The Story

• Artist: Carl Perkins
• Rating:
• Release Date: 2000
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

EMI Plus' budget-priced The Story series presents straightforward, no-frills compilations of major rock artists with catalogs in the EMI vaults, accompanied by CD-ROMs containing brief biographical information (in English, Dutch, French, and Spanish), discographies consisting of album titles and dates of release, and a photo gallery. The Carl Perkins volume is a selection of 20 of his recordings for Sun Records in the mid- to late '50s. All the titles that might be expected are present: "Blue Suede Shoes," of course, as well as the country- and pop-chart entries "Boppin' the Blues," "Dixie Fried," "I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry," and "Your True Love," and the three Perkins songs later covered by the Beatles, "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby," "Honey Don't," and "Matchbox." (They also performed "Lend Me Your Comb," and that's here, too.) Perkins' interest in straight country is explored on several tracks, and he also rocks out on a cover of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven." The spare annotations make this a bare-bones compilation, but it covers the basics. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(1:56)
Honky Tonk Gal	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(1:57)
Gone, Gone, Gone	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:37)
Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:53)
Turn Around	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:57)
Blue Suede Shoes	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:15)
Honey Don't	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:50)
Boppin' the Blues	Carl Perkins, Howard Griffin	Carl Perkins	(2:50)
All Mama's Children	Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:07)
Dixie Fried	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:25)
I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry	Wanda Ballman	Carl Perkins	(2:27)
Put Your Cat Clothes On	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:50)
Matchbox	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:09)
Your True Love	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:45)
Forever Yours	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:37)
That's Right	Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(2:50)
Roll Over Beethoven	Chuck Berry	Carl Perkins	(2:51)
Glad All Over	Roy Bennett, Aaron Schroeder, Sid Tepper	Carl Perkins	(1:42)
Lend Me Your Comb	Ben Weisman, Fred Wise, Kay Twomey	Carl Perkins	(1:58)
Tennessee	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	(3:03)

Credits

Carl Perkins (Main Performer)

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