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With His Hot and Blue Guitar (LP 1220) Johnny Cash

Dance Album of.... (SLP 1225) Carl Perkins

Jerry Lee Lewis (SLP 1230) Jerry Lee Lewis

Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous (SLP 1235) Johnny Cash

Greatest (SLP 1240) Johnny Cash

Sings Hank Williams and Other Favorite Tunes (SLP 1245) Johnny Cash

Million Sellers... (SLP 1250) Various Artists

Now Here's.... (SLP 1255) Johnny Cash

At the Rockhouse (SLP 1260) Roy Orbison

Jerry Lee's Greatest (SLP 1265) Jerry Lee Lewis

All Aboard the Blue Train (SLP 1270) Johnny Cash

Original Sun Sound (SLP 1275) Johnny Cash

Elvis Presley (LPM-1254) Elvis Presley

Good Rockin' Tonight (130.252) Elvis Presley

Elvis For Everyone (LPM/LSP-3450) Elvis Presley

The Blues Came Down From Memphis (HAS 8265) Various Artists

Let's Go Down South (Neshoba N-11) Various Artists

Doctor Ross His First Recordings (Arhoolie 1065) Doctor Ross

Blue In The Morning (Polydor 2383 214) Joe Hill Louis & Willie Nix

A Legendary Performer Volume 1 (CPL1-0341) Elvis Presley

Good Rockin' Tonight (Bopcat LP-BF-100) Various Artists

The Sun Collection (HY-1001) Elvis Presley

Lowdown Memphis Harmonica Jam 1950-1955 (Nighthawk 103) Various Artists

Elvis The Sun Sessions (APM1-1675) Elvis Presley

The Sun Years - Interviews And Memories (Sun 1001) Elvis Presley

Don't Step On My Blue Suede Shoes (CR 30119) Various Artists

The Best Of Sun Rockabilly - Volume 1 (CR 30123) Various Artists

The Best Of Sun Rockabilly - Volume 2 (CR 30124) Various Artists

The Legendary Sun Performers (CR 30130) Carl Mann

The Legendary Sun Performers (CR 30131) Billy Riley

The Legendary Sun Performers (CR 30132) Warren Smith

The Legendary Sun Performers (CR 30133) Rosco Gordon

The Legendary Sun Performers (CR 30134) Howlin' Wolf

The Legendary Sun Performers (CR 30135) Junior Parker & Billy Love

The Legendary Sun Performers (CR 30136) Sonny Burgess

The Sun Story - Volume 1 (9330-901A) Johnny Cash

Rockabilly Rules OK (CR 30138) Various Artists

Sun Sound Special - Raunchy Rockabilly (CR 30147) Various Artists

Sun Sound Special - Shoobie Oobie (CR 30148) Various Artists

Sun Sound Special - Memphis Beat (CR 30149) Various Artists

Sun Sound Special - Tennessee Country (CR 30150) Various Artists

Sun Sound Special - Billy Riley (CR 30151) Billy Riley

Rockabilly's Main Man (CR 30161) Charlie Feathers

Tough Stuff - Sun's Instrumental Gold (CR 30186) Various Artists

Rebel Rockabilly (CR 2015) Various Artists

The Million Dollar Quartet (Charly Sun 1006) Various Artists

The Sun Box (Sunbox 100) Various Artists

The Sun Years (Sunbox 101) Carl Perkins

The Sun Years (Sunbox 102) Jerry Lee Lewis

A Legendary Performer - Volume 4 (CPL1-4848) Elvis Presley

The Sun Years - (Sunbox 103) Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two

A Golden Celebration (CPM6-5172) Elvis Presley

Red Hot Riley ( CDX 9) Billy Riley

Memphis Blues - Unissued Titles From The 1950s (KK 7427) Various Artists

Reconsider Baby (PL85418) Elvis Presley

Original Hits & Midnight Demos (CDX 10) Charlie Rich

Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950 - 1956 (Sunbox 105) Various Artists

Sun Records - The Country Years - 1950 - 1959 (BFX 15211) Various Artists

Rockabilly Guy 1954 - 1962 (CR 30262) Hayden Thompson

The Sun Story (RNDA 71103) Various Artists

Sun Records - The Rocking Years (Sunbox 106) Various Artists

Sun Records - Rock Boppin' Baby - (BFX 151949) Ed Bruce

The Complete Sun Sessions (PL 86414(2) Elvis Presley

The One Million Dollar Quartet (SP 5001) Various Artists

A Teen's Way (BFX 15242) Narvel Felts

Real Memphis Rock And Roll (CDX 23) Warren Smith

Original Sun Recordings (BFX 15337) Dane Stinit

Problem Child (Z-2006) Roy Orbison

More Sundown Rockers (LP 1036) Various Artists

The Sound Of Sun (SAM 103) Various Artists

Sun Records Into The 60s (Sunbox 109) Various Artists

I Need A Man (BFX 15359) Barbara Pittman

The Great Performances (PL-82227) Elvis Presley

Let's Bop (BFX 15237) Jack Earls

Memphis Bop - Volume 1 (Boot 706) Various Artists

Memphis Bop - Volume 2 (Boot 706) Various Artists

Elvis At Sun (82876 61205) Elvis Presley

The Sun Records Story (LDS9670) Various Artists

October 11, 1957 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm LP 1220 mono

JOHNNY CASH WITH HIS HOT AND BLUE GUITAR!

Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar is the debut album of country singer Johnny Cash, released on October 11, 1957. The album contained four of his hit singles: "I Walk The Line'', "Cry! Cry! Cry!'', "So Doggone Lonesome'', and "Folsom Prison Blues''. It was re-issued on July 23, 2002 as an expanded edition, under the label Varese Vintage, containing five bonus tracks, three being alternate versions of tracks already present on the original LP. This was the first LP ever issued on Sam Phillips' Sun Records label.

Only five of the twelve songs came from his pen. He recorded a cover version of ''Rock Island Line'' then a hit for Lonnie Donegan, and another train song, ''Wreck Of The Old 97'', that had been one of the first country million sellers some thirty years earlier for Vernon Dalhart. There was a token nod towards Hank Williams, ''I Heard That Lonesome Whistle'', a revival of Stuart Hamblen/Ernest Tubb hit from 1950, ''Remember Me'', and a song from a very young Jerry Reed, ''If The Good Lord's Willing''. Cash even managed to sneak a religious song on the album, ''I Was There When It Happened''. It was a varied collection and represented the only album that Cash specifically recorded for Sun - the other five were cobbled together after he left. It also carried no hint of what was to follow.

On the back cover, liner notes written by Sun's promotion assistant Barbara Barnes that read: ''Johnny Cash and his music are one- blending to produce the kind of songs that bridge the gap from heart to heart. As Johnny says, ''There are three things you can't get away from. Loneliness, that certain kind of woman, and God''. And so the songs in this album echo the sincerity of Johnny's words and the universal truth of his experience.

When it comes to loneliness, you'd think Johnny Invented the word. Naturally endowed with a range, bit, hollow voice, Johnny's melancholy mood comes through strong on such blues ballads as his composition, ''So Doggone Lonesome'' or the old railroad folk song, ''I Heard That Lonesome Whistle''.

If there's an answer to man's loneliness, it's Woman. A woman can change a man's life completely. This is what Johnny says - a hit teasingly - in ''I Walk The Line'' (another Cash tune). This record, on single release, hit the top in the country and western field and also made ''Top 20 in the Nation'' in the pop field. Of course, you have to take the bitter with the sweet - hence, ''Cry, Cry, Cry''.

Coming to the third inescapable element, Johnny in this album sings one song of a spiritual nature. There's religious conviction in the strong, sensitive voice of Johnny Cash when he sings ''I Was There When It Happened''. Those who know him say that Johnny's religion to him is a very real thing, source of the peace he sings of so knowingly.

How does a young man of 23 get to be so serious, so soon? In Johnny's case, it was a matter of facing hard, cold facts from childhood. Brought up on a 40-acre cotton farm at Dyess Colony, Ark., Johnny was one of six children. The Cash family, though of necessity hard-working, always had time to sing together, and it was at home Johnny acquired his love of music.

At 18, Johnny enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. It was while serving ''three long, miserable years'' in Germany that he bought a guitar and taught himself to play. It went a long way in combatting blues and boredom, and to Johnny it was fun to work out original melodies now and then.

Service life completed, Johnny enrolled in a Memphis radio school, determined to become an announcer. On an impulse, he went into Sun Records Company one day and rather shyly asked Sun Records President Sam Phillips to audition him.

That was perhaps the most fateful day in Johnny's life, because he was immediately signed by Sun and his musical career was launched. That was in late '55, and one year later, Johnny was named the most promising country and western artist of the year separate polls.

Johnny writes nearly all his songs ''when I'm on the road, feeling homesick.... When an idea comes into my head, I jot it down. Later at home, I fish out maybe 40 or 50 scraps of paper and see what I've got''.

Backing up Johnny are two long-time friends, electric guitarist Luther Perkins and bass player Marshall Grant. They supply a strong country beat that never lags.

To hear Johnny Cash Album is to know Johnny Cash - the man, the lonely dreamer with a stubborn streak of realism which makes for strong and unforgettable conversation in song''.

Side 1 SU-119 Contains

Rock Island Line

I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

Country Boy

If The Good Lord's Willing

Cry! Cry! Cry!

Remember Me

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-120 Contains

So Doggone Lonesome

I Was There When It Happened

I Walk The Line

Wreck Of The Old '97

Folsom Prison Blues

Doin' My Time

Original Sun Recordings

Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar!

1958 Sun Records 33rpm SLP-1225 mono

DANCE ALBUM OF CARL PERKINS

Cover issued years later. Yellow label. Have circle of musical notes and staff around the entire label, with excepted of the bar wherein "Memphis, Tennessee" appear. The letters SUN with sun rays pressed in light brown at the top of the label.

Among the great early rock and roll albums, Dance Album, Carl Perkins' first LP for Sun Records, tends to get the short end of the stick. There's a reason for that. Sam Phillips rushed the album out after Perkins left Sun for Columbia in 1958, which was two years after "Blue Suede Shoes" was a hit, so Perkins not only didn't have a big single in the charts, "Pink Pedal Pushers," his last for Sun, stalled at number 91 on the pop charts, but the label released it more as a cash-in than anything, and it never made much of an impact on the charts. These details fade into the past as the years go by, and what stands is the album itself, which is as good as rock and roll gets. First and foremost, the disc is a virtual greatest-hits album, containing most of Perkins' anthems, "Blue Suede Shoes'', "Movie Magg'', "Gone, Gone, Gone'', "Honey''. Note: 2 different covers available. Reissued with different sleeve as ''Teen Beat'' (August 1960).

On the back cover, the liner notes written by Sun's promotion assistant Barbara Barnes that read: ''This album could almost be described as ''Carl Perkins sings Carl Perkins''! With the exception of ''Only You'' and ''Wrong Yo Yo'', each of the titles included are Perkins tunes.

For the most part, they're happy songs, light, toe-tapping rhythm numbers that just naturally make you feel a little gayer.

Unquestionably, the best known Carl Perkins composition is ''Blue Suede Shoes''. This is the record that sky-rocketed Perkins fame in 1956. This plain, unassuming newcomer was the first country and western star to have a record (''Blue Suede Shoes'') on top in all three categories listed by Billboard magazine, popular, country and western, rhythm and blues.

In addition to ''Blue Suede Shoes'' you'll find here such carefree tunes as ''Boppin' The Blues'' and ''Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby''. Carl's enthusiasm is contagious, and it he doesn't make you feel like dancing, well, there's something wrong somewhere!

Carl Perkins, when he's not doing personal appearances on the road, still lives near his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee. Members of the household include his pretty wife, Valda and three rollicking youngsters.

And if feeling good is therapcutically good then listening to Carl Perkins is what the Doctor ordered... Carl from an instinctive knack for making you ''feel good'' and happy and ready for a frolic even if you are just by yourself listening to records. Carl on stage is an outstanding showman. On practically every return engagement throughout the country he packs the house with return customers plus enthusiastic people, young and old alike, who have heard about the Perkins magic on stage. This exuberance carries thru his records which makes recording Carl a treat instead of a job.

Carl, at 23, is not only young in years, he's young at heart. On hearing his records, you can instantly sense his vitality and friendliness. It's a safe bet that all you young 'uns - whatever your age, will enjoy Carl Perkins album''.

Side 1 SU-121 Contains

Blue Suede Shoes

Movie Magg

Sure To Fall

Gone, Gone, Gone

Honey Don't

Only You

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-122 Contains

Tennessee

Wrong Yo Yo

Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

Matchbox

Your True Love

Boppin' The Blues

Original Sun Recordings

Dance Album Of Carl Perkins

May 1958 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP 1230 mono

JERRY LEE LEWIS

This album featured Lewis's hit "High School Confidential", but for some reason producer Sam Phillips did not include Lewis's bigger hits such as "Great Balls of Fire". Although widely regarded as the headline track, the title "High School Confidential" was not applied to the album. In keeping with an occasional record industry practice of the time (1958) the album was also released in 45rpm format, the twelve songs being divided over a series of three Extended Play (EP) records, Sun EP 108, EP 109 and EP 110 all pictured. The back cover of the LP feature a large picture of Sun Records President Sam Phillips admiring Lewis at the piano in the famous studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Phillips, then working to promote his latest star Lewis and also wrote the liner notes for the album noting that Lewis "is regarded as the very epitome in rock and roll". The album is currently available on CD, featuring bonus tracks from his first EP, "The Great Ball of Fire" (Sun EP 107).

On the back cover, liner notes written by Sun's promotion assistant Barbara Barnes that reads: ''It Probably seems a little unusual for a record manufacturer to write his own liner notes for an artist's album. But in this case, Jerry Lee Lewis's first LP, I want to express personally how proud Sun Record Company is to present this fabulous showman in his interpretations of a variety of songs.

Jerry Lee, of course, is regarded as the very epitome in rock and roll. His biggest single sellers ''Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On'', ''Great Balls Of Fire'', ''Breathless'', etc., have been characterized by the big beat and Jerry Lee's natural, uninhibited vocal style. This is the kind of singing which brought him back to the Steve Allen show for an encore one week after his first appearance in the summer of 1957. And it's magnetic performances of tunes like these that make the kids get beside themselves when Jerry Lee plays personal appearances.

But even so – Jerry Lee Lewis is very versatile. You'll see what I mean when you listen to this LP. He goes from a wild ''High School Confidential'' (which is from his MGM movie of the same name) to a tender ballad such as ''Fools Like Me'' with no difficulty whatsoever.

In fact, Jerry Lee sings a mean ballad. He gives the old folk tune ''Goodnight Irene'' a bluesy shuffle interpretation I'd be willing to bet you've never heard before. Likewise, ''It All Depends'' is given the full Lewis treatment – and if it doesn't move you, you've just got no sentimentality.

Jerry Lee's version of ''When The Saints Go Marching In'' will probably strike you as something quite out of the ordinary. Only a southerner, who has attended camp meetings or other revival-type gatherings, can fully appreciate the quality of fervor and abandonment that Jerry Lee gives this selection. Whereas ''When The Saints Go Marching In'' is thought of now mostly as a Dixieland standard, this version goes back to its origin as an authentic fundamentalist religious song.

I believe this is one of the finest albums ever assembled – truly showing the limitless versatility and talent of Jerry Lee.

Playing and singing for you – here is Jerry Lee Lewis''.

Sam C. Phillips

President, Sun Record Company

May, 1958

Memphis, Tenn.

Side 1 SU-123 Contains

Don't Be Cruel

Goodnight Irene

Put Me Down

It All Depends

Ubangi Stomp

Crazy Arms

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-123 Contains

Jambalaya

Fools Like Me

High School Confidential

When The Saints Go Marching In

Matchbox

I'll Be Me

Original Sun Recordings

Jerry Lee Lewis

November 13, 1958 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP 1235 mono

JOHNNY CASH SINGS THE SONGS THAT MADE HIM FAMOUS

''Johnny Cash Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous'' is the second album by singer Johnny Cash, and later re-issued in 2003, under the label Varèse Sarabande, with four different versions of tracks already present on the original LP as a bonus, but on the back cover, the liner notes tell the full story.

''Even as a little boy, Johnny Cash had a feeling he was going to be famous one day. It wasn't the kind of premonition he could go about telling people. They'd have thought dreams of fame and riches pretty far removed from Cash's barely-productive 40-acre cotton farm in Arkansas. Especially since Johnny had no idea of how he was going to make his mark.

Johnny left the farm to go into the Air Force – and in his travels he acquired first, a wife – and secondly, a guitar. Assigned to Germany and forced to leave his wife behind, Johnny found a faithful companion in his guitar. The boys in the barracks seemed to like this ''pickin' and singin''' and gradually the plan for a career began to take shape. He would be a singer , a country singer.

When he got back from service, Johnny was not so modest about his plans for the future. He let his Memphis friends know he was going to be a singer – a good singer, a famous singer – a singer who would revolutionize country music. No manor how long it took – he was determined?

As it happened, Lady Luck inclined her face toward Johnny almost immediately. His releases on the Sun label were instantly acclaimed, and in 1956, one year after Johnny Cash launched his recording career, he was named the most promising country and western artist of the year in four separate polls.

After the success of ''I Walk The Line'' as a simultaneous country and western and popular hit, it was indicated the course Johnny's career should take. Though always identifying himself as a singer for the country fans, a favorite entertainer on the Grand Ole Opry, Johnny Cash with ''Ballad Of A Teen-Age Queen'' came to be a top selling artist in the pop recording field.

Almost reluctantly, Johnny evolved a pop-country style in arrangement and instrumentation, evident in such hits as ''Guess Things Happen That Way'' and ''The Ways Of A Woman In Love'' to supply the demand for Cash records by fans of both types of music. It is ironic that Johnny Cash caused more of a revolution in pop music than in country music, as was his aim, by being one of the first country and western artists exposed on national ''general entertainment'' TV shows, and the first country and western artist to capture the LP market with one great release (Sun 1220).

Johnny Cash, in his voice, looks and demeanor, carries a certain aura of ''specialness''. He is a very dramatic figure, tall, muscular, with blue-black hair. He looks the part of a folk singer, a 20th century wandering minstrel. And his fatalistic style, both in composing and singing, has a quality of monotone, but of

''emotional monotone'' that defies analysis, but which is genuinely powerful.

Johnny Cash is one of those persons endowed with an exceptional talent which had to express itself. And being expressed, his talent has been uniquely recognized and applauded by many loyal fans, who will enjoy the reminiscent album of the songs which to date are landmarks in the career of the one and only Johnny Cash''.

Liner notes by Sun's promotion assistant Barbara Barnes

Side 1: SU-125 Contains

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

There You Go

I Walk The Line

Don't Make Me Go

Guess Things Happen That Way

Train Of Love

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: SU-126 Contains

The Ways Of A Woman In Love

Next In Line

You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven

I Can't Help It

Home Of The Blues

Big River

Original Sun Recordings

Johnny Cash Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous

January 12, 1959 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP-1240 stereo

JOHNNY CASH - GREATEST!

Greatest! is the fourth album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Sun Records in 1959. It was Cash's third record on the label, which he had left the previous year to join Columbia Records. By the time the album was released, Cash had already recorded ''The Fabulous Johnny Cash'', his first album with Columbia. The tracks on Greatest! were recorded between July 1955 and July 1958. Six out of the twelve songs became singles, with "Get Rhythm" topping the country charts and becoming the most successful one. The album was re-released on Varèse Sarabande on May 6, 2003 with four additional tracks, two of them being alternate versions of songs already on the record. And of course, on the back cover liner notes written by Sun's promotion assistant Barbara Barnes.

''The 1950s, as they go down in musical history, have been marked by a revolution in the record business which has brought to the public attention an unprecedented number of new artists. Now that we're looking toward the 1960s, it's plain that a few of these overnight sensation have endured, and Sun Records is justifiably proud that one of their discoveries, Johnny Cash, has earned an abiding place in the hearts of the music lovers of the United States and the entire world.

Call it personality, style, individuality, whatever you choose, that quality which endears a performer to his public is an asset which cannot be duplicated. Johnny Cash's personality pervades each selection on this album. The listener senses his warmth, his sincerity, his humor, and most of all his sense of loneliness, which perhaps is his strongest bond with the man or woman who pauses to listen to his singing.

Included in the selection on this LP are numbers which have soared high in the nation's popularity charts as single releases: ''Kathy, Too'' and ''Luther's Boogie'', to mention just a couple. Also found here are three tunes penned by another great of the music world, Hank Williams. ''You Win Again'', ''Hey, Good Lookin''', and ''I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You'' represent the best of Hank Williams, the writer, and Johnny Cash, the artist.

Johnny Cash, just a few years ago an Arkansas farmboy has matured to an entertainment figure with the magic to endear his total personality to his fans. His records, his frequent TV appearances, and his road tours are bringing him increasingly closer to his fans. Audiences like not only his singing and playing, they like him as a person. They trust him and they sense that Johnny is their friends.

It is for these loyal followers that Sun Records presents GREATEST - JOHNNY CASH.

Side 1 SU-127 Contains

Goodbye Little Darlin'

I Just Thought You'd Like To Know

You Tell Me

Just About Time

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Katy Too

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-128 Contains

Thanks A Lot

Luther's Boogie

You Win Again

Hey Good Lookin'

I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You

Get Rhythm

Original Sun Recordings

Johnny Cash - Greatest!

