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2011 release. France's leading deejay in the early '80s Ding Dong (real name Alain Pourquier) puts together a selection of recordings from Jerry Lee Lewis. The sleeve notes by Ding Dong give a vivid snapshot of Jerry Lee's activities during the period of the recordings on this album.
On the Ding Dong series: For the series, he made visits to the hallowed Sun vaults in Memphis, Tennessee, where he listened to countless tapes, working his way through 1,228 outtake tape boxes and in the process selecting the best quality masters he could find. After listening to more than 11,000 tracks during February and March of 1983 and identifying a whole stack of unissued sides, he brought the master tapes back to England, where he embarked upon an amazing one-man re-issue program. Not only did he master all the recordings, he designed the sleeve artwork and wrote the sleeve notes. His excellent contacts amongst record collectors around the world enabled him to come up with a whole stack of rare artists' shots to use for the album artworks. The resulting albums, both various artists compilations and solo major artists, have over the years acquired iconic status and are now much sought after by fans of the ground-breaking Sun sound. Now lovingly restored, selected titles are being presented in their full original glory for today's vinyl buyers. They will be essential purchases not only for Ding Dong's fans seeking replacements for their worn-out original copies, but also for today's younger buyers discovering this exciting music for the first time. Remastered from the original tapes; 180 gram vinyl; old style tip-on cover.
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RUM 2011023LP
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"Probably one of the most controversial and disputable artists of his generation, Jerry Lee jumped on the rock and roll wagon with more ego and talent than anyone and lived to tell the tale. When he broke onto the national scene in 1957, he was every middle-class parent's worst nightmare come true: a blonde-haired Southerner playing the piano with uncontrolled fury, while simultaneously reveling in his own sexuality. Greatest! from 1961, Jerry Lee's second album originally out for the Sun Label, features his all-time hit 'Great Balls Of Fire' along with a number of rockin' cuts, making this a terrific follow-up to his groundbreaking debut."
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RUM 2011008LP
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"1958 was a tumultuous year for blonde-tresses rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis. Recording for Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Records in Memphis, the pumping piano man was riding high off two monster hits and began the year with another one. And he recorded this debut LP for Sun, an eponymous affair combining recent triumphs (his debut 'Crazy Arms' and latest smash 'High School Confidential'), a hot version of Jack Clement's 'It'll Be Me' that was different from the single version, and romping covers of Warren Smith's 'Ubangi Stomp,' Carl Perkins' 'Matchbox,' and Elvis' 'Don't Be Cruel.' Probably one of the most important rock and roll records ever!"
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"Plainly and simply, the incendiary singles Jerry Lee Lewis cut for Sun Records in the mid-1950s and early 1960s left a flaming footprint on the face of popular music and forged the die of rock 'n' roll itself. Which means that when it comes to rock 'n' roll, it doesn't get any more essential than Sundazed's roundup of 24 of the killer's rowdiest, raunchiest, and most rollicking Sun sides; explosive cuts like 'Great Balls of Fire,' 'Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On,' 'Crazy Arms,' 'Breathless,' and many more. A fundamental cornerstone of any music collection worth a damn, sourced from the analog mono masters."
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