Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

catchy, but also comes from a certified scumbag

22 minutes. Done before breakfast. Fast paced and good.

Separating the art from the artist, this is enjoyable. 22 minutes? Great. Bad person, though, to put it mildly. I dunno why we couldn't just have Little Richard or something and get a better version of this.

Jerry Lee Lewis had the trademark weirdness and moral ambiguity of the rock stars of his era, but he could put on a hell of a show! The hammering piano, the blues chords, and his electric voice transmit the energy of the show right through the headphones. It's hard not to get up and dance to this music.

Svårt att bedöma. Det är ju inte asbra. Det är inte asdåligt heller. Inget jag skulle lyssna på.

Bra jäkla drag under galoscherna och svårt att inte ryckas med. Det här är ju en show man inte hade tackat nej till att se live.

I have a soft spot for roots rock type stuff like this. Can see how it would have ripped at the time. However, obvs colored by the artist's modern reputation.

What an absolute psychopath. I don't love live records but this suits Jerry Lee Lewis.

Bof

It gets a 2 because of Top Gun but other than that, I've never been able to get past blues songs all having the same chord progression and bass line. I find it makes it really hard for a particular song, album, or artist to stand out and makes the majority of it forgettable.

Ignoring the fact Jerry Lee Lewis was an Incestious Pedophile. This is an outstanding live rock n roll album, one of the very best. I normally moan that albums are too long, this is one of the very few albums Iv got to say is just too short. It only has 8 songs, which is 1 number less than the unfortunate women who were married to Jerry Lee Lewis. And is only 22 mins long, 22 was the age Jerry Lee Lewis was when he bigamously married his 13 year old first cousin. 4 stars

Not for me

Refused to shake Jimi Hendrix’s hand Not my type of music

Has some good energy to it and flows nicely

Rock n Roll

Such energy

I'm sure my dad went to see him in Belfast in the 70s/early 80s and said Jerry was out his nut, came on late then eventually passed out and got carried off. For as far as live albums go this was good, high energy coherent, short too.

Great rock and roll music when listened to without context.

A little tip for listening to Jerry Lee Lewis, is to do so without ever checking his Wikipedia page in detail. Would have been a fantastic gig to be at too.

Good old rock and roll by a horrendous human

I have a soft spot for blues/rock-and-roll but this one is among the most generic and dull rock-and-roll I have ever heard.

this shits ass and he likes 13 year old children

Only 20 minutes, but what a crazy 20 minutes!

Holy shit, this album rips! This is rock n roll baby. Jerry Lee Lewis sets the piano ablaze and breathes the smoke through the microphone, and the band is right there with him. The energy never relents and the tempo only does for one number. How much speed was Jerry on this night? Very difficult not to move, or at least tap your foot, to this music. This is what the early days of rock were about.

Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club Yesterday after listening to this album, I saw that the actor W. Earl Brown posted on Threads that this was the greatest live album of all time. I commented that I just received this album as my daily album and his reply to me is the best way to describe this album: "It oozes sex and explodes with energy. The fact that Jerry Lee could create something so powerful with a 3-piece combo backing him, in an era when the capacity of sound systems were minimal, is mind blowing." Thanks W. Earl Brown! 5/5

Wish I had been there lol

Sounds like a fun show.

Impressive live set. Not a dancer, but the piano really made me want to get up and move.

Das ist Musik, die Spaß macht. Ein hervorragender Musiker brilliert mit seinem unverkennbaren Klavierspiel. Jede Nummer ein Knaller. Das Album ist zwar kurz, aber vom Feinsten. Ich verneige mich vor den großen Jerry Lee Lewis

Kinda mid

Classic boogie woogie - not really my wheelhouse but would be fun to play piano

Энергично, как мы любим, но как альбом это не очень работает. Один из авторов, к которым трудно относиться непредвзято, к сожалению. Лучшая песня - High School Confidential.

If only it were longer. Don’t tell me his set was actually 22 minutes. I guess when you put as much of yourself into a performance as he did into this, you burn out pretty quick. Damn this was a fun listen though. Absolutely classic rock n roll and rockabilly songs performed by a legendary performer. The guitar solos sounded so ahead of their time, both in style and in tone. It’s easy to see how much of an innovator he was at his peak. Nothing beats the energy he put into these performances. 4 stars.

favourite song: great balls of fire loads of fun and fairly short. just full of energy

I'm vaguely familiar with Jerry Lee Lewis, but I've never listened to one of his albums. This album was about what I expected in terms of the musicianship: the energy was high, and Jerry's piano playing was his personal brand of manic precision. I'm typically not a big fan of live albums, but it was really cool to hear Jerry whip the crowd up into a frenzy with each song. Other than the piano playing though, there wasn't a whole lot going on. The vocals, drumming, and guitar playing were present, but that's about it. I don't know if Jerry's other albums feature a lot of other people's songs, but I think he was able to leave his own fingerprint on each song that wasn't his. This album didn't light the world on fire, but it was pretty enjoyable to listen to.