September 15, 1960 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP 1245 mono

JOHNNY CASH SINGS HANK WILLIAMS

''Sings Hank Williams'' is the seventh album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released under Sun Records in 1960. The album was reissued on Varèse Sarabande on June 17, 2003 as ''Sings Hank Williams and Other Favorites'' with five bonus tracks, two of them being alternate recordings of numbers already available on the album. Contrary to what the title might suggest, only the first four out of the twelve tracks on the album were written by Williams himself, with most of the others being versions of Cash's self-penned songs. Liner notes written on the back cover by Sun's promotion assistant Barbara Barnes.

''If there is one man who can fill the void left in the hearts of music lovers by the untimely death of Hank Williams, he is Johnny Cash. Only a few years have elapsed since Hank Williams was living, and singing his heart-touching songs. But already he had been recorded that type of immortality which comes to performers who are truly ''great''. The little people who enjoyed his music were important to Hank, and this is probably why they in turn idolized this man who was the symbol of all the warmth and sincerity and genuine emotion that country music possesses.

Johnny Cash is a singer who makes the same type of appeal which Hank Williams did. Audiences like not only his singing and playing, they like him as a person. They trust him and they sense that Johnny Cash is their friend.

It is very appropriate that Johnny Cash should keep alive the music and memory of Hank Williams through this album. Hank William fans are almost sure to be Johnny Cash fans, and vice versa. The numbers recorded here are representative of the best of Hank Williams as a songwriter and the best of Johnny Cash as an artist.

Included in the album also are some of ''Johnny's million sellers'', the choice records that are most in demand by the collectors of Cash records. The popular Gene Lowery Singers provide an added element on several of the selections in the album.

Barbara Barnes

Side 1 SU-129 Contains

I Can't Help It

You Win Again

Hey Good Lookin'

I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You

Next In Line

Straight A's In Love

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-130 Contains

Folsom Prison Blues

Give My Love To Rose

I Walk The Line

I Love You Because

Come In Stranger

Mean Eyed Cat

Original Sun Recordings

This album (SLP 1245 ''Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams'') had made a great deal of money. So Barbara Barnes convinced Sam Phillips that for this fourth one, which chiefly featured songs by Hank Williams, they should go to full color. The problem was, they had run out of decent photos of Johnny Cash to use for the cover, and they had none in color. They decided the best thing to do was to use a model to pose for a riverscape to suggest a lonesome guitar picker. On of the young hopefuls who hung around the Sun studio had Johnny's height, black hair, and overall proportions, Bill Justis and Joy Webb met one day at sunset and shot this musician. He was posed standing by a barbed-wire fence overlooking a river, a narrow stretch of the Mississippi or the Wolf River. In his brown fringed jacket and holding his guitar, the musicians was standing in the foreground with only part of his profile showing, but the emphasis in the shot was a beautiful glowing sunset reflected in the water. When Sun issued the album it sold just as well as if they had Johnny Cash on the cover, and no one ever asked is that was Johnny Cash. They left put the Sun logo on the front, putting it on the back instead, and it was the only Johnny Cash LP on which to sign Barbara Barnes name. In the liner notes she began, ''If there is one man who can fill the void left in the hearts of music lovers by the untimely death of Hank Williams, he is Johnny Cash''.

Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams

1961 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP-1250 mono

SUN'S GOLD HITS - VOLUME 1

Yellow label. Have circle of musical notes and staff around the entire label, with excepted of the bar wherein "Memphis, Tennessee" appear. The letters SUN with sun rays pressed in light brown at the top of the label. Note: Reissued with different jacket as Sun's Golden Hits, Volume 1. Liner notes written by Sun's promotion assistant Barbara Barnes.

''The small Sun studio at 706 Union in Memphis was variously described. It was called ''a chicken coop with echo chamber'', or ''a hole in the wall completely surrounded by Cadillacs''. It was not an impressive-looking place, granted. But this studio truly was the home of rock and roll.

It was a rectangle - 18' by 30'. There was a door at either ens, one leading into the control room, where mixers, echo chambers, and other gadgets known only to the few who did weird and wonderful trhings with sound.

By way of prologue, one should mention Elvis Presley. Though his Sun masters were sold to another label, and therefore do not have a place in this album, it was he who became the Grandaddy of rock and roll, cutting here at 706 Union his startlingly new rendition of what was then known as rhythm and blues, a province formerly reserved for Negro singers.

After Presley came a succession of discoveries who individually set definite patterns in popular music, and collectively established the reputation of Sun Records as one of the hottest and most creative labels in the country and Memphis as the rock and roll capital in the world.

Each ''had his own kick going'', as another illustrious Tennessean has phrased it. Carl Perkins, carefree and light, with the simple, infectious rhythm of the new dance: ''Blue Suede Shoes'' and ''Boppin' The Blues''.

Johnny Cash - tall, dark, and moody. A dramatic figure who somehow has the gift of communicating to others his understanding of the loneliness, the longing for something more, basic in all of us. A true folk singer, in the best sense of the word.

Jerry Lee Lewis, wild blond mane flying, beating it out at his ''pumping piano'' - singing, shouting, moaning, with complete abandon. Who could forget ''Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On''?

Then came Bill Justis, a balding, cat-talking bandleader and arranger who popularized the instrumental, which had been in limbo since the 40s. ''Raunchy'' was an instant smash - and another Memphian's name was added to the list of popular music greats.

Carl Mann was only 16, shy and unsure, when he wandered in with an arrangement of ''Mona Lisa'' that put him up in the charts with the big boys. His trend-setting style was widely copied by amateurs and also by some of the established stars of the recording field.

Finally, there was Charlie Rich, coming into his own as an artist after a long stretch as songwriter and pianist for most of Sun's big names. Charlie Rich, versatile as an artist, unpredictable as a personality-composing and singing everything from gut-bucket blues to uptown pop.

And behind it all has been the guiding genius of a man whose daring innovations have set the pace for our popular music almost a decade, Sam Phillips, founder and owner of Sun Records. Which company, by the way, is now recording in two ultra-modern facilities: 639 Madison, Memphis, Tennessee, and 319 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee.

Barbara Barnes

Side 1 SU-131 Contains

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Jerry Lee Lewis) EPA 107

I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) LP 1220

Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) SLP 1225

You Win Again (Jerry Lee Lewis) EPA 111

Mona Lisa (Carl Mann) PLP 1960

Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich) PLP 1970

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-132 Contains

Raunchy (Bill Justis) PLP 1950

Guess Things Happen That Way (Johnny Cash) SLP 1235

Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis) Sun 288

Stay (Charlie Rich) PLP 1970

I'm Coming Home (Carl Mann) PLP 1960

Boppin' The Blues (Carl Perkins) SLP 1225

Original Sun Recordings

Sun's Gold Hits - Volume 1

October 21, 1961 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP-1255 stereo

NOW HERE'S JOHNNY CASH

One of the many Johnny Cash compilations released by Sun Records proprietor Sam Phillips after the singer's 1958 departure from the label, NOW HERE'S JOHNNY CASH contains several rarely heard songs, notably a version of "Sugartime," later to become a hit for the McGuire Sisters, and "My Treasure," one of Cash's earliest Sun recordings. In addition there's a pop-oriented "Oh Lonesome Me," heard here both with and without vocal sweetening, and, as a counterpoint, the earthy "So Doggone Lonesome," which displays Cash at his world-weary best. Bonus tracks also include a bare-bones version of "Home of the Blues" and alternate takes of "My Treasure" and "Sugartime."

The material on ''Now Here's Johnny Cash'' was recorded between 1954 and 1958 and was released by Sun Records in 1961. By then, of course, Johnny had been a Columbia artist for two years, but Sun was never a label to let an opportunity to ride along on the coat tails of another if there was a record to sell. Indeed, it must have been confusing for record buyers at the time with Sun and Columbia seemingly taking it in turns to release albums by Johnny Cash.

The liner notes on the back cover tells:

''America has seen many fine folk singers, apparently beginning with the pilgrims, but seldom, if ever has it seen the equals of Johnny Cash.

His style, earthy in approach, melancholy in mood and unique in presentation and sound make J. Cash truly a tradition in American folk and country music.

Sun Records has put together this album with mainly ''Mood'' for Cash fans in mind. From ''Sugartime'' through ''Home Of The Blues'' you'll hear Johnny at his best''.

Be sure also to pick up all of Johnny's Sun Albums... if you already have 'em be sure to replace them whom worn and if so, beat it to your nearest record dealer''.

Side 1 SU-133 Contains

Sugartime

Down The Street To 301

Life Goes On

Port Of Lonely Hearts

Cry! Cry! Cry!

My Treasure

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-134 Contains

Oh Lonesome Me

So Doggone Lonesome

You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven

Story Of A Broken Heart

Hey Porter

Home Of The Blues

Complete Sun Recordings

Now Here's Johnny Cash

1961 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm Sun Records SLP 1260 mono

ROY ORBISON AT THE ROCK HOUSE

Roy Orbison at the Rock House is the first album by Roy Orbison. It was released in 1961 by Sun Records at a time when Orbison had already moved to the Monument label but had not yet put out an album. Sun Records owner Sam Phillips had a collection of songs Orbison had recorded at Sun between 1956 and 1958. Phillips capitalized on the national recognition Orbison had achieved at Monument through three major hit singles in 1960 and 1961 that had gone to the top of the Billboard charts. Most of the songs on Roy Orbison at the Rock House were written by Orbison but the songwriting credits were assigned to Sam Phillips, and are in the traditional rockabilly style the Sun label was known for. Notable exceptions are compositions by other Sun artists Harold Jenkins (better known as "Conway Twitty") and Johnny Cash. "Rock House" was written by Harold Jenkins.

On the back cover of this LP, liner notes says; ''Roy Orbison, a guy with a real taste for work when it comes to music, has provid that he has what it takes. Roy has been in the music business a long time, to be a young man, and has had a reasonable degree of success from the beginning both as an artist and writer.

Between his first success, ''Ooby Dooby'', ''Go Go Go'', ''Devil Doll'', etc., and his present spiral to the gold record orbit, Roy, lost no time in writing good material for other artists. I'm sure you will hear more of this side of him in the future - a real talented young man.

Roy was born in West Texas. He cut his teeth on the Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash early era and has steadily progressed along this category that has so richly enhanced the music industry of today.

You will find in this album a collection of Roy's adventures on the Sun label. We believe you'll find it to be a real ''Rock'' house for dancing and listening. It gives us great pride to present a real talent great, along with a real fine boy - Roy Orbison''!

Side 1 SU-135 Contains

This Kind Of Love

Devil Doll

You're My Baby

Trying To Get To You

It's Too Late

Rockhouse

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-136 Contains

You're Gonna Cry

I Never Knew

Sweet And Easy To Love

Mean Little Mama

Ooby Dooby

Problem Child

Original Sun Recordings

Roy Orbison At The Rock House

December 1961 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP-1265 stereo

JERRY LEE'S GREATEST!

The second album by Jerry Lee Lewis on the Sun Records label using a mix of songs including "Great Balls of Fire". It was the second of only two albums released during Lewis's time at Sun Records.

On the back cover of the LP, the liner notes tell you: ''Jerry Lee - one of the world's greatest showmen truly a pro in every phase of his profession has another great album demonstrating his versatility.

All the way from ''Money'', the opening selection on this collection of Lewis' interpretations, through ''Frankie And Johnny'' should give you an album for ''movin' to'' and I do mean movin'!

Jerry Lee was born in Ferriday, Louisiana one of three children. Two younger sisters both which are gifted musically. Although they have not made records yet could certainly do so when and if they get the ''bug''.

Jerry spent most of his professional music career playing shows and dances in and around Ferriday. From the time he was big enough to reach the keyboard he has been playing and singing.

An interesting bit on Jerry Lee is that he gets as much out of performing for a record session as for the public. He thoroughly enjoys music and can run the gamut from negro spirituals to a straight laced pop rendition with equal fervour for each category.

Please note that he is working with the ''big brass sound'' on ''Money'' and see if you and this Company will appreciate your comment. Just a postal card will suffice and it would be great to hear from all of you.

In case you don't have his other great album, please check your nearest record dealer - It's great too. It's titled ''Jerry Lee Lewis'' - It's a gasser!

Side 1 SU-137 Contains

Money

As Long As I Live

Country Music Is Here To Stay

Frankie And Johnny

Home

Hello, Hello Baby

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 SU-138 Contains

Let's Talk About Us

What'd I Say

Beak Up

Great Balls Of Fire

Cold Cold Heart

Hello Josephine

Original Sun Recordings

Jerry Lee's Greatest!

November 15, 1962 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP-1270 stereo

ALL ABOARD THE BLUE TRAIN WITH JOHNNY CASH

''All Aboard The Blue Train'' is album by singer Johnny Cash. It was originally released in 1962 by Sun Records, and later re-issued in 2003 under the label Varèse Sarabande, with six bonus tracks. In 1962 Johnny Cash had already signed with Columbia Records, but Sun was still cashing in on him by releasing this album with 12 prior released tracks.

The original liner notes on the back cover tells you: ''At the request of many hundreds of Johnny's loyal fans and followers, we have been asked to put one Sun album all of Johnny's train and related songs.

This has been a distinct pleasure to do, as we feel Cash has proven himself to be one of the greatest singers of Country and Folk songs of this or any other generation.

One of his instinctive and intuitional qualities is his love of ''train'' songs. To Johnny the live and the magic of our heritage is best brought to a climax in us all by the many nostalgie sentiments brought to our minds eye by great romantic tradition of the early of the train.

Hardship, joy, love, loneliness and adventure are all a part of this romantic age of the ''big black wheel''. Johnny Cash brings many of these great songs to you in one of his best albums, ''Blue Train''. Our hope is that you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed putting it together''.

Side 1: 70-1 Contains

Blue Train

There You Go

Train Of Love

Goodbye Little Darlin'

I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow

Come In Stranger

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: 70-2 Contains

Rock Island Line

Give My Love To Rose

Hey Porter

Folsom Prison Blues

The Wreck Of The Old '97

So Doggone Lonesome

Original Sun Recordings

All Aboard The Blue Train With Johnny Cash

December 1964 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm SLP-1275 stereo

THE ORIGINAL SUN SOUND OF JOHNNY CASH

On the back cover liner notes written by Neil Lewis: ''One of the greatest compliments a record company can receive is to have the record buying public buy its product because they recognize its ability to develop a sound that ''shows off'' the true capabilities of the artists it records.

Sun Records has always believed that any artist is only as great as he is given the opportunity to be ''himself'' at the microphone. Sun has done with many artists - Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and many more including one of the greatest, Johnny Cash.

In this album, Johnny has another of his series of ''Sun Sound'' performances that is sure to be one of the biggest selling releases to date. This album, along with the six previously released Sun albums (listed on this cover), will give the record buying public one of the best collections of a truly great performer.

Johnny has met all new trends in contemporary music with his unchanged style, which is displayed in one of his best ''record date showings'' in this album, the ''Original Sun Sound Of Johnny Cash''.

Side 1: Contains

Always Alone

Country Boy

Goodnight Irene

Wide Open Road

Thanks A Lot

Big River

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Belshazah

Born To Lose

New Mexico

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Two Timin' Woman

Story Of A Broken Heart

Original Sun Recordings

The Originale Sun Sound Of Johnny Cash

March 13, 1956 RCA Victor(LP) 33rpm LPM-1254 mono

ELVIS PRESLEY

Black label. Trademark Gramophone 1898 and Nipper on top. Label reads "Long 33 1/3 Play" at bottom. On the cover the catalog number is under the RCA logo in upper right. Elvis Presley's first album, consisted of five tracks recorded at Sun Records and seven tracks recorded in January 1956 at the New York City and Nashville studios of RCA. The cover photo was credited to Popsie, a pseudonym of photographer William S. Randolph. Four photos of Elvis Presley graced the back cover. First copies of the jacket had "Elvis" in light pink letters; in later pressings the letters were dark pink. "Elvis Presley" was the first album in history to sell one million copies. Certification as a million-seller was made by the RIAA on November 1, 1966. The album spawned a record five EPs. "Elvis Presley" entered Billboard's Best-Seller Pop Album chart on March 31, 1956 at #11. Within six weeks, it reached number one, remaining at the top 10 consecutive weeks. The total stay on the chart was 49 weeks.

Side 1: Contains

Blue Suede Shoes

I'm Counting On You

I Got A Woman

One Sided Love Affair

I Love You Because

Just Because

5, 6 Original Sun Recordings

1, 2, 3, 4, Original RCA Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Tutti Frutti

Tryin' To Get To You

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry

I'll Never Let You Go

Blue Moon

Money Honey

2, 4, 5 Original Sun Recordings

1, 3, 6 Original RCA Recordings

Elvis Presley

1961 RCA France (LP) 33rpm 130.252 mono

ELVIS PRESLEY - GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT

Yellow label. RCA logo on top. This extremely rare French 8-track 10-inch LP contained both sides of Elvis's first four Sun Records releases. "Good Rockin' Tonight" is significant because it didn't have the echo that RCA added to all of the Sun material. What you have here is the basic Sun sound in all its glory.

Side 1: Contains

Good Rockin' Tonight

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

That's All Right

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Baby Let's Play House

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

Milkcow Blues Boogie

You're A Heartbreaker

Original Sun Recordings

Elvis Presley - Good Rockin' Tonight

August 1965 RCA Victor (LP) 33rpm LPM/LSP-3450 mono/stereo

ELVIS FOR EVERYONE

Included Sun master with overdubbing. Black label. Trademark Gramophone 1898 and Nipper on top. Label reads "Monaural". On the cover the catalog number in lower left. RCA logo and Nipper in lower right. Since LaVern Baker's recording hadn't yet been released, it was Lonnie Johnson's version that Elvis influenced his styling. This overdubbed version of "Tomorrow Night" was released nine years after Elvis recorded it. For several years it was feared the original master of "Tomorrow Night" was either lost or destroyed. That fear provide to be unfounded, as RCA released the original version in 1985 on the "Reconsider Baby" (AFL1-5418) album, Sun master. "Elvis For Everyone" was originally going to be called "Elvis' Anniversary Album" to commemorate Elvis' tenth year with RCA. Tracks on the album were primarily unreleased songs from recording sessions dating back as far as February 24, 1957. The cover featured Elvis behind a sales counter with the following five LPs displayed: "Elvis Presley", "Elvis", "Elvis' Golden Records", "G.I. Blues", and "Blue Hawaii". "Elvis For Everyone" reached number 10 on Billboard's Top LPs chart. It had a 27-week stay on the chart.

Side 1: Contains

Your Cheatin' Heart

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears

Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

In My Way

Tomorrow Night (Overdub Sun Unissued)

Memphis, Tennessee

5 Original Sun Recording (Overdub)

1-4, 6 Original RCA Recordings

Side 2: Contains

For The Millionth And The Last Time

Forget Me Never

Sound Advice

Santa Lucia

I Met Her Today

When It Rains, It Really Pours

Original RCA Recordings

Elvis For Everyone

March 1966 London Records (LP) 33rpm London HAS 8265 mono

THE BLUES CAME DOWN FROM MEMPHIS

A good selection of Sun's blues material, including representative cuts by Doctor Ross and James Cotton, Willie Nix, Jimmy DeBerry, Sammy Lewis, Little Milton as well as Rufus Thomas's ''Bear Cat'' and ''Tiger Man''.

On the back cover of the album liner notes and biography written by Michael Vernon. ''Through the efforts of one man, Sam C. Phillips, the Sun Record Company has been, and still is, one of the major ''small'' labels of America. His seemingly unerring eye for talent was responsible for the discovery of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis. But this was only the second half of a success story which last nearly twenty years. Prior to his entry into the record business, Phillips had been a band promotor and disk jockey. In the late 1940s he set up his own studio, recording solely Negro artists. Most of this material was released on the Bihari brothers labels, Modern, RPM and Meteor. Some was leased to the Chess brothers in Chicago, involving records by Howlin' Wolf, Doctor Ross, Harmonica Frank, Rufus Thomas and Walter Horton.

His venture proved so successful that Phillips soon realized the possibilities for forming his own record company. Having already recorded just about blues singers in and around Memphis, it was not hard to found material. Most of the first thirty releases on Sun were by blues artists, most of whom have since achieved fame of one sort or another. Probably the two most well-known to the world of popular blues music are Rufus Thomas and Little Junior Parker, whose Sun records bear for more resemblance to the blues than do their current output. Another singer who has recently gained a measure of hit parade success is Little Milton Cambell, though once again his present efforts are in rather different context to those he recorded for Sun.

Other singers less well-known to the majority of the record-buying public, but of perhaps greater interest to blues collectors, also contributed to the early success of Sun Records: Joe Hill Louis, the legendary one-man-band, whom Phillips had previously recorded for Modern; Willie Nix, the singer/drummer who later recorded for Checker and Chance; Jimmy DeBerry, who had recorded for Vocalion in 1939; Doctor Ross, here featured as a singer/harmonicanist, later to become another one-man-band; James Cotton, now a mainstay of the Muddy Waters Blues Band; Harmonica Frank, whose records on Chess are among the finest example of Postwar blues.

