![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Those singles are justly celebrated, but this proves that his sides for Smash and Mercury are equally stellar - maybe not as visceral or potent, but surely as musically satisfying. The scope of this alone is to be admired, particularly because most listeners tend to concentrate on "Crazy Arms", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On", "Great Balls of Fire", "Down the Line", "Breathless", and "High School Confidential", overlooking everything else he did, even his string of number one country singles in the late '60s and early '70s. Prior to "All Killer, No Filler", no other collection attempted to tell this story, but this set does, taking it all the way into the early '80s, when Lewis wrapped up his career as an active recording artist. ![]() He continued to cut classics for Smash and Mercury well into the '70s, after he toned down the rock & roll and turned up the country. Since Jerry Lee's legacy is built on his scintillating sides for Sun - they're among the fiercest rock & roll ever recorded - that could seem to be a problem, but the Killer didn't stop making great music when he left the label. The Sun material stops 12 songs into Rhino's double-disc, 42-track collection, " All Killer, No Filler: The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology". ![]()
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