Jerry Lee Lewis: 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings CD Track Listing

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Jerry Lee Lewis 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings (2000)
Originally Released June 6, 2000\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Just one of many of Jerry Lee's Sun best-ofs, this one largely sticks to the original single releases with a few strays like "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" thrown in to fill things out. The transfers are as clean as it gets and although this doesn't replace Rhino's version of essentially the same material, it does offer a few stray tracks ("Love on Broadway," "Waitin' for a Train," "I Can't Seem fo Say Goodbye," "One Minute Past Eternity," "Invitation to Your Party") you might want or need if you don't feel like popping for Bear Family's exhaustive eight-disc box set. -- Cub Koda\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nSeminal Rock 'n' Roll Recordings, December 9, 2000 \nReviewer: redtunictroll (Earth, USA) \nGiven how well anthologized Lewis' recordings for Sun are, anyone issuing yet another collection is going to find themselves the target of criticism. Why these 25 tracks? Why so much duplication of material that's readily available elsewhere? Why only one disc? Tough questions in a market that has been glutted with this material for many years.\n\nOn the other hand, what Varese's included here is the Real Stuff: pristinely transferred original singles recordings. The 25 tracks include all of Lewis major chart hits (both pop and country) during his six-year tenure at Sun. All of the best-known early titles (and those most overplayed by Oldies radio) are here, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Great Balls of Fire" (which, amazingly, makes an entire band out of only a piano and a guitar), "Breathless," and "High School Confidential." Non-charting B-sides such as his cover of Roy Orbison's "Down the Line," and previously unissued rarities like "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" show that The Killer had more good material than radio and the public were able to soak up at the time. Throughout the recordings, the support from guitarist Roland Janes is stellar, and drummer J.M. Van Eaton mostly keeps pace with Lewis' manic performances.\n\nThe wealth and breadth of material that Lewis recorded for Sun couldn't possibly be represented in only 25 tracks, and Varese clearly knows this. They've chosen to focus on Lewis' seminal contributions to the birth of rock 'n' roll, seasoned with a few ballad, pop novelties and country tunes. It's a common musical characterization of Lewis, and though perhaps not fully revealing of his talent, what's here is sure to please most listeners. As a single-disc summary of Lewis' Sun years, this is as good as any and better than many. For the whole story, save your pennies and buy Bear Family's comprehensive 8-disc box set. \n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nProducers: Sam Phillips, Jack Clement, Bill Justis, Billy Sherrill.\nCompilation producer: Cary E. Mansfield.\nIncludes liner notes by Allen J. Wiener.\nDigitally remastered by Dan Hersch (Digiprep, Hollywood, California).\n\n25 ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS is an extremely well chosen anthology of Jerry Lee Lewis' early work. This music is as extreme as '50s rock gets. After all, as Allan J. Weiner puts it in his excellent liner notes, if rock & roll had a voice, attitude, and performing style, it would very closely resemble Lewis'.\nAmong these epochal, reverb-drenched blasts, one finds all of Lewis' hits-"Great Balls of Fire," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On," and "Breathless." Many of the less familiar tracks are just as potent. Lewis' leering, rockabilly version of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" and his country boogie take on Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart" are especially good. As one-CD Lewis best-of selections go, this disc is pretty hard to beat.
This rock cd contains 25 tracks and runs 61min 8sec.
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