Sun Records 50th Anniversary Collection (2 CD SET)

Elvis Presley (Author), Carl Perkins (Author), Roy Orbison (Author), Sonny Burgess (Author), Johnny Cash (Author), Jerry Lee Lewis (Author), Rufus Thomas (Author), Little Milton (Author), James Cotton (Author), Charlie Rich (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• ASIN: B002KTJZ6E
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #848,864 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Industry Review: 5 stars out of 5 - Compilations don't come any more hot-rockin' than this!

DISC 1:

1. Drivin' Slow - Johnny London

2. We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis

3. Easy - Jimmy & Walter

4. Just Walkin' in the Rain - The Prisonaires

5. Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames

6. Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) - Rufus Thomas

7. Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames

8. Lookin' For My Baby - Little Milton

9. Boogie Disease, The - Doctor Ross

10. Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton

11. I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare

12. Rockin' Chair Daddy - Harmonica Frank

13. That's All Right - Elvis Presley

14. I Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson

15. Red Hot - Billy "The Kid" Emerson

16. Peepin' Eyes - Charlie Feathers

17. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley/Scotty & Bill

18. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

19. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

20. Rock 'N Roll Ruby - Warren Smith

21. Slow Down - Jack Earls

22. I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

DISC 2:

1. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison

2. Red Headed Woman - Sonny Burgess

3. Shoobie Oobie - Rosco Gordon

4. Come on Little Mama - Ray Harris

5. Drinkin' Wine - Gene Simmons

6. Feelin' Low - Ernie Chaffin

7. Flying Saucer Rock & Roll - Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men

8. Matchbox - Carl Perkins

9. Love My Baby - Hayden Thompson

10. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On - Jerry Lee Lewis

11. Rock Boppin' Baby - Ed Bruce

12. Raunchy - Bill Justis & His Orchestra

13. Cat Called Domino - Roy Orbison

14. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache - Warren Smith

15. High School Confidential - Jerry Lee Lewis

16. Shake Around - Tommy Blake

17. One More Time - Billy Riley

18. Mona Lisa - Carl Mann

19. Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich

20. Big Dream - Rayburn Anthony

21. Who Will the Next Fool Be - Charlie Rich

22. Cadillac Man - The Jesters

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Man, what are you WAITING for?, August 7, 2009

By 

Patricia Hennessy "CD Cellar 4" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sun Records 50th Anniversary Collection (2 CD SET) (Audio CD)

It ain't been no 50 years since they made this music, baby, it's been like five minutes. These recordings are about the hippest cuts ever to come out of a CD player, and taken as a whole (44 tracks, count 'em) they will blow your mind clear to Nashville.

We are talking Elvis. We're talking Carl Perkins. We're talking Johnny Cash. Roy Orbison. Jerry Lee Lewis. Charlie Rich. Sonny Burgess, Ed Bruce, Bill Justis, Warren Smith, The Prisonaires, Tommy Blake, Ernie Chaffin, Billy Riley & His Little Green Men...I mean, man, the list goes ON. Sam Phillips discovered 'em ALL, I mean that boy must've had an ear made of gold.

Song after song. It ain't just Elvis and Johnny Cash, no way. Just listen to "Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache," or "High School Confidential," or "Drinkin' Wine," or the original "Mystery Train" and then Elvis' earth-shattering remake, and then listen to Carl Perkins tear through "Matchbox" and "Blue Suede Shoes"...check out "Red Headed Woman," then "Raunchy," then "Lonely Weekends," then "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby," (he did!) then slap your ears onto "Flying Saucers Rock & Roll," one of the most insanely fantastic rock songs of all time, and son they don't MAKE enough batteries to keep your CD player going when you start digging these cats. Just keep it going, one great tune after another, and that's life, man. That's what it's all about.

Review by Bruce Hutton.