Jerry Lee Lewismusic Legends

The story of MISERY began deep in the heart of Texas …Pasadena, to be exact.They say, “Don't mess with Texas.” One listens to the band’s first studio recording, ‘Misery Loves Company,’ and they will immediately know why! It’s explosive, melodic heavy metal, chock full of balls-out attitude and infectious commercial hooks.‘Misery Loves Company’ will be the first of four albums to be released by Eonian Records; it features eleven tracks, including an incredible cover of “Great Balls of Fire,” made famous by Jerry Lee Lewis, a cousin of the late great Mickey Gilley. Mickey played piano on the track as well. The late Jerry Lee Lewis's 1957 recording was ranked as the 96th greatest song by Rolling Stone and might be the best cover of this song ever recorded.

It's not quite rock, it's not quite country, not quite lounge - it's unique. It's Lee Hazlewood, that's what it is. This 2-CD set contains all his solo recordings for MGM from 1965-67, including the rare Something Special" LP, and comes with a fully illustrated 20-page biography."

One of the biggest pop stars of the early '60s, Brenda Lee hasn't attracted as much critical respect as she deserves. She is sometimes inaccurately characterized as one of the few female teen idols. More crucially, the credit for achieving success with pop-country crossovers usually goes to Patsy Cline, although Lee's efforts in this era were arguably of equal importance. While she made few recordings of note after the mid-'60s, the best of her first decade is fine indeed, encompassing not just the pop ballads that were her biggest hits, but straight country and some surprisingly fierce rockabilly.

Johnny Cash was one of the most imposing and influential figures in post-World War II country music. With his deep, resonant baritone and spare percussive guitar, he had a basic, distinctive sound. Cash didn't sound like Nashville, nor did he sound like honky tonk or rock & roll. He created his own subgenre, falling halfway between the blunt emotional honesty of folk, the rebelliousness of rock & roll, and the world-weariness of country. Cash's career coincided with the birth of rock & roll, and his rebellious attitude and simple, direct musical attack shared a lot of similarities with rock. However, there was a deep sense of history – as he would later illustrate with his series of historical albums – that kept him forever tied with country. And he was one of country music's biggest stars of the '50s and '60s, scoring well over 100 hit singles…

A 60 track monster including all of the greatest names from the Rock 'n' Roll era performing some of their best know songs along with some enticing obscurities to keep the party going. Included are Bip Bop Boom (Mickey Hawks), and Love Me (The Phantom) both of which have recently been used in international TV advertising campaigns.

Following the commercial and critically acclaimed success of the recent albums “Blues” (2019) and the three-week running No.1 album on the Billboard Blues Chart “Check Shirt Wizard – Live in ’77” (2020), UMC is pleased to present a new Rory Gallagher best of collection entitled “The Best Of Rory Gallagher” on Friday 9th October 2020.