3x CD

The Sun Years

Compilation by Carl Perkins

Released March 1982

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Honky Tonk Babe
1:53
2
Honky Tonk Gal
1:57
3
Movie Magg
2:05
4
Turn Around
3:44
5
Gone Gone Gone
2:54
6
Gone Gone Gone -2
2:20
7
You Can’t Make Love to Somebody
2:32
8
Dixie Bop
2:00
9
Perkins Wiggle
2:37
10
Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing
2:53
11
What You Doin’ When Crying
2:52
12
You Can’t Make Love to Somebody -2
2:11
13
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
2:14
14
Right String Baby
2:32
15
Only You
3:17
16
Sure to Fall
2:33
3.0 ★
17
Tennessee
3:04
18
Blue Suede Shoes
2:01
19
Blue Suede Shoes‐2
2:16
20
Honey Don’t
2:31
21
Boppin’ the Blues
2:33
22
All Mama’s Children
2:29
23
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby -2
1:56
24
Put Your Cat Clothes On
2:49
25
Dixie Fried
2:41
26
Put Your Cat Clothes On -2
2:47
27
That Don’t Move Me
2:05
28
I’m Sorry I’m Not Sorry
2:32
CD 2
1
Put Your Cat Clothes On
2:49
2
Matchbox
2:29
3
Your True Love
2:58
4
Put Your Cat Clothes On -2
2:51
5
Million Dollar Session (extracts)
1:50
6
Million Dollar Session (extracts)
2:12
7
Million Dollar Session (extracts)
2:17
8
Million Dollar Session (extracts)
2:35
9
Million Dollar Session (extracts)
1:44
10
Million Dollar Session (extracts)
2:25
11
Million Dollar Session (extracts)
4:04
12
Million Dollar Session (extracts)
3:15
13
Lonely Street
2:45
14
Keeper of the Key
3:27
15
Sweethearts or Strangers
2:21
16
Be Honest With Me
2:42
17
Caldonia
2:05
18
Her Love Rubbed Off
2:54
19
Roll Over Beethoven
2:52
20
You Can Do No Wrong
2:23
21
Pink Pedal Pushers
2:28
22
That’s Right
2:41
23
Forever Yours
2:38
24
I Care
2:18
25
Y.O.U.
2:41
26
Try My Heart Out
2:54
27
Look at the Moon
2:22
28
Lend Me Your Comb
1:57
29
Glad All Over
1:42
CD 3
1
Movie Magg (take 2)
2:11
2
Turn Around (take 3)
2:59
3
Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing (take 1)
2:54
4.0 ★
4
Gone Gone Gone (take 3)
2:38
3.0 ★
5
Blue Suede Shoes (take 4)
2:16
4.0 ★
6
Honey Don’t (take 4)
2:49
4.0 ★
7
Sure to Fall (take 6)
2:34
3.0 ★
8
Tennessee (take 2)
3:04
9
Boppin’ the Blues (take 3)
2:50
10
All Mama’s Children (take 8)
2:08
11
Dixie Fried (take 5)
2:28
12
I’m Sorry I’m Not Sorry (take 5)
2:28
13
Matchbox (take 2)
2:10
14
Your True Love (take 7)
2:46
15
That’s Right (take 5)
2:52
16
Forever Yours (take 3)
2:38
17
Lend Me Your Comb (take 4)
1:59
18
Glad All Over (take 1)
1:42
19
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (take 7)
2:14
20
Only You (take 2)
3:21
21
Right String Baby (take 4)
2:35
22
Carl Perkins in Richmond (radio advert)
1:02
23
Pink Pedal Pushers (home demo)
2:16
24
Breakin’ My Heart (home demo)
3:03
25
Take Back My Love (home demo)
3:36
26
Instrumental medley (home demo)
5:13
27
Down by the Riverside (home demo)
1:27
28
Drink Up and Go Home (home demo)
3:37
29
Somebody Tell Me (home demo)
4:22

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Release credits

Bill Cantrell
fiddle [3], spoken vocals [4]
Carl Perkins
arranger [3.19, 1.13], guitar [1.13, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19], vocal [1.13, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19]
Clayton Perkins
bass [13], double bass [3.3, 3.5-6, 3.11, 3.19, 1.13]
Eddie Starr
guitar [3.11, 3.19, 1.13]
Jay Perkins
guitar [3, 5-6, 13]
Jerry Lee Lewis
piano [13]
Quinton Claunch
electric guitar [3]
Sam Phillips
producer [13]
Stan Kesler
steel guitar [3]
W.S. Holland
drums (drum set) [3.3, 3.5-6, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19, 1.13]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
T
The Sun Years
3x 12" Vinyl
March 1982
T
The Sun Years: The Definitive Rock’n Roll and Country Recordings 1954 to 1957
3x CD
1989