Cat. No. BCD 17616: ED BRUCE ~ SEE THE BIG MAN CRY - THE COMPLETE SUN AND WAND RECORDINGS FROM 1957-65, PLUS...BEAR FAMILY BCD 17616. (IMPORT).

ED BRUCE BEGAN HIS RECORDING CAREER, AS SO MANY OTHER ARTISTS DID, AT THE LEGENDARY SUN RECORDS IN MEMPHIS. WHILE HE ONLY SAW TWO RELEASES ON SUN RECORDS, THEY WERE BOTH FIRST-RATE ROCKERS AND CERTAINLY DESERVED A HIGHER PROFILE AT THE TIME OF THEIR RELEASE. HE LATER HAD RELEASES ON RCA VICTOR, COLUMBIA, WAND AND SEVERAL OTHER LABELS BUT HE WOULDN’T DENT THE COUNTRY CHARTS UNTIL A FULL DECADE AFTER HIS SUN DEBUT. HE MADE PLENTY OF FINE SINGLES AND THEY SURE WEREN’T COUNTRY. BRUCE LATER WENT ON TO BECOME A PROLIFIC SONG WRITER AND SCORED A HIT WITH “MAMMAS DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS” LONG BEFORE WAYLON JENNINGS AND WILLIE NELSON AND HE ALSO PENNED SEVERAL HITS FOR TANYA TUCKER AND OTHERS. BRUCE ALSO BECAME A FAMILIAR SIGHT IN A SLEW OF ‘80s AND ‘90s TV AND MOVIE DRAMAS. A GREAT RELEASE OF WHAT YOU COULD CALL HIS FORMATIVE YEARS *****

TRACK LISTING: Rock Boppin’ Baby / More Than Yesterday / Eight Wheel Driver / Ballad Of Ringo / King Of Fools (1) / Just Being With You / Alone With A Broken Heart / You Come To Me / Sweet Woman / Baby That’s Good / Part Of My Life / Sweet Woman / Doll Baby / King Of Fools (2) / Flight 303 / Spun Gold / (And Then) He Gave Her To Me / If I Never Get To Heaven / It’s Coming To Me / The Greatest Man / See The Big Man Cry / I Won’t Cry Anymore / You Need A New Love / The Workingman’s Prayer / Don’t Let It Happen / I’m Gonna Have A Party / Half A Love / Ebb Tide / Unbreakable Heart / Tommy Roe – Save Your Kisses.

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