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Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits

Primary Artist
Carl Perkins
Album Title
Original Sun Greatest Hits
Release Date
1986 
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Review by Mark Deming
While Carl Perkins recorded many fine records and enjoyed a long and successful career after he left Sun Records, there's no arguing that the sides cut during his tenure with Sam Phillips are his best-known and most influential work; it's all but impossible to imagine the rockabilly revolution of the 1950s happening without hits like "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Boppin' the Blues," and literally thousands of rock guitarists from George Harrison to Lou Reed first had their heads turned around by his trademark licks. Read More
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