Jerry Lee Lewis - Old Time Religion Rare Recordings of Jerry Lee Lewis In Church.mpg

Jerry Lee Lewis - Old Time Religion Rare Recordings of Jerry Lee Lewis In Church: Preachin', Shoutin' And Singin' BCD 16685 AH

1CD digipac with 36-page booklet
GENRE Gospel / Rock'n'Roll
TRACKS 20
PLAYING TIME 65:16


Originally unissued live recordings from 1970.
The best gospel recordings of Jerry Lee's career.
A rare glimpse of the preacher he might have been.
20 well-known gospel standards including Peace In The Valley, Precious Memories and Amazing Grace.
Jerry Lee Lewis' music at its best: Forget the content and listen to the passion.
INFORMATION
At his core, Jerry Lee Lewis has always been a gospel singer. His earliest and best records have revealed that passion, even when
he was singing about women and lovin'. Jerry's famous religious debate with Sam Phillips took place at the recording session
for Great Balls Of Fire. His musical life has always been a tug of war between God and the Devil.
The truth is, these may be the best gospel recordings Jerry ever made in his long career. "I believe in that old time religion!"

he
shouts, and proceeds to show us why, with a little spontaneous preaching and testifying between selections. Thankfully, the
tape was rolling. These barely documented recordings from December, 1970 were made three days after he renounced worldly
music. They reveal Jerry working with his road band on the stage of a small church out on Highway 41 in Memphis. There are
humorous moments too, as when Jerry flogs his latest LP to the congregation ("You need the album and we need the money").
But in the end, nobody at his record company knew what to do with these tapes and they were originally unissued. Thanks to
BEAR FAMILY, the music receives the treatment it should have some 40 years ago. Accompanying notes by SUN historian Hank Davis
examine the music and document the events in Jerry's life that led to these recordings on this particular Sunday morning.
As we all know, Jerry was back to singing worldly music within months. But these recordings were made at a magic moment.
They are indispensible to any Jerry Lee Lewis fan. Forget their subject matter and listen to his passion. That's what Jerry's best
music has always been about.

TRACK LISTING
Looking For A City • I'm Longing For Home • Life's Railway To Heaven • Someone To Care • If We Never Meet Again/I'm Gonna
Meet You In The Morning • Down The Sawdust Trail • There'll Be Peace In The Valley • PreciousMemories • The Old Rugged Cross
• It Will BeWorth It AllWhenWe See Jesus • I Know That JesusWill Be There • I'm In The GlorylandWay • Tomorrow May Mean
Goodbye • Amazing Grace • On The Jericho Road • I'll Fly Away • My God Is Real •When Jesus Beckons Me Home • IWon't Have
To Cross Jordan Alone • Keep On The Firing Line

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[ConnieAnna1]

Jerry Lee is a Prodigal Son, Saved Thank God and IM a Prodigal Daughter also Saved..Train Up A Child and You know the rest...

[1963Austria]

@freba91 Jerry is better than the so called christains...Jerry or anyone else stand a better chance of entering into the taught heaven as those so called christains...preaching their propaganda...Jerry isn t a hypocrite and God hates hypocrites...so guess he hates most of the church goers.....

[Pumarisi124]

@revderekzkennedy  Actually, the whole world was unprepared for Jerry Lee's style, not just the religious folk. I was a baby in the 50's, but later on I heard plenty of negative comments about Jerry Lee from my dad who really couldn't stand the guy. Anyway, I love JLL & enjoyed seeing that you pray for him. I do too. IMO there's a battle going on for Jerry Lee's soul & every prayer counts.

[1963Austria]

@revderekzkennedy Those 'christains' who objectd to his music are just unsure of themselves....

[revderekzkennedy]

He could still choose Jesus and forsake the world . I pray for him . He was thrown out of bible college in Texas because of religious people scared of music sung and played a way they had never heard before.

[freba91]

@Iguana56 I feel JLL has always been torn between serving the Lord and Satan If he would have chose

the Lord he would have been as good as his double cousin Jimmy.I love them both..

[Iguana56]

Some of Jerry Lee's finest, most heartfelt vocalizing was done on these church recordings. Fans of sacred music, especially those who tend to demonize the Ferriday Fireball, would be well-advised to check this stuff out.