Side 1 Contains

The Boogie Disease (Sun 212) (Doctor Ross)

Cotton Crop Blues (Sun 206) (James Cotton)

Baker Shop Boogie (Sun 179) (Willie Nix)

Bear Cat (Sun 181) (Rufus Thomas)

Take A Little Chance (Sun 185) (Jimmy DeBerry)

Juke Box Boogie (Sun 212) (Doctor Ross)

I Feel So Worried (Sun 218) (Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

If You Love Me (Sun 200) (Little Milton)

Time Has Made A Change (Sun 185) (Jimmy DeBerry)

Come Back Baby (Sun 193) (Doctor Ross)

So Long (Sun 218) (Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo)

Tiger Man (Sun 188) (King Of The Jungle) (Rufus Thomas)

Seems Like A Million Years (Sun 179) (Willie Nix)

Chicago Breakdown (Sun 193) (Doctor Ross)

Original Sun Recordings

The Blues Came Down From Memphis

1966 Neshoba Records (LP) 33rpm NESHOBA N-11 mono

LETS GO DOWN SOUTH

Post War blues as sung from Memphis down to Dallas. The sad factor is that for most of the artistes here, the few sides on this LP represent their total recorded output. A short session in a makeshift studio, ending in 3 or 4 sides, a few dollars paid, this was the beginning and end of their recording careers. Like their old 78's details and information about these artistes is extremely hard to come by: no one wants to remember the singer who 'never made it. What information there is available has been acquired by an extremely small number of blues researchers, one of whom writes notes by John G. Allinson and Mike Leadbitter. A Limited edition of 99 copies.

Side 1 Contains

Blue Serenade (Baby Face Turner)

Gonna Let You Go (Baby Face Turner)

Rabbit Blues (Charley Booker)

One Rainy Morning (Clarence London)

Going Back To Mama (Clarence London)

Cool Down Mama (Lost John Hunter)

School Boy (Lost John Hunter)

Goin' Down Slow (Joe Hill Louis)

Side 2 Contains

Lonesome Ol' Jail (D.A. Hunt)

Greyhound Blues (D.A. Hunt)

Country Clown (Doctor Ross)

Your Picture Done Fade (King 4517) (Country Paul)

Ain't It Sad (King 4517) (Country Paul)

Eyesight To The Blind (Joe Hill Louis)

Dollar Diggin' Woman Big (Charley Bradix)

Boogie Like You Wanna (Big Charley Bradix)

Let's Go Down South

1972 Arhoolie Records (S) 33rpm Arhoolie 1065 mono

DOCTOR ROSS HIS FIRST RECORDINGS

13-track vinyl LP, compiling a number of outstanding recordings by the Delta bluesman Doctor Ross, originally recorded for the Sun label and all featuring the Doc's unique guitar-and-harmonica style. Recorded 1951-1954 Memphis Recording Service and Sun Studio, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.

Side 1: Contains

Shake 'Em On Down

Down South Blues

Shake A My Hand

Little Soldier Boy

Mississippi Blues

Going Back South

Dr. Ross Breakdown

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Going To The River

Good Thing Blues

Turkey Leg Woman

Country Clown

My BeBop Gal

Memphis Boogie

Original Sun Recordings

Doctor Ross His First Recordings

1973 Polydor Records (LP) 33rpm Polydor 2383 214 mono

BLUE IN THE MORNING

Side 1 Contains

Nappy Head Woman (Joe Hill Louis)

Cold Chills (Joe Hill Louis)

Mistreat Me Woman (Joe Hill Louis)

Key To The Highway (Joe Hill Louis)

Blue In The Morning (Joe Hill Louis)

Highway (Joe Hill Louis)

Big Legged Woman (Joe Hill Louis)

Gotta Go Baby (Joe Hill Louis)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Eyesight To The Blind (Joe Hill Louis)

The Way You Treat Me (Joe Hill Louis)

Peace Of Mind (Joe Hill Louis)

At The Woodchopper's Ball (Joe Hill Louis)

I Love My Baby (Joe Hill Louis)

Western Union Man (Joe Hill Louis)

Lonesome Bedroom Blues (RPM 327) (Willie Nix)

Try Me One More Time (RPM 327) (Willie Nix)

Original Sun Recordings

Blue In The Morning

January 2, 1974 RCA Victor (LP) 33rpm CPL1-0341 mono

ELVIS - A LEGENDARY PERFORMER - VOLUME 1

Black label. Gold letters. Large die-cut hole in center. The previously unreleased "Tonight's All Right For Love" and an alternate take of "I Love You Because" were featured on this album. Until this album, "Tonight's All Right For Love" had been available only in non-English speaking countries. Also included were unreleased versions of "Love Me", Tryin' To Get To You", and "Are You Lonesome Tonight" from the 1968 TV special "Elvis"; two excerpts from the "Elvis Sails" EP; and seven previously released recordings. "Elvis A Legendary Performer, Volume 1" came with a 16-page booklet, "The Early Years". The album jacket had a die-cut window that allowed the photo on the cardboard innersleeve to be seen. Later pressings had the standard cover. In 1978 RCA released an experimental picture disc using the contents of this LP. Sales for "Elvis A Legendary Performer, Volume 1" exceeded #1 million and a Gold Record was certified by the RIAA on January 8, 1975. The album had a 14-week stay on Billboard's Top LPs chart, peaking at #43. After Elvis Presley's death, the album recharted for another 14 weeks, this time reaching #62.

Side 1: Contain

That's All Right

I Love You Because (Sun Unissued)

Heartbreak Hotel

Elvis Sails Interview

Don't Be Cruel

Love Me

Tryin' To Get To You

1, 2 Original Sun Recordings

3-7 Original RCA Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Love Me Tender

Peace In The Valley

Elvis Sails Interview

A Fool Such As I

Tonight's All Right For Love

Are You Lonesome Tonight

Can't Help Falling In Love

Original RCA Recordings

Elvis - A Legendary Performer - Volume 1

1974 Bopcat Records (LP) 33rpm LP-BF-100 mono

GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT

Bootleg release. Alternate and unissued Sun recordings. Black label. Bopcat logo on top. Label reads "E. Aron" on top. On the back cover liner notes of discographical information.

Seven Sun recordings of Elvis Presley. All the rest of the selection Sun recordings of Jerry Lee Lewis, George Klein, Warren Smith, and Billy Riley. Also includes studio discussion with Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Billy Riley, and James Van Eaton. The highlight of the record, however, has to be this studio discussion between Sam Phillips and Jerry Lee Lewis about religion. Lewis argues that rock and roll is not Christian and doesn't promote the Lord's work. Sam Phillips eventually persuades Lewis to record a rousing rendition of "Great Balls Of Fire". This album was limited to 500 copies and it is the best LP from the Sun years.

The track '' Savin' It All For You'' by Warren Smith is wrongly titled and credited to Warren Smith, it's in fact a track by Pee Wee Trahan titled ''Keepin' All My Lovin'''.

Side 1 Contains

Good Rockin' Tonight (Sun 210)

My Baby Is Gone (Alternate Take)

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine (Alternate Take)

Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Alternate Take)

I'll Never Let You Go (Alternate Take)

Mystery Train (Sun 223)

I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Sun 223)

All tracks by Elvis Presley

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

The Return Of Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun 301)

(Narration by George Klein & Louis Pittman)

Savin' It All For You (Warren Smith)

Milkshake Mademoiselle (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Studio discussion between Sam Phillips, Jerry Lee Lewis,

James Van Eaton & Billy Riley

Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Rock With Me Baby (Billy Riley)

Trouble Bound (Billy Riley)

Original Sun Recordings

Good Rocking Tonight

July 1975 Starcall RCA (LP) 33rpm HY-1001 mono

THE SUN COLLECTION

Green label. Two versions known to exist, one says "Starcall" whereas the other does not. On the cover, two versions known to exist, one has ads for other Starcall series LPs on the backcover, the other has the discography and Sun Records story, the same as the "The Sun Sessions". Fifteen songs recorded by Elvis Presley at Sun Records in 1954 and 1955, as well as an alternate take of "I Love You Because" were included in this English import LP. In 1976 the album gained wide distribution in the United States, prompting RCA release "The Sun Sessions".

The story about the sleeve notes for the Elvis Presley Sun Collection was one of the first writing gigs that Nigel Goodall undertook on special for an album. On hearing about the project, he approached Shaun Greenfield, then the RCA product manager in the United Kingdom, with his offer to submit some sleeve notes for the sixteen track compilation of recordings Elvis had made in the Sun studios in Memphis between 1954 and 1955. Although RCA had asked Roy Carr of the New Musical Express to write the notes, it was not one hundred percent settled if he would. It was under those conditions and the proviso that if Carr went ahead, they would be featured on the finished album, that Nigel proceeded with his notes, but by the time he had delivered them to RCA, Carr had already submitted his, which as RCA made clear from the outset ended up on the album. The only copy of the notes that Nigel retained was his own personal copy that were printed on a blank white record sleeve, and signed by Elvis Presley in 1976, but regrettably lost during a house move in the early 1990s.

Side 1 Contains

That's All Right (Sun 209)

Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Sun 209)

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine (Sun 210)

Good Rockin' Tonight (Sun 210)

Milkcow Blues Boogie (Sun 215)

You're A Heartbreaker (Sun 215)

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Sun 217)

Baby, Let's Play House (Sun 217)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Mystery Train (Sun 223)

I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Sun 223)

I'll Never Let You Go

I Love You Because

Tryin' To Get To You

Blue Moon

Just Because

I Love You Because (Take 2)

Original Sun Recordings

The Sun Collection

1976 Nighthawk Records (LP) 33rpm Nighthawk 103 mono

LOWDOWN MEMPHIS HARMONICA JAM 1950 - 1955

This collection features nothing but "holy grail" status blues. All of these tracks were recorded by Sam Phillips at the Memphis Recording Service in the early 1950's and represent some of the rawest, most dynamic and primitive blues ever recorded. Discography and biography with liner notes by Leroy Pierson

Side 1 Contains

Harmonica Jam (Hot Shot Love)

Wolf Call Boogie (Hot Shot Love)

Street Walkin' Woman (Joe Hill Louis)

Walkin' Talkin' Blues (Joe Hill Louis)

Cadillac Blues (J. D. Horton)

Why Don't You Let Me Be (J. D. Horton)

Now Tell Me Baby (Mumbles)

Jumpin' Blues (Mumbles)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Gotta Let You Got )Joe Hill Louis)

Boogie In The Park (Joe Hill Louis)

Seems Like A Million Years (Willie Nix)

Bakershop Boogie (Willie Nix)

Wine Head Woman (Woodrow Adams)

Baby, You Just Don't Know (Woodrow Adams)

Love My Baby (Chicago Sunny Boy)

On The Floor (Chicago Sunny Boy)

Original Sun Recordings

Lowdown Memphis Harmonica Jam 1950 - 1955

March 22, 1976 RCA (LP) 33rpm APM1-1675 mono

ELVIS THE SUN SESSIONS

Tan label. RCA logo left at center. Victor logo right at center. On the cover the RCA logo in lower right. On the back cover RCA logo in upper right. Liner notes by Roy Carr. Innersleeve has ads for other Elvis LPs. The Sun Sessions is a compilation of Elvis Presley recordings at Sun Studios in 1954 and 1955. It was issued by RCA Records in 1976. It had been issued and charted as The Sun Collection in the United Kingdom the previous year. It features liner notes by Roy Carr of the New Musical Express. It features most of the tracks recorded at Sun studio by Sam Phillips, the head of Sun Studios.

The LP it includes "That's All Right'' one of the few recordings regarded as "the first rock and roll record''. Phillips said that Presley was rehearsing with his band, Scotty Moore and Bill Black, when Presley started singing the song, a blues song written by Arthur Crudup. Phillips said that the version of the song was what he was looking for when he signed Presley, and turned the tape recorder on. Elvis recorded more than 20 songs at the Sun studio, including some private recordings. Of these, 15 appear on this album. The Sun Sessions was released in March 1976 and reached number 76 on the pop and number 2 on the country charts. The single "Baby, Let's Play House" combined with "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" reached number 5 on the country charts in 1955. The single "That's All Right" did not chart in the United States when released in 1954, and it was never issued as a single in Great Britain during Presley's lifetime.

In 2004, the song became the focus of attention when it was the subject of a great deal of publicity because of the 50-year anniversary. There was a special ceremony on 6 July 2004 featuring Isaac Hayes, Justin Timberlake, more which was beamed live to 1200 radio stations. The song went top 5 in the United Kingdom and Canada and also charted in Australia. The Sun Sessions was also reissued in 2004 (in Japan only) to celebrate the anniversary.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 11 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2001, the TV channel VH1 named it the 21st greatest album of all time. All music rates it as five stars, saying "it collects his first, and arguably most important, recordings into one convenient package. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll included two tracks from the album, "Mystery Train" and "That's All Right."

In 2002 The Sun Sessions were chosen by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress to be included in its archives given their importance to the development of American popular music. This album is the very first Elvis album to feature "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine", which was only previously issued as a single. After more than 20 years, "The Sun Sessions" marked the song's official debut on LP.

Side 1 Contains

That's All Right (Sun 209)

Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Sun 209)

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine (Sun 210)

Good Rockin' Tonight (Sun 210)

Milkcow Blues Boogie (Sun 215)

You're A Heartbreaker (Sun 215)

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone(Sun 217)

Baby, Let's Play House (Sun 217)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Mystery Train (Sun 223)

I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Sun 223)

I'll Never Let You Go

I Love You Because

Tryin' To Get To You

Blue Moon

Just Because

I Love You Because (Take 2)

Original Sun Recordings

Elvis The Sun Sessions

1977 Sun International (LP) 33rpm SUN 1001 mono

THE SUN YEARS - INTERVIEWS AND MEMORIES

Yellow label. Has the outer circle of musical notes and staff around the entire label, with exception of the bar wherein "Memphis, Tennessee" appears. The cover is light yellow; cream colour. Printing is done in light brown. On the back cover liner notes by Max Needham. Some variations: Yellow label, same as shown above for Sun-1001 . Covers white with brown printing. No song on this album is sung in its entirety. In some cases, the edited version only lasts 15 or 20 seconds. Standard Sun releases and alternate takes make side 1, except for "Heartbreak Hotel", which is from Elvis Presley's third appearance on TVs "Stage Show" on February 11, 1956. Actual recording sessions with the voices of Sam Phillips and Elvis Presley can be heard. Side 2 features two more songs from February 11, 1956, and three from Elvis Presley's first "Ed Sullivan Show" appearance. Interviews with Jay Thompson in Wichita Falls and Charlie Walker in San Antonio, Texas, can also be heard. Shortly after the release of this album, RCA took legal action to have the Shelby Singleton produced album removed from distribution. Later copies of the album were distributed by Charly Records of London, England. Gilbert Blasingame Jr. narrated "The Sun Years". As a result of successful legal action by RCA, Sun Records manufacture and distribution of this LP was halted shortly after its release.

Side 1: Contains

Parts from actual recording sessions with the voice of Sam Phillips,

the voice of Elvis Presley, plus excerpts of Elvis Presley's Sun recordings,

issued and unissued.

I Love You Because

That's All Right

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

Good Rockin' Tonight

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

Milkcow Blues Boogie

You're A Heartbreaker

My Baby's Gone

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

Baby, Let's Play House

Mystery Train

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Mystery Train

Heartbreak Hotel

Side 2: Contains

Two more songs from "Stage Show" - "Shake, rattle And Roll" (January 28, 1956)

and three from Elvis's first "Ed Sullivan Show" appearance.

Interviews by Jay Thompson at Wichita Falls, Texas, Charlie Walker at

San Antonio, Texas, plus various other rare Elvis Presley talking intros

on stage and television.

Blue Suede Shoes

Radio Announcements

Shortly after the release of this album, RCA took legal action to have the Shelby Singleton - produced album removed from distribution. Later copies of the album were distributed by Charlie Records of London, England. Gilbert Blasingame Jr. narrated "The Sun Years".

Note: As a result of successful legal action by RCA, Sun Records manufacture and distribution of this LP was halted shortly after its release. Since there were never any second pressings, and since all of the variations appeared at about the same time, we have listed them all.

The Sun Years - Interviews And Memories

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30119 mono

DON'T YOU STEP ON MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES

This record is a tribute to the lasting influence and continuing of popularity of the Rock And Roll sounds created by the artists who recorded at Sam Phillips Sun record label in the late fifties and has become known as the Sun Sound. On this album will found many of the Sun's greatest hits and others, which were not so successful at the time of their release. All are included due to their popularity today and we believe tomorrow.

This 16-tracks first issued in France in 1974, Charly Records was relocated to Britain a year later. They specialized in reissuing old material from Sun, Vee-Jay and other lesser United States labels. ''Don't You Step On My Blue Suede Shoes'' (CR 30119) is a 1977 various artists LP that contains 16 classic Sun Records sides. Includes release dates, plus peak Billboard Country and Western, Hit Top 100 and Rhythm and Blues charts positions (where applicable).

Side 1: Contains

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Matchbox (Carl Perkins)

I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

Whirlwind (Charlie Rich)

Go! Go! Go! (Roy Orbison)

We Wanna Boogie (Sonny Burgess)

Honey Don't (Carl Perkins)

Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Red Hot (Billy Riley)

Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)

Mona Lisa (Carl Mann)

Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)

'After The Hop (Bill Pinkney)

Rebound (1) (Charlie Rich)

Miss Froggie (Warren Smith)

High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Original Sun Recordings

Don't You Step On My Blue Suede Shoes

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30123 mono

THE BEST OF SUN ROCKABILLY - VOLUME 1

16-track compilation vinyl LP featuring tracks recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, includes Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison, picture sleeve.

Side 1: Contains

Put Your Cat Clothes On (Carl Perkins)

Rockin' Chair Daddy (Harmonica Frank)

Slow Down (Jack Earls)

Domino (Roy Orbison)

Come One Little Mama (Ray Harris)

Ten Cats Down (The Miller Sisters)

Ubangi Stomp (Warren Smith)

We Wanna Boogie (Sonny Burgess)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Rock With Me Baby (Billy Riley)

Milkshake Mademoiselle (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Romp And Stomp (Slim Rhodes)

Drinking Wine (Gene Simmons)

Rockin' With My Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)

Love My Baby (Hayden Thompson)

Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache (Warren Smith)

Uranium Rock (Warren Smith)

Original Sun Recordings

The Best Of Sun Rockabilly - Volume 1

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30124 mono

THE BEST OF SUN ROCKABILLY - VOLUME 2

16-track compilation vinyl LP featuring tracks recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, includes Sonny Burgess, Ray Harris, Carl Perkins, picture sleeve.

Side 1: Contains

Going Home (Sonny Burgess)

Fannie Brown (Sonny Burgess)

Were'd You Stay Last Night' (Ray Harris)

Sign On The Dotted Line (Jack Earls)

Let's Bop (Jack Earls)

Mad At You ((Mack Self)

It's Me Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)

Yakety Yak (Malcolm Yelvington)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Pink Pedal Pushers (Carl Perkins)

You Can Do No Wrong (Carl Perkins)

Sweet Woman (Edwin Bruce)

Right Behind You Baby (Ray Smith)

That's The Way I Love (Johnny Caroll)

Tootsie (Carl McVoy)

Rockin Daddy'(Eddie Bond)

Cadillac Man (The Jesters)

Original Sun Recordings

The Best Of Sun Rockabilly - Volume 2

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30139 mono

CARL MANN - THE LEGENDARY SUN PERFORMERS

During the 1950s, the Sun record label was the starting point for many people who were later become international famous. Some, like Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, were immediate success for Sun, while others like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison achieved success with other recording companies. There were many who were never achieve major status, whose Sun recordings have all the hallmarks of the above named. Among these unsung heroes are people like Warren Smith, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, and Sonny Burgess. Here 16-tracks of compilation featuring Carl Mann recorded for Sun in the late fifties with picture sleeve painting by David Oxtoby. On the back cover of the album written liner notes and biography information of the artist.

Side 1 Contains

Mona Lisa

Rockin' Love'

Pretend

Kansas City

I'm Coming Home

Walkin' And Thikin'

If I Ever Needed Love

Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Ain't Got No Home

Look At That Moon

Baby I Don't Care

I'm Bluer Than Anyone Can Be

Mexicala Rose

Ubangi Stomp

Walkin' The Dog

Mountain Dew

Original Sun Recordings

Carl Mann - The Legendary Sun Performers

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30131 mono

BILLY RILEY - THE LEGENDARY SUN PERFORMERS

During the 1950s, the Sun record label was the starting point for many people who were later become international famous. Some, like Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, were immediate success for Sun, while others like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison achieved success with other recording companies. There were many who were never achieve major status, whose Sun recordings have all the hallmarks of the above named. Among these unsung heroes are people like Warren Smith, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, and Sonny Burgess. Here 16-tracks of compilation featuring Billy Riley recorded for Sun in the late fifties with picture sleeve painting by David Oxtoby. On the back cover of the album written liner notes and biography information of the artist.

Side 1 Contains

Red Hot

Rock With Me Baby (Version 1)

Flyin' Saucers Rock And Roll

No Name Girl

I Want You Baby

Wouldn't You Know

Got the Water Boilin'

Down The Riverside

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Rock With Me Baby (Version 2)

That's Right

Baby Please Don't Go

Open The Door Richard

Sun Goin' Down On Frisco

Workin' On The River

Lookin' For My Baby

Pilot Town Louisiana

Original Sun Recordings

Billy Riley - The Legendary Sun Performers

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30132 mono

WARREN SMITH - THE LEGENDARY SUN PERFORMERS

During the 1950s, the Sun record label was the starting point for many people who were later become international famous. Some, like Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, were immediate success for Sun, while others like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison achieved success with other recording companies. There were many who were never achieve major status, whose Sun recordings have all the hallmarks of the above named. Among these unsung heroes are people like Warren Smith, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, and Sonny Burgess. Here 16-tracks of compilation featuring Warren Smith recorded for Sun in the late fifties with picture sleeve painting by David Oxtoby. On the back cover of the album written liner notes and biography information of the artist.

