“Has a finer collection of prime Sun goodies
ever appeared in one package before? Stuart Colman offers a track-by-track
analysis in the accompanying 71-page booklet that's stuffed to the gills
with recording information, personnel listings and over 50 photographs.
Further images adorn each of the individual pages that house the discs
themselves. The overall packaging - a deluxe photo album-style box - is
highly original and was the brainchild of project co-ordinator Sam
Szczepanski. Go, Cat, go!”
Now Dig This
“Musicologists can debate the date of birth of rock'n'roll,
but 1952, when Sam Phillips started the Sun label, is as good a place
to begin as any. Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison
are all here alongside lesser lights, spread over eight CDs with 198 tracks
from a decade when Sun was indisputably the best label in the world. Guaranteed
good rockin', tonight and ever more.”
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“I
am at a loss for words to thank you, Stuart and all that contributed to
this beautiful and extraordinary work you have done for the 50th tribute
you have given to the world of SUN and me (slightly older). Please accept
my heartfelt thanks for this unusual presentation of 'our' SUN.”
Sun founder Sam Phillips, pictured left.