Description
4-CD boxset (LP-Size) with 24-page book 108 tracks. Playing time approx. 284 mns.
It was Orion Eckley Darnell, keeping the flame of rootsy Southern music alive in the Seventies, and doing it by sounding remarkably like Elvis Aaron Presley. This boxed set documents Orion's career on the legendary Sun Records label. It begins with the 1972 single on which Orion, then simply Jimmy Ellis, recorded That's All Right/Blue Moon Of Kentucky. It was issued on Sun without an artist name, and created a furor because Jimmy Ellis bore such an uncanny vocal resemblance to Elvis.
Then, shortly after Elvis's death, legendary producer Shelby Singleton reconnected with Jimmy Ellis, signing him to Sun, and creating the myth of Orion, the hero of a book, in which a famous star fakes his own death, and takes himself and his music back the roots. Shelby Singleton duly took Orion back to Elvis's roots in rockabilly, rock 'n' roll, country, blues, and gospel. He began by overdubbing him onto recordings by Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Charlie Rich, and then recording solo albums which many fans thought were better than many of Elvis's later LPs. The association ended in 1982, and this boxed set includes the very best of the recordings that Jimmy Ellis made for Sun. Among the titles are Such A Night, Honey, Patches, Ebony Eyes, Rocky, and Release Me; the complete overdubs with Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, and Carl Perkins, plus many previously unissued titles.
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Moody Blue
- Return To Sender
- Hurt
- Kentucky Rain
- It's Now Or Never
- Burning Love
- You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
- My Way
- Love Me Tender
- Can't Help Falling In Love With You
- Mean Woman Blues
- Teddy Bear
- Hound Dog
- That's All Right
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- I Forgot To Remember To Forget
- Such A Night
- Where He Leads Me
- Sweet Hour Of Prayer
- I Surrender All
- Peace In The Valley
- It Is No Secret
- I Believe
- He Touched Me
- Softly And Tenderly
- Where No One Stands Alone
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Honey
- Billy And Sue
- The Last Kiss
- Long Black Limousine
- Teen Angel
- Endless Sleep
- Patches
- Tell Laura I Love Her
- Tragedy
- Ebony Eyes
- Rocky
- Susie Q
- Long Tall Sally
- Peggy Sue
- Rockin' Little Angel
- Maybelline
- Mona Lisa
- Lonesome Angel
- Midnight Rendezvous
- I Hear You Knockin'
- Matchbox
- I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
- Rockabilly Rebel
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Memphis Sun
- Feelings
- Before The Next Teardrop Falls
- She Hates To Be Alone
- Am I That Easy To Forget
- Just Out Of Reach
- There Ya Go
- What Did I Promise Her Last Night
- Rollin' With The Flow
- Green, Green Grass Of Home
- The Long Black Veil
- Faded Love
- Crazy Arms
- Release Me
- Texas Tea
- Please Help Me I'm Falling
- Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
- He'll Have To Go
- Snowbird
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- I Love You Because
- No One Will Ever Know
- Old Mexico
- Night Of The Rain
- These Sometimes
- Listen To Daddy (I'll Sing You What To Dream)
- Be Bop A Lula (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- On My Knees (& CHARLIE RICH)
- Dixie Fried (& CARL PERKINS)
- Gentle As A Lamb (& CHARLIE RICH)
- Money (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- Breakup (& CHARLIE RICH)
- Matchbox (& CARL PERKINS)
- Good Rockin' Tonight (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- Gone Gone Gone (& CARL PERKINS)
- Sittin' And Thinkin' (& CHARLIE RICH)
- Save The Last Dance For Me (& JERRY L. LEWIS)
- Sweet Little Sixteen (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- I Love You Because (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- C.C. Rider (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- Cold Cold Heart (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- Hello Josephine (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- It Won't Be Happen With Me (& JERRY L. LEWIS)
- What'd I Say (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- Good Golly Miss Molly (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- Rockin' The Boat Of Love (& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- True Love (& CARL PERKINS)
- Put Your Clothes On (& CARL PERKINS)
- Country Boy (& JOHNNY CASH)
- Caught In The Middle (& CHARLIE RICH)
- When My Blue Moon Turns...(& JERRY LEE LEWIS)
- Honey Don't (& CARL PERKINS)
- Get Rhythm (& JOHNNY CASH)
- Who Will The Next Fool Be (& CHARLIE RICH)
- Lonely Street (& CARL PERKINS)
- Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (& JOHNNY CASH)
- Glad All Over (& CARL PERKINS)
Additional Details
Label: Bear Family Records
Genre: Pop/Rock
Run Time: 284 mins
Release Date: 01/02/07
UPC: 4000127163301
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