The Sun Years (12 LP set)
~ Release by Jerry Lee Lewis (see all versions of this release, 2 available)
Annotation
Inside this presentation box: 12 individually sleeved LPs containing 209 recordings interspersed with many extracts of hokum and mayhem from the original Sun recording sessions; each LP sleeve bearing a detailed track-by-track analysis of the enclosed recordings. A 36-page, LP-size booklet containing Introduction by Sam C. Phillips; overview of Jerry's career during The Sun Years; analysis of The Sun Sound; detailed session discography of Jerry's Sun recordings; photos, cuttings and memorabilia.
The whole comprising a definitive compilation of the vital recordings of a vital man: The Killer – Jerry Lee Lewis.
The 209 recordings in this set are coded on this box as follows:
- A: 57 tracks (27%) – as mastered and first issued between 1956–1965 by Sam C. Phillips' original Sun Records Co.
- B: 7 tracks (3,5%) – previously unissued raw tracks of recordings that were issued on original Sun with overdubbed vocal/instrumental accompaniment
- C: 77 tracks (37%) – first issued after the Sun catalogue was bought by Shelby S. Singleton in 1969. Many of the tracks, only previously issued in simulated stereo, are first issued here in original mono
- D: 60 tracks (28,5%) – previously unissued alternative takes of previously issued titles
- E: 8 tracks (4%) – previously unissued titles.
Tracklist
| || 112" Vinyl: Dixie (1956) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| A1 | End of the Road (A)
| 1:47 | |
| A2 | Crazy Arms (A)
| 2:43 | |
| A3 | You’re the Only Star (In My Blue Heaven) (D)
| 2:38 | |
| A4 | Born to Lose (C)
| 2:38 | |
| A5 | Tomorrow Night (C)
| 2:55 | |
| A6 | Silver Threads (Amongst the Gold) (C)
| 2:04 | |
| A7 | I’m Throwing Rice (C)
| 2:13 | |
| A8 | I Love You So Much It Hurts (C)
| 2:18 | |
| A9 | Deep Elem Blues (C)
| 2:44 | |
| B1 | Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (C)
| 2:17 | |
| B2 | The Crawdad Song (C)
| 1:48 | |
| B3 | Dixie (instr.) (C)
| 1:30 | |
| B4 | The Marines’ Hymn (instr.) (C)
| 2:24 | |
| B5 | Goodnight Irene (D)
| 2:59 | |
| B6 | Goodnight Irene (D)
| 3:02 | |
| B7 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken (C)
| 2:22 | |
| B8 | Old Time Religion (D)
| 1:52 | |
| B9 | When the Saints Go Marching In (B)
| 2:08 | |
| 212" Vinyl: Whole Lotta Shakin’ (January – February 1957) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| A1 | Turn Around (A)
| 2:47 | |
| A2 | That Lucky Old Sun (C)
| 3:08 | |
| A3 | I Love You Because (D)
| 3:01 | |
| A4 | I Can’t Help It (C)
| 2:51 | |
| A5 | Cold, Cold Heart (D)
| 3:05 | |
| A6 | Shame on You (C)
| 2:07 | |
| A7 | I’ll Keep on Loving You (C)
| 1:48 | |
| A8 | You're the Only Star (In My Blue Heaven) (C)
| 2:21 | |
| A9 | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (D)
| 2:40 | |
| B1 | Ole Pal of Yesterday (D)
| 2:34 | |
| B2 | It’ll Be Me (D)
| 2:26 | |
| B3 | Pumpin’ Piano Rock (C)
| 2:02 | |
| B4 | You Win Again (D)
| 2:05 | |
| B5 | Love Letters in the Sand (E)
| 2:01 | |
| B6 | Little Green Valley (D)
| 1:51 | |
| B7 | It’ll Be Me (D)
| 3:44 | |
| B8 | It’ll Be Me (A)
| 2:44 | |
| B9 | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (A)
| 2:51 | |
| 312" Vinyl: Lewis Boogie (Summer 1957) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| A1 | Lewis Boogie (D)
