3-CD-Album DigiPac (8-plated) with 90-page booklet, 78 tracks. Playing time approx. 137 minutes

The first-ever in-depth look at the ballad side of the Sun Records legacy. Surveys a 10-year period from the earliest blues and hillbilly days to the Golden Age of rockabilly and into the early 1960s. Contains 78 tracks featuring Sun's best-known artists, as well as obscure & rarely reissued artists and titles. Contains in-depth historical material and detailed track-by-track commentaries. A must-have for all music historians, as well as die-hard Sun fans and collectors.

Sun Records earned its widespread fame as the Memphis-based birthplace of rock 'n' roll pioneers like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Billy Riley, as well as icons of American music such as Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Charlie Rich. Sun was also home to blues legends like Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Rufus Thomas, Jr. and Rosco Gordon. Label owner Sam Phillips truly did it all with his little Memphis label, and built a legend in the process. Although Sun is best known for rockers and rockin' music, it turns out that even rockers had their mellow moments. Sun managed to record a surprising number of them and built a very effective library of ballads as well. This side of Sun's legacy has never been examined in depth - until now.

'Sun Ballads' surveys a 10 year period of Sun's history from the earliest blues and hillbilly days to the Golden Era of rockabilly and beyond, into the early 1960s. This collection combines some of Sun's best known recording pioneers with a few truly obscure artists and rarely reissued titles; it contains a lavishly illustrated book with detailed track by track commentary by Sun historian Hank Davis. This 3-CD set is an unprecedented treasure trove for Sun fans and collectors.

Track Listing

• Johnny Burnette - Walking in the Rain
• Thomas, Rufus - Just Walking In the Rain
• Prisonaires, The - Beggin' My Baby
• Little Milton - I've Been Deceived
• Feathers, Charlie - Old Brother Jack
• Turner, Bonnie - Seems Like A Million Years
• Nix, Willie - No Teasin' Around
• Emerson, Billy - Turn Around
• Perkins, Carl - There Is Love In You
• Prisonaires, The - Before Long
• Jimmy & Walter - The House of Sin
• Slim Rhodes Band: Vocal: Dot, - Sitting By My Window
• Five Tinos, The - Daydreams Come True
• Wimberly, Maggie Sue - I Forgot To Remember To Forget
• Presley, Elvis - No Greater Love
• Emerson, Billy - My Treasure
• Cash, Johnny - You Can Tell Me
• Miller Sisters - Bad Girl
• Slim Rhodes Band: Vocal: Suggs - Wedding Gown Of White
• Feathers, Charlie - Sure To Fall
• Perkins Brothers Band - No More
• Haggett, Jimmy - I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry
• Smith, Warren - A Fool For Loving You
• Earls, Jack - I Walk The Line
• Cash, Johnny - Finders Keepers
• Miller Sisters - No Matter Who's To Blame

• Pittman, Barbara - Take And Give
• Slim Rhodes Band: Vocal: Brook - I'll Wait Forever
• Honeycutt, Glenn - Only You
• Perkins, Carl - Don't Make Me Go
• Cash, Johnny - Restless
• Burgess, Sonny - Fool's Hall of Fame
• Orbison, Roy - Just In Time
• Jenkins, Harold Aka Twitty, Co - That Depends On You
• Williams, Jimmy - Two Young Fools In Love
• Pittman, Barbara - Foolish Heart
• Harris, Ray - I'm Lonesome
• Chaffin, Ernie - It All Depends (On Who Will Buy The Wine) (ov
• Lewis, Jerry Lee - Easy To Love
• Self, Mack - More Than Yesterday
• Bruce, Edwin - Forever Yours
• Perkins, Carl - Your Cheating Heart
• Greene, Jeanie Aka Johnson, Ma - Give My Love To Rose
• Cash, Johnny - It Only Hurts For A Little While
• Miller Sisters - I Fell In Love
• Smith, Warren - Love Is A Stranger
• Sunrays, The - Trying To Get To You
• Orbison, Roy - You Win Again
• Lewis, Jerry Lee - I Was A Fool
• Cook, Ken - I'm Getting Better All The Time (demo)
• Pittman, Barbara - Sweet Misery
• Burgess, Sonny - Ain't It A Shame

• Rich, Charlie - One More Time
• Riley, Billy - Port of Lonely Hearts
• Cash, Johnny - Part of My Life
• Bruce, Edwin - I'll Make It All Up To You
• Lewis, Jerry Lee - Breeze
• Taylor, Vernon - Goodbye Mr. Love
• Smith, Warren - Apple Blossom Time (undubbed)
• Rich, Charlie - Sail Away
• Smith, Ray - The Miracle of You
• Fay, Little Hannah - Please Don't Ever Leave Me
• Chaffin, Ernie - Why Why Why
• Smith, Ray - I'm Bluer Than Anyone Can Be
• Mann, Carl - To Tell The Truth
• Bobbie & The Boys - River of No Return
• Greene, Jeanie Aka Johnson, Ma - How's My Ex Treating You'
• Lewis, Jerry Lee - How Well I Know
• Anthony, Rayburn - Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
• Wilcox, Mikki - Stay (alt)
• Rich, Charlie - Cheaters Never Win
• Jean, Bobbie - I Can't Forget You (undubbed version)
• Mann, Carl - Is It Too Late'
• Wood, Anita - Fools Like Me
• Lewis, Jerry Lee - I Know What It Means
• Wilcox Mikki, - The Quiet Look
• Wayne, Thomas - Who Will The Next Fool Be

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 137 mins

Release Date: 03/28/11

UPC: 4000127172136