The Classic Carl Perkins

The Classic Carl Perkins

(5-CD LP-sized box set with 24-page book) Other companies have Carl Perkins sets, but no one else has all the Sun recordings (complete - with some previously unissued) as well as his Columbia recordings from 1958-1962, and everything he cut for Decca between 1963 and 1965. We start in 1954 with the early rockabilly sound of <i>Honky Tonk Gal</i>, then the early country singles, and then <i>Blue Suede Shoes</i> and those classic Sun rockabilly tracks. We have <i>Your True Love</i> at its original tempo and sped-up for single release, and we have newly discovered alternate takes. Then we have all the early Columbia recordings like <i>Where The Rio De Rosa Flows</i>, <i>Jive After Five</i>, <i>Pink Pedal Pushers</i>, and <i>Pointed Toe Shoes</i>, and finally we have the Decca sides from Nashville and London, like <i>Big Bad Blues</i>, <i>Lonely Heart</i>, and <i>Monkey Shine</i>. The first and last word on early Carl Perkins. Classic indeed!