The Sun Years: The Definitive Rock’n Roll and Country Recordings 1954 to 1957

~ Release by Carl Perkins (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Mistakenly includes six doublets of tracks on CD3:

  • 1-13 = 3-19
  • 1-14 = 3-21
  • 1-15 = 3-20
  • 1-16 = 3-7
  • 1-17 = 3-8
  • 2-29 = 3-18
Annotation last modified on 2018-12-11 07:43 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▶ CD 2
▼ CD 3
#TitleRatingLength
1Movie Magg (take 2)
recording of:
Movie Magg (in 1955-01)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Knox Music and Wren Music Co.
2:11
2Turn Around (take 3)
recording of:
Turn Around
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
2:59
3Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing (take 1)
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-07)
electric guitar:
Quinton Claunch (in 1955-07)
fiddle:
Bill Cantrell (in 1955-07)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-07) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-07)
membranophone:
W.S. Holland (in 1955-07)
steel guitar:
Stan Kesler (in 1955-07)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-07)
recording of:
Let the Jukebox Keep On Playing
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
2:54
4Gone Gone Gone (take 3)
recording of:
Gone, Gone, Gone (in 1955-07)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Knox Music and Wren Music Co.
32:38
5Blue Suede Shoes (take 4)
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (in 1955-12)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-12)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun (US label founded in 1952) (from 1956 to present)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 5) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 95)
recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes (in 1955-12)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., Hi Lo Music, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
42:16
6Honey Don’t (take 4)
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (from 1955-12 until 1966-12)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-12)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12)
recording of:
Honey, Don’t! (in 1955-12)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hi Lo Music, Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Knox Music Ltd. and MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)
42:49
7Sure to Fall (take 6)
recording of:
Sure to Fall (in 1956-01)
writer:
Bill Cantrell (in 1956), Quinton Claunch (in 1956) and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Hi-Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Knox Music Ltd., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Philtac Music Company and Wren Music Co.
32:34
8Tennessee (take 2)
recording of:
Tennessee
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Knox Music and Wren Music Co.
3:04
9Boppin’ the Blues (take 3)
recording of:
Boppin’ the Blues (in 1956-03)
composer:
Curley Griffin (1950s Rockabilly artist) (in 1956) and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Hi-Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), MPL Music Publishing Inc., MPL UK Publishing and Wren Music Co.
2:50
10All Mama’s Children (take 8)
recording of:
All Mama’s Children (in 1956-03)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc. and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
2:08
11Dixie Fried (take 5)
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1956-03)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03) and Eddie Starr (in 1956-03)
membranophone:
W.S. Holland (in 1956-03)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03)
edit of:
Dixie Fried (version 2: 3 false starts & master) by Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
recording of:
Dixie Fried (in 1956-03)
composer:
Howard Griffin and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
2:28
12I’m Sorry I’m Not Sorry (take 5)
recording of:
I’m Sorry, I’m Not Sorry
lyricist and composer:
Wanda Ballman
2:28
13Matchbox (take 2)
recording of:
Matchbox (in 1957-01)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., Knox Music, Inc., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Unichappell Music and Wren Music Co.
version of:
Match Box Blues
recording of:
Matchbox (Bob Dylan arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Special Rider Music
arrangement of:
Matchbox
2:10
14Your True Love (take 7)
recording of:
Your True Love (in 1957-01)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher) and Carl Perkins Music Inc.
2:46
15That’s Right (take 5)
recording of:
That’s Right
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
2:52
16Forever Yours (take 3)
recording of:
Forever Yours
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
2:38
17Lend Me Your Comb (take 4)
cover recording of:
Lend Me Your Comb (in 1957-12)
composer:
Kay Twomey, Ben Weisman and Fred Wise
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell & Co. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
1:59
18Glad All Over (take 1)
recording of:
Glad All Over (in 1957-12)
composer:
Roy C. Bennett (US songwriter), Aaron Schroeder (1950s~1960s US songwriter) and Sid Tepper
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, MCA Music Ltd., Minder Music and Minder Music Ltd.
1:42
19Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (take 7)
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1956-03)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03) and Eddie Starr (in 1956-03)
membranophone:
W.S. Holland (in 1956-03)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03)
arranger:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956)
cover recording of:
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (in 1956-03)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Rex Griffin (American country musician and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Knox Music Ltd., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Wren Music Co. and Knox Music, Inc. (on 1957-11-12)
2:14
20Only You (take 2)
cover recording of:
Only You (and You Alone) (Platters song)
writer:
Buck Ram and Ande Rand
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Robert Mellin, Inc., Tro-Hollis Music, Inc. and Wildwood Music
3:21
21Right String Baby (take 4)
cover recording of:
The Right String, Baby, but the Wrong Yo Yo
lyricist and composer:
Willie Perryman
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:35
22Carl Perkins in Richmond (radio advert)
1:02
23Pink Pedal Pushers (home demo)
recording of:
Pink Pedal Pushers
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:16
24Breakin’ My Heart (home demo)
3:03
25Take Back My Love (home demo)
3:36
26Instrumental medley (home demo)
compilation of:
The Old Spinning Wheel (demo instrumental) by Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Silver Bell (demo instrumental) by Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) and Listen to the Mockingbird (demo instrumental) by Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
5:13
27Down by the Riverside (home demo)
cover recording of:
Down by the Riverside
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:27
28Drink Up and Go Home (home demo)
3:37
29Somebody Tell Me (home demo)
recording of:
Somebody Tell Me
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
4:22