This is a great collection for anyone interested Charlie Rich's early career at Sun Records. The ardent fan may opt for Bear Records' mammoth, 90-song Complete Charlie Rich Sun Collection, but the 23 tracks on Collectables' Lonely Weekends: The Very Best of Charlie Rich also provides an effective overview of Rich's varied repertoire from the late '50s and early '60s. Rich was, in many ways, the most talented member of Sam Phillips' Sun roster, which also included "Million Doll...   [ read more ]

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The Hi recordings of Charlie Rich are in many ways the most reckless and adventurous of his career. In 1966 and 1967, Hi, a small Memphis label that hosted acts such as Willie Mitchell (and later Al Green) and the Bill Black Combo believed, like Sun, RCA, and Mercury before them, in Rich's prodigious talent but had no idea where to put him categorically. On this set of 28 tracks there is everything from killer Memphis soul a la the David Porter/Isaac Hayes collaborati...   [ read more ]

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Before Charlie Rich became "The Silver Fox," recording a slew of country-pop hits in the early '70s, he cut numerous rockabilly sessions for Sun Records in the '50s and early '60s. Lonely Weekends/Time for Tears combines two original LPs for the first time on one CD. Rich soulfully tears through favorites, including "Who Will the Next Fool Be?," "Lonely Weekends," "Sittin' and Thinkin," and "Midnight Blues." You can't go wrong with this set reissued on the Collectables labe...   [ read more ]

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