Side 1 Contains

Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache

Rock And Roll Ruby

Ubangi Stomp

Miss Froggie

I've Got Love If You Want It

So Long, I'm Gone

Uranium Rock (Version 1)

Dear John (Version 1)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Hank Snow Medley

I Like Your Kind of Love

Sweet, Sweet Girl

Tonight Will Be the Last Night

Who Took My Baby

I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry

Black Jack David

Goodbye Mr. Love

Original Sun Recordings

Warren Smith - The Legendary Sun Performers

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30133 mono

ROSCO GORDON - THE LEGENDARY SUN PERFORMERS

During the 1950s, the Sun record label was the starting point for many people who were later become international famous. Some, like Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, were immediate success for Sun, while others like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison achieved success with other recording companies. There were many who were never achieve major status, whose Sun recordings have all the hallmarks of the above named. Among these unsung heroes are people like Warren Smith, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, and Sonny Burgess. Here 16-tracks of compilation featuring Rosco Gordon recorded for Sun in the early and mid-fifties with picture sleeve painting by David Oxtoby. On the back cover of the album written liner notes and biography information of the artist.

Side 1 Contains

Let's Get High

Real Pretty Mama

T-Model Boogie

Dr. Blues

Just Love Me Baby

Love With Me Baby

Bop With Me Baby

Decorate The Counter (Version 1)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Decorate The Counter (Version 2)

Love For You Baby

That's What You Do To Me

Tired Of Living

If You Don't Love Me Baby

Dream On Baby

Do The Bop

Sally Jo

Original Sun Recordings

Rosco Gordon - The Legendary Sun Performers

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30134 mono

HOWLIN” WOLF - THE LEGENDARY SUN PERFORMERS

During the 1950s, the Sun record label was the starting point for many people who were later become international famous. Some, like Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, were immediate success for Sun, while others like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison achieved success with other recording companies. There were many who were never achieve major status, whose Sun recordings have all the hallmarks of the above named. Among these unsung heroes are people like Warren Smith, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, and Sonny Burgess. Here 16-tracks of compilation featuring Hawlin' Wolf recorded for Sun in the early fifties with picture sleeve painting by David Oxtoby. On the back cover of the album written liner notes and biography information of the artist.

Side 1 Contains

My Baby Walked Off

Smile At Me

Bluebird

Everybody's In The Mood

Chocolate Drop

Come Back Home

Dorothy Mae

Highway Man

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Oh, Red

My Last Affair

Howlin' for My Baby

Sweet Woman

C.V. Wine Blues

Look-A-Here Baby

Decoration Day Blues

Well That's All Right

Original Sun Recordings

Howlin' Wolf - The Legendary Sun Performers

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30135 mono

JUNIOR PERKER & BILLY LOVE - THE LEGENDARY SUN PERFORMERS

During the 1950s, the Sun record label was the starting point for many people who were later become international famous. Some, like Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, were immediate success for Sun, while others like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison achieved success with other recording companies. There were many who were never achieve major status, whose Sun recordings have all the hallmarks of the above named. Among these unsung heroes are people like Warren Smith, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, and Sonny Burgess. Here 16-tracks of compilation featuring Junior Parker and Billy Love recorded for Sun in the early ifties with picture sleeve painting by David Oxtoby. On the back cover of the album written liner notes and biography information of the artist.

Side 1 Contains (Junior Parker)

Feelin' Good

Mystery Train

Love My Baby

Fussin' And Fightin' Blues

Sittin' At The Window

Sittin' At The Bar

Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin'

Feel So Bad

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains (Billy ''Red'' Love)

Gee I Wish

Hart's Dread Boogie

The News Is All Around Town

Blues Leave Me Alone

If You Want To Make Me Happy

There's No Use

Early In The Morning

A Dream

Original Sun Recordings

Junior Parker & Billy Love - The Legendary Sun Performers

1977 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30136 mono

SONNY BURGESS - THE LEGENDARY SUN PERFORMERS

During the 1950s, the Sun record label was the starting point for many people who were later become international famous. Some, like Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, were immediate success for Sun, while others like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison achieved success with other recording companies. There were many who were never achieve major status, whose Sun recordings have all the hallmarks of the above named. Among these unsung heroes are people like Warren Smith, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, and Sonny Burgess. Here 16 -tracks of compilation featuring Sonny Burgess recorded for Sun in the late fifties with picture sleeve painting by David Oxtoby. On the back cover of the album written liner notes and biography information of the artist.

Side 1 Contains

Red Headed Woman

Restless

Going Home

Ain't Got A Thing

Find My Baby For Me

Tomorrow Night

You're Not the One For Me

Thunderbird (Instrumental)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

We Wanna Boogie

Feel So Good

Y.O.U.

My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

All My Sins Taken Away

Sally Brown

I Love You So

Sadie's Back in Town

Original Sun Recordings

Sonny Burgess - The Legendary Sun Performers

1977 Sunnyvale Records (LP) 33rpm 9330-901-A-B mono

THE SUN STORY VOLUME 1 - JOHNNY CASH

The Sun Story of the Sun Record label of Memphis, Tennessee is the story of rock and roll music. It is the story of how one man, label boss Sam C. Phillips, was able to create a legend out of the sound he discovered by putting together the music of black blues and white country music. The Sun label was formed in 1952, and Sam Phillips had been in the recording business less than two years. in that time, though, he learned that what the young people of the world wanted to hear was rhythm music and he knew that the rhythm of his own unknown black artists could provide the basis for a new sound in popular music.

In three years, between 1954 and 1956, Sam Phillips realized his dream by discovering many of the legendary performers in the music industry; first Elvis Presley, then Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis. Finally, in 1958, he also introduced the listening public to Charlie Rich, the latest superstar to emerge from a career begun in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1950s.

The Sun label lasted for seventeen years under its original owner, Sam Phillips, and in that time it climbed from a one-man operation to a million dollar enterprise and then declined again during the 1960s when new forms of music took over. The music recorded by Sun was varied, including country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and soul, and all the successful artists from Memphis owe much to the existence of the Sun label.

But what really made the name of Sun was Rockabilly - a new music made by young white country singers who used a black beat. And they not only appealed to Southerners in the USA, they were good enough to carry their music all around the world and to present the universal language, rock music.

For the past seventeen years Johnny Cash has been the greatest worldwide ambassador for American country music. He stands alongside Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams as one of the truly original and formative artists in country music. His contribution to the fusion of country with popular music has been enormous, and has for the most part been achieved in the best possible way, with no loss in Cash's belief in the basic themes of country music. His love of the music stems from his early life in rural Arkansas, where he was born into the farming community of Kingsland in 1932.

Johnny Cash worked with Sun Records from the middle of 1955 until the middle of 1958, and during that time he contributed to the development of rock music by making country music respected as an integral part of it. Whiles doing this, he helped greatly to put Sun Records on the map. He left the label in 1958 as the top-selling country artist of the year and his old recordings continued to be released on the label for the next five years. The last ones were every bit as good as the first.

The world-famous ''Johnny Cash Sound'' was created at Sun Records. With its sparse rhythm from Cash's guitar and Marshall Grant's string bass playing allied to Luther Perkins' distinctive lead guitar style on the bass strings, a brooding, intense background was set up. This allowed Cash's deliberate, doleful and soulful voice to deliver his homespun country lyrics with great effectiveness. Later, during 1957, when Cash worked at Sun with producer Jack Clement, experiments were successfully made using drums, piano, vocal choruses and more popular lyrics.

The titles on this album show the full range of Johnny Cash's work with Sun Records, and they show the formation of his style which he has never altered or bettered. Like all country singers, the best work of Johnny Cash was captured in a small, primitive studio which matched the rugged atmosphere of his songs. More sophisticated recording equipment was not necessary.

Most of Cash's massive popular hits are included here, such as ''Ballad Of A Teenage Queen'' and ''The Ways Of A Woman In Love'', which made Johnny Cash an important artist throughout the USA and eventually the world. These songs were modern and talked to the new rock audience that was growing up, as did ''Get Rhythm'', perhaps the closet Cash came to recording rock and roll in the famous Sun style.

Other songs such as ''Next In Line'' and ''Home Of The Blues'' belong to a more traditional country approach. But in the hands of Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two they are blended into the newly formed ''Johnny Cash Sound'' which was part of the immortal Sun Sound.

Martin Hawkins

Side 1: Contains

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

Guess Things Happen That Way

Cold, Cold Heart

The Ways Of A Woman In Love

Just About Time

Katy Too

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Next In Line

Home Of The Blues

Come In Stranger

Down The Street to 301

Get Rhythm

Original Sun Recordings

The Sun Story Volume 1 - Johnny Cash

1978 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30138 mono

ROCKABILLY RULES OK?

16-track compilation of previously released recordings mainly from 1956 - 1959, by Ray Harris, Carl Perkins, Mack Self, Billy Lee Riley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Warren Smith, Sonny Burgess, Charlie Feathers, and Hank Mizell, plus two 1977 tracks by Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers.

Side 1 Contains

Come On Little Mama (Ray Harris)

Put Your Cat Clothes On (Version 1) (Carl Perkins)

Vibrate (Version 1) (Mack Self)

Flying Saucers Rock And Roll (Billy Riley)

Lovin' Up A Storm (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Ubangi Stomp (Warren Smith)

Teddy Jive (Crazy Cavan)

Red Headed Woman (Sonny Burgess)

1-6, 8 Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Caldonia (Carl Perkins)

Country Music Is Here To Stay (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Tongue-Tied Jill (Charlie Feathers)

Red Hot (Billy Riley)

Lonely Wolf (Ray Harris)

Jungle Rock (Hank Mizell)

Sadie's Back In Town (Sonny Burgess)

Saturday Nite (Crazy Cavan)

1-5, 7 Original Sun Recordings

Rockabilly Rules OK?

1978 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30147 mono

SUN SOUND SPECIAL - RAUNCHY ROCKABILLY

The Sun Sound is special. The Sun label is one of the very few to have developed a unique and immediately identifiable sound. As a result, its reputation and its fine music have come through undiminished to the present day from its humble origin's in the Memphis, Tennessee, of the blues. Sun was launched by radio announcer and recording engineer Sam C. Phillips in 1952, and this series of Sun Sound Special covers every aspect of Sun's music, from the rhythm and blues of the early fifties through country, rockabilly and rock and roll into the beat era. Sun folded in its original form in 1968 and was moved to Nashville. But instead of being forgotten over the last ten years, the Sun Sound has been revealed to have been among the best and most important developments in American music.

Here 16-track vinyl LP compilation of some of the best Memphis rockabilly of the era. Artists include here Sonny Burgess, Hayden Thompson, Ray Smith and Don Hosea. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve with detailed album notes on the back cover.

Side 1 Contains

How Come You Do Me (Junior Thompson)

Juke Box Help Me Find My Baby (Rhythm Rockers)

Truckin'Down The Avenue (Sonny Burgess)

Dabby Blues (Sonny Burgess)

Listen To Me Baby (Smokey Joe Baugh)

Your Lovin' Man (Version 1) (Vernon Taylor)

Blues Blues Blues (Version 1) (Hayden Thompson)

Fairlane Rock (Hayden Thompson)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contans

Willing And Ready (Version 1) (Ray Smith)

Shake Around (Version 1) (Ray Smith)

Baby That's Good (Edwin Bruce)

Miss Pewarl (Jimmy Wages)

Fine Little Baby (Dick Penner)

I'll Change My Ways (Danny Stewart)

Never Did I (Don Hosea)

John Henry (Alternate) (Don Hosea)

Originally Sun Recordings

Sun Sound Special - Raunchy Rockabilly

1978 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30148 mono

SUN SOUND SPECIAL – SHOOBIE OOBIE

Here 16-track vinyl LP compilation of some of the best Memphis rhythm and blues of the era. Artists include Billy Emerson, Rosco Gordon, Five Tinos, and The Prisonaires. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve with detailed album notes on the back cover.

Side 1 Contains

Shim Sham Shimmy (Billy Emerson)

Little Fine Healty Thind (Billy Emerson)

Something For Nithing (Billy Emerson)

When It Really Pours (Billy Emerson)

Move Baby Move (Billy Emerson)

The Chicken (Rosco Gordon)

Cheese And Crackers (Rosco Gordon)

Shoobie Oobie (Rosco Gordon)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Gonna Have To Let You Be (Five Tinos)

That Chick's To Young To Fry (The Prosonaires)

Surleen (The Prisonaires)

What About Frank Clement (The Prosonaires)

Rockin' Horse (The Prisonaires)

Baby Doll (Four Dukes)

Why Don't You Use Your Head (Hunki Dori)

I Want My Baby Back (Hunki Dori)

Original Sun Recordings

Sun Sound Special - Shoobie Oobie

1978 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30149 mono

SUN SOUND SPECIAL - MEMPHIS BEAT

Here 16-track vinyl LP compilation of some of the best Memphis rockabilly of the era. Artists include Cliff Thomas, Ernie Barton, Charlie Rich, and Barbara Pittman. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve with detailed album notes on the back cover.

Side 1 Contains

Sorry I Lied (Cliff Thomas)

Staiway To Nowhere (Ernie Barton)

Treat Me Right (Cliff Thomas)

Raining The Blues (Ernie Barton)

I'm On My Way Home (Cliff Thomas)

Trouble In Mind (Billy Adams)

Betty And Dupree (Billy Adams)

Got My Mojo Working (Billy Adams)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

There Won't Be Anymore (Charlie Rich)

Bobaloo (Bill Johnson)

Honeybee (Don Hinton)

Fire (The Veltones)

I'm Getting Better All The Time (Barbara Pittman)

I Ain't Never (Jeb Stuart)

Uncle Jonah's Place (Harold Dorman)

Rockin' Bandit (Ray Smith)

Original Sun Recordings

Sun Sound Special - Memphis Beat

1979 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30150 mono

SUN SOUND SPECIAL - TENNESSEE COUNTRY

Here 16-track vinyl LP compilation of some of the best Memphis rockabilly of the era. Artists include Earl Peterson, Doug Poindexter, Ernie Chaffin, and Onie Wheeler. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve with detailed album notes on the back cover. LP cover mistakenly lists "Rockin' With My Baby" in place of "Have Myself A Ball".

Side 1 Contains

Boogie Blues (Earl Peterson)

In The Dark (Earl Peterson)

Now She Cares No More (Doug Poindexter)

I Must Be Saved (Howard Serrat)

It's Me Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)

I've Got The Blues (Way Down Blues) (Malcolm Yelvington)

Goodbye Marie (Malcolm Yelvington)

Roclin' With Me Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

'I'm Lonesome (Ernie Chaffin)

Please Don't Ever Leave Me (Ernie Chaffin)

I'm Gonna Jump Right Out Of This Jukebox (Onie Wheeler)

Me And My Blues (Teddy Reddell)

Born To Lose (Carl McVoy)

I Guess I'd Better Go (Texas Bill Strenght)

Call Of The Wild (Texas Bill Strength)

Ghost Of Marylou (Dane Stinit)

Original Sun Recordings

Sun Sound Special - Tennessee Country

1979 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30151 mono

SUN SOUND SPECIAL - BILLY RILEY

Here 16-track vinyl LP compilation of some of the best Billy Riley's rockabilly tracks recorded between 1956-1960. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve with detailed album notes on the back cover.

Side 1 Contains

Pearly Lee

Swanee River Rock

She's My Baby

Just One More Time

Let's Talk About Us

Searchin'

Betty And Dupree

Sweet William

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Trouble Bound

Wouldn't You Know

Itchy

Nitty Gritty Mississippi

Tallahassee

San Francisco Lady

Kay

Old Home Place

Original Sun Recordings

Sun Sound Special - Billy Riley

1979 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30161 mono

CHARLIE FEATHERS – ROCKABILLY'S MAIN MAN

12-track vinyl LP compilation of some of the best Charlie Feathers Sun recordings from 1955 and 1959. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve with detailed album notes on the back cover.

Side 1 Contains

Peepin' Eyes

I've Been Deceived

Wedding Gown Of White

Mat At You

I Forget To Remember To Forget

Side 2 Contains

Uh Huh Honey

Mound Of Clay

Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On

Tongue Tied Jill

Gone Gone Gone

wo To Choose

Some of these recordings where by Redneck Records

The remainder where recorded at Sun Records

Charlie Feathers - Rockabilly's Main Man

May 1980 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30186 mono

TOUGH STUFF - SUN'S INSTRUMENTAL GOLD

These recordings on this LP were made by the Sun Record Company for his Sun and Phillips International labels between 1957 and 1962. Sun was the company that recorded all the blues talent of Memphis and Mississippi and that had gone on to-discovered Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and the rockabilly music. By 1957, Sun had begun to branch out into other forms of rock and roll, and in particular they issued a string of touch, rocking instrumentals. One instrumental ''Raunchy'' was a pop hit for Bill Justis who went on to produce several other bands playing in his own style, but the Sun instrumentals were more than just one man. They are a contribute to the versatility of the excellent clique of session musicians who had earlier played on the rockabilly titles. On this 2 sides, which features often the same musicians gives out the small combo sound. The rockabillies in a bluesy mood. Album compiled an annotated by Martin Hawkins. Tracks 1, 5, 6 on side two were previously unissued.

Side 1 Contains

Raunchy (Bill Justis)

College Man (Bill Justis)

Flip Flop And Bop (Bill Justis)

The Snuggle (Bill Justis)

Bop Train (Bill Justis)

706 Union (Brad Suggs)

Cloudy (Brad Suggs)

Groovy Train (Wade Cagle)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Bo Diddley (Jimmy Van Eaton)

Thunderbird (Sonny Burgess)

Itchy (Sonny Burgess)

In The Mood (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Lewis Workout (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Eddie's Blues (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Jacks Jump (Frank Frost)

Crawlback (Frank Frost)

Original Sun Recordings

Tough Stuff - Sun's Instrumental Gold

1981 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CRM 2015 mono

REBEL ROCKABILLY

Side 1: Contains

Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby (Carl Perkins)

Lone Wolf (Ray Harris)

Crazy Woman (Gene Simmons)

My Babe (Narvel Felts)

I Wanna Rock (Patsy Holcomb)

Dear John (Warren Smith)

Rakin' And Scrapin' (Dean Beard)

Flatfoot Sam (Tommy Blake)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Hillbilly Music (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Pearly Lee (Billy Riley)

Love Is My Business (Cliff Gleaves)

I Fell In Love (Ken Cook)

Rock It (Johnny Carroll)

Betty Abd Dupree (Billy Riley)

Ubangi Stomp (Carl Mann)

Sadie's Back In Town (Sonny Burgess)

Original Sun Recordings

Rebel Rockabilly

July 1981 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sun 1006 mono

THE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

"Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, in the Sun Record Studios, 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. An article about the session was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar under the title "Million Dollar Quartet". The recording was first released in Europe in July 1981 as The Million Dollar Quartet with 17 tracks on the Charly label (Sun 1006). A few years later more tracks were discovered and released as The Complete Million Dollar Session. In 1990, the recordings were released in the United States as ''Elvis Presley - The Million Dollar Quartet''.

The jam session seems to have happened by pure chance. Carl Perkins, who by this time had already met success with "Blue Suede Shoes", had come into the studios that day, accompanied by his brothers Clayton and Jay Parkins and by drummer W.S. ''Fluck'' Holland, their aim being to cut some new material, including a revamped version of an old blues song, "Matchbox". Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, who wanted to try to fatten this sparse rockabilly instrumentation, had brought in his latest acquisition, Jerry Lee Lewis, still unknown outside Memphis, to play piano (at the time, a Wurlitzer Spinet) on the Perkins session. Sometime in the early afternoon, 21-year-old Elvis Presley, a former Sun artist now at RCA, dropped in to pay a casual visit accompanied by a girlfriend, Marilyn Evans.

After chatting with Phillips in the control room, Presley listened to the playback of Perkins’ session, which he pronounced to be good. Then he went out into the studio and some time later the jam session began. At some point during the session, Sun artist Johnny Cash, who had recently enjoyed a few hits on the country charts, popped in. (Cash wrote in his autobiography Cash that he had been first to arrive at the Sun Studio that day, wanting to listen in on the Perkins recording session.) Jack Clement was engineering that day and remembers saying to himself "I think I'd be remiss not to record this" and so he did. After running through a number of songs, Elvis and girlfriend Evans slipped out as Jerry Lee pounded away on the piano. Cash wrote in Cash that "no one wanted to follow Jerry Lee, not even Elvis''.

During the session, Phillips called a local newspaper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Bob Johnson, the newspaper’s entertainment editor, came over to the studios with UPI representative Leo Soroca and a photographer. Johnson wrote an article about the session, which appeared the following day in the Memphis Press- Scimitar under the headline "Million Dollar Quartet". The article contained the now-famous photograph of Presley seated at the piano surrounded by Lewis, Perkins and Cash (the uncropped version of the photo also includes Evans, shown seated atop the piano).

