Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg
| Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg | |
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| Live album by Jerry Lee Lewis | |
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Publication |
1964 |
| Label (s) | Philips |
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Format (s) |
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Title (number) |
13 |
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running time |
about 37 minutes |
Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg is the recording of a concert by Jerry Lee Lewis from 1964. The record released in the same year is considered one of the wildest documents of classic rock 'n' roll and one of the best live albums in music history.
admission
The album was recorded live at the Star Club in Hamburg in April 1964 . Jerry Lee Lewis sang and played the piano , accompanied by The Nashville Teens . The producer was Siegfried Loch . The recording was made during a two-week engagement of Lewis in the club.
Horst Fascher , who was responsible for the artist support at the time, later said of these performances: “As soon as the curtain opened, Jerry let the beast out of the cage. For the first few bars he sat at the piano relatively cautiously. Then he kicked his stool back with his hoe and began to hit his piano with the edge of his hand. And as soon as the killer had the business under control, he went one better, jumped on the piano and directed the unleashed crowd into ecstasy. "
title
The following songs can be heard on Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg :
- Mean Woman Blues (Demetrius)
- High School Confidential (Hargrave / Lewis )
- Money (That's What I Want) (Bradford / Gordy )
- Matchbox ( Perkins )
- What'd I Say, Part 1 ( Charles )
- What'd I Say, Part 2 (Charles)
- Great Balls of Fire ( Blackwell / Hammer)
- Good Golly, Miss Molly ( Blackwell / Marascalco )
- Lewis' Boogie (Lewis)
- Your Cheatin 'Heart ( Williams )
- Hound Dog ( Leiber / Stoller )
- Long Tall Sally ( Johnson / Blackwell / Penniman )
- Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On ( David / Williams)
Publications
Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg was first released as an LP in December 1964 by the Philips label . It was then re-released by various labels, in later years also on CD . In 2010 the album was released by Bear Family Records on 180-gram vinyl with an elaborately designed cover . This version also contains a bonus track called Down the Line .
reception
The reviews of Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg were and are extremely positive: In the book 1001 Albums - Music you should hear before life is over , it is mentioned. The music critic Robert Christgau gave it the second best grade of "A". The music database Allmusic has five stars out of five. In the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin , the reviewer described it as "absolutely breathtaking". And in the music magazine Rolling Stone it was said: " Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg is not an album, it is a crime scene ."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.allmusic.com: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg (review)
- ↑ a b c sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg (review) ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jerry Lee Lewis: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg (Liner Notes)
- ↑ www.discogs.com: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg (release details)
- ↑ www.rocklistmusic.co.uk: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg (list placement)
- ↑ www.robertchristgau.com: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg (review)
- ↑ www.rollingstone.com: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg (review)
