Like a heat lightening, scorching across the hot Louisania night! I had never heard much Jerry Lee Lewis when I first decided to pick up this box set. Truth be told, the early years of rock'n'roll had not interested me much until a few months ago when my younger cousin introduced me to some of the music. Its all fair and square, though, I got him hooked in classic country a few years back.
Anyway, this box set rocks; its an amazing collection of the early work of Jerry Lee Lewis who was one of the early greats of the genre. When you listen to this music you can not help but feel that all of the cool, rebeliousness, and power which are oozing from the speakers is rubbing off on you just a little bit.
Buy this box set and then, when your done, pick up the Johnny Cash Sun Records set as well, which is another amazing collection.Daniel McCollum – Amazon
From the rock n' roll revolutionary responsible for hits like "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" comes a collection of remastered rare stereo mixes from the Sun Records archive. Jerry Lee Lewis, considered one of the last standing original rock n' roll stars when he passed away in 2022, rocks and rolls his way through multi-track takes of songs like "Money" and "Ramblin' Rose," and features his versions of hits like "What'd I Say" and "Be-Bop-a-Lula."
Jerry Lee Lewis 1986 appearance at Orlando’s Church Street Station is known among his fans as one of the more complete documents of the piano-abusing hell-raiser, somewhat mellowed by then but still emanating an underlying aura of menace and unpredictability. Lewis knows he’s got the smiling, clean-cut crowd in the palm of his hand, teasing before pleasing as he leads his slick band through catalogue highlights, ranging from Great Balls Of Fire through country outings such as You Win Again to self-referential latter-day rockers the likes of Middle Age Crazy.
BGO's 2013 two-fer combines two Jerry Lee Lewis albums from 1971: Touching Home and Would You Take Another Chance on Me? The Killer made his country comeback in 1968, so these records came in the thick of his period as a reliable country hitmaker – and, appropriately enough, there are hits here. Specifically, Touching Home has the title track, which reached number three on the U.S. country charts, and "When He Walks on You (Like You Have Walked on Me)," which made it to 11, and Would You Take Another Chance on Me? has the number one title track in its languid ballad and "Me and Bobby McGee," which was his first song to crack the pop Top 40 since 1961's "What I'd Say."