Side 1 Contains

Just A Little Talk With Jesus

Walk That Lonesome Valley

I Shall Not Be Moved

(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Down By The Riverside

I'm With The Crowd But So Alone

Father Along

Blessed Jesus Hold My Hand

As We Travel Along On The Jericho Road

I Just Can't Make It By Myself

Little Cabin On The Hill

Summertime Has Passed And Gone

I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling

And Now Sweetheart You've Done Me Wrong

Keeper Of The Key

Crazy Arms

Don't Forbid Me

Original Sun Recordings

The Million Dollar Quartet

1982 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sunbox 100 mono

THE SUN BOX - VARIOUS ARTISTS

3 LP compilation box set featuring 54 tracks of some of the finest rock and roll artists who recorded for the Sun label, included Howlin' Wolf, The Prisonaires, Warren Smith, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Carroll and many others. Includes a booklet with release dates, plus peak Billboard country and western, Hot 100, and rhythm and blues chart positions were applicable.

Record 1 Contains

Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston)

T-Model Boogie (Roscoe Gordon)

Howlin' For My Baby (Howlin' Wolf)

Mr. Highway Man (Howlin' Wolf)

Treat Me Mean And Evil (Joe Hill Louis)

Tiger Man (Joe Hill Louis)

Prison Bound Blues (Willie Nix)

My Baby Left Me (Raymond Hill)

Sweet Home Chicago ( Albert Williams)

Easy (Jimmy & Walter)

Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas)

Just Walkin' In The Rain (The Prisonaires)

Feelin' Good (Little Junior's Blue Flames)

Mystery Train (Little Junior's Blue Flames)

Cotton Crop Blues (James Cotton)

The Boogie Disease (Doctor Ross)

When It Rains It Really Pours (Billy "The Kid" Emerson)

So Long Baby Goodbye (Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 2 Contains

Rockin' Chair Daddy (Harmonica Frank)

My Kind Of Carryin' On (Doug Poindexter & Starlite Wranglers)

Cry Cry Cry (Johnny Cash)

Let The Juke Box Keep On Playing (Carl Perkins)

Defrost Your Heart (Charlie Feathers)

Rock ‘N' Roll Ruby (Warren Smith)

Slow Down (Jack Earls & Jimbos)

It's Me Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)

Feelin' Low (Ernie Chaffin)

Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)

I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

Home Of The Blues (Johnny Cash)

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (Johnny Cash)

The Ways Of A Woman In Love (Johnny Cash)

Boppin' The Blues (Carl Perkins)

Dixie Fried (Carl Perkins)

Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 3 Contains

Come On Little Mama (Ray Harris)

Flyin' Saucers Rock ‘N' Roll (Billy Riley)

Red Hot (Billy Riley)

Ain't Got A Thing (Sonny Burgess)

Put Your Cat Clothes On (Carl Perkins)

Rock Baby Rock (Johnny Carroll)

Love Me Baby (Hayden Thompson)

Milkshake Mademoiselle (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache (Warren Smith)

Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)

Ooby Dooby (Roy Orbison)

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

So Long I'm Gone (Warren Smith)

Raunchy (Bill Justis)

Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Guess Things Happen That Way (Johnny Cash)

Mona Lisa (Carl Mann)

Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich)

Original Sun Recordings

The Sun Box - Various Artists

March 1982 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sunbox 101 mono

THE SUN YEARS - CARL PERKINS

Inside this box, 3 individually sleeved LP's containing 54 recordings interspersed with many extracts of fascinating session conversation and false starts. Each LP sleeve bears a detailed track by track analysis of the enclosed recordings. Here an overview of Carl Perkins' recording career during the Sun years; a detailed session discography. Each album has been mastered in mono.

Record 1 Contains

Honky Tonk Gal

Movie Magg

Turn Around

Movie Magg

Turn Around

You Can't Make Love To Somebody

Gone Gone Gone

Let The Jukebox Keep On Playing

What You Doin' When You're Crying

Drink Up And Go Home

Blue Suede Shoes

Honey Don't

Blue Suede Shoes

Honey Don't

Sure To Fall

Tennessee

Perkins Wiggle

Boppin' The Blues

Original Sun Recordings

Record 2 Contains

Boppin' The Blues

All Mama's Children

Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

Carl Perkins In Richmond

Somebody Tell Me

Carl Perkins In Memphis

Dixie Fried

I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry

Sweethearts Or Strangers

Keeper Of The Key

Be Honest With Me

That Don't Move Me

Lonely Street

Pink Pedal Pushers

Matchbox

Your True Love

Caledonia

Her Love Rubbed Off

You Can Do No Wrong

Original Sun Recordings

Record 3 Contains

Roll Over Beethoven

Matchbox

Your True Love

Put Your Cat Clothes On

Only You

Pink Pedal Pushers

That's Right

Forever Yours

I Care

Y.O.U.

Look At That Moon

Lend Me Your Comb

Glad All Over

Right String Baby (But The Wrong Yo Yo)

Original Sun Recordings

The Sun Years - Carl Perkins

January 1983 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sunbox 102 mono

THE SUN YEARS – JERRY LEE LEWIS

Inside this presentation box set, 12 individually sleeved LPs containing 209 recordings interspersed with many extracts of hokum and mayhem from the original Sun recording sessions of Jerry Lee Lewis; 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: 57 tracks as mastered and first issued between 1956 - 1965 by Sam C. Phillips' original Sun Records. 7 tracks previously unissued raw tracks of recordings that were issued on original Sun with overdubbed vocal/instrumental accompaniment. 77 tracks 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. 60 tracks previously unissued alternative takes of previously issued titles. 8 tracks previously unissued titles.

Record 1 Contains

End Of The Road

Crazy Arms

You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven) (Alternate Take)

Born To Lose

Tomorrow Night

Silver Threads (Amongst The Gold)

I'm Throwing Rice

I Love You So Much It Hurts

Deep Elm Blues

Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

The Crawdad Song

Dixie

The Marines Hymn

Goodnight Irene (Alternate Take)

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Old Time Religion (Alternate Take)

When The Saints Go Marching In (Undubbed)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 2 Contains

Turn Around

That Lucky Old Sun

I Love You Because (Alternate Take)

I Can't Help It

Cold Cold Heart (Alternate Take)

Shame On You

I'll Keep On Loving You

You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Alternate Take)

Ole Pal Of Yesterday (Alternate Take)

It'll Be Me (Alternate Take)

Pumpin' Piano Rock

You Win Again (Alternate Take)

Love Letters In The Sand

Little Green Valley (Alternate Take)

It'll Be Me (Alternate Take)

It'll Be Me

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Original Sun Recordings

Record 3 Contains

Lewis Boogie (Alternate Take)

It'll Be Me

All Night Long (Alternate Take)

Sixty Minute Man (Alternate Take)

I Don't Love Nobody

My Carolina Sunshine Girl

Long Gone Lonesome Blues

You Are My Sunshine

Lewis Boogie

Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee

Honey Hush

Singing The Blues

Rockin' With Red

Matchbox

Matchbox (Alternate Take)

Ubangi Stomp

Rock 'N' Roll Ruby

So Long I'm Gone

Original Sun Recordings

Record 4 Contains

Ooby Dooby (Alternate Take)

I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Alternate Take)

You Win Again (Undubbed)

I'm Feeling Sorry (Alternate Take)

I'm Feeling Sorry

Mean Woman Blues

Why Should I Cry Over You

Great Balls Of Fire (Alternate Take)

Great Balls Of Fire

You Win Again

Cool Cool Ways (Sexy Ways)

Milkshake Mademoiselle (Alternate Take)

Down The Line (Alternate Take)

I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry

Down The Line (Alternate Take)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 5 Contains

Milkshake Mademoiselle (Alternate Take)

Breathless (Alternate Take)

Down The Line

Breathless

High School Confidential (Alternate Take)

Good Rockin' Tonight (Alternate Take)

Pink Pedal Pushers

Jailhouse Rock

Hound Dog

Don't Be Cruel

Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Friday Night

Big Legged Woman

Original Sun Recordings

Record 6 Contains

Hello Hello Baby

Frankie And Johnny

It All Depends (On Who Will Buy The Wine) (Undubbed)

Your Cheatin' Heart

Lovesick Blues

Goodnight Irene

Matchbox

Put Me Down (Alternate Take)

Fools Like Me (Undubbed)

Wild One (Real Wild Child)

Carrying On (Sexy Ways)

Crazy Heart (Alternate Take)

Put Me Down (Version 2)

Let The Good Times Roll

Slippin' Around

I'll See You In My Dreams

Put Me Down

High School Confidential (Undubbed)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 7 Contains

Memory Of You/Come What May

Live And Let Live

Break Up (Alternate Take)

Crazy Heart (Alternate Take)

I'll Make It All Up To You (Alternate Take)

Johnny B. Goode (Alternate Take)

Crazy Arms (Alternate Take)

Break Up (Alternate Take)

The Return Of Jerry Lee

Settin' The Woods On Fire (Alternate Take)

Break Up (Alternate Take)

Johnny B. Goode

Break Up

I'll Make It All Up To You

I'll Make It All Up To You (Overdub)

I'll Make It All Up To You

Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (Alternate Take)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 8 Contains

I'll Sail My Ship Alone (Alternate Take)

I'll Sail My Ship Alone

It Hurt Me So (Alternate Take)

You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven) (Alternate Take)

Lovin' Up A Storm (Alternate Take)

Lovin' Up A Storm

Big Blon' Baby

Sick And Tired

(Just A Shanty In Old) Shanty Town

Release Me

I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You (Alternate Take)

Near You/I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You

Hillbilly Music

Original Sun Recordings

Record 9 Contains

My Blue Heaven (Alternate Take)

Let's Talk About Us (Alternate Take)

Home

Night Train To Memphis

The Ballad Of Billy Joe

Let's Talk About Us (Alternate Take)

Sail Away

Am I To Be The One (Alternate Take)

I'm The Guilty One

Let's Talk About Us

Little Queenie

Lewis Workout

The Wild Side Of Life

Billy Boy

Mexicali Rose

I Get The Blues When It Rains

In The Mood

Original Sun Recordings

Record 10 Contains

Old Black Joe

Baby Baby Bye Bye

As Long As I Live

Bonnie B.

What'd I Say (Alternate Take)

C.C. Rider

Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes

John Henry

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

When I Get Paid

Love Made A Fool Of Me

No More Than I Get

My Bonnie

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Cold Cold Heart

Livin' Lovin' Wreck

What'd I Say

Original Sun Recordings

Record 11 Contains

It Won't Happen With Me

C.C. Rider (Alternate Take)

I Love You Because

Save The Last Dance For Me

Hello Josephine (My Girl Josephine)

High Powered Woman

Ramblin' Rose (Alternate Take)

Rockin' The Boat Of Love

Money

I've Been Twistin (Alternate Take)

Whole Lotta Twistin' Goin' On (Alternate Take)

High Powered Woman

I Know What It Means (Alternate Take)

Sweet Little Sixteen

Hello Josephine (My Girl Josephine)

Set My Mind At Ease

Waiting For A Train

Original Sun Recordings

Record 12 Contains

Waiting For A Train

Good Rockin' Tonight

Be Bop A Lula

How's My Ex Treating You

Good Golly Miss Molly

I Can't Trust Me (In Your Arms Anymore)

My Pretty Quadroon

Seasons Of My Heart

Teenage Letter

Your Lovin' Ways

Just Who Is To Blame

Hong Kong Blues

Love On Broadway

One Minute Past Eternity

Invitation To Your Party

I Can't Seem To Say Good Bye

Carry Me Back To Old Virginia

Original Sun Recordings

The Sun Years - Jerry Lee Lewis

November 1983 RCA Victor (LP) 33rpm CPL1-4848 mono

ELVIS - A LEGENDARY PERFORMER - VOLUME 4

Black label. White and gold letters. RCA logo at center. Booklet inside the cover. On the back cover RCA logo lower right. Finally, after 20 years, RCA released the Elvis Presley/Ann-Margret duet, "The Lady Loves Me". The tune had previously appeared only on bootleg LPs. "Plantation Rock" also was officially released for the first time. Also on this album, an unreleased Sun master, "When It Rains, It Really Pours", acquired from Sun Records with extras from the recording session. "I'm Beginning To Forget You" and "Mona Lisa" were newly discovered at Graceland. Alternate and unreleased versions of eight other songs and Elvis Presley interviews with Ray and Norma Pillow, a 12-page booklet completed the album. "Elvis A Legendary Performer, Volume 4" did not chart.

Side 1: Contains

When It Rains, It Really Pours (Unissued Sun Master)

Interviews By Ray And Norma Pillow

One Night

I'm Beginning To Forget You

Mona Lisa

Plantation Rock

Swing Down Sweet Chariot

1 Original Sun Recording

2-7 Original RCA Recordings

Side 2: Contains

The Lady Loves Me

Wooden Heart

That's All Right

Are You Lonesome Tonight

Reconsider Baby

I'll Remember You

Original RCA Recordings

Elvis - A Legendary Performer - Volume 4

1984 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sunbox 103 mono

THE SUN YEARS – JOHNNY CASH AND THE TENNESSEE TWO

Inside this presentation box: 5 individually sleeved LP's containing 82 recordings interspersed with many extracts of fascinating session conversation and false starts. Each LP sleeve bears a detailed track by track analysis of the enclosed recordings. There is an LP-size booklet containing an introduction by Sam Phillips; an overview of Johnny Cash's recording career during the Sun years; a detailed session discography; photos, cuttings and memorabilia. Each album has been mastered in mono.

Record 1 ''Wide Open Road'' Contains

Wide Open Road (Alternate Take)

You're My Baby

Folsom Prison Blues (Alternate Take)

Wide Open Road

Two Timin' Woman

Goodnight Irene

Port Of Lonely Hearts

My Treasure (Alternate Take)

My Treasure

Wide Open Road

Cry Cry Cry

Hey Porter

Folsom Prison Blues

Luther Played The Boogie

So Doggone Lonesome

Mean Eyed Cat

I Couldn't Keep From Crying

New Mexico

Original Sun Recordings

Record 2 ''I Walk The Line'' Contains

Rock 'N' Roll Ruby

Get Rhythm (Alternate Take)

I Walk The Line (Alternate Take)

Train Of Love (Alternate Take)

Get Rhythm

I Walk The Line

There You Go

Train Of Love

One More Ride

Goodbye Little Darling

I Love You Because

Straight As In Love

Don't Make Me Go (Alternate Take)

Nex In Line

Don't Make Me Go

Original Sun Recordings

Record 3 ''Country Boy'' Contains

Give My Love To Rose (Alternate Take)

Home Of The Blues

Give My Love To Rose

The Wreck Of The Old 97

Rock Island Line

Belshazar

Leave That Junk Alone

Country Boy (Alternate Take)

Country Boy

Doin' My Time

If The Good Lord's Willing

I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow

Remember Me

I Was There When It Happened

Come On Stranger

Big River

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

Original Sun Recordings

Record 4 ''Always Alone'' Contains

Come In Stranger

Oh Lonesome Me

Guess Things Happen That Way

Oh Lonesome Me

You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven (Alternate Take)

Sugartime

Born To Lose

You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven

Always Alone (Alternate Take)

The Story Of A Broken Heart (Alternate Take)

The Story Of A Broken Heart

You Tell Me

Life Goes On

Original Sun Recordings

Record 5 ''Thanks A Lot'' Contains

You Win Again'I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You

Cold Cold Heart

Hey Good Lookin'

I Can't Help

Blue Train

Katy Too

The Ways Of A Woman In Love (Alternate Take)

Thanks A Lot

The Fool's Hall Of Fame

The Ways Of A Woman In Love

Thanks A Lot

It's Just About Time

I Just Thought You'd Like To Know

I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Alternate Take)

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Down The Street Of 301

Original Sun Recordings

The Sun Years - Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two

October 1984 RCA Victor (LP) 33rpm CPM6-5172 mono

A GOLDEN CELEBRATION

6 LP Box set. Gold label with white letters. RCA logo left at center. On the back cover RCA logo in upper left. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth, RCA release this fabulous six-record boxed set. Included were Sun sessions outtakes; complete "Stage Show" appearances; complete Milton Berle and Steve Allen appearances; two performances at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on September 26, 1956; complete "Ed Sullivan Show" appearances; songs from the June 27, 1968, taping of the "Elvis" TV special; and nine newly discovered home recordings (five songs were never known to have been recorded by Elvis Presley). Liner notes by Colin Escott. "A Golden Celebration" peaked at number 80 on Billboard's Top LPs chart, remaining on the chart for 19 weeks. On the Hot Country LPs chart, the boxed set reached number 55 and had a seven-week stay.

Side 1: Contains

The Sun Sessions Outtakes

Harbor Lights

That's All Right

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

My Baby Is Gone

I'll Never Let You Go

When It Rains, It Really Pours

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

The Dorsey Brothers "Stage Show"

Shake, Rattle And Roll

Flip, Flop And Fly

I Got A Woman

Baby, Let's Play House

Tutti Frutti

Blue Suede Shoes

Heartbreak Hotel

Original RCA Recordings

Side 3: Contains

The Dorsey Brothers "Stage Show" Continued

Tutti Frutti

I Was The One

Blue Suede Shoes

Heartbreak Hotel

Money Honey

Heartbreak Hotel

Original RCA Recordings

Side 4: Contains

The Milton Berle Show

Heartbreak Hotel

Blue Suede Shoes

Hound Dog

Dialogue

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

The Steve Allen Show

Dialogue

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

Introduction And Hound Dog

Original RCA Recordings

Side 5: Contains

The Mississippi-Alabama Fair And Dairy Show

Heartbreak Hotel

Long Tall Sally

Introduction And Presentation

I Was The One

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

I Got A Woman

Original RCA Recordings

Side 6: Contains

The Mississippi-Alabama Fair And Dairy Show Continued

Don't Be Cruel

Ready Teddy

Love Me Tender

Hound Dog

Interviews Vernon And Gladys Presley

Nick Adams

A Fan

Elvis

Original RCA Recordings

Side 7: Contains

The Mississippi-Alabama Fair And Dairy Show Continued

Love Me Tender

I Was The One

I Got A Woman

Don't Be Cruel

Blue Suede Shoes

Baby, L et's Play House

Hound Dog

Announcements

Original RCA Recordings

Side 8: Contains

The Ed Sullivan Show

Don't Be Cruel

Love Me Tender

Ready Teddy

Hound Dog

Don't Be Cruel

Love Me Tender

Love Me

Hound Dog

Original RCA Recordings

Side 9: Contains

The Ed Sullivan Show Continued

Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

Peace In The Valley

Hound Dog

Love Me Tender

Heartbreak Hotel

Don't Be Cruel

Too Much

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gols Again

Original RCA Recordings

Side 10: Contains

Elvis At Home

Danny Boy

Soldier Boy

The Fool

Earth Angel

He's Only A Prayer Away

Original RCA Recordings

Side 11: Contains

Collectors Treasures

Excerpts From An Interview For TV Guide

My Heart Cries For You

Dark Moon

Write To Me From Naple

Suppose

Original RCA Recordings

Side 12: Contains

Elvis

Blue Suede Shoes

Tiger Man

That's All Right

Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Baby What You Want Me To Do

Monologue

Love Me

Are You Lonesome Tonight

Baby What You Want Me To Do

Monologue

Blue Christmas

Monologue

One Night

Tryin' To Get To You

Original RCA Recordings

A Golden Celebration

1985 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm 2 LP Set CDX 9 mono

BILLY RILEY – RED HOT RILEY

34 song double album collects together for the first time all of the classics rock and roll recordings Billy Riley made for the legendary Sun Records of Memphis during 1956-1959. All the original singles, all the titles later issued on albums, five alternate takes, and seven previously unissued titles.

Side 1 Contains

Rock With Me Baby

Trouble Bound

Flying Saucers Rock And Roll

I Want You Baby

Red Hot

Pearly Lee

Wouldn't You Know

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Baby Please Don't Go

Itchy

Thunderbird

Down By The Riverside

No Name Girl

One More Time (Come Back Baby)

Got The Water Boiling

Original Sun Recordings

Side 3 Contains

Red Hot (Version 2)

She's My Baby

Flying Saucers Rock And Roll (Version 2)

Rock With Me Baby (Version 2)

Wouldn't You Know (Version 2)

Open The Door Richard

That's Right

Searchin'

College Man

Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash

Original Sun Recordings

Side 4 Contains

Sweet William

Folsom Prison Blues

The Was Rockin'

Dark Muddy Bottom

Billys Blues

Swannee River Rock

When A Man Gets The Blues

Come Back Baby (One More Time)

Betty And Dupree

Let's Talk About Us

Red Hot (Version 3)

Original Sun Recordings

Billy Riley - Red Hot Riley

1985 Krazy Kat Records (LP) 33rpm Krazy Kat KK 7427 mono

MEMPHIS BLUES - UNISSUED TITLES FROM THE 1950S

This album contains 16 unissued titles from the best Memphis blues from the early 1950s. Some tracks have been transferred from worn acetates. The last two tracks on the album are extremely noisy but no further improvement was possible. However, the music is such as to merit release. This album is released by special arrangement with Charly International AMS.

