Sun Records: Ultimate Blues Collection (2003)

About this title: Although Sam Phillips' Sun Records is generally remembered as the rockabilly label that launched the recording career of one Elvis Presley, as well as the careers of Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, there is a whole lot more to the story than that. Phillips recorded a good deal of straight blues in his studio, and that patented slap-back, room echo feel that permeates his more rockabilly fare is well in evidence on the blues tracks that are collected here in this three-disc, 75-track set. This is exciting stuff, with an intangible freshness to the sound that is ... read more

Tracks:

1. We All Gotta Go Sometime [Louis]
2. Baker Shop Boogie [Nix/Phillips]
3. Easy [Instrumental] [DeBerry/Horton]
4. Bear Cat (The Answer to Hound Dog) [Phillips]
5. Feelin' Good [Parker]
6. Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) [Louis/Burns]
7. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie [Perkins]
8. Hydramatic Woman [Louis]
9. The Hucklebuck [Alfred/Gibson]
10. Mystery Train [Parker]
11. Love Me Baby [Parker]
12. Come Back Baby [Ross]
13. Somebody Told Me [Campbell]
14. Straighten Up Baby [Cotton]
15. I'm Gonna Murder My Baby [Hare]
16. Cotton Crop Blues [Cotton]
17. The Boogie Disease [Ross]
18. When It Rains It Really Pours [Emerson]
19. I Feel So Worried [Lewis]
20. Red Hot [Emerson]
21. Lookin' for My Baby [Campbell]
22. Ain't That Right [Snow]
23. Go Ahead On [Duling]
24. The Chicken (Dance with You) [Gordon]
25. Jelly Roll King [Frost]
26. She May Be Yours (But She Comes to See Me Sometime) [Louis/Phillips]
27. Seems Like a Million Years [Phillips/Nix]
28. Walked All Night [Booker]
29. Baby's Gone and Left Me [Stokes]
30. Walking in the Rain [Thomas]
31. (Talkin') Off the Wall [Horton]
32. Fussin' and Fightin' Blues [Parker]
33. Save That Money [Thomas]
34. Razorback [Hooker]
35. Believe I'll Settle Down [Gilmore]
36. My Love Has Gone [Vinson]
37. Chicago Breakdown [Ross]
38. Sittin' at the Bar [Parker/Phillips]
39. High [Phillips/Banks]
40. Harmonica Jam [Love]
41. My Baby [Cotton]
42. Gee I Wish [Phillips/Love]
43. Satisfied [Emerson]
44. Hold Me in Your Arms [Cotton]
45. Juke Box Boogie [Ross]
46. Move Baby Move [Emerson]
47. So Long Baby, Goodbye [Johnson]
48. Bring Your Love Back Home [Snow]
49. Trouble Down the Road [Ballard]
50. Everything's Alright [Frost]
51. Keep Your Arms Around Me [Louis]
52. Married Woman [Thomas]
53. I'm a Good Man [Snow]
54. Policy Man Blues [Estes]
55. The Last Time [Adams]
56. Prison Bound Blues [Nix]
57. I'm Back Pretty Baby [Hill/Turner]
58. In the Mood [Garland/Razaf]
59. Before Long [DeBerry]
60. We're All Gonna Do Some Wrong [Stokes]
61. Blue Guitar [Hooker]
62. Rhumba Chillen [Williams]
63. Sweet Home Chicago [Johnson]
64. Sittin' Drinkin' and Thinkin' [Parker]
65. Move on Down the Line [Hooker]
66. 44 Blues [Vinson]
67. Carry My Business On [Boines]
68. Feelin' Bad [Parker]
69. Wolf Call Boogie [Love]
70. Lookin' for My Baby [Campbell]
71. Hart's Bread Boogie [Love]
72. Bonus Pay [Brown/Clark/Coseys]
73. Hey Hey Girl [Gordon]

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