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Release date: 25-01-2010(originally released in 1964) 2010 German exclusive limited edition 14-track LP pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL - in poll after poll, this LP is hailed as one of the greatest records of all time and quite possibly the greatest live recording ever, captured at the legendary venue on 5th April 1964 - now this classic makes a welcome reappearance on vinyl. Jerry Lee was never on better form, and his backing group, The Nashville Teens, are STILL trying to catch up with him, as Jerry Lee feverishly goes from one classic to another - 46 years later, we can re-live that night on the Reeperbahn! Includes bonus recording 'Down The Line', presented in sealed & stickered gatefold sleeve with a 24" x 24" fold-out street map of Hamburg's St. Pauli quarter showing the Reeperbahn and Star-Club! Tracks: 01. I Got A Woman 02. High School Confidential 03. Money (That's What I Want) 04. Matchbox 05. What'd I Say (part 1) 06. What'd I Say (part 2) 07. Great Balls Of Fire 08. Good Golly, Miss Molly 09. Lewis' Boogie 10. Your Cheating Heart 11. Hound Dog 12. Long Tall Sally 13. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 14. Down The Line - bonus track Jerry Lee Lewis, the Killer, is the rock n' roll singer-songwriter and pianist, whose enduring image will be him standing at the piano, limbs flailing, quiff flying, while he belts out "Great Balls of Fire" - his signature tune. Take one oversize talent with an ego the size of the chip on his shoulder. Put him in front of a frenzied German audience, and set him loose. What do you have? One of the greatest live albums in rock & roll history. Recorded in 1964 at the same club where the Beatles cut their teeth, Live at the Star Club, Hamburg captures the Killer when he was on the outs as a recording artist. (It took him years to recover from the scandal that ensued when he wed his 13-year-old cousin, Myra Gale Brown.) Lewis didn't require acceptance, however; he just needed an audience, a piano, and a rhythm section willing to hang on to "old Jerry Lee" for dear life. The repertoire is rife with staples of the day--"Money," "Mean Woman Blues," "Long Tall Sally," "Hound Dog"--but the Killer has no trouble customizing them with his pumping piano and insinuating vocals. "When Jerry does something, I do it mighty good," he boasts in "What'd I Say." No argument here. --Steven Stolder
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