Side 1 Contains

The Last Time (Sun/Checker Unissued) (Woodrow Adams)

Cat Squirrel (Docor Ross)

That's Alright (Doctor Ross)

Black Snake Boogie (William Stewart)

Outside Friends (Willie Carr)

Sittin' On Top Of The World (Raymond Hill)

High (Kenneth Banks)

Original Sun/Checker Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Peg Leg Baby (Johnny O'Neal)

Oo-Wee Baby (Little Milton)

Stay With Me Baby (Eddie Snow)

I'm Off That Stuff (Rufus Thomas)

I'm All Alone (Eddie Snow)

Blues Jumped A Rabbit (Sherman Blues Johnson)

Hello Pretty Baby (Sherman Blues Johnson)

Phineas' Boogie (Phineas Newborn Sr.)

The Joint Is Jumping (Phineas Newborn Sr.)

Original Sun/Checker Recordings

Memphis Blues - Unissued Titles From The 1950s

1985 RCA Records (LP) 33rpmPL85418 mono

RECONSIDER BABY

A 12-song, budget-priced compilation of Elvis' most notable blues sides for the RCA label. A good place to start digging Elvis' commitment to the music, always returning to it right up through the 1970s like an old friend, whenever he needed a quick fix of the real thing, as he takes on everything from rhythm and blues slices like Tommy Tucker's "High Heel Sneakers" to Percy May field’s "Stranger In My Own Home Town''. Major highlights on this collection are Elvis playing acoustic rhythm guitar and driving the band through a take of the Lowell Fulton title track, blistering versions of two Arthur Crud up songs, an unreleased Sun recording of Lonnie Johnson's "Tomorrow Night," and the R-rated take of Smiley Lewis’s "One Night (Of Sin)''. Included a 2-page booklet with liner notes by Peter Guralnick. The fine photograph on the cover was taken by Lloyd Russell Sherman.

Side 1 Contains

Reconsider Baby

Tomorrow Night (Sun Recording)

So Glad You're Mine

One Night

When It Rains, It Really Pours

My Baby Left Me

Ain't That Loving You Baby

Side 2 Contains

I Feel So Bad

Down In The Alley

Hi-Heel Sneakers

Stranger In My Own Home Town

Merry Christmas Baby

Reconsider Baby

1985 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CDX 10 mono
CHARLIE RICH - ORIGINAL HITS AND MIDNIGHT DEMOS

This 39 song double-album collects together all the original singles Charlie Rich made for Phillips International in Memphis, Tennessee between 1957 and 1962. It also includes the most outstanding demos and unissued takes from that period. It contains 20 original tracks, 4 titles later issued on albums, 4 alternate takes, 11 previously unissued titles. Compiled and liner notes by Martin Hawkins and Hank Davis.

Side 1 Contains The Original Hits
Whirlwind
Philadelphia Baby
Rebound
Big Man
Lonely Weekends
Everything I Do Os Wrong
Schooldays
Gonna Be Waitin'
On My Knees
Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains The Original Hits
Who Will The Next Fool Be
Caught In The Middle
It's Too Late
Just A Little Bit Sweet
Midnight Blues
Easy Money
Sittin' And Thinkin'
I Finally Found Outstanding
I Need Your Love
There's Another Place I Can't Go
Original Sun Recordings

Side 3 Contains Midnight Demos
Little Woman Friend Of Mine
Ain't It A Shame
Everything I Do Is Wrong (2)
Thanks A Lot
You Never Know About Love
My Baby Done Left Me
There Won't Be Anymore
Juicehead Baby
Everyday
Original Sun Recordings

Side 4 Contains Midnight Demos
You Made A Hit
Now Everybody Knows
Baby I Need You
Stop Thief
It Hurt Me So
Two Many Tears
Ways Of A Woman In Love
Sittin' And Thinkin'
Popcorn Polly
Original Sun Recordings

Charlie Rich - Original Hits And Midnight Demos

1986 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm SUNBOX 105 mono

SUN RECORDS - THE BLUES YEARS 1950 - 1956

Sun Blues Box was issued, on vinyl only. An impressive, state-of-the-art-9-LP set, comprising 151 tracks, including some fifty previously unreleased sides. Also included a comprehensive, illustrated, fully-annotated 44-page booklet with liner notes, session information of the blues reissues by Martin Hawkins.

Disc 1 Contains

Cool Down Mama (Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats)

School Boy (Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats)

Shorty The Barber (Charlie Burse)

Boogie In The Park (Joe Hill Louis)

Gotta Let You Go (Joe Hill Louis)

Registration Day Blues (Sleepy John Estes)

Policy Man (Sleepy John Estes)

Rats In My Kitchen (Sleepy John Estes)

Runnin' Around (Sleepy John Estes)

Highway Man (Howlin' Wolf)

My Troubles And Me (Howlin' Wolf)

Everybody's In The Mood (Howlin' Wolf)

Decoration Day Blues (Howlin' Wolf)

Bluebird Blues (Howlin' Wolf)

Well That's Alright (Howlin' Wolf)

My Baby Walked Off (Howlin' Wolf)

Come Back Home (Howlin' Wolf)

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 2 Contains

She's Dynamite (B.B. King)

B.B. Blues (B.B. King)

Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats)

Ridin' The Boogie (Lou Sargent)

Juiced (Billy Love)

My Real Gone Rocket (Jackie Brenston)

Tuckered Out (Jackie Brenston)

Drop Top (Billy Love)

Sam's Drag (L.J. Thomas)

Baby Take A Chance With Me (L.J. Thomas)

T-Model Boogie (Rosco Gordon)

Decorate The Counter (Rosco Gordon)

Married Woman (Rufus Thomas)

You'll Be Sorry (Houston Stokes)

Blues And Lonesome (Houston Stokes)

Baby's Gone And Left Me (Houston Stokes)

Hi-Tone Mama (Walter "Tang" Smith)

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 3 Contains

Drivin' Slow (Johnny London)

Got My Application Baby (Handy Jackson)

Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas Jr)

Walking In The Rain (Rufus Thomas Jr)

Call Me Anything But Call Me (Big Memphis Ma Rainey)

Baby No No (Big Memphis Ma Rainey)

Save That Money (Rufus Thomas Jr.)

Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle) (Rufus Thomas Jr.)

Feelin' Good (Little Junior's Blue Flames)

Fussin' And Fightin' Blues (Little Junior's Blue Flames)

Mystery Train (Little Junior's Blue Flames)

Love My Baby (Little Junior's Blue Flames)

Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin' (William Stewart)

Country Farm Blues (William Stewart)

Just Walkin' In The Rain (The Prisonaires)

Don't Say Tomorrow (The Prisonaires)

I Want My Baby Back (Hunki Dori)

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 4 Contains

Where Shall I Be (When That First Trumpet Sounds) (The Brewsteraires)

(The Lord Gave Me) Wings For My Soul (The Brewsteraires)

There's A Man In Jerusalem (Southern Jubilees)

Forgive Me Lord (Southern Jubilees)

He Never Left Me Alone (Southern Jubilees)

A Prisoner's Prayer (The Prisonaires)

Amazing Grace (The Jones Brothers)

Gospel Train (The Jones Brothers)

Look To Jesus (The Jones Brothers)

That Ain't Right (Doctor Ross with Henry Hill)

Left Job Boogie (Doctor Ross)

Terra Mae (Doctor Ross)

Come Back Baby (Doctor Ross)

Gonna Leave You Baby (Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo)

I Feel So Worried (Take1) (Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo)

I Feel So Worried (Take 2) (Sammy Lewis &Willie Johnson Combo)

So Long Baby Goodbye (Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo)

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 5 Contains

Walter's Instrumental (Walter Horton)

Selling My Whiskey (Jackie Boy & Little Walter)

West Winds Are Blowing (Walter Horton)

Little Walter's Boogie (Walter Horton)

Off The Wall (Walter Horton)

Easy (Walter Horton)

Before Long (Jimmy DeBerry)

Party Line Blues (Jimmy DeBerry)

Take A Little Chance (Jimmy DeBerry)

Time Has Made A Change (Jimmy DeBerry)

Midnight Showers Of Rain (Willie Nix)

Prison Bound Blues (Willie Nix)

Riding In The Moonlight (Willie Nix)

Take A Little Walk With Me (Willie Nix)

Seems Like A Million Years (Willie Nix)

Baker Shop Boogie (Willie Nix)

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 6 Contains

Can't Love Me And My Money Too (L.B. Lawson)

Sweet Home Chicago (Honeyboy Edwards)

Rhumba Chillen (Albert Williams)

Hoo Doo Man (Albert Williams)

When I'm Gone (Joe Hill Louis )

We All Gotta Go Sometime (Joe Hill Louis)

She May Be Yours (Joe Hill Louis)

Keep Your Arms Around Me (Joe Hill Louis)

Mistreatin' Boogie (Mose Vinson)

Worry You Off My Mind (Mose Vinson)

Hydramatic Woman (Joe Hill Louis)

Tiger Man (Joe Hill Louis)

Shine Boy (Mose Vinson

Joe Hill Louis & Walter Horton)

Reap What You Sow (Mose Vinson)

44 Blues (Mose Vinson)

Come See Me (Mose Vinson)

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 7 Contains

Greyhound Blues (D.A. Hunt)

Lonesome Ol' Jail (D.A. Hunt)

Steel Guitar Rag (Earl Hooker)

Believe I'll Settle Down (Boyd Gilmore)

Walked All Night (Charlie Booker)

Baby I'm Coming Home (Charlie Booker)

Reward For My Baby (Walter Bradford)

Love For My Baby (Walter Bradford)

Lucy Done Moved (Walter Bradford & L.C. Hubert)

My Baby (James Cotton)

Straighten Up Baby (James Cotton)

Cotton Crop Blues (James Cotton)

Hold Me In Your Arms (James Cotton)

I'm Gonna Murder My Baby (Pat Hare)

Bonus Pay (Pat Hare)

Wolf Call Boogie (Hot Shot Love)

Harmonica Jam (Hot Shot Love)

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 8 Contains

Ain't Gonna Tell You No Lie (James Banister)

Love You Love You Baby (Dennis Binder)

Long Gone Raymond (Raymond Hill)

My Baby Left Me (Raymond Hill)

Blues Train (Tot Randolph)

Ugly Woman (Johnny O'Neal)

Dead Letter Blues (Johnny O'Neal)

Johnny's Dream (Johnny O'Neal)

Beggin' My Baby (Little Milton)

Somebody Told Me (Little Milton)

Carry My Business On (Houston Boines)

She's My Queen (Little Milton)

Rebeat (Little Milton)

Lookin' For My Baby (Little Milton)

Rode That Train (Looking For My Baby) (Little Milton)

Homesick For My Baby (Little Milton)

If You Love Me (Little Milton)

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 9 Contains

Way After Midnight (Billy Love)

Hart's Bread Boogie (Billy Love)

Gee I Wish (Billy Love)

The News Is All Around Town (Billy Love)

Shim Sham Shimmy (Billy "The Kid" Emerson)

When It Rains It Pours (Billy "The Kid" Emerson)

Move Baby Move (Billy "The Kid" Emerson)

Red Hot (Billy "The Kid" Emerson)

Bring Your Love Back Home (Eddie Snow)

Something For Nothing (Billy "The Kid" Emerson)

Little Fine Healthy Thing (Billy "The Kid" Emerson)

That's What You Do To Me (Roscoe Gordon)

I Found A New Love (Roscoe Gordon)

I'm Gonna Shake It (Roscoe Gordon)

Let's Get High (Roscoe Gordon)

New Orleans (Roscoe Gordon)

Shoobie Oobie (Roscoe Gordon)

Original Sun Recordings

Sun Records - The Blues Years 19501-1956

November 1986 Bear Family Records (LP) 33rpm BFX 15211 mono

THE SUN COUNTRY YEARS 1950 - 1959

Sun Country 11 LP Boxed Set. An Bear Family Special Products. Black disc. Yellow label. Have circle of musical notes and staff around the entire label, with excepted of the bar wherein "Memphis, Tennessee" appear. The letters SUN with sun rays pressed in light brown at the top of the label.

On the back cover Bear Family logo left at bottom. Catalog number in upper right. Sun country recordings and demos many of them previously unissued complete with studio chatter. Also included in the boxset, 130-page booklet contains biography of the artists, discography with details of all recording sessions. Also in the booklet a chronology of information relevant to country music in Memphis and to the musicians included in this box. Production team and liner notes by Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins and Hank Davis.

Record 1 Contains

(Slim Rhodes)

WNC Radio Extracts

Skunk Hollow Boogie

Save A Little Love For Me

Memphis Bounce

Sixty Days

Hotfoot Rag

Time Marches On

Ozark Boogie

Red White And Blue

Don’t Believe

Uncertain Love

House of Sin

Are You Ashamed Of Me

Bad Girl

Gonna Romp and Stomp

Take And Give

Do What I Do

I’ve Never Been So Blue

Original Sun Recordings

Record 2 Contains

(Harmonica Frank)

Swamp Root

Goin’ Away Walkin’

Step It Up And Go

Howlin’ Tomcat (1)

She Done Moved

Howlin’ Tomcat (2)

The Great Medical Menagerist

Rockin’ Chair Daddy

(Bob Price)

How Can It Be

Sticks And Stones

(Red Hadley)

Tennessee Drag

If I had As Much Money (As I Have Time)

Boogie Ramble

(Ripley Cotton Choppers)

Blues Waltz

Silver Bell

Roses and Sunshine

(Earl Peterson)

In The Dark

Boogie Blues

Nothing To Lose But My Heart

I’m Leaving My Heart Up To You

Original Sun Recordings

Record 3 Contains

(Howard Seratt)

Make Room In The Lifeboat For Me

Jesus Means All to Me

Troublesome Waters

I Must Be Saved

(Doug Poindexter)

Now She Cares No More For Me

My Kind Of Carryin’ On

(Carl Perkins)

Listen To The Mockingbird

Honky Tonk Gal

Gone, Gone, Gone

Dixie Bop

Sure To Fall

Tennessee

Everybody’s Tryin’ To Be My Baby

Forever Yours

Breakin’ My Heart

Try My Heart Out

Original Sun Recordings

Record 4 Contains

(Malcolm Yelvington)

Drinkin’ Wine Spo Dee O Dee

Just Rollin’ Along’

(Bill Taylor)

Lonely Sweetheart

(Bill Taylore & Smokey Joe)

Split Personality

(Smokey Joe Baugh)

Hula Bop

She’s Woman

The Story Of Paul Revere

Listen To Me

The Signifying Monkey

(Therman Enlow)

The Girl With Green Eyes And Red Hair

(Malcolm Yelvington)

Yakety Yak

Way Down Blues

Rockin’ With My Baby

It’s Me Baby

Goodbye Marie

Mr Blues

First and Last Love

Did I Ask You To Stay

Trumpet

Goin’ To Sea

Original Sun Recordings

Record 5 Contains

(Charlie Feathes)

Runnin’ Around

I’ve Been Deceived (1)

Peepin’ Eyes

I’ve Been Deceived (2)

We’re Getting Closer To Being Apart

Defrost Your Heart

Wedding Gown of White

Bottle To The Baby

Man In Love

(Maggie Sue Wimberly)

How Long

Daydreams Come True

They Who Condemn

Call Me Anything

Rock and Roll Simmon Tree

(Jimmy Haggett)

No More

They Call Our Love A Sin

How Come You Do Me

Rhythm Called Rock and Roll

Rock Me Baby

Rabbit Action

Original Sun Recordings

Record 6 Contains

(Miller Sisters)

Someday You Will Pay

You Didn’t Think I Would

Look What You’ve Done To My Heart

I know I Can’t Forget You (But I’ll Try)

There’s No Right Way

You Can Tell Me

Woody

Finders Keepers

My Isle of Golden Dreams

Ten Cats Down

It Only Hurts For A Little While

Got You On My Mind

Chains of Love

(Millers Sisters & Cast King)

I Can’t Find Time To Pray

(Cast King)

When You Stop Loving Me

Like A Weed In A Garden

Satisfied With Me

Please Believe Me

Round and Round

Destiny

Baby Doll

Original Sun Recordings

Record 7 Contains

(Warren Smith)

Rock 'N' Roll Ruby

I’d Rather Be Safe Than Sorry

Black Jack David

Ubangi Stomp

Tonight Will Be The Last Night

Tell Me Who

I Couldn’t Take The Chance

The Darkest Cloud

So Long I’m Gone (1)

So Long I’m Gone (2)

So Long I’m Gone (3)

Who Took My Baby

Miss Froggie

Stop The World

Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache

Got Love If You Want It

I Fell In Love

Hank Snow Medley

Do I Love You

I Like Your Kinda Love

Original Sun Recordings

Record 8 Contains

(Warren Smith)

Uranium Rock

Goodbye Mr Love (1)

Sweet Sweet Girl

Dear John

Goodbye Mr Love (2)

(Ernie Chaffin)

Feelin’ Low

Lonesome For My Baby

I’m Lonesome

Laughin’ And Jokin’

Linda

Heart Of Me

I’ll Walk Alone

Be Faithful To Me

Got You On My Mind

Born To Lose

Nothing Can Change My Love For You

Miracle of You

Please Don’t Ever Leave Me

Original Sun Recordings

Record 9 Contains

(Mack Self)

Easy To Love

Goin’ Crazy

Everyday

Easy To Love (2)

Mad At You

Vibrate

Little One

Lovin’

Memories

Willie Brown

(Jerry Lee Lewis)

I’m Feelin’ Sorry (1)

I’m Feelin’ Sorry (2)

I’m The Guilty One

(Onie Wheeler)

Jump Right Out Of This Jukebox (2)

Walkin’ Shoes

That’s All

Tell ‘em Off

Jump Right Out Of This Jukebox (2)

Bonaparte’s Retreat

Original Sun Recordings

Record 10 Contains

(Johnny Cash)

Train Of Love

Home Of The Blues

(Tommy Blake)

Ballad Of A Broken Heart

(Johnny Cash)

Story of A Broken Heart

(Jack Clement)

Ballad Of A Teenage Qu een

(Johnny Cash)

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

(Jack Clement)

Quinch My Thirst

Ten Years

Your Lover Boy

The Black Haired Man

Wrong

(Gene Steele)

Alimony Blues

Daisy Bread Boogie

(Mississippi Slim)

Try Doin’ Right

(Hardrock Gunter)

Fallen Angel

Gonna Dance All Night

(Rhythm Rockers)

Jukebox Help Me Find My Baby

Fiddle Bop

(Wanda Ballman)

Honky Tonk Girl

(Dixieland Drifters)

I’m Gonna Find Her

Maybe Tomorrow

Original Sun Recordings

Record 11 Bonus LP Contains

(Carl Perkins)

Honky Tonk

Perkins Wiggle

Y.O.U

(Johnny Cash)

Folsom Prison Blues

If The Good Lords Willing

I Was There There When It Happened

I Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow

(Jerry Lee Lewis)

Goodnight Irene

Ole Pal Of Yesterday

Fools Like Me

I'll Sail My Ship Alone

Settin'The Woods On Fire

(Onie Wheeler)

Hazel

Long Gone

I'll Love For A Lifetime

Original Sun Recordings

12-14 Original Columbia Recordings

The Sun Country Years 1950-1959

1986 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30262 mono

HAYDEN THOMPSON - ROCKABILLY GUY 1954-1962

18 tracks recorded for Sun, Phillips, Von and Arlen, including many unreleased tracks in tremendous quality! Liner nots by Adam Komorowski.

Side 1 Contains

I Feel The Blues Coming On

Act Like You Love Me

Rockabilly Gal

Love My Baby

One Broken Heart

Fairlane Rock

Blues, Blues, Blues

You're My Sunshine

Mama, Mama, Mama

1-2 Original Von Recordings

3-9 Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Call Me Shorty

Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Goin' Steady

I'll Hold You In My Heart

Kansas City Blues'

It Won't Be Long Until The Summer

Old Kris Kringle

Pardon Me (Alternate Version)

Queen Bee

1-7 Original Sunjay Recordings

8-9 Original Arlan Recordings

Hayden Thompson - Rockabilly Guy 1954-1962

August 1986 Rhino Records (LP) 33rpm RNDA 71103 mono

THE SUN STORY

2 LP Set. Summing up the history of one of America's most important record labels in 20 songs is a task that borders on the impossible, and The Sun Story is hardly the final or definitive word on the subject of Sam Phillips and the nearly seismic impact his label wrought on popular music. While Sun Records is usually cited for (a) giving birth to rock and roll, (b) creating a home for rockabilly, or (c) bringing Elvis Presley into the recording studio for the first time, producer and label founder Sam Phillips had a broader vision than any of those descriptions would imply, embracing in one way or another the full range of the music of the American South, blues, rhythm and blues, hard country, gospel, and even a dash of pop. Rhino Records' original two-LP vinyl edition of The Sun Story offered a solid introduction to the superb and eclectic roster of talent that recorded for Phillips' little label vitally important rhythm and blues recordings (Jackie Brenston, Roscoe Gordon, and the Prisonaires) in favor of the better-known rock and roll performers who followed them. But as a convenient and affordable collection of Sun's best-known hits and better-known also-rans, The Sun Story more than fills the bill, packed to the brim with great, groundbreaking music from Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Billy Lee Riley, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich, and many others. As is the norm with a collection from Rhino, the remastered audio is superb (something that hasn't always been the case with earlier Sun reissues), and the four-page booklet liner notes are informative, intelligent, and entertaining. The Sun Story is hardly the complete Sun story, but it's not bad as a starter, and if you're looking for a disc with some of the greatest and most satisfying American rock and roll ever committed to tape, this is just what you need.

