Jerry Lee Lewis: Monsters
Greg Shaw, Rolling Stone, 9 December 1971
IT'S A WELL-KEPT SECRET, but this album tossed off with ten others in a recent release by the Shelby Singleton Corp., is one of the most exciting events of the year, and certainly the first real thrill for collectors since the Sun reissue series began 24 albums ago last year. Having repackaged the Lewis and Cash hits in every possible combination, they've finally turned to their vaults, which contain a wealth of unreleased material.
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