Very surprised by the accolades that this album receives in many of the prominent music publications. Jerry has great stage presence and electric energy, but when it comes down to a critical review this album is not recorded well. I did find myself dancing my seat a couple times but most of the time it was irritating how loud the piano was.

Fun songs, great showmanship. On their own each song is a treat. As an album it becomes a child banging on the piano.

I am quite conflicted about this one. He seems personally abhorrent, but my general policy is not to knock art for that (though I'd hesitate to put money in his pocket). He is an amazing musician and I love this genre, but most of these songs (the best ones) are not his and his versions aren't particularly transformative. Also, I am generally not a fan of live recordings. All that being said, I can't stop listening to this, so I will settle at a 4.

Undeniable. Weird how great balls of fire will always be a top gun song to me. Money is great too. Loses points for all the songs sounding the same and the lack of lyrical complexity.

So are we judging the album or the person? I read some reviews and I thought this was about the music. There is no question to this man’s talent and contribution to early rock and roll.

Only 13? What a letdown

The music is ass but everything else about him is really funny

I can appreciate the energy and clear talent, it's not enough for me too look past all the shit that's been said about him, combined with the fact most of this material isn't his, combined with it being a fucking live show which I just don't think should be on this list.

I mean the people love this guy! Who am I to deny them. Hard to ignore the context of this music largely being stolen, but the charisma comes through the headphones and was enough to pull me through. Fave track: Great Balls of Fire

Awesome energy but the real real old school rock and roll is probably just a generational thing that I can appreciate but not really wanna put on again and again. I know a lot of guys from this generation get called out on stealing music from their black contemporaries but this has to be your primary case. Also feel like I know too much about him being a weirdo. Like real weird. Two and a half. Fave track: Good Golly, Miss Molly

No lie, that guy rocks pretty hard from behind a piano.

This is the music I grew up listening to. I knew 7 of the 8 songs, though the one song I associate with a country music star. I enjoyed listening to these moldy oldies.

A classic is classic for some reason. It sounds (of course) old school for 2024, but still enjoyable. It's not a masterpiece tough.

Apparently he was a freak pedophile soooooo

Jerry Lee Love the rhythm and energy on this album. Cool how he pushes the tempos. His singing is so expressive I love when he throws in a little yodel. Piano solos are great too. Pure Rock and Roll! “Your cheating heart” was really good. 5

The feel is kinda all over the place, sometimes it’s cool sometimes I don’t like it. The feel on the second tune is huge. Overall pretty sick

This was fun. But jeez…don’t marry your cousin

Although it's not my type of music particularly, it's iconic.

I tried, but there's no way I could stomach this entire album. Jerry Lee Lewis is just too fucking creepy. He kicks off the set with "Mean Woman Blues" where he sings, "She's got ruby lips, shapely hips" and you immediately call BULLSHIT! "Nice try, Jerry Boy, but we all know that shapely women are NOT your type, mate." But then, disgustingly, he follows this with a track called "High School Confidential". HIGH. SCHOOL. CONFIDENTIAL. Yikes. Ew. Gross. Yuck. 🤢🤮 I switched this weirdo off during that song. On this occasion, it was simply impossible to enjoy the art separate from the artist. Fuck Jerry Lee Lewis. 👎👎

Lots of good energy. Some good old fashioned rollrock

A legend! I like the live album feel.

Surprised by how much I liked it. Songs are fast and just really good. Knew almost Al of them. No one has played piano quite like him

This wasn’t bad as an album and actually sounds pretty good for a live performance, but most of the songs sound too similar to each other. Jerry is a machine that can takes any song and make it sound like Great Balls of Fire. While there are some covers of good songs, the covers aren’t anywhere near as good as the originals. Also, the whooping growling gets old very fast, but fortunately the album is a short one!

He may have been a dodgy geezer but he could belt out a tune. Great Balls of Fire is 🔥 Simpsons reference: Yes

It's alright. Enjoyable but won't listen again.

I like the high energy that this album has which is probably what you want from a live album. However he keep saying his name over and over and doing some weird growl, which I found annoying. And it does all sound sort of samey. Don't think I will listen to it ever again

It came in, it did its thing, it left. Just great stuff, love a walking bass line, not quite 5 star but nothing to complain about

Rock and fucking roll!

Not bad, classic 60s rock, just sounded like a retarded Elvis bc he was incoherent most of the time

So this is the sound of cocaine and statutory rape... Sounds pretty cool (I mean the music, not the other stuff).

Pretty good actually. Separating art from artist, of course!

8 high quality songs performed with all the energy in the world and no filler. Exactly what an album should be.

3/5. I respect the importance of Jerry Lee Lewis. He brought rock to the world. This live album was not the way to showcase him. It was really short, his singing was all over the place, and the recording quality was okay at best.

Not bad. I love the energy the live set brings to these songs. The mix is pretty wonky, but it emphasizes Lewis’ playing so it works. Wouldn’t mind playing this again at some point.

