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Various Artists - The Complete Sun Singles Vol. 2

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. A Fool For Lovin' You - Jack Earls 2:44
  2. A Wedding Gown Of White - Charlie Feathers 3:09
  3. Bad Girl - Slim Rhodes 2:29
  4. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins 2:17
  5. Daydreams Come True - Maggie Sue Wimberly 2:57
  6. Defrost Your Heart - Charlie Feathers 2:33
  7. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash 2:51
  8. Gonna Romp And Stomp - Slim Rhodes 2:22
  9. Honey Don't - Carl Perkins 2:53
  10. How Long - Maggie Sue Wimberly 2:50
  11. I'd Rather Be Safe That Sorry - Warren Smith 3:00
  12. Little Fine Healthy Thing - Billy 'the Kid' Emerson 2:37
  13. Love For You Baby - Rosco Gordon 3:03
  14. No More, No More - Jimmy Haggett 2:27
  15. Rock 'n' Roll Ruby - Warren Smith 2:54
  16. Slow Down - Jack Earls 2:22
  17. So Doggone Lonesome - Johnny Cash 2:39
  18. Something For Nothing - Billy 'the Kid' Emerson 2:50
  19. Sure To Fall 1995 - Carl Perkins 2:34
  20. Tennessee 1995 - Carl Perkins 3:07
  21. The Chicken (Dance With Me) - Rosco Gordon 2:51
  22. There's No Right Way To Do Me Wrong - Miller Sisters 2:24
  23. They Call Our Love A Sin - Jimmy Haggett 2:16
  24. You Can Tell Me - Miller Sisters 2:41
Volume 2
  1. All Mama's Children - Carl Perkins 2:09
  2. Black Jack David - Warren Smith 3:12
  3. Boppin' The Blues - Carl Perkins 2:51
  4. Dixie Fried - Carl Perkins 2:28
  5. Fiddle Bop - Rhythm Rockers 2:27
  6. Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash 2:15
  7. Go, Go, Go - Roy Orbison 2:11
  8. I Feel Like Rockin' 1995 - Kenny Parchman 2:34
  9. I Need A Man - Barbara Pitman 2:56
  10. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash 2:46
  11. I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight - Jean Chapel 2:11
  12. I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry - Carl Perkins 2:29
  13. It's Me Baby - Malcolm Yelvington 2:30
  14. Juke Box, Help Me Find My Baby - Rhythm Rockers 2:17
  15. Love Crazy Baby 1995 - Kenny Parchman 2:06
  16. No Matter Who's To Blame - Barbara Pitman 3:10
  17. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison 2:12
  18. Red Headed Woman - Sonny Burgess 2:10
  19. Rock With Me Baby - Billy Riley 2:12
  20. Rockhouse - Roy Orbison 2:07
  21. Rockin' With My Baby - Malcolm Yelvington 2:20
  22. Trouble Bound - Billy Riley 2:45
  23. Ubangi Stomp - Warren Smith 2:01
  24. We Wanna Boogie - Sonny Burgess 2:27
  25. Welcome To The Club - Jean Chapel 1:54
  26. You're My Baby - Roy Orbison 2:08
Volume 3
  1. Ain't Got A Thing - Sonny Burgess 2:09
  2. Cheese And Crackers - Roscoe Gordon 2:50
  3. Come On Little Mama - Ray Harris 2:19
  4. Crazy Arms - Jerry Lee Lewis 2:48
  5. Devil Doll - Roy Orbison 2:09
  6. Do What I Do - Slim Rhodes & Sandy Brooks 2:33
  7. End Of The Road - Jerry Lee Lewis 1:49
  8. Feelin' Low - Ernie Chaffin 2:37
  9. Finders Keepers - Miller Sisters 2:58
  10. Flyin' Saucer Rock 'n' Roll - Billy Riley 2:05
  11. I Want You Baby - Billy Riley 1:57
  12. I'll Be Around - Glenn Honeycutt 2:49
  13. I'll Wait Forever - Glenn Honeycutt 2:39
  14. Lonesome For My Baby - Ernie Chaffin 2:09
  15. Matchbox - Carl Perkins 2:10
  16. Restless - Sonny Burgess 2:40
  17. Shoobie Doobie - Roscoe Gordon 2:57
  18. Sweet And Easy - Roy Orbison 2:13
  19. Take And Give - Slim Rhodes & Sandy Brooks 2:23
  20. Ten Cats Down - Miller Sisters 2:20
  21. There You Go - Johnny Cash 2:18
  22. Train Of Love - Johnny Cash 2:25
  23. Where'd You Stay Last Nite - Ray Harris 2:14
  24. Your True Love - Carl Perkins 2:48
Volume 4
  1. Bop Bop Baby - Wade & Dick 2:11
  2. Don't Make Me Go - Johnny Cash 2:29
  3. Don't Need Your Lovin' Baby - Wade & Dick 2:46
  4. Easy To Love - Mack Self 2:47
  5. Every Day - Mack Self 2:12
  6. Flat Foot Sam - Tommy Blake 2:03
  7. Fool's Hall Of Fame - Rudi Richardson 2:40
  8. Foolish Heart - Ray Harris 2:13
  9. Forever Yours - Carl Perkins 2:37
  10. Greenback Dollar (Watch And Chain) - Ray Harris 2:57
  11. I'm Lonesome - Ernie Chaffin 2:46
  12. It'll Be Me - Jerry Lee Lewis 2:47
  13. Laughin' And Jokin' - Ernie Chaffin 2:09
  14. Lordy Hoody - Tommy Blake 2:26
  15. Miss Froggie - Warren Smith 2:27
  16. More Than Yesterday - Edwin Bruce 2:37
  17. Next In Line - Johnny Cash 2:49
  18. Pearly Lee - Billy Riley 2:38
  19. Please Don't Cry Over Me - Jim Williams 2:42
  20. Red Hot - Billy Riley 2:33
  21. Rock Boppin' Baby - Edwin Bruce 2:19
  22. So Long, I'm Gone - Warren Smith 2:12
  23. That Depends On You - Jim Williams 2:25
  24. That's Right - Carl Perkins 2:52
  25. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis 2:55
  26. Why Should I Cry - Rudi Richardson 2:51

