The Locust Years...And the Return to the Promised Land [Box]
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Personnel: Jerry Lee Lewis (vocals, electric guitar, piano, harpsichord); Dolores Edgin, June Page, Dorothy Ann Dillard, Joseph T. Babcock, William Guilford Wright, Jr., Priscilla Ann Hubbard, Linda Gail Lewis, Louis Dean Nunley (vocals); Kenneth Lovelace (guitar, electric guitar, fiddle); John Allen, Herman Wade, Pete Shannon, Harold Bradley, Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Reed Hubbard, Reggie Young , Charlie Freeman, Jerry Shook (guitar); Lloyd Green, Pete Drake (steel guitar); Martin Katahn, Lillian Hunt, Joan Gilbert, Nino Ravarino, Noel Gilbert, Solie Fott, George Binkley III, Brenton Banks (violin); Marvin Chantry (viola); Larry Butler , Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, organ); Morris "Tarp" Tarrant, Gene Chrisman (drums, percussion); Marilyn Harman, John Hanken, Kenny Buttrey (drums).
Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.
Recording information: American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Columbia Studio, Nashville, TN (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Columbia Studio's A&B, Nashville, TN (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Fred Foster Sound Studio, Nashville, TN (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Mirasound Studio, New York, NY (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Monument Studio, Nashville, TN (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham, AL (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Panther Hall, Fort Worth, TX (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Phillips Studio, Nashville, TN (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN (09/22/1963-11/18/1969); Star Club, Hamburg, Germany (09/22/1963-11/18/1969).
Illustrators: Colin Escott; Bill Millar; Michael Ochs; Hans Peter Zdrenka; R.A. Andreas; Marti Afflech; Jean Louis Rancurel; Bo Berglind.
Photographers: Colin Escott; Bill Millar; Michael Ochs; Hans Peter Zdrenka; R.A. Andreas; Marti Afflech; Jean Louis Rancurel; Bo Berglind.
A characteristically humongous (8-CD) box set from the wonderful obsessive-compulsives at Bear Family, documenting the Killer's '60s tenure at Smash Records. Lewis made consistently good music during this period, but the combination of his personal scandals and the British Invasion made him a pariah to radio programmers until mid-decade, when he returned to his country roots. Highlights of the set include the entirety of a Texas live show, with Lewis and his crack band rendering various early rock standards at dangerously high (i.e., proto punk) speed, some excellent duets with his (then) wife Linda Gail, and gorgeous renditions of standards like Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" and Merle Haggard's "Lonesome Fugitive." Lewis fans with deep pockets should grab this one immediately.