Fun album, and short. Probably as crazy as a punk rock concert as far as relative energy compared to the mainstream at the time. I heard he was basically insane. 3.5/5

C-

Lots of classics on here

A riveting rock 'n' roll live performance that I'm certain had everyone up and moving, immersed in the moment.

Ok

If you can seperate art from artist, 5. If you can't, 2, at best. But the art is -amazing-

Sehr mitreißend

Niceeeeeeeeeeee

Not a lot to say about Live at the Star Club, Hamburg that hasn't been said. It's full of explosive energy and timeless rock and roll songs performed with passion and everyone there is having a riot of a time. It's less than 23 minutes too! Shame JLL was one of the worst humans around, it taints the entire experience, but the music in isolation gets 4/5. Not a 5/5 because there are too many covers.

Another one where the Spotify link doesn't correspond particularly well to the Wikipedia track listing. Of the 2/3 of it that we got, it's got bags of energy, and everyone is clearly having a load of fun. Would've been an exhilarating experience to have been there (unless you were an underage girl or not white, because JLL was an abusive, racist paedophile). But it definitely lacks a bit of depth, all the songs kind of sound the same. Gets away with it given the short and sharpness of the record though, 3/5.

Before my time...I just can't appreciate the talent.

You’ve gotta give credit to this type of music. It pioneered a lot and had it not been copied and emulated so much I probably would enjoy it more. I didn’t add any songs to my playlist but can still appreciate its quality.

I'm not a big fan of rockabilly or live albums, but this had some really enjoyable tracks. That said, if it ran longer I could see it being rated lower. Favourite track: Your Cheating Heart.

Wow, so great! Didn't realize I was not familiar with the man behind so many classics. Great energy live too 😁

Really made the young girls scream!

Fun and energetic but gets same-same-y. Also he sounds drunk

Holy hell, this guy was a train wreck and a psychopath. It's really difficult to separate the art from the artist with this one. This live album is entertaining, but I don't think it's the greatest live album ever. Is he passionate or just on lots of cocaine? His versions of these songs are good, and he's got chops on the piano, but I'd rather listen to Little Richard. The only way I can really enjoy "Great Balls of Fire" is by picturing Goose playing it in "Top Gun." 3/5

This would’ve been a blast to be at

It was easy listening, very short album

Jerry Lee Three Is.

Crackhead Elvis-wannabe. 3/10

So much great energy from Jerry Lee Lewis. Loved that. Great music. 8/10

Fun little jazz album. Was an enjoyable listen but not too much other than that to write home about. Goodness gracious great balls of fire. 7/10

Incoherent, repetitive, piano man. I shouldn’t have looked this guy up. Why is every famous musician fucked up. I mean I wasn’t really enjoying it before looking him up anyway. 3/10

le pone ganas el loco

The Killer! Not sure how I have never heard this one. The energy just kind of jumps off this record. Loved it.

Certainly lots of energy! Good live album but wasn’t really into it

Wow this album totally blew me away! So much fire, passion, and energy. I, of course, am like many and do know Lewis' Great Balls of Fire but have never explored much more beyond that. This killer experience was worth every single second. Excellent piano and in spots really good electric guitar too (wish it had a little more guitar, but I know that wasn't as popular at that time). Loved the whole album. Favorite Tracks: all of them!

It's a good album, but can't get past JLL's history.

Energetic. Doesn’t overstay its welcome. 3 stars.

Jerry Lee Lewis was massively overrated, riding on the coattails of the black innovators of the form. A shout out to his backup band – the real heroes this set.

It's just classic rock-n-roll. Good, no frills fun.

I didn't want to like this (underage incest marriage and worse) but I did. Would be impossible not to get sweaty from dancing to this.

Album #11 Who did it first??? JLL is off the chains and I cannot imagine the amount of energy this man had each and every concert he did when he was young. Many of the songs I have heard by JLL and other artists so I am not sure if he did them first or he was covering songs of other artists/writers in this concert. I enjoyed this album and his energy

Ok. Expected more though.

Not my kind of music, but this is anyway a fun live recording. Would have loved to be there at the time. Lots of energy and the best versions I’ve heard of some of these songs

The blurb from the book tipped the hand a bit here, but the really great thing about this record is the enthusiasm and intensity. You can really feel, esp in the opening numbers, Jerry is just bursting with energy and the rest of the band is just hanging on for dear life. It would be cringey and awful if it weren't so fun and exhilarating. I daresay that piano was worse for wear by the end of this show. Also it's easy to see why/how Jerry Lee Lewis became a star, if this is what his live performances were like.

Eine ADHS Explosion des am 29.9.35 geborenen Interpreten. Er „Rockt“ die Bühne in Hamburg und „rollt“ einen Hammer nach dem anderen raus .. „Great Balls of Fire“, „ Long Tall Sally“ & „ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On“. Auch wenn es nicht ganz meine Musik ist, ist die Platte zur Wiederholung dringend empfohlen 😊

Makes me want to get up and move! Jerry Lee Lewis...Often imitated, never duplicated!