| 1:58 | |
| A2 | It’ll Be Me (A)
| 2:12 | |
| A3 | All Night Long (D)
| 1:58 | |
| A4 | Sixty Minute Man (D)
| 1:46 | |
| A5 | I Don’t Love Nobody (C)
| 2:07 | |
| A6 | My Carolina Sunshine Girl (C)
| 1:50 | |
| A7 | Long Gone Lonesome Blues (C)
| 2:01 | |
| A8 | You Are My Sunshine (C)
| 2:23 | |
| A9 | Lewis Boogie (A)
| 1:58 | |
| B1 | Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (C)
| 2:33 | |
| B2 | Honey Hush (C)
| 2:04 | |
| B3 | Singing the Blues (C)
| 2:05 | |
| B4 | Rockin’ With Red (E)
| 2:17 | |
| B5 | Matchbox (B)
| 1:41 | |
| B6 | Matchbox (D)
| 1:49 | |
| B7 | Ubangi Stomp (A)
| 1:46 | |
| B8 | Rock ’n’ Roll Ruby (C)
| 1:57 | |
| B9 | So Long, I’m Gone (C)
| 2:10 | |
| 412" Vinyl: Balls of Fire (September 1957 – January 1958) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| A1 | Ooby Dooby (D)
| 1:56 | |
| A2 | I Forgot to Remember to Forget (D)
| 3:07 | |
| A3 | You Win Again (B)
| 2:52 | |
| A4 | I’m Feeling Sorry (D)
| 2:34 | |
| A5 | I’m Feeling Sorry (A)
| 2:38 | |
| A6 | Mean Woman Blues (A)
| 2:23 | |
| A7 | Why Should I Cry Over You (E)
| 2:33 | |
| A8 | Great Balls of Fire (D)
| 5:52 | |
| B1 | Great Balls of Fire (D)
| 3:00 | |
| B2 | Great Balls of Fire (A)
| 2:03 | |
| B3 | You Win Again (A)
| 2:54 | |
| B4 | Cool Cool Ways (Sexy Ways) (C)
| 3:06 | |
| B5 | Milkshake Mademoiselle (D)
| 2:21 | |
| B6 | Down the Line (D)
| 2:53 | |
| B7 | I’m Sorry I’m Not Sorry (E)
| 2:34 | |
| B8 | Down the Line (D)
| 2:02 | |
| 512" Vinyl: Good Rockin’ Tonight (January – March 1958) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| A1 | Milkshake Mademoiselle (D)
| 2:23 | |
| A2 | Milkshake Mademoiselle (D)
| 2:40 | |
| A3 | Breathless (D)
| 2:33 | |
| A4 | Down the Line (A)
| 2:12 | |
| A5 | Breathless (A)
| 2:41 | |
| A6 | High School Confidential (D)
| 2:29 | |
| A7 | High School Confidential (D)
| 2:42 | |
| A8 | High School Confidential (D)
| 2:44 | |
| B1 | Good Rockin’ Tonight (D)
| 2:40 | |
| B2 | Pink Pedal Pushers (C)
| 2:06 | |
| B3 | Jailhouse Rock (C)
| 1:56 | |
| B4 | Hound Dog (C)
| 1:24 | |
| B5 | Don’t Be Cruel (A)
| 1:57 | |
| B6 | Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You) (C)
| 2:43 | |
| B7 | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (A)
| 1:57 | |
| B8 | Friday Night (C)
| 1:40 | |
| B9 | Big Legged Woman (C)
| 2:25 | |
| 612" Vinyl: Wild One (March – April 1958) |
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| 712" Vinyl: Live and Let Live (May – November 1958) |
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| 812" Vinyl: It Hurt Me So (November 1958 – March 1959) |
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| 912" Vinyl: The Guilty One (March 1959 – January 1960) |
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| 1012" Vinyl: What’d I Say (January 1960 – February 1961) |
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| 1112" Vinyl: Won’t Happen With Me (June 1961 – June 1962) |
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| 1212" Vinyl: Can’t Seem to Say Goodbye (June 1962 – August 1963) |
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Release
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/867159 [info] |
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