands effort. At 40 songs and two discs, The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis speeds on by, dazzling listeners with the depth and breadth of the Killer's classic work. This doesn't tell his whole story -- his Smash/Mercury sides are wonderful in a very different way -- but there was a real need for a collection that explored the Sun sessions in a thorough yet invigorating fashion, which this essential Essential surely does. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Crazy Arms
2 - End of the Road
3 - Goodnight Irene
4 - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
5 - Sixty Minute Man
6 - Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On
7 - It'll Be Me
8 - Lewis Boogie
9 - When the Saints Go Marchin' In
10 - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
11 - Ubangi Stomp
12 - You Win Again
13 - Mean Woman Blues
14 - Great Balls of Fire
15 - Milkshake Mademoiselle
16 - Breathless
17 - Good Rockin' Tonight
18 - Jailhouse Rock
19 - Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
20 - Big Legged Woman
Disc 2:
1 - Hello, Hello Baby
2 - Fools Like Me
3 - Put Me Down
4 - High School Confidential
5 - Wild One (Real Wild Child)
6 - Breakup
7 - Big Blon' Baby
8 - Lovin' Up a Storm
9 - Hillbilly Fever
10 - Let's Talk About Us
11 - Old Black Joe
12 - What'd I Say
13 - It Won't Happen with Me
14 - Cold Cold Heart
15 - Waiting for a Train
16 - One Minute Past Eternity
17 - Invitation to Your Party
18 - I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye
19 - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
20 - Setting the Woods on Fire
1 - Crazy Arms
2 - End of the Road
3 - Goodnight Irene
4 - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
5 - Sixty Minute Man
6 - Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On
7 - It'll Be Me
8 - Lewis Boogie
9 - When the Saints Go Marchin' In
10 - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
11 - Ubangi Stomp
12 - You Win Again
13 - Mean Woman Blues
14 - Great Balls of Fire
15 - Milkshake Mademoiselle
16 - Breathless
17 - Good Rockin' Tonight
18 - Jailhouse Rock
19 - Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
20 - Big Legged Woman
Disc 2:
1 - Hello, Hello Baby
2 - Fools Like Me
3 - Put Me Down
4 - High School Confidential
5 - Wild One (Real Wild Child)
6 - Breakup
7 - Big Blon' Baby
8 - Lovin' Up a Storm
9 - Hillbilly Fever
10 - Let's Talk About Us
11 - Old Black Joe
12 - What'd I Say
13 - It Won't Happen with Me
14 - Cold Cold Heart
15 - Waiting for a Train
16 - One Minute Past Eternity
17 - Invitation to Your Party
18 - I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye
19 - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
20 - Setting the Woods on Fire