BALLS. 3/5

Hey, it's fun. "Shabadabadingdong" vibe. You know the kind. Keeps me bobbing. 4/5 - "Just slightly above my '3' average, I think I really wouldn't mind listening to it again.

Nice Rock‘n‘Roll, but nothing outstanding.

This one is not for me. Not my era, not my style of music or vocals, and especially not a live set. If someone wants to tell me what a heathen I am, fine, do it. But I'm not listening to this whole thing just to say I did it.

Liked his music

Man after reading the history of this guy, he is batshit insane. However, just judging his music, this guy rips it up. Bring the passion, the energy, and for the time the new sound. 4/5 Favorite Songs: Great Balls of Fire, Good Golly, Miss Molly Least Favorite:

Holy tempo. I'm warn out just from listening to these songs, so I can't imagine how the audience in 1964 felt. Lots of covers- Money, Great Balls of Fire, Good Golly Miss Molly are 3 great songs all in a row. The other songs were mostly forgettable though. I do have to imagine it was an awesome concert to attend. 6.75/10 (3.375/5)

Absolutely slamming. Live album hitting hard.

Old school legend. Him singing about high school has an added meaning when you know about this guy's love life.

Eipä tätä yli 23 minuuttia tarvitsisikaan: energia suorastaan hyökyy yli. Tosi raskasta, hauskaa, tää kun tanssittaa silti.

Miksi nykyihmiset ovat niin valmiita antikvarisoimaan rock'n'rollia alentamalla sen livemusiikiksi? Olisi outoa valittaa setin kappaleista, mutta toisaalta minulle tulee kummallinen tunne, että vain niistä valittava saattaisi kuunnella juuri tätä levyä säännöllisesti.

Not a fan of pedophiles

I can take The Killer in small doses. Two songs is usually enough.

Hard to pick an album from someone who made so many. This is a good choice though. I will say, I don’t listen to a lot of JLL - yeah, because of the teenage cousin thing. This is good and clearly important for the development of rock and roll. But something doesn’t hit in quite the same way as Cash’s live albums. Or anything by Elvis.

Pure rock and roll!!!!

What a hell of a power!

i love this album!!! so!! funky!! and!!! fun!!! i would like to tattoo it on my brain please and thank you

missing those concerts

old live music are the best better than pre-recorded

terash

Solid live album. Jerry Lee Lewis has never been a favorite, but I like him well enough and it's clear he's a great live performer.

Rock and Roll

Love a bit of Boogie Woogie. Short and sweet

really early rock'n'roll is not my thing, so this wasn't the most enjoyable, i normally seperate the person from their music by my distaste in this album seems to match his awful character. only a few parts were a little catchy and the piano was still played well so not absolutely bad, although the live performance leads to a good few voice cracks which kinda took me out of it.

Du bon vieux Rock’n Roll. Enorme énergie sur scène pour principalement des reprises. On le dirait possédé et frappe sur son piano comme un sourd. Intéressant mais pas forcément indispensable pour moi. Et humainement, ça avait l’air d’être une belle merde.

Raw energy is fabulous

Love the incredible punk-like energy . Great recording and lots of fun to listen to.

This was actually awesome. Studio recordings of these songs are soooo boring but I felt the energy in the live recording. Enjoyed this one.

Hadn’t heard this album before or really heard his live voice. It was great. His studio tracks have an echo effect and it waters down his powerful pipes.

Liked JLLs music a lot growing up, but now he’s ok.

This sounds like a fun concert, and I probably would enjoy the album more had I been there.

All the hits on one album.

Wow. So much energy!

Let's get this out of the way. Fuck Jerry Lee Lewis. I can't believe that guy even had a career after people found out that he MARRIED HIS 13 YEAR OLD COUSIN. Anyway, this album isn't even that great to begin with. There really isn't much to this album. It's a live album, something that I believe I've only experienced once all the way back with that Johnny Cash album I did a while ago. That one was alright, not necessarily because it wasn't made by a pedophile, but because it had something special with its energy. Johnny's interactions with the crowd made it feel special, especially given the context. This album just kind of has cheering from the crowd and that's about it. The music itself is decent as far as sound. It's passable 50s/early 60s rock and roll, but it's not original at all. Jerry Lee Lewis only wrote two of the thirteen tracks off of the album. I know that that was kind of the norm at the time, but that still doesn't sit right with me, especially since he was also racist and most of these songs were originally written by black artists. Okay then, I could try to separate the art from the artist! The problem with that is how much he name drops himself. One of the two songs that he wrote was called "Lewis Boogie". So apparently, he's also a narcissist! On top of that, most of the songs are about love and stuff, so it's even harder to get that knowledge out of your head when you know that the song could've been written about a 13 year old. Overall, even if I could separate art from the artist, the content's of the album are not only negatively affected by the knowledge of what the singer did, but also aren't original or spectacular enough to warrant listening to this ever again! 1/5. Rest in piss Jerry, you piece of shit.

