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Sid | USA | 03/10/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"A much nicer sounding 2disc version(5000 limited edition)which was released on Aug 26th 2005 is available....which incudes some great tracks that are missing from this & other releases(Satisfaction-Dungaree Doll-I Can't Give You Anything But Love-Be Bop A Lula-Goldmine In The Sky-Singing The Blues)......google is your freind.





Disc 1 -

1. DRINKING WINE SPO-DEE O'DEE

2. MUSIC TO THE MAN

3. BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO

4. BAD MOON RISING

5. SEA CRUISE

6. (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION

7. JUKE BOX

8. NO HEADSTONE ON MY GRAVE

9. BIG BOSS MAN

10. PLEDGING MY LOVE

11. DUNGAREE DOLL

12. MEMPHIS

13. I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE





Disc 2 -



1. TROUBLE IN MIND

2. JOHNNY B. GOODE

3. HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL

4. EARLY MORNING RAIN

5. BE BOP A LULA

6. SINGING THE BLUES

7. GOLDMINE IN THE SKY

8. WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN' GOIN' ON

9. SIXTY-MINUTE MAN

10. DOWN THE LINE

11. WHAT' D I SAY

12. ROCK & ROLL MEDLEY



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The Killer's Greatest Album of the 70's

Ronnie Milsap | Arizona | 04/29/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"After making a well-deserved comeback as a solid country artist in the late 60's, Jerry Lee Lewis went to England in 1973 and recorded this great album that was a welcome return to his rock n' roll roots. Lewis recorded some good albums throughout the 70's, but most of them were aimed primarily at the country music market. This is pure rock n' roll all the way, with a couple of old blues tunes thrown in the mix as well.



The London Sessions sounds like one big jam session with Jerry Lee Lewis in his prime, pounding his way through a selection of great classic tunes like Johnny B. Goode, What'd I say, Movin' on down the line, No Headstone on my grave, and Baby what you want me to do. The studio band of top British musicians lay down some strong backing to Jerry Lee's great piano playing and singing, and the spontaneous, live in the studio feel of this album is an approach that brings out the best in Jerry Lee.



Highlights include a rockin' version of Johnny B. Goode, a superior remake of his old Sun recording Drinkin' Wine spo-dee-o-dee that kicks off the album, and a truly dynamic medley of Little Richard hits that ends it. It is great to see that this has been remastered on CD since this is probably Jerry Lee's most vibrant album and surely one of the best rock n' roll albums of 1973. Any lover of classic rock needs to get their hands on this CD. This is simply the best set of rock n' roll the Killer has recorded since his classic Sun recordings!"

Don't Put No Headstone On My Grave - I Want a MONUMENT!!

Joseph J. Pasko | Albany, NY United States | 06/10/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Polygram/Mercury did reissue this album on CD back in either the late 80's or early 90's. However, in order to squeeze the original 2 LP set onto a single CD, several tracks were left off that CD version, including the excellent instrumental version of High School Confidential. It does not appear as if that CD version remained in print for very long.This 2004 edition, on Lemon Records, takes advantage of improved CD technology and for the first time, the entire 19 tracks from the 1973 album are included on a single CD. So this is great news for JLL fans - thank you Lemon Records, whoever you are![The German label Bear Family did, in the pre-CD era, issue a 2 LP set called The COMPLETE London Session - which included the 19 released tracks plus some additional songs that were recorded but left off of the original 1973 release. When Bear Family put out the CD boxed set of JLL's Mercury recordings a few years back, they intentionally left out all of the London Sessions material. They said in the accompanying press release that the complete London Sessions tracks would be released in a separate CD package, sometime in the near future. This has yet to happen. In the meantime, though, it sure is good to have the original 19-track release avaialable on CD. Think about it, darlin']"