VA — Sun Ballads 1953-1962 (2011)

MP3 320 kbps | Country, Ballad, Rock\’n\’Roll | 3h 24 min | 489 MB

The first-ever in-depth look at the ballad side of the Sun Records legacy. Surveys a 10-year period from the earliest blues and hillbilly days to the Golden Age of rockabilly and into the early 1960s. Contains 78 tracks featuring Sun\’s best-known artists, as well as obscure & rarely reissued artists and titles. Contains in-depth historical material and detailed track-by-track commentaries. A must-have for all music historians, as well as die-hard Sun fans and collectors.
Sun Records earned its widespread fame as the Memphis-based birthplace of rock \’n\’ roll pioneers like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Billy Riley, as well as icons of American music such as
Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Charlie Rich. Sun was also home to blues legends like Howlin\’ Wolf, B. B. King, Rufus Thomas, Jr. and Rosco Gordon. Label owner Sam Phillips truly did it all with his little Memphis label, and built a legend in the process. Although Sun is best known for rockers and rockin\’ music, it turns out that even rockers had their mellow moments. Sun managed to record a surprising number of them and built a very effective library of ballads as well. This side of Sun\’s legacy has never been examined in depth — until now.
\’Sun Ballads\’ surveys a 10 year period of Sun\’s history from the earliest blues and hillbilly days to the Golden Era of rockabilly and beyond, into the early 1960s. This collection combines some of Sun\’s best known recording pioneers with a few truly obscure artists and rarely reissued titles; it contains a lavishly illustrated book with detailed track by track commentary by Sun historian Hank Davis. This 3-CD set is an unprecedented treasure trove for Sun fans and collectors.
1-1 Rufus Thomas- Walking In The Rain 2:25
1-2 The Prisonaires- Just Walking In The Rain 2:46
1-3 Little Milton- Beggin\’ My Baby 2:30
1-4 Charlie Feathers- I\’ve Been Deceived 2:44
1-5 Bonnie Turner- Old Brother Jack 2:15
1-6 Willie Nix- Seems Like A Million Years 2:44
1-7 Billy Emerson- No Teasin\’ Around 3:02
1-8 Carl Perkins- Turn Around 3:01
1-9 The Prisonaires- There Is Love in You 2:55
1-10 Jimmy & Walter- Before Long 2:45
1-11 Slim Rhodes Band- The House Of Sin 2:45
1-12 Five Tinos- Sitting By My Window 3:28
1-13 Maggie Sue Wimberly- Daydreams Come True 2:58
1-14 Elvis Presley- I Forgot To Remember To Forget 2:31
1-15 Billy Emerson- No Greater Love 2:57
1-16 Johnny Cash- My Treasure 2:17
1-17 Miller Sisters- You Can Tell Me 2:41
1-18 Slim Rhodes Band- Bad Girl 2:28
1-19 Charlie Feathers- Wedding Gown of White 3:09
1-20 Perkins Brothers Band*- Sure To Fall 2:34
1-21 Jimmy Haggett- No More 2:26
1-22 Warren Smith (3)- I\’d Rather Be Safe Than Sorry 2:59
1-23 Jack Earls- A Fool For Loving You 2:46
1-24 Johnny Cash- I Walk the Line 2:46
1-25 Miller Sisters- Finders Keepers 2:56
1-26 Barbara Pittman- No Matter Who\’s to Blame 3:11
2-1 Slim Rhodes Band- Take And Give 2:23
2-2 Glenn Honeycutt- I\’ll Wait Forever 2:39
2-3 Carl Perkins- Only You 3:21
2-4 Johnny Cash- Don\’t Make Me Go 2:30
2-5 Sonny Burgess- Restless 2:40
2-6 Roy Orbison- Fool\’s Hall of Fame 2:28
Harold L. Jenkins2-7 Conway Twitty- Just In 2:47
2-8 Jimmy Williams (4)- That Depends On You 2:23
2-9 Barbara Pittman- Two Young Fools in Love 2:26
2-10 Ray Harris (3)- Foolish Heart 2:12
2-11 Ernie Chaffin- I\’m Lonesome 2:46
2-12 Jerry Lee Lewis- It All Depends (On Who Will Buy The Wine) 2:48
2-13 Mack Self- Easy To Love 2:48
2-14 Edwin Bruce*- More Than Yesterday 2:37
2-15 Carl Perkins- Forever Yours 2:38
2-16 Mary Johnson (10)- Your Cheating Heart 1:28
2-17 Johnny Cash- Give My Love to Rose 2:45
2-18 Miller Sisters- It Only Hurts For a Little While 2:39
2-19 Warren Smith (3)- I Fell In Love 2:41
2-20 The Sunrays (2)- Love Is a Stranger 3:01
2-21 Roy Orbison- Trying To Get To You 2:42
2-22 Jerry Lee Lewis- You Win Again 2:57
2-23 Ken Cook (2)- I Was A Fool 2:26
2-24 Barbara Pittman- I\’m Getting Better All The 2:26
2-25 Sonny Burgess- Sweet Misery 2:10
2-26 Charlie Rich- Ain\’t It A Shame 2:23
3-1 Billy Riley*- One More 2:16
3-2 Johnny Cash- Port Of Lonely Hearts 2:35
3-3 Edwin Bruce*- Part Of My Life 2:16
3-4 Jerry Lee Lewis- I\’ll Make It All Up To You 3:06
3-5 Vernon Taylor- Breeze 2:08
3-6 Warren Smith (3)- Goodbye Mr. Love 2:41
3-7 Charlie Rich- Apple Blossom 2:38
3-8 Ray Smith- Sail Away 2:28
3-9 Little Hannah Fay*- The Miracle of You 2:38
3-10 Ernie Chaffin- Don\’t Ever Leave Me 2:21
3-11 Ray Smith- Why Why Why 2:21
3-12 Carl Mann- I\’m Bluer Than Anyone Can Be 2:21
3-13 Bobby And The Boys- To Tell The Truth 2:12
3-14 Jerry Lee Lewis- How\’s My Ex Treating You 2:39
3-15 Mary Johnson (10)- River Of No Return 3:39
3-16 Rayburn Anthony- How Well I Know 2:12
3-17 Mikki Wilcox- Ain\’t Got Nothin\’ But The Blues 2:57
3-18 Charlie Rich- Stay 2:11
3-19 Bobbie Jean- Cheaters Never Win 2:01
3-20 Carl Mann- I Can\’t Forget You 2:35
3-21 Tracy Pendarvis- Is It Too Late 2:11
3-22 Anita Wood- I\’ll Wait Forever 3:03
3-23 Jerry Lee Lewis- Fools Like Me 2:53
3-24 Thomas Wayne- The Quiet Look 2:12
3-25 Charlie Rich- Who Will The Next Fool Be 2:24
3-26 Mikki Wilcox- I Know What It Means 2:27