Notes

Volume two of this series runs the label's output, both A- and B-sides, from Sun 229 ("Daydreams Come True" by Maggie Sue Wimberly) to 278 (Tommy Blake's rockabilly howler "Lordy Hoody"). At our starting point with this box, Elvis had moved on to RCA Victor and worldwide stardom, and the first million-seller for the label -- Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" -- was looming on the horizon. By the end of it, we're in the midst of the original rockabilly revolution. This is truly Sun's golden age.

Volume one in the series showed how Sun evolved from a blues label to the first recordings by Elvis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, which firmly moved it into country territory, for this is how all three artists were originally marketed. Disc One picks up the thread nicely with the Carl Perkins spin of "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Honey Don't." Disc two hits paydirt in a big way with Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line" and "Get Rhythm," Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby," "Go! Go! Go!," "Rockhouse," and "You're My Baby" (featuring Roy at his rockabilly guitar-picking best), Carl Perkins' "Boppin' the Blues," "Dixie Fried," and "All Mama's Children," Billy Riley's debut disc "Trouble Bound" and "Rock With Me Baby," and the twin-spin coolness of Warren Smith's "Ubangi Stomp" and "Black Jack David," two of the best sides ever cut at 706 Union Avenue. More Johnny Cash is aboard Disc Three, with "Train of Love" and "There You Go," and right after that is the debut disc from the Ferriday Fireball himself, Jerry Lee Lewis, with "Crazy Arms" and "End of the Road" both amply demostrating how fully formed his style was when he entered Sam's studio. Right after that is one of the best Sun records ever, Billy Riley's "Flying Saucer Rock & Roll," featuring the Killer on backup piano and guitarist Roland Janes whipping the tremolo bar on his Strat into a frenzy on the intro. Our final disc keeps the rockin' banner flying high with Jerry Lee's epochal "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" and its flip, "It'll Be Me," a number taken at a wild-ass breakneck tempo with a piano solo that ranks as one of his best. Special mention should also be made about the massive bound booklet that comes with this four-disc set; it is the epitome of cool, featuring photos that'll make your eyes get as big as 78s, while Hank Davis' notes are as spot on the money as anybody could ask for. Not just throwing together some photos you've seen a zillion times together with a scant recycled text, this book actually enhances the Sun Records experience.