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Jerry Lee Lewis - A Half Century Of Hits (3 CDs)

True, it is the first set to contain selections from all of his labels -- roughly breaking down to a disc of Sun, a disc of Smash/Mercury, a disc of Elektra and Sire -- and in doing so, it does present an accurate overall portrait of his career, but some of the song selection and sequencing is a bit amiss. To begin with, Jerry Lee's first Sun single, "Crazy Arms" (about as a perfect a debut single that there is), is inexplicably missing, and the second disc of Smash/Mercury sides emphasizes rock & roll over country, so such classics as "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)," "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" (which is present in a live version from 1981), "Don't Let Me Cross Over," "Invitation to Your Party," and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" are missing. And this points out that, contrary to the sticker on the front, this set does not contain every Top 20 pop and country hit from Jerry Lee Lewis. There are many country singles from the early '70s that are missing, and they would have been nice to have here. Another minor problem is the sequencing, with rare material tacked onto the end of each disc. Although this works well on disc three -- the excellent unreleased 1981 sessions follow the slick self-conscious Paley album nicely, and having the 1952 acetate end the set is a good grace note, since the sweet spin on Lefty Frizzell's "Don't Stay Away ('Til Love Grows Cold)" is the one time Jerry Lee ever sounded tentative, and it's balanced by "New Orleans Boogie," which points the way to the rock & roll to come -- having Jerry Lee and Sam Phillips' notorious religious discussion at the end of disc one strips it of context (hearing the Killer launch into "Great Balls of Fire" after this argument gives both the dialogue and the song more power), and while the two Star Club cuts from 1964 still sound incendiary at the end of the disc two, their placement after the '70s country sessions seems bewilderingly arbitrary.

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                       Tracklisting CD 1
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   1. (00:02:56) Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
   2. (00:02:47) Jerry Lee Lewis - It'll Be Me
   3. (00:02:20) Jerry Lee Lewis - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
   4. (00:02:57) Jerry Lee Lewis - You Win Again
   5. (00:01:49) Jerry Lee Lewis - End of the Road
   6. (00:02:40) Jerry Lee Lewis - I'm Feelin' Sorry
   7. (00:01:53) Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
   8. (00:02:02) Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie
   9. (00:03:01) Jerry Lee Lewis - It All Depends (Who Will Buy the Wine)
  10. (00:02:45) Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless
  11. (00:02:14) Jerry Lee Lewis - Down the Line
  12. (00:02:32) Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential
  13. (00:02:28) Jerry Lee Lewis - Big Leg Woman
  14. (00:01:56) Jerry Lee Lewis - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
  15. (00:02:09) Jerry Lee Lewis - Let's Talk About Us
  16. (00:02:25) Jerry Lee Lewis - Little Queenie
  17. (00:02:22) Jerry Lee Lewis - Bonnie B.
  18. (00:02:11) Jerry Lee Lewis - Night Train to Memphis
  19. (00:02:27) Jerry Lee Lewis - What'd I Say
  20. (00:01:58) Jerry Lee Lewis - Invitation to Your Party
  21. (00:02:05) Jerry Lee Lewis - One Minute Past Eternity
  22. (00:02:36) Jerry Lee Lewis - I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye
  23. (00:02:30) Jerry Lee Lewis - Carry Me Back to 'Ol Virginia
  24. (00:04:01) Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis and Sam Phillips: Religious Discussion
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                       Tracklisting CD 2
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   1. (00:03:35) Jerry Lee Lewis - Hi Heel Sneakers
   2. (00:02:25) Jerry Lee Lewis - I'm on Fire
   3. (00:02:42) Jerry Lee Lewis - Green, Green Grass of Home
   4. (00:02:52) Jerry Lee Lewis - Memphis Beat
   5. (00:02:27) Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time
   6. (00:02:37) Jerry Lee Lewis - What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
   7. (00:02:57) Jerry Lee Lewis - Workin' Man Blues
   8. (00:02:41) Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
   9. (00:03:13) Jerry Lee Lewis - Me and Bobby McGee
  10. (00:02:51) Jerry Lee Lewis - To Make Love Sweeter for You
  11. (00:02:45) Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More to Love Than This
  12. (00:02:35) Jerry Lee Lewis - Think About It Darlin'
  13. (00:02:51) Jerry Lee Lewis - Chantilly Lace
  14. (00:02:26) Jerry Lee Lewis - Once More with Feeling
  15. (00:03:44) Jerry Lee Lewis - Drinkin' Wine Spa-Dee-O-Dee
  16. (00:03:53) Jerry Lee Lewis - Middle Age Crazy
  17. (00:02:48) Jerry Lee Lewis - Meat Man
  18. (00:02:08) Jerry Lee Lewis - A Damn Good Country Song [Alternative Vocal][Alternate Take]
  19. (00:02:28) Jerry Lee Lewis - That Kind of Fool
  20. (00:05:27) Jerry Lee Lewis - No Headstone on My Grave
  21. (00:03:07) Jerry Lee Lewis - Your Cheatin' Heart [*]
  22. (00:04:29) Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On [*]
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                       Tracklisting CD 3
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   1. (00:03:27) Jerry Lee Lewis - Rockin' My Life Away
   2. (00:02:44) Jerry Lee Lewis - Rita May
   3. (00:03:08) Jerry Lee Lewis - Don't Let Go
   4. (00:03:42) Jerry Lee Lewis - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
   5. (00:03:44) Jerry Lee Lewis - Folsom Prison Blues
   6. (00:05:49) Jerry Lee Lewis - Who Will the Next Fool Be
   7. (00:02:03) Jerry Lee Lewis - Rockin' Little Angel
   8. (00:02:54) Jerry Lee Lewis - I'd Do It All Again
   9. (00:02:58) Jerry Lee Lewis - Thirty-Nine and Holding
  10. (00:02:35) Jerry Lee Lewis - Rockin' Jerry Lee
  11. (00:03:46) Jerry Lee Lewis - Over the Rainbow
  12. (00:02:31) Jerry Lee Lewis - Down the Road a Piece
  13. (00:03:40) Jerry Lee Lewis - Miss the Mississippi and You
  14. (00:03:05) Jerry Lee Lewis - Crown Victoria Custom '51
  15. (00:03:42) Jerry Lee Lewis - It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)
  16. (00:02:53) Jerry Lee Lewis - Good News Travels Fast [#]
  17. (00:02:39) Jerry Lee Lewis - Money (That's What I Want) [#]
  18. (00:03:24) Jerry Lee Lewis - Hadacol Boogie [#]
  19. (00:02:23) Jerry Lee Lewis - Don't Stay Away ('Til Love Grows Cold) [#]
  20. (00:02:02) Jerry Lee Lewis - New Orleans Boogie [#]

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