Very talented and entertaining, after a while though all of the songs seems to run together.

Good Golly Miss Molly! Lots of energy on this live album!

classic tunes we have all heard somewhere

22 minutes of "high school," "boogie," and "rock." Always fun. Always creepy.

Jerry Lee Lewis hurtles through a set of rock-'n'-roll classics at breakneck speed. Just listening to the recording is exhausting. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Good Golly Miss Molly Date listened: 15/01/24

Dude had more wives than songs on this album

1.14.24

Pedophile

What a stage presence, great energy

every song sounds the same, its mostly the piano carrying and repeating the song title 50 times

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg was a pretty decent live album. The songs all sounded quite good whilst live and Jerry Lee Lewis always had an energetic and fun stage presence. The songs were a bit samey sounding to the point of being the same song just with different lyrics but i don't really know if this is the album's fault. Its still a fun live album with some very enjoyable moments Best Song: Your Cheating Heart Worst Song: Good Golly, Miss Molly

Huge influence on rock n roll music. Songs individually are great and certainly stand on their own. But an entire album of them is a little too repetitive. It is impressive that you can do an entire show on basically the same chord progression. I do like the "swing meets the blues" that is rockabilly music. Like the constant triplet feel of every song. And love when they throw the hammering piano riffs over top of it with the straight "2s" giving it that cool 3/2 groove on fills.

Taken out of context, some songs are pretty good. But as an ALBUM, what the hell... This has to be satire. Literally every song, every single one, even the one he “slowed down”, was a 1-4-5 blues/boogie woogie progression with almost no variation. Good energy, but I can’t rate this album higher than a 2 due to the lack of creativity.

Jerry Lee, one of the pioneers of the early days of rock-n-roll, found something that works (High energy, faster tempo, piano-based blues) and stuck with it...over and over and over again. Everyone's 'best of the oldies' playlists needs to have at least one of his songs...but not more than one. Fun to listen to for sure and makes you tap your toe and maybe even get up and dance. Very enjoyable.

Excellent music. Unfortunately, I've heard it so much that it feels old to me.

Better than his studio albums

50's rock'n'roll is like finger painting. Super simple, important for for development of skills but just a stepping stone to bigger and better art. This at least is short (8 songs in 22 minutes, punk!) and surprisingly high energy, took me by surprise. Can imagine the crowd buzzing from this. 3 stars, but only 2 if I had to listen to 23 minutes or more.

Live makes this genre make wayyyy more sense.

A classic

I've been a fan and I'm glad this is on the 1001 for the few people who have never heard Jerry Lee. That said, while he's talented, it's clear he's repurposing black soul and R&B for white audiences, for the most part. Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On are absolute all time classics, though. I guess I'm going to give this a four strictly on the basis of how influential Jerry Lee was. Just a great rollicking piano sound!

A lot of the songs sounded very similar after the first few, but very fun foot-stomping music. Great as a live album as you can hear the response of the crowd, which just eggs him on even more. Enjoyed it.

Sounds like some music that would play at a fancy restaurant. Actually kinda enjoyed it but would have enjoyed more if it wasn’t live. -B

Brutal. Puro rock'n'roll

I’m not a huge Jerry Lee fan I get it but honestly it’s just ok with me

Meh

Too much chit chat. I need an album to be background music at work. It's a shame because the music was solid.

Totally rocking album! The level of energy must have been nuts for a concert in the mid 60s. I feel like I was watching him live. Very glad to have heard this album and a lot of the hits included were surprising.

Good performance. Live album

Too much piano noise...his voice does not sound great...sounds like he is yelling throughout the songs! Oh well

Track 1 - High School Confidential: Okay it’s got a lot of energy and is pretty fun. Excited to see what else is in store… Track 2 - Money: Alright kind of sounds the same, similar if not identical riffs and melody throughout. It’s a live performance, they’re warming up the crowd… I’ll let them cook. Track 3 -Great Balls of Blah Blah Blah: It’s like the same one continuous song 🙄 I would get down to it more if I was alive in the 60’s, high as a kite, sweating like I just took a hot shower in Vietnam in the humid summer delirious off watery beer and whiskey… but I’m just finding it hard to find replay value and how this made 1001 greatest albums ?? Like c’mon bruv, let’s give credit to the Black Blues artists that predate this man and who he clearly takes inspiration from. Overall, it was just cool 🤷🏻‍♂️

So this is what cultural appropriation sounds like…check I’m looking at you Jack Harlow 😉 Although he’s from Louisiana … he also married his 13 yo cousin. I guess someone had to do it (not the pedo incest stuff) but to be the poster boy for the style lifting from the disenfranchised black south… Elvis too. Now that you know he’s a pedo, his songs def have a sinister undertone, right? Ugh 😣 that guttural cat call is the definition of CRINGE Thank god this album is only 20 minutes long 1 star because he said something cool about New Orleans otherwise he would’ve gotten 0 Maybe I’m acting too woke? I dunno. This album was cringy af. I’m glad that ride is over. But I guess I’ll say something positive …. He broke the cultural barrier making it cool for white kids to openly listen to black music…. But does music truly have a color? But he’s still an incestuous pedo

the flavor profile of this album is Tyson's Crispy Chicken Strips. It's one big note, useful if hungry, but not of the finer stuff. maybe you had to be there? I dunno if personally live albums always translate well, the mixing is a little biased towards loudness over nuance.

