Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances of the 50s, 60s and 70s

THIS TIME LIFE RELEASE IS GREAT.INCLUDES FULL PERFORMANCES FROM:THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW 1957DEWEY PHILLIPS POP SHOW 1957THE 1964 GRANADA UK SHOW-COMPLETE PERFORMANCE,CHAOTIC,BUT PURE JOY,POP GOES THE COUNTRY-70'S PERFORMANCES FROM THE RALPH EMERY SHOW,INCLUDING A GREAT SESSION WITH COUSIN MICKEY GILLEY.BONUS INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH JERRY FROM THE SUN STUDIO IN MEMPHIS,AND THE TRAILER FOR "HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL"THIS RELEASE IS WHAT FANS HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF,COMPLETE PERFORMANCES,GOOD SOUND.THE MUSIC ARCHIVES ARE FULL OF GREAT STUFF,THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET IT OUT IS TO SUPPORT RELEASES LIKE THIS---THANK YOU TIME LIFE-MORE PLEASE.

JLL was truly a one of a kind with Elvis, Cash, Holly, Orbison,Carl Perkins and Hank Williams! My Pop loved him and recentlyI really got into all this old rockabilly music even though Iuse to listen it to before. This dvd has the great early footageof live performances and a must for him or any rockabilly fans!show your kids what rock and roll really was and should be!

This is a very young Jerry Lee performing like a "wildman" on the piano.The 50's:It begans with his appearance on The Steve Allen Show, July 28, 1957, where he performs "Whole Lot of Shakin Going On". The energy, wildness and emotion he puts into this performance is awesome.On the Dewey Phillips show 1957 - He performs a Hank Williams classic "You Win Again" (He turned this into a gold record). He also performs "Great Balls of Fire" - again this a very entergetic performance full of emotion.On the Dick Clark Show, 1958 - He performs "Breathless" - again an outstanding performance.The 1960"s:In 1964 on an English Television program (This was after the English sandal about him marring his 13 year old cousin Mira had died down.) he performs:"Great Balls of Fire"; "You win Again"; "High School Confidential" -(Rocking at the High School Boop); "I'm on Fire"; "Your Cheatin Heart"; and "Whole Lot of Shakin Going On". These performance are entergetic and awesome also. He is surrounded by young people who are going wild.The 1970"s:On Pop goes the Country television show:"Who's Gonna play this Old Piano?""Me and Bobby McGee"A very special performance with his first cousin (his daddy's sister's son) Mickey Gilley: They perform the "Ferriday Medley". They perform side by side both on open-top grand piano's. This medley consists of 5 songs, which end with the "Lewis Boogie". It's great!!!There is bonus material which includes a trailer of Jerry Lee's movie "High School Confidential" which shows some drag racing and high school boop dancing. Also, Jerry Lee is interviewed in the original Sun Studio in 1993.Overall, this is a great archival dvd, that is part of Rock and Roll history. If you like rock and roll history or just Jerry Lee, I highly recommend this one, you won't be diappointed.

This footage really takes you back to the time and gives you a great feel for the era. Lots of raw moments of just how talented this man is. Plenty of entertainment if you appreciate Jerry Lee Lewis. And how can you not? Nice piece of history of Rock and Roll from the Killers perspective.I definitely recommend to any true diverse music lover!

Time Life's production was of dismal quality. There is incomprehensible distortion. Bass was simply thrown together, with it being distorted in some instances, to nearly none at all in other parts. The only redeeming quality of Time Life's production was with Incredible Jerry Lee Lewis himself, in an interview. Even that was poorly done on Time Life's part. The DVD was an import from Mexico, which speaks for Time Life's care. Just contract it out no matter what the consequence. Jerry Lee Lewis is an incrdible accomplished artist. This DVD does not do Jerry Lee Lewis justice in any way. I rate the quality of the DVD as nothing more than junk. At he same time I applaud the genius of Jerry Lee Lewis, just not this DVD.

The DVD clears up a lot of myths about The Killer's life

This is worth it just for the Steve Allen classic performance, maybe the best R & R performance ever! A must see.

There is nothing wrong with this video; many of the performances shown on this video I had seen somewhere else. I thought this video would have had un-published performances by Jerry Lee Lewis but such is not the case. The bonus interview is okay but I thought more videos of his life would be shown during the interview; perhaps there are none. It is a fair video, image video quality is fair as is the sound. There are better videos out there of Jerry Lee Lewis performing with other musical figures that have excellent sound and better quality video. If you are a Jerry Lee Lewis fan and have followed his career, this video will not hurt to have in your collection.