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JERRY LEE LEWIS
THE KILLER LIVE! 1964-1970
Available at Hip-O Select.com and all retailers July 24, 2012
Simply put, Jerry Lee Lewis is nicknamed “The Killer” for several very good reasons: among them, he is one of the greatest rockers ever to cut a record and one of the greatest live performers of all time in any genre. Anyone
who had been lucky enough to see Jerry Lee in his prime pound his
piano, toss about the piano stool and those wavy locks while viciously
attacking rocker after rocker and breathing pure honky-tonk into a
succession of country songs will most surely agree. Whether
he wrote a song or not, when Jerry Lee performed it, the song becomes
his own, and fortunately, during his prime, Mercury Records (and its
Smash and Philips subsidiaries) captured four albums-plus worth of The
Killer live.
who had been lucky enough to see Jerry Lee in his prime pound his
piano, toss about the piano stool and those wavy locks while viciously
attacking rocker after rocker and breathing pure honky-tonk into a
succession of country songs will most surely agree. Whether
he wrote a song or not, when Jerry Lee performed it, the song becomes
his own, and fortunately, during his prime, Mercury Records (and its
Smash and Philips subsidiaries) captured four albums-plus worth of The
Killer live.
This new collection presents these four albums – “Live” At The Star Club, Hamburg and The Greatest Live Show On Earth, both from 1964; 1966’s By Request: More Of The Greatest Live Show On Earth; and 1970’s Live At The International, Las Vegas – plus 16 bonus tracks, including 10 previously unreleased on three CDs. And these discs only reconfirm the power and stature of Jerry Lee.
In fact, “Live” At The Star Club
has often been called rock’s first great live album, as The Killer
roars through a dozen classics (plus a bonus track here) with ferocity
and abandon. Liner notes writer Mitchell Cohen compares Jerry Lee’s attack here to another set of Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famers—
has often been called rock’s first great live album, as The Killer
roars through a dozen classics (plus a bonus track here) with ferocity
and abandon. Liner notes writer Mitchell Cohen compares Jerry Lee’s attack here to another set of Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famers—
The Ramones — it’s that visceral. And
also instructive as the piano man roars into his own hits as well as
those by Elvis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Hank Williams and others. This is precisely the same diversity and great song selection that informs each of the three albums that follows. The
music gets a trifle more country as we progress in time, as Jerry Lee
had two solid years of country hits under his belt by the time of The International set, but even then, the singer can’t resist pounding out a raucous “Stagger Lee,” which is here as one of the 10 previously unreleased tracks.
also instructive as the piano man roars into his own hits as well as
those by Elvis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Hank Williams and others. This is precisely the same diversity and great song selection that informs each of the three albums that follows. The
music gets a trifle more country as we progress in time, as Jerry Lee
had two solid years of country hits under his belt by the time of The International set, but even then, the singer can’t resist pounding out a raucous “Stagger Lee,” which is here as one of the 10 previously unreleased tracks.
This
58-song, over-three-hours-of-“killer” live music set is complemented by
Mitchell Cohen’s insightful liner notes, complete credits, and great
period photos.
58-song, over-three-hours-of-“killer” live music set is complemented by
Mitchell Cohen’s insightful liner notes, complete credits, and great
period photos.