The Ultimate: The Sun Years
~ Release by Jerry Lee Lewis (see all versions of this release, 1 available)
Annotation
Firstly issued as 11 CD boxset, but the CD 12 ("Bonus CD") has been issued shortly after in the same year 1993 with the same catalog number (Sun Box 4-12).
Nevertheless the boxset "Classic Jerry Lee Lewis" (Bear Family Records, BCD 15420, 1989), contrary to the assertion of Charly Records (which added the CD 12 expressly for cover the recordings from BCD 15420, but this was achieved only partially), contains many recordings not included in "The Ultimate", or included as different kind (e.g., stereo instead of mono or with different overdubbing, different false start, etc.).
The sound mastering of "The Ultimate" is sometimes different to the one of the "Classic Jerry Lee Lewis". All stereo tracks of "The Ultimate" boxset are inverted as regards to the boxset "Classic Jerry Lee Lewis".
Tracklist
| || 1CD: The Original Singles, Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Crazy Arms
| 2:46 | |
| 2 | End of the Road
| 1:50 | |
| 3 | It’ll Be Me
| 2:47 | |
| 4 | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
| 2:54 | |
| 5 | Great Balls of Fire
| 1:54 | |
| 6 | You Win Again
| 2:57 | |
| 7 | Down the Line
| 2:15 | |
| 8 | Breathless
| 2:45 | |
| 9 | High School Confidential
| 2:31 | |
| 10 | Fools Like Me
| 2:52 | |
| 11 | The Return of Jerry Lee
| 2:35 | |
| 12 | Lewis Boogie
| 2:01 | |
| 13 | Break Up
| 2:41 | |
| 14 | I’ll Make It All Up to You
| 3:06 | |
| 15 | It Hurt Me So
| 2:41 | |
| 16 | I’ll Sail My Ship Alone
| 2:09 | |
| 17 | Lovin’ Up a Storm
| 1:53 | |
| 18 | Big Blon’ Baby
| 1:43 | |
| 19 | Let’s Talk About Us
| 2:09 | |
| 20 | The Ballad of Billy Joe
| 3:00 | |
| 21 | Little Queenie
| 2:26 | |
| 22 | I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
| 2:25 | |
| 23 | Old Black Joe
| 2:06 | |
| 24 | Baby Baby Bye Bye
| 1:59 | |
| 25 | John Henry
| 2:34 | |
| 26 | Hang Up My Rock ’n’ Roll Shoes
| 2:36 | |
| 27 | When I Get Paid
| 2:49 | |
| 28 | Love’s Made a Fool of Me
| 2:47 | |
| 2CD: The Original Singles, Part 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | What’d I Say
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:29 | |
| 2 | Livin’ Lovin’ Wreck
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:05 | |
| 3 | Cold Cold Heart
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 3:08 | |
| 4 | It Won’t Happen With Me
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 3:01 | |
| 5 | Save the Last Dance for Me
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:52 | |
| 6 | As Long as I Live
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:28 | |
| 7 | Money (That’s What I Need)
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:38 | |
| 8 | Bonnie B.
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:21 | |
| 9 | I’ve Been Twistin’
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 3:16 | |
| 10 | Ramblin’ Rose
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 3:21 | |
| 11 | Sweet Little Sixteen
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:56 | |
| 12 | How’s My Ex Treating You
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:38 | |
| 13 | Good Golly Miss Molly
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:20 | |
| 14 | I Can’t Trust Me (In Your Arms Anymore)
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:15 | |
| 15 | Teenage Letter
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:23 | |
| 16 | Season of My Heart
| Jerry Lee Lewis & Linda Gail Lewis | 3:02 | |
| 17 | Carry Me Back to Old Virginia
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:28 | |
| 18 | I Know What It Means
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:42 | |
| 19 | I Get the Blues When It Rains
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:15 | |
| 20 | In the Mood
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:22 | |
| 21 | Invitation to Your Party
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:57 | |
| 22 | Frankie & Johnny
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:35 | |
| 23 | One Minute Past Eternity
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:05 | |
| 24 | I Can’t Seem to Say Goodbye
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:35 | |
| 25 | Waiting for a Train
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:43 | |
| 26 | Big Legged Woman
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:28 | |
| 27 | Love on Broadway
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:33 | |
| 28 | Your Lovin’ Ways
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:40 | |
| 29 | I Can’t Trust Me (In Your Arms Anymore) (remix) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:27 | |
| 3CD: Country Roots | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | You’re the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
| 2:40 | |
| 2 | Born to Lose
| 2:41 | |
| 3 | Silver Threads Among the Gold
| 2:07 | |
| 4 | I’m Throwing Rice (At the Girl I Love)
| 2:16 | |
| 5 | I Love It So Much It Hurts
| 2:22 | |
| 6 | Deep Elem Blues
| 2:45 | |
| 7 | Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
| 2:20 | |
| 8 | Crawdad Song
| 1:51 | |
| 9 | Dixie
| 1:33 | |
| 10 | Goodnight Irene
| 3:02 | |
| 11 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken
| 2:25 | |
| 12 | Old Time Religion
| 1:56 | |
| 13 | When the Saints Go Marchin’ In
| 2:13 | |
| 14 | Turn Around
| 2:51 | |
| 15 | That Lucky Old Sun
| 3:11 | |
| 16 | I Love You Because
| 3:04 | |
| 17 | I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)
| 2:55 | |
| 18 | Cold Cold Heart
| 3:09 | |
| 19 | Shame on You
| 2:12 | |
| 20 | I’ll Keep on Lovin’ You
| 1:52 | |
| 21 | Ole Pal of Yesterday
| 2:38 | |
| 22 | You Win Again
| 2:08 | |
| 23 | I’ll Sail My Ship Alone
| 2:10 | |
| 24 | Little Green Valley
| 1:54 | |
| 25 | My Carolina Sunshine Girl
| 1:54 | |
| 26 | Long Gone Lonesome Blues
| 2:06 | |
| 27 | You Are My Sunshine
| 2:26 | |
| 28 | Singing the Blues
| 2:09 | |
| 29 | I Forgot to Remember to Forget
| 2:28 | |
| 30 | I’ll Make It All Up to You
| 2:44 | |
| 4CD: Hillbilly Music |
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| 5CD: Sixty Minute Man, R&B Roots |
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| 6CD: Hits Re-defined (I Did ’Em My Way) |
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| 7CD: Rarities, Not on CD |
|---|
| 8CD: More Rarities |
|---|
| 9CD: Unissued Takes, Vol. 1 |
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| 10CD: Pumpin’ Piano Rock (Did I Write Some of ’Em?) |
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| 11CD: Unissued Takes, Vol. 2 |
|---|
| 12CD: Bonus CD |
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Credits
Release
| liner notes: | Adam Komorowski (compilation producer) (until 1992-07-27) |
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| co-producer: | Adam Komorowski (compilation producer) (until 1993) Joop Visser (Dutch record producer) (until 1993) |
| mastering: | Andy Pearce (Mastering engineer) (until 1993) |
| compiler: | Adam Komorowski (compilation producer) (until 1993) |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/3895721 [info] |
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