Apart from one tiny fluff, the products of his left and right hand, and his singing, effortlessly interweave. Start with Crazy Arms, which begins a studio snippet of Jerry wondering whether he can remember the words (to what was his debut disc for Sun!). ![]() Let’s just pin back our ears and listen to the man and his piano, with no band to distract us. But hang on a minute … let’s listen closely to some of the results of an astonishing solo session at Sun from May 1958. Some of you out there may have been thinking Jerry’s just an unsubtle, bellowing, hamfisted piano-pounder. And that’s it, just a trite story, but through the sheer force of his considerable personality, hammered piano, stinging bursts of guitar from Roland Janes and no little lyrical repetition, Jerry brings it home. “Open up-a, honey, it’s your lover boy, me, that’s knockin'” – Jerry’s at the door urging the young lady to get on her rockin’ shoes and boogie on down to the high school hop. There’s only one real solid gold hit here, the one I can come back to time and again and get just as much out of it as when I first heard it. For fans of the familiar you can find killer versions of Great Balls Of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, What’d I Say and many others on this legendary live album.īut Sun, and Sam Phillips, and Jerry Lee, is where it’s at. King’s Live At The Regal, Van’s Too Late To Stop Now … Jerry Lee and friends are up there with the greats. OK, there’s obviously a case to be made for song selections from the rest of his career, and the album I found most difficult to omit from this list is Live At The Star Club from 1964, when a supposedly washed-up Killer, ably assisted by The Nashville Teens, made one of the most brutal, thrilling live recordings in the history of rock and roll. Let’s just get straight to the music – the best of Jerry Lee Lewis is to be found on Sun Records. I’m not going to write too much back story here (but I will take a moment to recommend Nick Tosches’ wonderful “Hellfire – The Jerry Lee Lewis Story”, which is essential reading). Luke Winslow-King – Everlasting Arms (LP) $16.Contributors: Keith Shackleton & Dave Stephens.Irma Thomas – Sings (LP) $15.99 Read more.Ricky B – B Is For Bounce: New Orleans Rap Classics 1994-1995 (LP) $12.99 Read more.Jon Cleary – GoGo Juice (LP) $21.99 Add to cart.Jerry Lee Lewis – Live At The Star-Club Hamburg (Vinyl LP) $32.99 Add to cart.Various Artists – Red Hot Boppers (10″ Vinyl LP) $18.99 Add to cart.Carl Perkins – Put Your Cat Clothes On (10″ Vinyl LP) $24.99 Add to cart. ![]() The sleeve notes include definitive career-spanning sleeve notes by Clive Anderson. This new LP highlights the cream of Lewis’ peerless recordings made for Sun Records, when he was at his creative peak and includes: ‘Great Balls Of Fire’, ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On’, and ‘Wild One (Real Wild Child)’.ĭown the Road With Jerry Lee has been newly-remastered from the original tapes and pressed on audiophile-quality 10-inch vinyl, the first 1,000 of which on limited edition cyan vinyl. Whilst there he recorded prolifically, encompassing the diverse musical styles, including: country, gospel, blues, hillbilly and R&B, genres which he had grown up listening to. One of the few serious contenders to Elvis Presley’s title of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Lewis made his finest recordings during his early years with Sun Records. When Jerry Lee Lewis walks on-stage, he provokes uproar just by standing still… And from the moment he hits the keyboard, hands raking and floating around the mic stand, hair flying, he leaves no one in any doubt about who gives the greatest live show on earth. ![]() Limited edition 10-inch cyan-colored vinyl Description *This is a Vinyl LP* Release Date: 2016 Label: Charly Records
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