Various - SUN Records CD: Sun Gospel (CD)

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1-CD with 36-page booklet, 32 tracks. Playing time approx. 80 mns. Without Sun Records, the... more

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Various - SUN Records: Sun Gospel (CD)

1-CD with 36-page booklet, 32 tracks. Playing time approx. 80 mns.

Without Sun Records, the face of popular music, indeed popular culture, would be markedly different. Record collectors know Sun Records as the birthplace of rockabilly, and a source of valuable early '50s blues, country and R&B records. But gospel music?

Not surprisingly, no one has singled out this segment of Sun Records for systematic attention until now. Despite the fact that Sun made its home in a hotbed of gospel music activity, relatively little of it was recorded by label-owner Sam Phillips. He had his reasons. Sam Phillips learned early on that it was difficult to promote and sell gospel records unless that was your only business. "It certainly wasn't intentional neglect," Sam Phillips explained years later. "But you have to compromise. There's no telling what I could and should have done with gospel music from the Memphis area. I'm ashamed to say I barely touched the surface."

This collection examines, for the first time, just what that 'surface' looks like. Although not very extensive, it has a surprisingly rich texture. Gleaned from a relatively brief period (1950-1962), this is a cross section of the gospel recordings that lie within the Sun tape archives. There is some wonderful music here in a truly dazzling array of styles. The most obvious differences are racial, stemming from a segregated southern society. But race does not tell the whole story. Men and women, white and black, urban and rural, alone and in groups are all here for a common purpose: to praise the Lord and testify to their faith. And in the process, to see their names on a yellow Sun label. Here, together for the first time, are their stories.

Article properties: Various - SUN Records: Sun Gospel (CD)

Interpret: Various - SUN Records
Album titlle: Sun Gospel (CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AH
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127163875
weight in Kg 0.115

Various - SUN Records - Sun Gospel (CD) CD 1
01	Just A Little Talk With Jesus	MILLION $ QUARTET
02	Softly And Tenderly	PRISONAIRES
03	Troublesome Waters	SERATT, Howard
04	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	BOND, Eddie
05	Sermon	LEWIS, Jerry Lee
06	I'm Working On A Building	UNKNOWN MALE QUARTET
07	I Was There When It Happened	CASH, Johnny
08	When The Saints Go Marching In	LEWIS, Jerry Lee
09	Until I Pray For You	RICHARDSON, Rudi
10	Big Man	RICH, Charlie
11	Rainbow Of Love	EVANS FAMILY SINGERS
12	Gospel Train	JONES BROS
13	All My Sins Been Taken Away	BURGESS, Sonny
14	Round-Up In Glory	SUN SPOT QUARTET
15	House Of Gold	UNKNOWN FEMALE TRIO
16	Lord Lead Me Home	KLEIN, George
17	Forgive Me Lord	SOUTHERN JUBILEE SINGERS
18	Nobody's Looking Back	FOWLER, Wally
19	Where Can I Go	ANDERSON, Brother James
20	Will I Be Lost	BOND, Eddie
21	There's A Man In Jerusalem	SOUTHERN JUBILEE SINGERS
22	Can't Find Time To Pray	KING, Cast & MILLER SISTERS
23	Night Train To Memphis	LEWIS, Jerry Lee
24	I Need Jesus	SONG FELLOWS
25	My God Is Real	PRISONAIRES
26	When I Walk On Streets Of Gold	EVANS FAMILY SINGERS
27	Gonna Make Myself At Home	FOWLER, Wally
28	Amazing Grace	JONES BROS
29	My Heart Is A Chapel	JOHNSON, Mary
30	Where Shall I Be	BREWSTERAIRES
31	Jesus Means All To Me	SERATT, Howard
32	Would Anybody Care	PHILIPS, Sam C.

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Sun RecordsIm Frühjahr 1952 riskierte es Sam Phillips, ein eigenes Plattenlabel zu gründen - Sun Records. Er war damals schon einige Jahre als unabhängiger Produzent tätig gewesen und hatte den größten R&B-Hit von 1951 aufgenommen, Jackie Brenstons Rocket 88.

Folglich wusste Sam Phillips, dass er den richtigen Job gewählt hatte. Aber würde es auch mit Sun Records klappen, wo doch viele unabhängige Labels schnell wieder dichtmachen mussten? Anfangs sah es auch nicht gut aus. Nach nur zwei Veröffentlichungen auf Sun Records gab es bereits eine einjährige Pause.

Doch allmählich stellten sich die Hits ein: Mit Aufnahmen von Rufus Thomas, den Prisonaires, von Junior Parker und natürlich von Elvis Presley. Dann gab es kein Halten mehr. Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Conway Twitty, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, Warren Smith und viele andere kamen hinzu. Sie haben die Welt der Popmusik nachhaltig verändert.

if you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything
Nach dem Verkauf des Labels Sun Records 1969 gab es ungezählte Wiederveröffentlichungen des Materials. Doch nur Bear Family hat sich dabei stets auf hohem Qualitätsniveau bewegt. Einzig und allein diese Neuauflagen von Sun Records sind empfehlenswert. Denn diese CDs und CD-Album Boxsets liefern den besten Klang, die besten Fotos, die besten Begleittexte und die beste Präsentation!

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