Lots of fun energy, always feels like its about to come off the rails, edgy and catchy

alright, so jerry lee lewis is fun. let'ss see. This was a lot of fun. the right album to get through a rough morning.

Surprisingly not too bad. I was expecting not to enjoy it but i ended up knowing a few of the songs. A short listen too

Fun, good party album. I find it a bit samey, can't see me listening to the album through again by myself

Jammin’! 3.5/5

Great balls of fire, this was an excellent classic 60s album!

Classic stuff

# 139 : It is fast paced screamer that smashes for a live album. But i prefer studio records to live dubbings myself. Enjoyable, but I wouldn't go back to it, and that’s NOT just because of the music...

Ok but not for me

Muy corto, pero me parece absolutamente maravillosoooo

Dance music!

According to Wikipedia, this is considered one of the wildest and greatest live rock albums ever. I can see it - this album at times has almost a manic energy that is tantalizing yet accessible at the same time. Incredibly sincere recording captures an intimacy that you don't hear form a lot of older albums.

I bet this was such a fun concert. It’s so high energy. Is Money a Jerry Lee Lewis original? I think I’ve only ever heard more modern covers of that. The fast tempo and keys are so fun. My most favorite concerts I’ve been to in the last few years have had this level of energy. It’s something I really value in live music. My only real complaint about this album is that it’s way too short.

The Star Club! Such a rad and historical venue. I had no idea this record even existed. For such a short album, there is so much energy in every song. You can feel that energy in the audience, he's really leaning into it and it compounds as the album progresses. The music is simple, but its full. However, the piano really elevates the music and brings all the energy together. Despite Jerry Lee Lewis being one of the biggest assholes in modern music, he sure knows how to work an audience and bring up the energy.

The music is really fun but this guy gives me the creeps. But today we're just talking about music so 4 stars from me.

Not to bad for an incestuous pedophile

i imagine this was fantastic live, i didn’t mind the live recording either because it didn’t distract from the actual songs

Wow this guy has a ton of energy. It was good. But most live music I listen too have 20 minute songs not albums.

Amazing album, very fun

Terrible.

Boogie woogie

Yeah, good tunes, but I’ll take Little Richard singing them over Jerry Lee Lewis any day.

Ugh, this mother fucker.

Now THIS is a Christmas album. Nothing says Christmas quite like a rockabilly running off and marrying his 13 year cousin. Just for good measure, his backing band on this album is named the Nashville Teens. I guess it's true what they say. The heart wants what the heart wants. Or more accurately, the heart wants what the dick wants. But get past your preconceived feelings about the Killer, and just enjoy this. He might have been a racist pedophile for a good chunk of his life, but that doesn't mean he couldn't rock. Just like OJ murdering two people doesn't make him a bad running back.

Nicht ganz meine Musik

I enjoyed this quite a bit. While the songs are mostly very simplistic, the energy is palpable. I am a sucker for live albums, and this did not disappoint.

His voice isn’t that great compared to others of the time. It was 20 mins of ‘piano riff woo’ music and there’s not much else to say other than he was a child abuser.

Boy can really play the piano. Sounds like it was a helluva show

Oh you're a musician? name 5 children you have groomed if you separate the art from the artist... this is still mid. Why does he sound so much like Randy Marsh? I suppose it makes sense given his character 2 Stars for Racist Elvis

Fun upbeat old school Johnny B. Goode type songs, but live recordings aren’t my favorite. Favorite track: Great Balls of Fire

Fizzes with energy. Probably won’t listen again but glad I did. This is why live albums are so good.

All the hits you want to hear in one live set.

Good energy but songs are bleh

I can normally separate the art from the artist. It's something I rarely have an issue with. Jerry Lee Lewis is an issue. I don't care how bombastic the performances are, how wild the crowd is cheering, or how iconic the melodies are. Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13-year old first cousin's daughter. Twice! And big surprise, she was "subject to every type of physical and mental abuse imaginable". That's just one (major) bullet point in the list of reasons why JLL was a piece of sub-human scum. This album came out over 6 years after their marriage was public. The fact that he even had an audience to record this in front of is digesting.

Meh

p74. 1964. 5 stars. I'm not a fan of live albums, but this is terrifyingly good - early 60s raw musical energy, captured into a perfect 37 mins (YouTube version).

Old fashioned rock and roll.

