Various - SUN Records Sun Rock Box 1950-1959 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set)

• Sun Records at 60, Bear Family at 38
• Between 1950 and 1960, Sun Records founder Sam Phillips discovered and producedB.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, andRoy Orbison - artists who changed the way popular music was made.
• With a staff of no more than one or two people, he did this from a small storefront studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
• Others who made their first recordings at Sun include Rufus Thomas, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, Little Milton, Conway Twitty, Charley Pride, and many more!
• In 1952, after producing one of the biggest pre-rock 'n' roll hits, Jackie Brenston's 'Rocket 88', Sam Phillips launched Sun Records with one local release, and then folded the label for a year.
• In 1953, he re-launched Sun, scored major hits with R&B, country, and rock 'n' roll artists, and created an identifiable Sun Sound along the way.
• He continued to release singles on Sun until 1968.

Bear Family Sun Records CD Album

Sun Records editions by Bear Family Records

Sun Records - In the spring of 1952, Sam Phillips risked founding his own record label - Sun Records. He had been an independent producer for several years and recorded the greatest R&B hit of 1951, Jackie Brenston's Rocket 88.

So Sam Phillips knew he had chosen the right job. But would it work with Sun Records, when many independent labels had to close down quickly? It didn't look good at first either. After only two releases on Sun Records there was already a one year break.

But gradually the hits set in: With recordings by Rufus Thomas, the Prisonaires, Junior Parker and of course Elvis Presley. Then there was no stopping. Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Conway Twitty, Carl Mann, Billy Riley, Warren Smith and many others joined. They have permanently changed the world of pop music.

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After the sale of the label Sun Records in 1969 there were countless re-releases of the material. But only Bear Family has always moved at a high quality level. Only these new editions of Sun Records are recommended. Because these CDs and CD album box sets deliver the best sound, the best photos, the best accompanying texts and the best presentation!