VA - Sun Record Company, 50 Golden Years 1952-2002 [2002] + Bonus Single (9 x CDs)

SUN RECORDS

VA - Sun Record Company, 50 Golden Years 1952-2002 [2002] + Bonus Single (9 x CDs)

For the serious Sun Records fan who wants a taste of everything but can't quite swing the hefty price tag of the complete Bear Family box set, this collection is a gold mine. It's packed with 200 tracks across 9 CDs, showcasing both the iconic hits and the lesser-known gems that truly paint a picture of Sam Phillips' incredible vision. The bonus material is a real treat. One-disc features songs with accompanying stories from key figures, including Sonny Burgess, Barbara Pittman, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Charlie Rich. It's like having a front-row seat to the history of Sun Records. And then there's the bonus 45 rpm vinyl with Elvis Presley's first recordings. 

What sets this box set apart is its commitment to showcasing the rarer tracks, giving you a deeper understanding of the artists and the Sun sound. You'll discover hidden treasures alongside the familiar classics, making it a truly immersive experience.  Even if you're not a vinyl aficionado, you'll appreciate the meticulous recreation of the original acetate label, a tangible piece of rock 'n' roll history.

Honestly, this box set is a must-have for any Sun fan. It's beautifully executed, packed with incredible music, and offers a unique perspective on the legendary label.   Overall, this box set is a treasure that will keep you entertained and informed for years to come. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Jackie Boy & Little Walter - Selling My Whiskey 1:20

02 Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime 2:38

03 Rufus 'Hound Dog' Thomas, Jr. - Bear Cat 2:51

04 Prisonaires - Baby Please 2:29

05 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good 2:57

06 Ripley Cotton Choppers - Silver Bell 2:17

07 Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby 2:31

08 Coy "Hot Shot" Love - Wolf Call Boogie 2:40

09 Earl Peterson - Boogie Blues 2:37

10 Billy "The Kid" Emerson - No Teasin' Around 3:03

11 Doug Poindexter & the Starlite Ramblers - My Kind of Caryin' On 2:02

12 Harmonica Frank - The Great Medical Menagerist 3:10

13 Buddy Cunningham - Right or Wrong 2:51

14 Malcolm Yelvington & His Star Rhythm Boys - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee 2:52

15 Carl Perkins - Movie Magg 2:12

16 Charlie Feathers - Peepin' Eyes 2:16

17 Slim Rhodes - Uncertain Love 2:15

18 Mille Sisters - Someday You Will Pay 2:23

19 Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two - Cry! Cry! Cry! 2:30

20 Smokey Joe with the Clive Leopard Band - The Signifying Monkey 3:19

21 Roscoe Gordon - The Chicken (Dance With You) 2:52

22 Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings - Ooby Dooby 2:14

23 Jean Chapel - Welcome to the Club 1:54

24 Billy Riley - Rock with Me Baby 2:13

25 Rhythm Rockers - Jukebox, Help Me Find My Baby 2:17

26 Jerry Lee Lewis & His Pumping Piano - Crazy Arms 2:43

CD2

01 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train 2:28

02 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes 2:18

03 Prisonaires - Just Walkin' in the Rain 2:42

04 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Red Hot 2:29

05 Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two - I Walk the Line 2:47

06 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 2:56

07 Million Dollar Quartet - Paralyzed 2:40

08 Warren Smith - Rock'n'roll Ruby 2:54

09 Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings - Go! Go! Go! 2:10

10 Sonny Burgess - We Wanna Boogie 2:26

11 Bill Justis & His Orchestra - Rauchy 2:24

12 Gene Simmons - Drinkin' Wine 2:43

13 Billy Riley & His Little Green Men - Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll 2:06

14 Dickey Lee & Tge Collegiates - Dreamy Nights 2:32

15 Tracy Pendarvis & The Swampers - A Thousand Guitars 2:41

16 Carl McVoy - Tootsie 2:31

17 Johnny Carroll - That's the Way I Love 2:36

18 Onie Wheeler - Walkin' Shoes 2:15

19 Ray Smith - Shake Around 2:51

20 Carl Mann - Pretend 2:40

21 Ray Harris - Greenback Dollar, Watch and Chain 2:58

22 Charlie Rich - Rebound 1:55

23 Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck 3:08

24 Thomas Wayne - Tragedy 2:12

25 Barbara Pittman - I Need a Man 2:56

26 Bill Pinky & The Turks - After the Hop 2:05

CD3

01 Jerry Lee Lewis & His Pumping Piano - Great Balls of Fire 1:54

02 Sonny Burgess - Ain't Got a Thing 2:09

03 Rufus Thomas, Jr - Tiger Man 2:49

04 Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two - Guess Things Happen That Way 1:52

