The Classic Carl Perkins
Compilation by Carl Perkins
Released February 1990
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Honky Tonk Babe (Gal) (1)1:53
- 2Movie Magg (2)2:06
- 3Honky Tonk Gal (1A)1:57
- 4Movie Magg (2A)2:10
- 5Turn Around (3)3:02
- 6DialogueCarl Perkins & Bill Cantrell0:47
- 7Turn Around (3A)3:00
- 8Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing (4)2:52
- 9What You Doin’ When You’re Crying (5)2:52
- 10Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing (4A)2:534.0 ★
- 11You Can’t Make Love to Somebody (6)2:36
- 12Gone, Gone, Gone (7)2:57
- 13Gone, Gone, Gone (7A)2:403.0 ★
- 14Dixie Bop / Perkins Wiggle (8)2:38
- 15Blue Suede Shoes (take 1) (9)2:02
- 16Blue Suede Shoes (take 2) (9A)2:164.0 ★
- 17Blue Suede Shoes (take 3) (9B)2:17
- 18Honey Don’t (take 1) (10)2:09
- 19Honey Don’t (take 2) (10A)2:26
- 20Honey Don’t (take 3) (10B)2:514.0 ★
- 21Tennessee (12)3:05
- 22Sure to Fall (11)2:333.0 ★
- 23All Mama’s Children (13)2:10
- 24Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (14)2:14
- 25Boppin’ the Blues (15)2:33
- 26Put Your Cat Clothes On (16)2:48
- 27Boppin’ the Blues (15A)2:50
- 28Only You (17)3:21
- 29You Can’t Make Love to Somebody (18)2:24
- 30Right String, Wrong Yo‐Yo (19)2:34
- CD 2
- 1All Mama’s Children (with false start) (20)2:50
- 2All Mama’s Children (20A)2:08
- 3Dixie Fried (21)2:42
- 4Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (22)1:57
- 5Put Your Cat Clothes On (23)2:42
- 6Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (22A)2:14
- 7Dixie Fried (false starts)1:04
- 8Dixie Fried (24)2:27
- 9I’m Sorry I’m Not Sorry (25)2:28
- 10That Don’t Move Me (26)2:08
- 11Lonely Street (27)2:45
- 12Drink Up and Go Home (28)3:37
- 13Pink Pedal Pushers (29)2:16
- 14The Way You’re Living Is Breaking My Heart (30)3:05
- 15Take Back My Love (31)3:37
- 16Somebody Tell Me (32)4:21
- 17Instrumental, No. 1 (33)1:28
- 18Instrumental, No. 2 (34)1:33
- 19Red Wing (35)2:20
- 20Down by the Riverside (36)1:27
- 21Her Love Rubbed Off (38)2:21
- 22Caldonia (37)2:05
- 23You Can Do No Wrong (39)2:24
- 24Sweethearts or Strangers (40)2:43
- 25Be Honest With Me (41)2:28
- 26Sweethearts or Strangers (40A)2:20
- 27Your True Love (original tempo) (42)3:03
- 28Matchbox (43)2:29
- 29Your True Love (42A)2:45
- 30Put Your Cat Clothes On (44)2:45
- CD 3
- 1Matchbox (43A)2:10
- 2Put Your Cat Clothes On (44A)2:51
- 3Keeper of the Key (45)3:24
- 4Roll Over Beethoven (46)2:53
- 5Try My Heart Out (47)2:52
- 6That’s Right (48)2:48
- 7Forever Yours (49)2:38
- 8That’s Right (48A)2:51
- 9Y.O.U. (50)2:40
- 10I Care (51)2:18
- 11Y.O.U. (with narration) (50A)3:20
- 12Pink Pedal Pushers (52)2:38
- 13Pink Pedal Pushers (52A)2:28
- 14Lend Me Your Comb (53)1:56
- 15Look at That Moon (54)1:58
- 16Lend Me Your Comb (53A)1:58
- 17Look at That Moon (54A)2:21
- 18Glad All Over (55)1:42
- 19Tutti Frutti (61)2:07
- 20Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (62)3:01
- 21That’s All Right (63)3:35
- 22Where the Rio de Rosa Flows (64)3:05
- 23Shake, Rattle and Roll (65)3:29
- 24Long Tall Sally (66)3:00
- 25I Got a Woman (70)3:13
- 26Hey Good Lookin’ (71)2:42
- 27Sittin’ on Top of the World (72)2:11
- 28Good Rockin’ Tonight (73)2:19
- CD 4
- 1Jive After Five (56)2:21
- 2Rockin’ Record Hop (57)2:21
- 3Pink Pedal Pushers (58)2:37
- 4Just Thought I’d Call (59)2:15
- 5Ready Teddy (71)2:05
- 6Jenny, Jenny (75)2:10
- 7You Were There (69)2:35
- 8Because You’re Mine (60)3:07
- 9Pop Let Me Have the Car (67)2:45
- 10Levi Jacket (And a long Tail Shirt) (68)2:13
- 11When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain (86)2:12
- 12Sister Twister (98)2:51
- 13Hambone (99)2:24
- 14This Life I Live (76)2:25
- 15Please Say You’ll Be Mine (77)2:17
- 16Honey, ’Cause I Love You (78)2:18
- 17Y.O.U. (79)2:38
- 18I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore (80A)2:44
- 19Highway of Love (81)3:05
- 20Pointed Toe Shoes (82)2:01
- 21One Ticket to Loneliness (83)2:51
- 22The Drifter (84)2:50
- 23Too Much for a Man to Understand (85)2:34
- 24L‐O‐V‐E‐V‐I‐L‐L‐E (88)2:17
- CD 5
- 1Blue Suede Shoes (108)2:15
- 2Big Bad Blues (106)2:42
- 3Say When (107)2:29
- 4Lonely Heart (109)1:57
- 5A Love I’ll Never Win (110)2:52
- 6Let My Baby Be (111)2:29
- 7Monkey Shine (112)3:02
- 8Mama of My Song (113)2:23
- 9One of These Days (114)2:26
- 10I Wouldn’t Have You (103)2:12
- 11Help Me Find My Baby (104)1:56
- 12After Sundown (101)2:40
- 13For a Little While (102)2:29
- 14Just for You (89)2:40
- 15When the Right One Comes Along (94)2:28
- 16The Fool I Used to Be (95)2:24
- 17Forget Me (Next Time Around) (96)2:39
- 18Hollywood (97)2:09
- 19I’ve Just Got Back From There (100)2:14
- 20Too Much for a Man to Understand (87)2:46
- 21Turn Around (90)2:42
- 22Unhappy Girls (91)2:41
- 23Someday, Somewhere Someone Waits for Me (92)2:28
- 24Anyway the Wind Blows (93)2:18
More by Carl Perkins
Release credits
- fiddle [10], spoken vocals [6]
- arranger [6], guitar [1.10, 1.16, 1.20, 2.6, 2.8, 3.1], spoken vocals [6], vocal [2.6, 2.8, 3.1, 1.10, 1.16, 1.20]
- bass [1], double bass [2.6, 2.8, 1.10, 1.16, 1.20]
- guitar [6, 8]
- guitar [3.1, 1.10, 1.16, 1.20]
- piano [1]
- electric guitar [10]
- producer [1]
- steel guitar [10]
- drums (drum set) [1.10, 1.16, 1.20, 2.6, 2.8, 3.1]
Issues
TFebruary 1990





