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ARTIST
TITLE
Sunset Special
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SUNLP 1035LP SUNLP 1035LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/23/2018

2012 release. Several classic original Sun singles were included on Sunset Special: Dick Penner's "Your Honey Love", Rudy Grayzell's "Judy", Ray Smith's "Right Behind You Baby" and "You Made A Hit". Previously unissued sides: Ray Smith's "Why Why Why (alt take)" and "Break Up", Eddie Bond's "Show Me", "Broke My Guitar", and "This Ole Heart Of Mine", Roy Hall's "Christine", "I Lost My Baby", and "Sweet Love On My Mind". Mini biographies of most of the artists are included on the sleeve back, written by Ding Dong. Rare vintage photos of the featured artists appear on both sides of the sleeve.

On the Ding Dong series: For the series, he made visits to the hallowed Sun vaults in Memphis, Tennessee, where he listened to countless tapes, working his way through 1,228 outtake tape boxes and in the process selecting the best quality masters he could find. After listening to more than 11,000 tracks during February and March of 1983 and identifying a whole stack of unissued sides, he brought the master tapes back to England, where he embarked upon an amazing one-man re-issue program. Not only did he master all the recordings, he designed the sleeve artwork and wrote the sleeve notes. His excellent contacts amongst record collectors around the world enabled him to come up with a whole stack of rare artists' shots to use for the album artworks. The resulting albums, both various artists compilations and solo major artists, have over the years acquired iconic status and are now much sought after by fans of the ground-breaking Sun sound. Now lovingly restored, selected titles are being presented in their full original glory for today's vinyl buyers. They will be essential purchases not only for Ding Dong's fans seeking replacements for their worn-out original copies, but also for today's younger buyers discovering this exciting music for the first time. Remastered from the original tapes; 180 gram vinyl; old style tip-on cover.