Around Christmas time I like to treat myself to some books on rock’n’roll and this year was no exception, the two books I bought were: The Next Elvis: Searching for Stardom at Sun Records (2004) by Barbara Barnes Sims who worked there as a publicist between the summer of 1957 and 1960. It’s a nicely wrought […]
Music/Dance/Reads
Speeded-up rock’n’roll recordings of the 50s
I bought the Carl Perkins and the Jerry Lee Box set and the second volume of a Johnny Fuller collection and imagine my surprise when some of my favourite songs didn’t seem quite as exciting as I remembered them. I have compared those takes with other versions I have heard and come to the conclusion […]
