Jerry Lee Lewis
  The Road Begins
ETCD 1022
End of the Road - Crazy Arms- Born To Lose - Turn Around - Matchbox - Your True Love / - Silver Threads Among The Gold - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane - Roll Over Beethoven - Straight - A's In Love - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - It'll be Me - I Love You Because - Great Balls Of Fire - You Win Again - I Want You Baby - Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll - The Crawdad Song - Deep Elem Blues - / I'm Feelin' Sorry - Put Your Cat Clothes on - Love My Baby - Mean Woman Blues - Dixie - Crazy Arms - End Of The Road - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Steve Allen TV Show) - Don't Stay Away / - Jerry Lee's Boogie - I Don't Hurt Anymore - I Need You Now
"The Road Begins" is a perfect introduction to the vast world of Jerry lee Lewis. Thirty one songs that cover the beginning of his career. You'll find his first single for Sun (End Of The Road/Crazy Arms - Sun 259), his classic rockers (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Great Balls Of Fire) and a couple of other sides that show what a great country singer Jerry Lee is (You Win Again, Born To Loose). Some of the sides he made as a session pianist for Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Hayden Thompson, Billy Lee Riley are also included here as well as two takes from The Million Dollar Quartet (though they were probably recorded once Perkins and Presley left) and a live take of Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On recorded at the Steve Allen Show. Most of rock'n'roll fans probably already owns most of this recording but the last four tracks are more obscure. These are demo recorded in 1952 and 1954 before his Sun days. A good overview of Jerry Lee's debut.
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Fred "Virgil" Turgis