Tag: Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis – A Whole Lotta… (2012) [4CD-Set]

Jerry Lee Lewis - A Whole Lotta... (2012) [4CD-Set]

Jerry Lee Lewis – A Whole Lotta… (2012) [4CD-Set]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.88 GB
Label: Salvo | UK | Cat#: SALVOBX410 | Genre: Rock & Roll, Country

There is no shortage of Jerry Lee Lewis anthologies — the early Sun years in particular have been ripe for compiling — so it’s been easy to overlook a glaring gap in his catalog: a comprehensive career overview. The closest there’s been is Rhino’s terrific double-disc All Killer, No Filler, but Salvo’s 2012 box A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis trumps that 1993 set handily. Continue reading “Jerry Lee Lewis – A Whole Lotta… (2012) [4CD-Set]”

Jerry Lee Lewis – Mercury Smashes… And Rockin’ Sessions (2000) [10CDs, Box Set]

Jerry Lee Lewis - Mercury Smashes… And Rockin' Sessions (2000) [10CDs, Box Set]

Jerry Lee Lewis – Mercury Smashes… And Rockin’ Sessions (2000) [10CDs, Box Set]
EAC Rip | 10xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.92 GB (CDs) + 392 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Bear Family Records | Germany | Cat#: BCD 15784 JK | Genre: Rockabilly

The third installment of Bear Family’s exhaustive reissue of Jerry Lee Lewis’ complete recordings, Mercury Smashes…and Rockin’ Sessions, covers the era that many listeners, even some fans, dismiss — his late-’60s and ’70s recordings for Mercury. Conventional wisdom claims that the Killer was pretty much spent as a creative force during this time, since he had already made his near-triumphant comeback as a hard country singer on Mercury in the mid-’60s, and that he coasted on formula, except for the concentrated burst of the Roots album. Continue reading “Jerry Lee Lewis – Mercury Smashes… And Rockin’ Sessions (2000) [10CDs, Box Set]”