Side 1: Contains

Good Rockin' Tonight (Elvis Presley)

Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston)

Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)

Mystery Train (Junior Parker)

Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)

Sitting By My Window (Five Tinos)

Ooby Dooby (Roy Orbison)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Get Rhythm (Johnny Cash)

Devil Doll (Roy Orbison)

Just Walking In The Rain (Prisonaires)

Straight As In Love (Johnny Cash)

Ubangi Stomp (Warren Smith)

Bearcat (Rufus Thomas)

That's All Right (Elvis Presley)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 3: Contains

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Match Box (Carl Perkins)

My Bucket Got A Hole In It (Sonny Burgess)

Flyin' Saucers Rock And Roll (Billy Riley)

Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 4: Contains

Honey Don't (Carl Perkins)

High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Red Hot (Billy Riley)

I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

Who Will The Next Fool Be (Charlie Rich)

Raunchy (Bill Justis)

Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Original Sun Recordings

The Sun Story

November 1986 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sunbox 106-12 mono

SUN RECORDS - THE ROCKING YEARS

An 12 album boxed set The Rocking Years an whole range of rock and roll music recorded in Sun's famous studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis. The set featuring issued, previously unissued, alternate versions of about nearly 200 songs including Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Sonny Burgess, Gene Simmons, Billy Lee Riley, Barbara Pitman, Ray Smith, Bill Justis, Ace Cannon, Kenny Parchman, Ray Harris, Hayden Thomson and many more. Also included in the box set a glossy book with a feature on Sam Phillips and every artist included on the discs with liner notes and session information.

Record 1 ''Put Your Cat Clothes On'' Contains

Carl Perkins In Memphis (Carl Pekins)

You Can't Make Love To Somebody (Carl Perkins)

Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby (Carl Perkins)

Dixie Fried (Carl Perkins)

Put Your Cat Clothes On -1 (Carl Perkins)

Put Your Cat Clothes On - 2 (Carl Perkins)

That Don't Move Me (Carl Perkins)

Pink Pedal Pushers (Carl Perkins)

That's Right (Carl Perkins)

Crawdad Hole (Jack Earls)

If You Don't Mind (Jack Earls)

Slow Down (Jack Earls)

A Fool For Loving You (Jack Earls)

Sign It On The Dotted Line (Jack Earls)

Rock All Night (Glenn Honeycutt)

I'll Be Around (Glenn Honeycutt)

I'll Wait Forever (Glen Honeycutt)

Be Wise, Don't Cry (Glenn Honeycutt)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 2 ''Come On Little Mama'' Contains

Come On Little Mama (Ray Harris)

Where'd You Stay Last Night (Ray Harris)

Love Dumb Baby (Ray Harris)

Greenback Dollar, Watch And Chain – 1 (Ray Harris)

Foolish Heart (Ray Harris)

Greenback Dollar, Watch And Chain - 2 (Ray Harris)

Cotton Pickin' Boogie (Johnny Bernero Band)

Rockin' At The Woodchoppers Ball (Johnny Bernero Band)

It Makes No Difference Now (Johnny Bernero Band)

Bernero's Boogie(Johnny Bernero Band

I Don't Mind(Johnny Bernero Band)

Sentimental Fool (Barbara Pittman)

I Need A Man (Barbara Pittman)

Voice Of A Fool (Barbara Pittman)

I'm Getting Better All The Time (Barbara Pittman)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 3 ''Oooby Dooby'' Contains

Bop Bop Baby (Wade And Dick)

Don't Need Your Lovin' – 1 (Dick Penner)

Don't Need Your Lovin' – 2 (Wade And Dick)

Wild Woman (Wade And Dick)

Cindy Lou (Dick Penner)

Honey Love (Dick Penner)

Fine Little Baby (Dick Penner)

Move Baby Move (Dick Penner)

Ooby Dooby (Roy Orbison)

Go Go Go (Roy Orbison)

Rockhouse (Roy Orbison)

Domino (Roy Orbison)

Rock-A-Billy Gal (Hayden Thompson)

Rakin' And Scrapin' (Dean Beard)

Long Time Gone (Dean Beard)

That's The Way I Love (Johnny Carroll)

Rock Baby, Rock It (Johnny Carroll)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 4 ''I Feel Like Rockin''' Contains

Tennessee Zip (Kenny Parchman)

I Feel Like Rockin' (Kenny Parchman)

Love Crazy Baby(Kenny Parchman)

Treat Me Right (Kenny Parchman)

Get It Off Your Mind

What's The Reason (Kenny Parchman)

You Call Everybody Darlin' (Kenny Parchman)

Go Ahead Baby (Luke McDaniels)

Huh Babe (Luke McDaniels)

High High High (Luke McDaniels)

My Baby Don't Rock (Luke McDaniels)

That's What I Tell My Heart (Luke McDaniels)

Born To Sing The Blues (Harold Jenkis)

I Need Your Lovin' Kiss (Harold Jenkins)

Goin' Crazy (Mack Self)

Mad At You (Mack Self)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 5 ''Rockin' With My Baby'' Contains

Good Lookin' Woman (Jimmy Williams)

Rock-A-Bye-Baby (Jimmy Williams)

Sweet Rocking Mama (Jimmy Williams)

Sonny Boy

Fire Engine Red (Jimmy Williams)

Tomorrow (Jimmy Williams)

Please Don't Cry Over Me (Jimmy Williams)

That Depends On You (Jimmy Williams)

All I Want Is You

My One Desire (Jimmy Williams)

Down On The Border (Gene Simmons)

Don't Let Me Down (The Miller Sisters)

Shake Rattle And Roll (Gene Simmons)

I'ts Me Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)

Rocking With My Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)

It's My Trumpet (Malcolm Yelvington)

Ten Cats Down (The Miller Sisters)

The Fools Hall Of Fame (Rudy Richardson)

Cheese And Crackers (Rosco Gordon)

Sally Jo (Rosco Gordon)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 6 ''We Wanna Boogie'' Contains

We Wanna Boogie (Sonny Burgess)

Red Headed Woman (Sonny Burgess)

Ain't Got A Thing (Sonny Burgess)

Feelin' Good (Sonny Burgess)

Truckin' Down The Avenue (Sonny Burgess)

Restless (Sonny Burgess)

Find My Baby For Me(Sonny Burgess)

Sadie Brown (Sonny Burgess)

Itchy (Sonny Burgess)

Rock 'N' Roll Ruby (Warren Smith)

Stop The World (Warren Smith)

Uranium Rock (Warren Smith)

Dear John (Warren Smith)

Flyin' Saucer Rock And Roll (Billy Riley)

I Want You Baby Billy Riley)

Red Hot Billy Riley)

No Name Girl (Billy Riley)

Got Your Water Boiling (Billy Riley)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 7 ''The Chains In Love'' Contains

Blues At Midnight (Gene Simmons)

Pop And Mama (Gene Simmons)

The Chains Of Love (Gene Simmons)

Juicy Fruit (Gene Simmons)

Drinkin' Wine (Gene Simmons)

I Done Told You (Gene Simmons)

Crazy Woman (Gene Simmons)

I Don't Love You Baby (Gene Simmons)

Money Money Money (Gene Simmons)

If I'm Not Wanted (Gene Simmons)

Love My Baby (Hayden Thompson)

One Broken Heart (Hayden Thompson)

Fairlane Rock (Hayden Thompson)

Blues Blues Blues (Hayden Thompson)

Love My Baby (Hayden Thompson)

Mad Man – 1 (Jimmy Wages)

Heartbreakin' Love (Jimmy Wages

Miss Pearl (Jimmy Wages

Take Me From This Garden Of Evil (Jimmy Wages

Mad Man - 2 (Jimmy Wages

Original Sun Recordings

Record 8 ''Whole Lotta Shakin''' Contains

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Jerry Lee Lewis)

You Win Again (Jerry Lee Lewis)

High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Crazy Heart (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Breakup (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Charlie's Boogie (Charlie Rich)

Blue Suede Shoes (Charlie Rich)

My Baby Done Left Me (Charlie Rich)

Rebound(Charlie Rich)

Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich)

Stairway To Nowhere (Ernie Barton)

She's Gone Away (Ernie Barton)

You Don't Care (Narvel Felts)

I Wanta Rock (Patsy Holcomb)

Memories Of You (Magel Priesman)

Judy (Rudy Grayzell)

Drive In (Mack Vickery)

Have You Ever Been Lonely (Mack Vickery)

Fool Proof (Mack Vickery)

Sorry I Lied (Cliff Thomas)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 9 ''Shake Around'' Contains

Flat Foot Sam (Tommy Blake)

Lordy Hoody (Tommy Blake)

I Dig You Baby - 1 (Tommy Blake)

You B etter Believe It - 1 (Tommy Blake)

Sweetie Pie (Tommy Blake)

I Dig You Baby - 2 (Tommy Blake)

Shake Around (Tommy Blake)

You Better Believe It - 2 (Tommy Blake)

Rock Boppin' Baby (Edwin Bruce)

Eight Wheel Driver (Edwin Bruce)

Sweet Woman (Edwin Bruce)

Baby That's Good (Edwin Bruce)

King Of Fools (Edwin Bruce)

Memories Never Grow Old (Dickey Lee)

Good Lovin' (Dickey Lee)

Fool Fool Fool (Dickey Lee)

Dreamy Nights (Dickey Lee)

Hey Heart (Dickey Lee)

Fool Fool Fool (Dickey Lee)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 10 ''Willing And Ready'' Contains

Right Behind You Baby (Ray Smith)

So Young (Ray Smith)

Why Why Why (Ray Smith)

You Made A Hit (Ray Smith)

Sail Away (Ray Smith)

Rockin' Bandit (Ray Smith)

Willing And Ready (Ray Smith)

Forever Yours (Ray Smith)

Shake Around (Ray Smith)

Breake Up (Ray Smith)

Mona Lisa (Carl Mann)

Rockin' Love (Carl Mann)

Pretend (Carl Mann)

Too Young (Carl Mann)

A Thousand Guitars (Tracy Pendarvis)

Is It To Late (Tracy Pendarvis)

Is It Me (Tracy Pendarvis)

Southbound Line (Tracy Pendarvis)

Beat It (Tracy Pendarvis)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 11 ''Your Lovin' Man'' Contains

Your Lovin' Man (Vernon Taylor)

Today Is Blue Day (Vernon Taylor)

Breeze (Vernon Taylor)

Hey Little Girl (Vernon Taylor)

Mystery Train (Vernon Taylor)

This Kinda Love (Vernon Taylor)

Sweet And Easy To Love (Vernon Taylor)

Mystery Train - 2 (Vernon Taylor)

Thinkin' Of Me (Mickey Gilley)

Have A Little Party (Mickey Gilley)

Whole Lotta Shakin' (Mickey Gilley)

I'll Change My Ways (Danny Stewart)

This Old Heart Of Mine (Eddie Bond)

Love Is My Business (Cliff Gleaves)

I Lost My Baby (Roy Hall)

Walkin' (The Stroll) (Charlie Pride)

With Your Love, With Your Kiss (Johnny Powers)

No More Crying The Blues (Alton & Jimmy)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 12 ''Raunchy'' Contains

Raunchy (Bill Justis Orchestra)

Midnight Man (Bill Justid Orchestra)

Somehow We'll Find A Way (Roger Fakes)

Wild Rice (Bill Justios Orchestra)

College Man (Bill Justis Orchestra)

Scroungie (Bill Justis Orchestra)

After The Hop (Bill Justis Orchestra)

Sally's Got A Sister (Bill Justis Orchestra)

Bop Train (Bill Justis Orchestra)

Flip Flop And Bop (Bill Justis Orchestra)

Rolando (Roland Janes)

Little Bitty Pretty Girl (Roland Janes) (Vocal Eddie Cash)

Hey Good Lookin' (Roland Janes) (Vocal Eddie Cash)

Sugarfoot Rag (Martin Willis)

Hey Bo Diddley (Jimmy M. Van Eaton)

That's The Way I Feel (Jimmy Pritchett)

Tuff (Cattywampus) (Johnny Ace Cannon)

That's Just Too Bad (Johnny Ace Cannon)

706 Union (Bradd Suggs)

Original Sun Recordings

Sun Records - The Rocking Years

April 1986 Bear Family Records (LP) 33rpm BFX 151949 mono
ED BRUCE - ROCK BOPPIN' BABY

An impressive, state of the art LP of Ed Bruce comprising 14 tracks at Sun Records 1957/1959, including 10 unissued tracks plus two bonus RCA single sides (47-7842) from 1960. Also included a illustrated page with liner notes by Colin Escott and Hank Davis. Mastered by Sound Wizard Bob Jones at CTS Studio, Wembley. (with 'Rock Boppin' Bob' written in dead wax)

Side 1 Contains

Rock Boppin' Baby*
More Than Yesterday*
Eight Wheel Driver*
Ballad Of Ringo*
King Of Fools 1*
Just Being With You*
Alone With A Broken Heart*
You Come To Me*

Side 2 Contains

Sweet Woman 1*
Baby That's Good*
Part Of My Life*
Sweet Woman 2*
Doll Baby*
King Of Fools 2*
Flight 303**
Sun Gold**
*Original Sun Recordings
**Original RCA Recordings

June 1987 RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm PL 86414(2) mono

THE COMPLETE SUN SESSIONS

2 Record set. Black label. Trademark Gramophone 1898 and Nipper on top. This is the definitive Sun sessions set. Included on the two records were 16 Sun master recordings, 5 alternate takes of "I Love You Because", 7 alternate takes of "I'm Left, You're Right, She,s Gone", and outtakes of 6 other tunes. Extensive liner notes by Peter Guralnick relating Elvis Presley's months at Sun Records and background information on the songs. Perfect starting point to understanding how Elvis, as Howlin' Wolf so aptly put it, "made his pull from the blues''. All the source points are there for the hearing; Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right'', Roy Brown's "Good Rockin' Tonight'', Kokomo Arnold's "Milkcow Blues Boogie'', Arthur Gunter's "Baby, Let's Play House'', and Junior Parker's "Mystery Train''. Modern day listeners coming to these recordings for the first time will want to reclassify this music into a million subgenres, with all the hyphens firmly in place. But what we ultimately have here is a young Elvis Presley, mixing elements of blues, gospel and hillbilly music together and getting ready to unleash its end result, rock and roll, on an unsuspecting world.

Contains

Disc 1 Side A The Master Takes

That's All Right

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Good Rockin' Tonight

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

Milkcow Blues Boogie

You're A Heartbreaker

Baby, Let's Play House

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 1 Side B The Master Takes

Mystery Train

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

I Love You Because

Blue Moon

Tomorrow Night

I'll Never Let You Go

Just Because

Tryin' To Get To You

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 2 Side C The Outtakes

Harbor Lights

I Love You Because (Takes 1 & 2)

That's All Right

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

My Baby Is Gone (Take 9)

I'll Never Let You Go

When It Rains, It Really Pours

Original Sun Recordings

Disc 2 Side D The Alternate Takes

Love You Because (Take 3)

I Love You Because (Take 4)

I Love You Because (Take 5)

My Baby Is Gone (Take 7)

My Baby Is Gone (Take 8)

My Baby Is Gone (Take 10)

My Baby Is Gone (Take 11)

My Baby Is Gone (Take 13)

My Baby Is Gone (Take 12)

Original Sun Recordings

The Complete Sun Sessions

1987 S Records (LP) 33rpm SP 5001 mono

THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

Import release. Finally, after years of waiting, the entire Million Dollar Quartet session was released on this two-record bootleg set. A picture disc of the set was also available. After this release, Charly Records of Great Britain had its package of the session on sale in many record stores throughout the United States.

Side 1: Contains

You Belong To Me

When God Dips His Love In My Heart

Just A Little Talk To Jesus

That Lonesome Valley

I Shall Not Be Moved

Peace In The Valley

Down By The Riverside

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

I'm With The Crowd

Father Along

Jesus Hold My Hand

On The Jericho Road

I Just Can't Make It By Myself

Little Cabin On The Hill

Summertime Has Passed And Gone

I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling

Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong

Keeper Of The Key

Crazy Arms

Don't Forbid Me

Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

Original Sun Recordings

Side 3: Contains

Don't Be Cruel

Paralyzed

Don't Be Cruel

There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)

When The Saints Go Marching In

Softly And Tenderly

Original Sun Recordings

Side 4: Contains

Is It So Strange

That's When Your Heartaches Begin

Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

Rip It Up

I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye

Crazy Arms

That's My Desire

End Of The Road

Jerry's Boogie

You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven

Elvis Farewell

Original Sun Recordings

The One Million Dollar Quartet

1987 Bear Family Records (LP) 33rpm BFX 15242 mono

NARVEL FELTS - A TEEN'S WAY

Side 1 & 2 Contains

I'm Headin' Home

Foolish Thoughts

Cry, Baby Cry

Vada Lou

Little Girl Step This Way

Rocket Ride

Why Don't You Love Me

Remember Me

Come Back Baby

A Fool In Paradise

Lonely River

Kiss A Me Baby

Your Touch

Your First Broken Heart

A Teen's Way

Dream World

Lonesome Feeling

10, 11, 13, 15 Original Sun Recordings

Narvel Felts - A Teen's Way

1988 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm 2-LP Set CDX 23 mono

WARREN SMITH - REAL MEMPHIS ROCK AND ROLL

Compilation of 28 tracks of Warren Smith's Sun singles, and other songs recorded for Sun Records.

Record 1 Side A Contains

Rock And Roll Ruby (Sun 239)

I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry (Sun 239)

Rock And Roll Ruby (Version 2)

Black Jack David

Ubangi Stomp

So Long I'm Gone (Version 1)

Miss Froggie

Record 1 Side B Contains

So Long I'm Gone (version 2)

Got Love If You Want It

I Fell In Love

Goodbye Mr Love (Version 1)

Sweet Sweet Girl (Version 1)

Goodbye Mr Love (Version 2)

Sweet Sweet Girl (Version 2)

Record 2 Side C Contains

Tell Me Who

Tonight Will Be The Last Night

The Darkest Cloud

Who Took My Baby

Hank Snow Medley

I Couldn't Take The Chance

Dear John (Version 1)

Record 2 Side D Contains

Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache (Version 1)

Stop The World

Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache (Version 2)

Do I Love You

Uranium Rock

Dear John (Version 2)

I Like Your Kinda Love

Original Sun Recordings

Warren Smith - Real Memphis Rock And Roll

1988 Bear Family Records (LP) 33rpm BFX 15337 mono

DANE STINIT - ORIGINAL SUN RECORDINGS

Here the complete Sun recordings by Dane Stinit, 15 tracks, 12 different songs, on vinyl. The music has held up remarkably well and especially for Johnny Cash fans, there is a lot to enjoy.

Side 1 Contains

Don't Knock What You Don't Understand (Take 11)

Always On The Go

Don't Knock What You Don't Understand (Take 7)

Kilgore Jail

Mean Eyed Cat (1)

The Ghost Of Mary Lou

Flip Top Flipper

Side 2 Contains

Sweet Country Girl

Muddy Ole River (Near Memphis, Tennessee)

Heartache Catches Up With Me (Take 10)

Windy City

Heartache Catches Up With Me (Take 15)

Shot Out of the Saddle

I'm a Rounder

Mean Eyed Cat (2)

Original Sun Recordings

Dane Stinit - Original Sun Recordings

1988 Zu-Zazz Records (LP) 33rpm Z-2006 mono

ROY ORBISON – PROBLEM CHILD

Import issue record. This is a collection of Roy Orbison's sessions from 1956-1958 and featured undubbed, unissued and unbelievable tracks from his early Sun days. On the back cover biography and liner notes by Colin Escott.

Side 1 Contains

Problem Child (1) (Undubbed, Unissued)

This Kind Of Love (1) Undubbed

I Never Know (Undubbed)

It's Too Late (1) Undubbed

You're Gonna Cry (Undubbed)

Chicken Hearted (Instrumental)

(Previously Unreleased)

Side 2 Contains

Trying To Get To You (2) (Undubbed)

Problem Child (2) (Unedited, Undubbed)

It's Too Late (2) Previously Unissued)

Mean Little Mama Undubbed)

This Kind Of Love (2) (Previously Unissued)

Claudette (Alternate Version) (Previously Unissued)

Original Sun Recordings

Roy Orbison - Problem Child

1988 Sun England (LP) 33rpm LP1036 mono

MORE SUNDOWN ROCKERS

Compilation of 14 tracks by Kenny Parchman, Alton & Jimmy, Glenn Honeycutt, Ken Cook, Wanda Ballman, James Wood, and Roger Fakes.

