Essential Sun Records Country Hits

Jerry Lee Lewis (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 6, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: VARESE FONTANA
• ASIN: B003N2MSZC
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,088 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. One Minute Past Eternity

2. I Forgot To Remember To Forget

3. I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye

4. I'll Make It All Up To You

5. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You

6. Your Loving Ways

7. Waiting For a Train (All Around the Watertank)

8. Love On Broadway

9. It Hurt Me So

10. Wild Side of Life, The

11. Invitation To Your Party

12. Set My Mind At Ease

13. How's My Ex Treating You

14. I Can't Trust Me In Your Arms Anymore

Editorial Reviews

Most Jerry Lee collections round up the rock 'n' roll; this one spotlights the country hits, many of which have never appeared together and have rarely been out on CD! Includes One Minute Past Eternity; I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye; Invitation to Your Party; Waiting for a Train; Love on Broadway; It Hurt Me So , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 - The Killer's original country sides for Sun, August 14, 2010

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This review is from: Essential Sun Records Country Hits (Audio CD)

Few remember that Jerry Lee Lewis' first recording for Sun was a 1956 cover of Ray Price's classic, "Crazy Arms." Lewis' country roots were largely overshadowed by the string of incendiary rock `n' roll sides he recorded in the late 50s, and all but buried by the scandal that derailed his career in 1958. It wasn't until the mid-60s, at Smash Records, that Lewis once again found sustained commercial success, but this time on the country chart as a balladeer. His renewed popularity led then-Sun owner Shelby Singleton to dig up earlier unreleased country sides, including three from Lewis' last Sun session in 1963, and release them as singles. Varese's fourteen-track collection pulls together three sides released at the time of Lewis' tenure with Sun, eight sides first released by Singleton between 1969 and 1972, and three sides that went unreleased as singles, but have turned up on various compilations over the years. Tht titles include several top-10s, 20s and 40s, but more interestingly, it shows that Sun had tried Lewis out on the country chart with a 1958 cover of Charlie Rich's "I'll Make it All Up to You" and used "It Hurt Me So" as a B-side. Lewis' success at Smash comes as no surprise once you've heard these tracks he waxed at Sun in the late 50s and early 60s. He's a talented and nuanced country singer and honky-tonk pianist whose love of Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams is born out in covers of the former's "Waiting for a Train" and the latter's "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You." What does remain surprising is how easily he dropped his outsized rock `n' roll persona to sing these more intimate songs of woe. To complete the picture of Lewis' country career you'll need to pick up a collection of his Smash hits, such as Killer Country, but the roots were clearly planted with these efforts at Sun. [©2010 hyperbolium dot com]