Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances of the 50s, 60s and 70s

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  1. Edition: edition dvd
  2. DVD: Release Date 2007-05-22
  3. Publisher: Time Life Records
  4. Encoding: Region 1
  5. Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
  6. Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1,
  7. Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  8. Run Time: 71
  9. Sales Rank in Music: #30049

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It's all Killer and no filler in Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances, an astounding DVD collection of live performances from Time Life. The DVD is the first-ever fully authorized, historical retrospective on music icon Jerry Lee Lewis and spans the most influential period of his career. Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances features 19 unforgettable live performances from the `50s through the `70s. The DVD includes Lewis' first television appearance, his momentous 1957 performance of 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On' for the Steve Allen Show and his memorable rendition of 'Breathless' on the Dick Clark Show - the only live performance ever in the history of that show. Additionally, the DVD contains one of the most comprehensive and revealing interviews with Jerry Lee Lewis as a bonus feature. Shot at Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Records in Memphis, Lewis talks in depth about his first historic recordings and his relationship with Elvis Presley and other greats from the era. On Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances only the most defining moments in Lewis' career are included. The DVD also serves as the perfect companion piece to Jerry Lee Lewis: A Half Century Of Hits, the first truly comprehensive box set of the legend's music, released last year by Time Life. That collection as well as the new DVD were personally overseen by Lewis.

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4.4 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars THE MEMPHIS SKYROCKET IN HIS PRIME, June 7, 2007
Franz Douskey "franz douskey" (Nesbit, Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances of the 50s, 60s and 70s (DVD)
Great overview of thirty years of Jerry Lee Lewis' career. Of all the ten rock 'n' roll pioneers, only Chuck Berry and Lewis kept the fire going. This DVD is divided into three decades. We get Jerry on the Steve Allen Show tearing up "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," but the follow up of "Great Balls of Fire" on the Steve Allen Show isn't here. The next two cuts, "You Win Again" and "Great Balls of Fire" are not live, but lip-synched on the great Dewey Phillips Pop Show TV Show. Any glimpse of Dewey Phillips is worth the trip. Before Imus, before Wolfman Jack, there was Dewey Phillips playing black artists in the early fifties in the segregated deep south.

The final cut from the 1950's is from Dick Clark's first Saturday night Bandstand Show. Jerry Lee cuts through "Breathless." The teenyboppers in the audience are more focused in trying to clap in time. It's quite a struggle for them, poor dears.

The 1960's segment is live and primitive. Jerry Lee back...Read more


22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars FERIDAY GREATNESS, May 31, 2007
BILLYBOBUK (PLANO,TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances of the 50s, 60s and 70s (DVD)
THIS TIME LIFE RELEASE IS GREAT.INCLUDES FULL PERFORMANCES FROM:

THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW 1957

DEWEY PHILLIPS POP SHOW 1957

THE 1964 GRANADA UK SHOW-COMPLETE PERFORMANCE,CHAOTIC,BUT PURE JOY,

POP GOES THE COUNTRY-70'S PERFORMANCES FROM THE RALPH EMERY SHOW,INCLUDING A GREAT SESSION WITH COUSIN MICKEY GILLEY.

BONUS INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH JERRY FROM THE SUN STUDIO IN MEMPHIS,AND THE TRAILER FOR "HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL"

THIS RELEASE IS WHAT FANS HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF,COMPLETE PERFORMANCES,GOOD SOUND.

THE MUSIC ARCHIVES ARE FULL OF GREAT STUFF,THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET IT OUT IS TO SUPPORT RELEASES LIKE THIS---THANK YOU TIME LIFE-MORE PLEASE.


14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Essential, June 12, 2007
K. E. Holton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances of the 50s, 60s and 70s (DVD)
Ok this is a great DVD with some great performances and a interview from Jerry Lee in 1993 at Sun records.Plenty of highlights best for me is Lewis boogie in the section with Jerry Lee's cousin Mickey Gilley who was a country superstar at the time.It is interesting to see the different years including the first Steve Allen performance of Whole lotta shakin'.The quality is as good as you can get from I guess the sources they used with some Jerry Lee fan's on forums saying they could have used the master of the 1964 Granada show.If you want to see a discussion on that there is one on the new Jerry Lee Lewis forum.I can't put a link here but if you go to Wikipedia Jerry Lee Lewis page there is a link there.You can see some screenshots of this DVD taken from my pc on that forum.I would have given this 5 out of 5 but although it is interesting to see the Duey Phillips show it is lip synched (one of the few times JLL has done that) so I would have preferred to see another late sixties...Read more

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