05 Million Dollar Quartet - I Shall Not Be Moved 3:12

06 Carl Perkins - Right String But the Wrong Yo Yo 2:38

07 Alton & Jimmy - No More Cryin' the Blues 2:03

08 Billy Riley & His Little Green Men - Pearly Lee 2:39

09 Malcolm Yelvington - It's Me Baby 2:29

10 Ike & Bonnie Turner - Love is a Gamble 2:12

11 Warren Smith - Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache 2:41

12 Bill Justis & His Orchestra - Flea Circus 2:24

13 Jean Chapel - I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight 2:12

14 Roy Orbison - Claudette 1:57

15 Ray Smith - You Made a Hit 2:25

16 Smokey Joe - Listen to Me Baby 2:31

17 Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Little Fine Healthy Thing 2:37

18 Mack Self - Vibrate 2:02

19 Edwin Bruce - Rock Boppin' Baby 2:18

20 Eddie Bond - Broke My Guitar 2:08

21 Narvel Felts - My Babe 1:54

22 Hawk - In the Mood 2:23

23 Carl Mann - Ain't Got No Home 2:48

24 Rosco Gordon - Sally Jo 2:07

25 Slim Rhodes - Take and Give 2:24

26 Charlie Rich - Popcorn Polly 2:28

CD4

01 Carl Perkins - Put Your Cat Clothes On 2:51

02 Andy Anderson - Johnny Valentine 2:14

03 Ernie Barton - Rainin' the Blues 2:45

04 Johnny Bernero - Cotton Pickin' Boogie 3:16

05 Tommy Blake & The Rhythm Rebels - You Bettter Believe It 2:43

06 Cliff Gleaves - Love is My Business 2:22

07 Sonny Burgess - What'cha Gonna Do 1:58

08 Jack Earls & The Jimbos - Take Me to That Place 2:20

09 Hayden Thompson - Love My Baby 2:12

10 Roy Orbison - The Cause of it All 2:28

11 Ken Cook - Don't Be Runnin' Wild (Problem Child) 2:01

12 Jimmy Haggett - Rock Me Baby 1:51

13 Miller Sisters - Ten Cats Down 2:21

14 Wade & Dick The College Kids - Bop, Bop Baby 2:11

15 Jerry Mcgill & Topcoats - Lovestruck 2:06

16 Patsy Holcomb - Ooh, That's Good 1:58

17 Ray Harris - Come on Little Mama 2:20

18 Narvel Felts - Did You Tell Me 2:26

19 Glenn Honeycutt - Rock All Night 2:03

20 Dick Penner - Fine Little Baby 2:37

21 Barbara Pittman With Bill Justis Orchestra - Everlasting Love 1:59

22 Johnny Powers - Me and My Rhythm Guitar 2:37

23 Jim Williams - Fire Engine Red 2:22

24 Johnny Carroll - Rock Baby, Rock It 2:21

25 Four Dukes - Baby Doll 1:55

26 Billy Riley & His Little Green Men - Baby Please Don't Go 2:06

CD5

01 Warren Smith - I've Got Love If You Want It 2:12

02 Jerry Lee Lewis - Ubangi Stomp 1:48

03 Edwin Bruce - Sweet Woman 2:46

04 Jack Earls & The Jimbos - Let's Bop 1:57

05 Teddy Reidel - Me and My Blues 1:54

06 Mack Vickery - Drive-In 2:15

07 Cliff & Barbara Thomas - Jimpin' Jack 1:56

08 Roy Orbison - Domino 2:18

09 Malcolm Yelvington - Yakety Yak 2:39

10 Tommy Blake - Sweetie Pie 2:08

11 Ray Harris - Lonely Wolf 2:53

12 Carl Perkins - Look at That Moon 2:23

13 Kirby Sisters - Red Velvet 2:22

14 Hayden Thompson - Don't You Worry 2:12

15 Mack Self - Mad at You 2:18

16 Louie Robertson - I'm Gonna Rock 2:10

17 Carl Mann - Baby I Don't Care 2:11

18 Tracy Pendarvis & The Swampers - Beat It 2:42

19 Macy Skipper - Bop Pills 2:28

20 Kenny Parchman - I Feel Like Rockin' 2:33

21 Ernie Barton - She's Gone Away 2:34

22 Joe Lewis - Life's Too Short to Live 1:53

23 Jimmy Pritchett - That's the Way I Feel 2:20

24 Rudy Grayzell - Judy 2:06

25 Jimmy Wages - Miss Pearl 2:37

26 Ray Smith - Right Behind You Baby 2:23

CD6

