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| From | GaryPig@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Sun Records collections? |
| Date | Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:03:20 EDT |
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<< I don't know why I haven't checked into this stuff before ...
for some reason I guess I thought '50s music would be bland and unexciting,
but that's what Sam Phillips was trying to change, wasn't it? >>
As CC would say,
"WORD!"
At the very very least, what Sam accomplished on his shoestring in Memphis
between, very roughly, 1948 and 1958 was nothing less than earth-altering, Robert
...and not just musically, either.
This is one ultra-rich area of sonic study indeed, that's as wide as it is
deep,
and is absolutely essential in understanding the inspiration for, and
groundwork beneath,
the Sixties and Seventies sounds we already all love and cherish.
Now as Lee stated, the Jerry Lee / Nashville Teens "Live at the Star Club" IS
an incredible, indelible document
(if only for the incessant between-song chants of "Jerra-LEE! Jerra-LEE! ;-)
but to get to the real roots of the matter, check out any of those Rhino Sun
overviews, pick your fave artists from therein, then head straight over to the
Bear Family boxes for further in-depth (to say the least!) investigations.
PS: and Please, let us not forget Buddy Holly either,
Gary " http://www.twangzine.com/art/pig-elvis.html " Pig
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