Back on Top (2000)

About this title: Back on Top, Bear Family's four-disc retrospective of Carl Perkins' late-'60s and early-'70s work, collects everything he recorded during his second tenure with Columbia, his tribute to Elvis ("E.P. Express"), and his complete recordings with NRBQ. Over the course of 99 tracks, the set also covers his two-year stint with Mercury, the complete My Kind of Country sessions, and a full disc's worth of previously unreleased demos. As with all of Bear Family's releases, Back on Top also features impressive supplemental material, including liner notes by Grammy winner Colin Escott, a complete ... read more

Tracks:

1. Constantly
2. Restless [Perkins]
3. 1143
4. Little Cowboy Suit
5. Blue Suede Shoes [Perkins]
6. Matchbox [Perkins]
7. Honey Don't [Perkins]
8. Turn Around [Perkins]
9. Daddy Sang Bass [Perkins]
10. That's Right [Cash/Perkins]
11. Boppin' the Blues [Griffin/Perkins]
12. Your True Love [Perkins]
13. Folsom Prison Blues [Cash]
14. Mean Woman Blues [Demetrius]
15. Take It or Leave It
16. Walk With Your Neighbor
17. For Your Love
18. Four Letter Word
19. Soul Beat
20. Baby, What You Want Me to Do [Reed]
21. Superfool [Austin/Dobbins]
22. Champaign, Illinois
23. Riverboat Annie
24. A Lion in the Jungle
25. Power of My Soul
26. Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Berry]
27. C.C. Rider (You're So Bad) [Perkins]
28. I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down
29. Boppin' the Blues [& NRBQ] [Griffin/Perkins]
30. Sorry Charlie [& NRBQ]
31. Allergic to Love [& NRBQ]
32. Turn Around [NRBQ]
33. All Mama's Children [& NRBQ] [Cash/Perkins]
34. Step Aside [& NRBQ]
35. Just Coastin' [Perkins]
36. My Son, My Su
37. State of Confusion [Perkins]
38. The Big City Sleeps
39. True Love Is Greater Then Friendship
40. What Every Little Boy Ought to Know
41. Just as Long [Perkins]
42. I'll Fly Away [Brumley]
43. Me Without You
44. Always Be Mine
45. Red Headed Woman [Burgess]
46. Take Me Back to Memphis
47. About All I Can Give Is My Love
48. You Won't Have to Say You Love Me
49. Cotton Top [Perkins]
50. High on Love
51. Always Be Mine
52. Let Me Be the One You Love
53. Baby's Gone
54. So Warm
55. The Trip
56. I Still Miss Someone [Cash/Cash]
57. The Last Letter
58. Someday
59. Help Me Dream [Perkins]
60. Bless the Children
61. You Tore My Heaven All to Hell [Perkins]
62. One More Loser Going Home [Perkins]
63. Going to Memphis [Cash/Dew/Lomax]
64. Lord, I Sinned Again Last Night [Perkins]
65. Just as Long [Perkins]
66. Dixie Fried [Perkins]
67. Honky Tonk Song [Peddy/Tillis]
68. Love Sweet Love [Perkins]
69. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town [Tillis]
70. Never Look Back [Perkins]
71. Sunday Dinner
72. Sing My Song
73. I Want to Be Your Man [Lennon/McCartney]
74. You'll Always Be a Lady to Me
75. Rise and Shine [Perkins]
76. Mean, Mean Martha
77. Low Class
78. I Ain' Mad
79. The E.P. Express
80. Big Bad Blues [Perkins]
81. Restless [Perkins]
82. Honey Don't [Perkins]
83. Turn Around [Perkins]
84. That's Right [Cash/Perkins]
85. Walk With Your Neighbor
86. For Your Love
87. Four Letter Word
88. Cotton Top [Perkins]
89. Born Equal

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.