01 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Move, Baby Move 2:49

02 Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two - Get Rhythm 2:16

03 James Cotton - My Baby 2:24

04 Earl Peterson Michigan's Singing Cowboy - In the Dark 2:36

05 Rudi Richardson - Fools Hall of Fame 2:41

06 Carl Perkins - Tennessee 3:06

07 Doctor Ross - The Boogie Disease 2:37

08 Bill Taylor & Smokey Jo With Clyde Leopard's Snearly Ranch Boys - Split Personality 2:23

09 Jones Brothers - Look to Jesus 2:52

10 Ernie Chaffin - Feelin' Low 2:37

11 Willie Nix the Memphis Blue Boy - Baker Shop Boogie 2:43

12 Smokey Joe Baugh - Hula Bop 2:54

13 Eddie Snow - Ain't That Right 2:39

14 Onie Wheeler - Tell 'Em Off 1:59

15 Sammy Lewis With Willie Johnson - I Feel So Worried 2:38

16 Buddy Blake - Please Convince Me 2:17

17 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Bad 2:44

18 Jack Clement - Ten Years 2:19

19 Jimmy DeBerry - Time Has Made a Change 2:45

20 Texas Bill Strength - Call of the Wild 2:14

21 Five Tinos - Don't Do That! 2:31

22 David Houston - Sherry's Lips 2:21

23 Rosco Gordon - Cheese and Crackers 2:50

24 Jimmy Louis - Gone and Left Me Blues 2:27

25 Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King 2:31

26 Dane Stinit - Don't Knock What You Don't Understand 2:16

CD7

01 Brad Suggs - 706 Union 2:24

02 Mack Owen - Walkin' and Talkin' 2:12

03 Billy Adams - Reconsider Baby 2:53

04 George & Louis - The Return of Jerry Lee 2:35

05 Eddie Bush - Hey Baby Doll 2:00

06 Vernon Taylor - Sweet and Easy to Love 2:31

07 Memphis Belles Featuring Shirley - Snow Job 2:08

08 Bill Johnson - You Better Dig It 2:08

09 Anita Wood - I'll Wait Forever 3:04

10 Thomas Wayne - I've Got it Made 2:22

11 Ray B Anthony - Alice Blue Gown 2:02

12 Roland Janes - Rolando 2:09

13 Curtis Hoback - Apron Strings 2:38

14 Don Hinton - Honey Bee 1:56

15 Harold Dorman - Uncle Jonah's Place 1:43

16 Ira Jay II - You Don't Love Me Anymore 2:34

17 Danny Stewart - Somewhere Along the Line 2:45

18 Wade Cagle & The Escorts - Groovy Train 2:30

19 Jeb Stuart - I Betcha' Gonna Like It 2:37

20 Bobby Wood - Everybody's Searching 2:16

21 Charlie Rich - Sittin' and Thinkin' 3:05

22 Quintones - Times Sho' Gettin' Ruff 2:16

23 Various Artists - Peek-A-Boo 2:12

24 Jesters - Night Train from Chicago 2:13

25 Climates - Breaking Up Again 2:43

26 Load of Mischief - Back in My Arms Again 2:44

CD8

01 Sonny Burgess - Red Headed Woman 6:27

02 Jack Clement - The Black Haired Man 2:50

03 Billy Riley - Trouble Bound 3:41

04 Malcolm Yelvington - Rockin' with My Baby 3:28

05 Rufus Thomas, Jr - Save That Money 3:41

06 Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano - Little Queenie 4:44

07 Gene Simmons - I Done Told You 2:52

08 Carl Perkins - Lend Me Your Comb 3:19

09 Barbara Pittman - Two Young Fools in Love 3:30

10 Dickey Lee & The Collegiates - Good Lovin' 3:51

11 Charlie Rich With Gene Lowery Chorus - Lonely Weekends 3:10

12 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - When it Rains it Pours 4:18

13 Carl Mann - Mona Lisa 3:50

14 Jerry Lee Lewis - Hillbilly Fever 3:36

15 Johnny Powers - Be Mine, All Mine 3:33

16 Jesters; Jerry Phillips - Cadillac Man 2:16

CD9

01 Elvis Presley - My Happiness 2:32

02 Elvis Presley - That's When Your Heartaches Begin 2:56

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