An explosion of passion. This is a really fun album. In and out in 22 mins. Sounds good for a live album too. Enjoyable.

That was good!

Jerry Lee is absolutely on fire, probably would’ve been more interesting if they kept more of the set on the album rather than cut it to 22 minutes. I dont think I can give more than 3 stars to essentially a 20 min live cover album but it sure was fun.

4.4 Probably should be rated five star. Jerry Lee is a madman and absolutely rips it up. I got a kick out of the bass player being barely able to keep up. The version I listened to was only 20 minutes, it looks like there is a 40 minute album that I will have to get my hands on.

Goodness gracious.

he certainly plays as though his piano's on fire

Short concert, stolen music. The performance is energetic, but the cloud of "white man popularising the black man's music" hangs heavy here. Classic rock & roll, albeit distilled.

This rips so hard.

This made a dance-adverse man dance. Generic as the songs are, the furious performance makes it great.

E' stato un album piacevole da ascoltare, divertente.

I have the same problems with Jerry Lee Lewis that I have with Elvis. All of his songs are not his songs. They are from Little Richard and Ray Charles and other artists. In other words, black artists. He white washes the music, which did make the music popular, because of reasons. I prefer the original versions. I am not sure why the live album was included in this list. It was not that good of a live album. I will begrudgingly round up to a 3 even though the original artists' versions are superior. Also, I did not let Jerry's awfulness as a person impact this rating.

Not bad. Just all sounds the same. Early 60s rockabilly isn’t my thing. 2.75

Rockabilicious!

Boy that racist paedo sure can play

ok

This is a great rendition of Jerry Lee Lewis. I’m not usually a fan of live albums, but I really enjoyed this one!

high energy, great songs, wish I was there, want to buy a piano

Een los nummer af en toe is wel ok, een heel album wat veel. Niet heel goed.

Bullshit.

Ok - skipped a few and not in a hurry to go back

Very intense performance over 20 minutes. Lots of energy and passion is coming across! One thing I was wondering while listening: I'm not sure how many of these songs are his vs covers.

The cocaine was good in Hamburg this night. What a ball of energy.

Billy's gonna rock.

This is one of the roots of rock and roll. Ironically I think every song on the album is a cover but you can see how the sound influenced everything to come. 4 stars for me!

I've never listened to an album by Lewis before, but this was decent. It's clear he was a skilled musician and entertainer. As far as live albums go, it didn't really present anything of the audience, so it might as well have been recorded in the studio for a little higher quality. If I am ever in a boogie-woogie mode and Little Richard isn't filling the need, I might come back to this album or artist.

Dude sounds like a hell of a live performer. I had no idea what to expect from this, but I really enjoyed it. Managing to hit the vocals so well while playing at such a high energy level is pretty impressive.

It's good, but just a bit outside of what I would choose to listen to on a daily basis. I really appreciate the recording quality and engineering though.

Classic

High School Confidential - 8/10 Money - 8/10 Great Balls of Fire -7/10 Good Golly, Miss Molly - 7/10 Lewis’ Boogie - 8/10 Your Cheating Heart - 7/10 Long, Tall Sally - 7/10 Whole Lotta Shaking - 8/10 TOTAL - 53/80

Incredibly impressive live performance, I was not in the mood for it though. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.

Great energetic set, probably the only thing you need to have from Jerry Lee

"Listen, you can hear the energy!". Yeah, I can mostly hear the songs he stole from black musicians, that's for sure.

A wild burst of energy of decent songs. I'm not a fan of his music, but he knows how to play live for sure!

Apparently this dude has made some bad life choices. Where he made good ones was the in this music set that was recorded. Early Rock n Roll at it’s finest. I came here for the music🤟

A great live album from one of the pioneers of Rock 'N Roll. A sample of 50s classics, and great chronicle of hard hittin' rock that was that generation's reason for pearl-clutching. The poor piano! The poor guitar solo drowned out in the mix! The very clear drumming! Money was the best track. Long Tall Sally and Great Balls of Fire were great rockers.

Another live record… a very energetic and electric performance.

Great artist, bad person? The energy on this album is bonkers, but I admit to feeling uneasy enjoying this music knowing what I know about his life.

This is a very good live recording of Jerry Lee Lewis. He and the band sound great, and I bet it was incredible to be part of the audience. It was very short, though, could have used a little more.

I was glad I got to listen to this and hear Jerry pound the same chord over and over again and then run his finger up and down the piano. It compelled me to Goggle “Was Jerry Lee Lewis a good piano player?” Apparently there’s some strong opinions. There were flashes of him showing better playing (Your Cheating Heart), but I was pretty underwhelmed. I was expecting to love this, and am glad I didn’t. Because he was a bad guy.

One of the best live albums ever from sheer energy but it actually has a little bit of a lacking tracklist despite its short length.

Jeg kan jo ikke si annet enn at dette er gøy, kult... jeg blir i godt humør, men det er jo ikke musikk jeg kommer til å ta frem for å lytte til.

