13-11-2012, 07:14
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JERRY LEE LEWIS "rock and roll legend" cd,2008.
not the same cover as mine,but the only one available at amazon.com...my tracklisting is slightly different and includes more tracks also...i dunno, maybe its a totally different release to mine???
anyway, these tracks, from the self-proclaimed 'kingof r+r","the killer" etc etc, all date back to his early days,none of which are later than 1959, so that means they are all 'sun records' then...
this contains all the hits from that period plus, i guess, b-sides and other album tracks????
am surprised this one came out as high as it did in the rating at the end as i always though Chuck,Fats,Little Richard and Elvis were superior to Jerry Lee, guessing im wrong there then.
lots of what i'd call covers on here, but sometimes its hard to tell if they are covers or the original versions of tracks as a few of the sun records guys did record these tracks also at some point...only two tracks here i dont like...no-one but no-one does better versions of "hound dog" or "good golly miss molly" than Elvis or Little Richard respectively..
a very good album of high energy r+r from one of the most controversial,most loved and also most hated guys from the 1950s.....
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
worst track: good golly miss molly
best track: great balls of fire
tracks:
1. whole lotta shakin' goin' on ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yRdDnrB5kM live
2. great balls of fire ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IjgZGhHrYY live
3. breathless **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ONIugs3dH8 audio
4. high school confidential **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znf0sUMv6T0 live
5. break up ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqodsr8gxZw audio
6. what'd i say **
7. sweet little sixteen **
8. i forgot to remember to forget **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8o-GO4NvXs audio
9. johnny b.goode **
10.money ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_DJhEXmOmY live
11.ubangi stomp ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzz05nxWt_g live
12.i love you because **
13.dont be cruel ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW0JN8iErlc audio
14.good rockin' tonight ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y2XXCGWy0Y audio
15.be-bopa-lula **
16.matchbox **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSAOVulwts audio
17.lovin' up a storm **
18.ooby dooby **
19.rock and roll baby **
20.friday night ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8JsGIJ_GwE audio
21.big blon' baby ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNPrUmMQteM audio
22.good golly miss molly *
23.hound dog *
24.pink pedal pushers ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mda2ZAwWsGs audio
25.livin' lovin' wreck ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkpfnVbOV6k audio
26.pumpin' piano rock **
27.down the line ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSKOfyzyds live
28.end of the road **
29.allnight long **
30.wild one **
3s=12
2s=16
1s=2
rating: 2.4 or 8/10
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.