Due for release from the Little Brown Book Group on May 6, 2008 is the hardback book "Sun King: The Life and Times of Sam Phillips, The Man Behind
Sun Records" by Kevin and Tanja Crouch (ISBN: 9780749951740).
Synopsis from the publisher's site:
Music producer Sam Phillips and his landmark studio,
Sun Records, hold a unique place in the history of rock 'n' roll - by many accounts, before Phillips recorded 'Rocket 88' by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats in 1951, rock 'n' roll as we know it didn't even exist. Phillips is simultaneously hailed as the man who discovered Elvis Presley and derided as the man who sold the same artist to RCA for a paltry $35,000. The list of musical legends that passed through the doors of
Sun Records is simply astounding, including BB King, Ike Turner, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and more.
SUN KING strips away the glossy veneer of legend around the Phillips story - which, like his signature sound, was much the result of his own careful crafting - to reveal a man who, from a very young age, heard a musical sound that no one else heard. Complete with a full
Sun Records discography, 'Sun King' is an indispensable document in the history of rock music.
Source: elvisnews.com
24.03.2008, 20:14
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