Billy "The Kid" Emerson Red Hot

All the 1950s recordings from Vee-Jay, Chess and MAD Records. All the original Sun singles. All the original Vee-Jay singles. All the original Chess singles. The first MAD label single (2 tracks). Every Sun title not originally issued. The Vee-Jay titles not originally issued. And all in stunning sound quality.

And you get to see: A 44- page booklet by Martin Hawkins based on original interviews with Billy 'the Kid' Emerson and Sam Phillips. A number of wonderful photographs from the Sun years... plus. Billy 'the Kid' Emerson wrote such great songs like Red Hot or When It Rains It Pours. Then there's the iconic Every Woman I Know (Crazy 'Bout Automobiles). Billy 'the Kid' Emerson's own '50s recordings, made at a time when he had something seriously good and individualistic to contribute to the blues and to the development of R&B, are instantly recognizable.