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Jerry Lee Lewis - 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings Audio CD

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Jerry Lee Lewis Band: Jerry Lee Lewis
Title: 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
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Release Date: 2000-06-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Crazy Arms 2: End of the Road 3: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On 4: Great Balls of Fire 5: You Win Again 6: Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee 7: Breathless 8: Down the Line 9: High School Confidential 10: Fools Like Me 11: Lewis Boogie 12: Break-Up 13: I'll Make It All up to You 14: Lovin' up a Storm 15: Baby Baby Bye Bye 16: What'd I Say 17: Cold Cold Heart 18: Save the Last Dance for Me 19: Sweet Little Sixteen 20: Good Golly Miss Molly 21: Invitation to Your Party 22: One Minute Past Eternity 23: I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye 24: Waitin' for a Train (All Around the...) 25: Love on Broadway

Jerry Lee Lewis - Sun Recordings
We have enjoyed it very much. This is a very good CD for Jerry Lee Lewis fans, especially of
his early years in music.


NO REVIEW THIS WAS FOR A FRIEND
THIS WAS FOR A FRIEND AND I HAVE NO FEEDBACK.


Not GREAT balls of fire!
They were what I thought that I wanted, but when I listened them at home, the versions of the songs were passive/low key. I reviewed the names of the songs. No GREAT BALLS of FIRE! It was not up-beat music.
This will be a recycled gift.


This could have been better
So, I may be a little too close to the subject to be helpful about a Greatest Hits disc. Being a Jerry Lee Lewis fan means that I own 99% of everything he recorded.
Any serious listener simply needs, at the least, everything The Hawk recorded for Sun Records. But, back to these 25 choices. Most are wonderful, so, why are "Baby Baby Bye Bye" and "Love on Broadway" here?
I could name hundreds of superior cuts by Mr. Lewis. A few nominations would be; the single version of "It'll Be Me". . . "That Lucky Old Sun" (just Jerry and his piano) "Deep Elem Blues" or "I'm On Fire. "
Just over a month ago The Ferriday Fireball turned 70. Criminally, this was widely ignored. Do yourself a favor and get some Jery Lee Lewis music in your life.


A Bit Dated But Still A Lot to Like
I was there just 90 miles from Sun Records to hear all of their artists from the beginning. There are enough Jerry Lee Lewis compilations that you need not slaver over this one. You know the standard JLL songs, stuff not to be denied; they're history. Also herein you get Stick McGee's "Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-Dee", the original dating back to the 40s, Roy Orbison's "Down the Line" and my favorite version of Hank William Sr's "You Win Again" (just listen to Jerry Lee on his 88s on THAT song). There are two songs used in the movies ("High School Confidential" and 2 versions of "Breathless"); they were not the last movie tunes by Jerry Lee. His singing is quite stylized in an earnest attempt to make others' songs his own BUT. . . . Due to the age of the early tunes, many songs done RECENTLY (IN THE 50'S) have now been done to death and "Cold Cold Heart" sounds a hundred years old. They could have been left out for stuff like "What Made Milwaukee Famous" and a host of other country songs he recorded. Still, I think it deserves 4 stars. But keep your options open before you buy.


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