Side 1 Contains

I Was A Fool (Ken Cook)

Why Do I Love You (Alton & Jimmy

I Just Don't Know (Alton & Jimmy)

Don't You Know (Kenny Parchman)

Treat Me Right (2) (Kenny Parchman)

Problem Child (Ken Cook)

I'll Wait Forever (Glenn Honeycutt)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Heartbreak's Girl (Wanda Ballman)

Ain't Got A Worry On My Mind (Wanda Ballman)

Hey Mister Blues (James Wood)

Somehow We'll Find A Way (Roger Fakes)

Gonna Give A Party (James Wood)

Lock You In My Heart (James Wood)

Be Wise Don't Cry (Glenn Honeycutt)

Original Sun Recordings

More Sundown Rockers

1988 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm SAM 103 mono

THE SOUND OF SUN

Side 1 Contains

Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas)

Just Walkin' In The Rain (The Prisonaires)

Feelin' Good (Little Junior Blue Flames)

Tiger Man (Rufus Thomas)

Mystery Train (Little Junior Blue Flames)

Drinkin' Wine Spodee-O-Dee (Malcolm Yelvington)

The Boogie Disease (Doctor Ross)

Red Hot (Billy Emerson)

Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)

Rock And Roll Ruby (Warren Smith)

Side 2 Contains

I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

Ooby Dooby (Roy Orbison)

Bobbin' The Blues (Carl Perkins)

Red Headed Woman (Sonny Burgess)

Come On Little Mama (Ray Harris)

Flying Saucers Rock And Roll (Billy Riley)

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Raunchy (Bill Justis)

Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Right Behind Your Baby (Ray Smith)

Pretend (Carl Mann)

Lonely Weekend (Charlie Rich)

Original Sun Recordings

The Sound Of Sun

April 1989 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sunbox 109 mono

SUN RECORDS INTO THE 60S

This boxed set of eight albums contains some of the best music made in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1960s. It represents the very finest issued and unissued music recorded by Sun Records and associated labels during that period. It covers the full range of Memphis music from rock and roll and country to rhythm and blues, soul and gospel. It also contains recordings made for the Nashville-based Sun International Corporation after 1968 (Record 8). Following on from Sunbox106, ''The Rockin' Years'', this box traces the Sun story through its unfashionable years. Nevertheless, and perhaps to the surprise of many, the quality of the music remains high.

There are 131 recordings in this box set. Of these, there are: 33 unissued recordings never before issued in any form; 10 unissued takes, alternative performances to those previously issued; 5 unissued versions performances from different sessions to previously issued versions; 5 undubbed or remixed versions, recordings previously issued now presented in a different form; 21 not originally issued recordings released in the 1970s or 1980s but not on the original Sun label; 57 original issues recordings exactly as issued on the original Sun, Phillips International, Sun International, Midnight Sun or Plantation labels.

Record 1 ''Feel So Good'' Contains

As Long As I Live (Take 3) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Bonnie B (Take 4) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

What'd I Say (Take 4) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Don't Drop It (Take 2) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Great Speckled Bird (Take 1) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

You Can't Help It (I Can't Help) (Take 2) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Old Black Joe (Take 9)(Jerry Lee Lewis)

Baby Baby Bye Bye (Take 2) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

My Blue Haven (Take 3) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

My Blue Heaven (Take 4) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

I Feel So Good (I've Been Twistin') (Take 4) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Good Golly Miss Molly (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Waitin' For A Train (Take 2) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

I Can't Trust Me (Take 3) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye (Single Master) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Carry Me Back To Old Virginia (Take 5) (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 2 ''The Jackson Connection'' Contains

Canadian Sunset (Carl Mann)

Chinatown My Chinatown (Carl Mann)

Because Of You (Carl Mann)

Baby I Don't Care (Eddie Bush)

Eddie's Blues (Eddie Bush)

Blue Suede Shoes (Tony Austin)

Hambone (Rayburn Anthony)

Girls Like You (Rayburn Anthony)

Alice Blue Gown (Rayburn Anthony)

St. Louis Blues (Rayburn Anthony)

There's No Tomorrow (Rayburn Anthony)

Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (Rayburn Anthony)

Big Dream (Rayburn Anthony)

How Well I Know (Rayburn Anthony)

Sun Original Recordings

Record 3 ''Keepers Of The Flame'' Contains

Travelin' Salesman (Ray Smith)

I Won't Miss You (Ray Smith)

Candy Doll (Ray Smith)

Hey Bossman (Ray Smith)

Raining The Blues (Ernie Barton)

Open The Door Richard (Ernie Barton)

Shut The Mouth (Ernie Barton)

Herd Of Turtles (Ernie Barton)

Little By Little (Charlie Rich)

Time And Again (Charlie Rich)

Midnite Blues (Charlie Rich)

I'm Wanna Make Sweet Love (Jerry McGill)

Honey Bee (Don Hinton)

Me And My Blues (Teddy Redell)

Belle Of The Suwanee (Tracy Pendarvis)

Wait Til Saturday Night (Harold Dorman)

Tragedy (Thomas Wayne)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 4 ''One More Memory'' Contains

Satisfied (Eddie Bond)

Rockin' Daddy (Eddie Bond)

Double Duty Lovin' (Eddie Bond)

Back Street Affair (Eddie Bond)

I Can't Quit (Eddie Bond)

You Nearly Lose Your Mind (Eddie Bond)

One More Memory (Eddie Bond)

They'll Take Her Love From Me (Eddie Bond)

My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (Eddie Bond)

Guess I'd Better Go (Texas Bill Strength)

Call Of The Wild (Texas Bill Strength)

Drunken Gambler (Don Scaife)

Gone And Left Blues (Jimmy Louis)

I'll Wait Forever (Anita Wood)

Shot Out Of The Saddle( Dane Stinit)

Don't Knock What You Don't Understand (Dane Stinit)

Muddy Old River (Dane Stinit)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 5 ''Betcha Gonna Like It'' Contains

Bobaloo (Bill Johnson)

You Better Dig It (Bill Johnson)

Shake 'Em Up Baby (Frank Ballard)

No One To Call Your Own (Frank Ballard)

Move On Down The Line (Frank Ballard)

If That's The Way It Is (You Better Move On) (Frank Ballard)

I See Trouble Down The Road (Frank Ballard)

I Just Can't Help It (Frank Ballard)

Just Walkin' In The Rain (Jeb Stuart)

Coming Down With The Blues (Jeb Stuart)

I Betcha Gonna Like It (Jeb Stuart)

I'm In Love Again (Jeb Stuart)

I Ain't Never (Jeb Stuart)

Will I Ever Be Free (Jeb Stuart)

All My Weakness (The Climates)

No You For Me (The Climates)

Breakin' Up Again (The Climates)

Original Sun Recordings

Records 6 ''Cadillac Man'' Contains

Stop, Wait And Listen (Bill Yates)

Don't Step On My Dog (Bill Yates)

Poison Ivy (Billy Adams)

Too Late To Right My Wrong (Bill Yates)

Trouble In Mind (Billy Adams)

Reconsider Baby (Billy Adams)

Big Big World (Bill Yates)

Rock Me Baby (Billy Adams)

Cadillac Man - 1 (The Jesters)

My Babe (The Jesters)

Night Train From Chicago (The Jesters)

Jim Dandy And Sweet 16 (The Jesters)

Heartbreak Hotel (The Jesters)

Boppin' The Blues (The Jesters)

What’s So Good About Goodbye (Jimmie Day & The Jesters)

Cadillac Man – 2 (The Jesters)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 7 ''Frank, This It'' Contains

I'm Tired, My Soul Needs Resting (Brother James Anderson)

Gonna Move In The Room With The Lord (Brother James Anderson)

Workin' Diggin' Deeper (Brother James Anderson)

Hush Hush (Somebody Call My Name) (Brother James Anderson)

Nobody’s Bloodstains (Brother James Anderson)

What Can I Do? (Brother James Anderson)

Going Home With Jesus (Brother James Anderson)

On My Appointed Time (Brother James Anderson)

Jelly Roll King (Frank Frost)

Crawl Back (Frank Frost)

Take The Pain From My Heard (Arbee Stidham)

Please Let It Be Me (Arbee Stidham)

My Heart Belongs To You (Arbee Stidham)

Can't Live In This World By Myself (Arbee Stidham)

Nine Below Zero (Cliff Jackson

Frank, This Is It (Cliff Jackson & Jerrean Delk

Original Sun Recordings

Record 8 ''Sun International'' Contains

Kay (Billy Riley)

Lookin' For My Baby (Billy Riley)

Pilot Town, LA (Billy Riley)

Workin' On The River (Billy Riley)

Sun Goin' Down On Frisco (Billy Riley)

Nitty Gritty Mississippi (Billy Riley)

San Francisco Lady (Billy Riley)

Tallahassee (Billy Riley)

The Old Home Place (Billy Riley)

Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Jerry Dyke)

Blackland Farmer (Sleepy La Beef)

I'm Ragged But I'm Right (Sleepy La Beef)

Stormy Monday Blues (Sleepy La Beef)

There Ain't Much Left After Taxs (Sleepy La Beef)

Jennie Lee (Bobby Lee Trammell)

It's All Your Fault (Bobby Lee Trammell)

Memphis Sun (Murray Kellum)

Original Sun International Recordings

Sun Records Into The 60s

1989 Bear Family Records (LP) 33rpm BFX 15359 mono

BARBARA PITTMAN – I NEED A MAN

An impressive, state of the art LP of Barbara Pittman comprising 19 tracks, including some previously unreleased sides. Also included a illustrated page with liner notes by Hank Davis. Barbara Pittman's claim to fame is that she was the only female artist signed to Sam Phillips' Sun Records, other women recorded for the label, but only Pittman was given a contract. That alone would secure her place as a footnote in music history, but Pittman also cut one exalted rockabilly classic during her Sun years: "I Need a Man''.

Pittman was one of 12 children born to a family in Memphis, Tennessee in 1943. Her mother was acquainted with Gladys Presley, and Pittman attended the same school as Elvis. Pittman harbored musical ambitions from an early age, and approached Sun Records before she was even a teenager. When she was turned away because of her age, the dauntless Pittman found work with a local band (thanks to a recommendation by Elvis, Pittman says) before touring with western star Lash Larou in 1955.

Returning to Memphis in 1956, Pittman began singing with Clyde Leoppard's Snearly Ranch Boys and found work as a demo singer for Stan Kesler, who hoped that her acquaintance with Elvis Presley would give a boost to a song he had earmarked for the popular rock and roller. The resulting demo of "Playing For Keeps" convinced Presley to record the song and brought Pittman to the attention of Sam Phillips. She cut the classic "I Need A Man" backed by members of Leoppard's band. The record was unsuccessful, but Pittman appeared on Sun package tours and continued to make recordings for Sun, many of which were not released.

When other labels expressed an interest in Pittman in 1957, Phillips retaliated by offering her a contract, making her the only female artist to be honored thusly. Phillips let her choose whether she wanted to record for Sun or his new Phillips International subsidiary, and Pittman selected the latter because she thought it had a more attractive label design. She recorded several sessions with Sun players like Billy Lee Riley and Bill Justis, but her recordings ranged from teen-oriented pop to bluesy balladry, with little of the rockabilly and rock and roll for which she later would be celebrated. A one-off single with the vocal group the Sunrays also failed, and Pittman released her final Phillips single in 1960. Several radio stations deemed the flip-side, "Eleventh Commandment'', blasphemous and banned it from airplay, further crippling an already doomed record. Pittman left Phillips International for Del-Fi, but no recordings were issued.

Throughout the 1960s she performed on cruise ships and military bases, and sang on the soundtracks of motorcycle movies such as Wild Wheels and Wild Angels. In the 1970s she married, and with the rockabilly revival her reputation grew as her Sun recordings were reissued on compilation albums. In 1983 she formed a band in Houston, Texas, and played at European rockabilly festivals. Pittman's legacy is built upon three or four essential tracks, but the squandered opportunities surrounding this husky-voiced singer are nearly as fascinating as the records she made. Liner notes biography Greg Adams.

Side 1: Contains

I Need A Man

No Matter Who's To Blame

I'm Getting Better All The Time

Two Young Fools In Love

Everlasting Love

Cold Cold Heart

Handsome Man

The Eleventh Commandment

Just One Day

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Sentimental Fool

Voice Of A Fool

I'm Getting Better All The Time (Version 2)

Sentimental Fool (Version 2)

Love Is A Stranger (The Sunrays 2)

Take My Sympathy

I'm Getting Better All The Time (Version 3)

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Sentimental Fool (Version 3)

I'll Never Let You Go (Demo)

Original Sun Recordings

Barbara Pittman - A Need A Man

August 1990 RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm PL-82227 mono

THE GREAT PERFORMANCES

20-track LP with 1950s style black RCA label, including the previously unreleased ''My Happiness'', the legendary first recording ever made by Elvis Presley at Sun Studios in July 1953.

Side 1: Contains

My Happiness (Unissued Sun Recording)

That's All Right

Shake, Rattle And Roll

Flip, Flop And Fly

Heartbreak Hotel

Blue Suede Shoes

Ready Teddy

Don't Be Cruel

Teddy Bear

Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do

Jailhouse Rock

Treat Me Nice (Stereo Version)

Side 2: Contains

King Creole

Trouble

Fame And Fortune

Return To Sender

Always On My Mind

American Trilogy

If I Can Dream

Unchained Melody

Memories

1 Original Sun Recording

2-21 Original RCA Recordings

The Great Performances

1990 Bear Family Records (LP) 33rpm BFX 15237 mono

JACK EARLS - LET'S BOP

An impressive, state of the art LP of Jack Earls comprising 14 tracks at Sun Records, included a illustrated back cover with liner notes by Colin Escott and Hank Davis. Produced by Sam Phillips. Re-issue produced by Colin Escott and Hank Davis. Licensed from Bellaphon Records Gmbh.℗ © 1990 Bear Family Records. Made in West Germany

Side 1 Contains
Let's Bop
Slow Down
My Gal Maryann
Sing On The Dotted Line
Crawdad Hole (1)
They Can't Keep Me From You (1)
Hay Slim
Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains
Take Me To That Place
A Fool For Loving You
Hey Jim
When I Dream
Crawdad Hole (2)
If You Don't Mind
They Can't Keep Me From You (2)
Original Sun Recordings

Jack Earls - Let's Bop

1998 Sun International (LP) 33rpm Boot 706 1 mono

MEMPHIS BOP - VOLUME 1

Rare and unissued Sun rockabilly. Limited pressing of 500 copies.

Side 1 Contains

Wampes Cat (Alternate) (Howard Chandler)

Johnny Valentine (Alternate) (Andy Anderson)

Gonna Give A Party (James Wood)

What A Beat (Unknown Artist)

Flying Saucers Rock And Roll (Alternate) (Billy Riley)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

Little Red Hen (Unknown Artist)

Love My Baby (Alternate) (Hayden Thompson)

This Chick (Ray Garden)

Dear John (Alternate) (Warren Smith)

Rock House (Harold Jenkins)

Original Sun Recordings

Memphis Bop - Volume 1

1999 Sun International (LP) 33rpm Boot 706 2 mono

MEMPHIS BOP - VOLUME 2

All rare and unissued Sun rockabilly. Limited pressing of 500 copies.

Side 1 Contains

Come On Little Mama (Ray Harris)

Her Love Rubbed Off (Carl Perkins)

Slewfoot Sue (Unknown)

What's The Reason (Kenny Parchman)

Chain Gang Charlie (Curley Money)

Stop (Teddy Reidel)

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2 Contains

How Come You Do Me (Jimmy Haggett)

Two Timin' Baby (Unknown)

What's The Use (Alton & Jimmy)

Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)

Trumpet (Malcolm Yelvington)

Between Here A There (Unknown)

Original Sun Recordings

Memphis Bop - Volume 2

June 2, 2004 RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm 82876 61205 1 mono

ELVIS AT SUN

''Elvis At Sun'' is a stripped down version of the deluxe package ''Sunrise'' which was a remastered re-release of ''The Complete Sun Sessions'' which was a re-relase of the 70′s compilation ''The Sun Sessions''. ''Elvis At Sun'' boasts an impressive tracklist. All of Elvis Presley’s Sun Masters are present. It includes the usual out-takes ''Harbor Lights'', ''Tommorow Night'' and ''When It Rains It Really Pours''. And the slow version of ''I’m Left, Your Right, She’s Gone''. Over the years these tracks have become part of any complete Sun package. The vinyl itself seems to be nice quality and the useage of the Sun label on the record adds a nice touch. The Sun Masters not released during Presley’s tenure sound okay. They seem to have gone through many stages of mixing and mastering over the years, the sound varies greatly from record to record. The tracks originally issued as Sun singles, suffer from bad sound quality on this pressing. The high end is completely gone, and there is no echo or crispness. In a way, the record sounds like a sort of counterfit bootleg. On the back cover liner notes by Knox Phillips, the older son of Sun Records owner, Sam Phillips.

Side 1: Contains

Harbor Lights

I Love You Because

That's All Right

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Blue Moon

Tomorrow Night

I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')

Just Because

Good Rockin' Tonight

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

Original Sun Recordings

Side 2: Contains

Milkcow Blues Boogie

You're A Heartbreaker

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Version)

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

Baby, Let's Play House

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Mystery Train

Trying To Get To You

When It Rains, It Really Pours

Original Sun Recordings

Elvis At Sun

2014 YEP ROC Records (LP) 33rpm LDS9670 mono

THE SUN RECORDS STORY

The ultimate compilation of the most important tracks as rescued from the Sun Records archives! This is where everyone from B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Elvis Presley to Johnny Cash made their first musical steps - impressively shown on 94 songs across 6 LPs. Everyone who's ever meant anything in the grand Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, from Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison to Carl Perkins and Charlie Feathers, is on board for this ride. Deluxe cardboard box with three double albums entitled Roots, Good Rockin' Daddies and Hits & Then some pressed on 180g vinyl with gatefold covers and extensive liner notes. Analogue remastered tracks guarantee an authentic sound and the best possible quality!

Record 1 ''Roots'' Contains

Cool Down Mama (Lost John Hunter)

Boogie In The Park (Joe Hill Louis)

Howling Tom Cat (Harmonica Frank)

Highway Man (Howlin' Wolf)

Juiced (Billy Love)

T. Model Boogie (Rosco Gordon)

Tiger Man (Rufus Thomas)

Love My Baby (Junior Parker Blue Flames)

Come Back Baby (Doctor Ross)

Cotton Crop Blues (James Cotton)

I'm Gonna Murder My Baby (Pate Hare)

Time Has Made A Change (Jimmy DeBerry)

Red Hot (Billy The Kid Emerson)

Look To Jesus (The Jones Brothers)

Dark Muddy Bottom (Billy Riley)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 2 ''Roots'' Contains

Hello, Hello Baby (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Listen To Me, Baby (Smokey Joe Baugh)

Boogie Blues (Earl Peterson)

Troublesome Waters (Howard Serratt)

Gonna Dance All Night (Hardrock Gunter)

Don't Believe (Slim Rhodes)

Defrost Your Heart (Charlie Feathers)

Sure To Fall (Carl Perkins)

Fool Proof (Mack Vickery)

Now She Cares No More For Me (Doug Poindexter)

Jump Right Out Of The Jukebox (Onie Wheeler)

You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven (Jerry Lee Lewis)

A Fool For Loving You (Jack Earls)

I'd Rather Be Safe Then Sorry (Warren Smith)

Come In Stranger (Johnny Cash)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 3 ''Good Rockin' Daddies'' Contains

Rockin´ Daddy (Eddie Bond)

Crazy Arms (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Mean Little Mama (Roy Orbison)

Got Love If You Want It (Warren Smith)

Crawdad Song (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Her Love Rubbed Off (Carl Perkins)

Mad Man (Jimmy Wages)

Love My Baby (Hayden Thompson)

Miss Froggie (Warren Smith)

Pearly Lee (Billy Riley)

Deep Elm Blues (Jerry Lee Lewis)

That Don´t Move Me (Carl Perkins)

All Night Rock (Glenn Honeycutt)

Come On Little Mama (Ray Harris)

Rock With Me Baby (Billy Riley)

Fine Little Baby (Dick Penner)

Rockin´ With Me Baby (Marcolm Yelvington)

O riginal Sun Recordings

Record 4 ''Good Rockin' Daddies'' Contains

Baby That´s Good (Edwin Bruce)

My Baby Don´t Rock (Luke McDaniel)

Miss Pearls (Jimmy Wages)

That´s Right (Carl Perkins)

So Glad You´re Mine (Sonny Burgess)

Willing And Ready (Ray Smith)

Shake Around (Tommy Blake)

Crazy Woman (Gene Simmons)

Judy (Rudy Grayzell)

Good Rockin´ Tonight (Jerry Lee Lewis)

A Womens Love (Thrill Of Your Love) (Carl McVoy)

Tough, Tough, Tough (Andy Anderson)

(Take Me From This) Garden Of Evil (Jimmy Wages)

Have Faith In My Love (Alton & Jimmy)

Walk The Lonesome Valley (Million Dollar Quartet)

Search For Me (Glenn Honeycutt)

Original Sun Recordings

Record 5 ''Hits & Then Some'' Contains

Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston)

Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas)

Just Walkin In The Rain (The Prisonaires)

Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)

When It Rains It Pours (Billy The Kid Emerson)

Mystery Train (Junior Parker Blue Flames)

Boppin The Blues (Carl Perkins)

Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Flyin Saucer Rock Roll (Billy Riley)

I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

Ooby Dooby (Roy Orbison)

We Wanna Boogie (Sonny Burgess)

Dixie Fried (Carl Perkins)

Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Red Hot Billy Riley

Original Sun Recordings

Record 6 ''Hits & Then Some'' Contains

Big River (Johnny Cash)

Rock 'N' Roll Ruby (Warren Smith)

Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Honey Don't (Carl Perkins)

Red Headed Woman (Sonny Burgess)

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (Johnny Cash)

High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Matchbox (Carl Perkins)

Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich)

I'm Coming Home (Carl Mann)

Who Will The Next Fool Be? (Charlie Rich)

What'd I Say (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Guess Things Happen That Way (Johnny Cash)

Raunchy (Bill Justis)

Mona Lisa (Carl Mann)

Whirlwind (Charlie Rich)

Original Sun Recordings

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