Oh man, Killer alright. Imagine being in the crowd for this one 🤯

Cool!

Zu Rock n Roll für mich

All the songs sounded the same and he doesn’t have the best voice.

Decent old school rock and roll

Eh, not that interesting.

If you don’t have a problem with pedophiles…

Very solid live album. While nowadays these songs seem cliche, that’s only because of how important they are to the foundation of everything we hear today. While it’s surprisingly well produced and mixed for a concert from 60 years ago, Jerry Lee Lewis energetic performance is what really shines through.

23 minutes of exactly what I expected.

Quick listen. A lot of it blended together for me, didn’t hate it and found myself head bopping a bit but it didn’t resonate. Doesn’t help that I don’t like live albums that much, generally prefer studio versions of songs.

WHY MORE COUNTRY?!?: THIS IS THE THIRD COUNTRY ALBUM IN A ROW AND I WANT TO KMS. Added to this streak is an album by one of music's biggest weirdos. Married his 13 year old cousin? Racist? Shit music? Don't think you'll catch me lacking listening to this on spotify again. A stolen live set by a dickhead.

Don't touch it. Don't sing about touching it. Don't think about touching it. Don't sing about thinking about touching it. Or something. I thought albums had to be a minimum of 25 minutes?

married his 13 yr old cousin, the less acceptable Elvis which is saying something..... Great Balls is a tune though 2 stars

- Great Balls of Fire

Nice rockin' album, JLL is great live It was a little short though, 22m is half what I expect from an album

heck yes

Good golly. What a goddamn maniac. I didn’t know they had cocaine back then.

JLL was hoogstwaarschijnlijk rot van binnen. We gaan hier net zoals bij Michael Jackson en Marilyn Manson ons echt moeten focussen op de muziek. Een live-plaat vol rock & roll classics gebracht met de kracht van een orkaan klasse 4. Dat punkrock hier geboren wordt, ga ik niet beweren, maar The Ramones hebben hier wel best veel mosterd gehaald. Ocharme die piano. Die zal na dit concert bij het grof vuil gezet zijn omdat ze niet meer te stemmen viel. Misschien had de plaat toch ergens een rustpunt kunnen gebruiken, want nu gaat alles een beetje in elkaar over. Mijn minst favoriete grootheid uit de legendarische Sun Studios krijgt een 3.

Great livealbum. You can really hear the joy the band is having on stage.

Ew, a live album. I’m tempted to just skip this one all together. I don’t see the point. A recording captures a sub-optimal quality of the performance and conveys exactly none of the energy being there in person might give. I typically outright brush love albums off but in the spirit of this journey, am trying to give it a chance. I know the songs and enjoy this version of them. Hearing the crowds cheer and holler though, takes me away from the music. Still, there’s talent here. People just have a hard time separating the art from the artist.

Putting the personal life stuff aside for a minute.... While short, this album's ridiculous. The band is loud and brash and yet somehow simultaneously extremely tight. Another review labeled it as proto-proto-punk and that's pretty much it right there. But then you realize that Little Richard existed and did it better.

I'm not feeling like rating this piece of shit's album.

One of the best live albums I've listened to. 5 stars for the music, 1 star for Jerry Lee Lewis as a person, averaging to 3.

Talented for sure. Also a monster.

Pure chaos

Loved this. Have to put the man’s character aside because that’s not the point of this and, let’s face it, many would be excluded if we took their character in to account. Such energy. Would love to have been there

Cooking with great balls of fire

I really hate this genre. He can play but I hate it anyway.

Listening to Live at the Star Club feels like witnessing the evolution of swing into rock and roll. There are swing elements which make you just want to dance. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On is a great example of a song that's just meant for dance. You could picture it playing at a 60s high school prom. But then you have songs like Money and Great Balls of Fire where Jerry really belts. Funny enough, it reminds me of the Max Rebo Band from Star Wars which I'm guessing drew influence from Jerry. This album feels very Elvis as well. Just feels like 1960s in a time capsule.

Bit repetitive

Lekker energiek, maar moet je wel met aandacht naar luisteren, want het is zeker geen achtergrondmuziek.

Cool rock and rolling album

Really enjoyed it Appears bloke is a nonce married his 13 year old cousin

So many thoughts come up listening to this album. Jerry Lee Lewis was huge when my dad was a kid and I imagine him loving this music. I also want to look up why Hamburg was the hot spot for music back then. I grew up in Germany as an American military brat and I bet it was a blast hanging out in Hamburg in the 1960s.

Ihan jees? Lempparit High School Confidential ja Money. Great Balls of Fire meni nii kovaa parodiahorisontin yli etten pystyny kuuntelee tosissani :D Vissii tää ukko oli joku pedofiili kans.

Tää muistuttaa mua tosi paljon BB Kingist, varmaa ku livemusaa samalt ajalt. Erittäin jees tällee ku sattuu kuuntelee mut tää ei oo sellasta mitä laittaisin taustalle ku oon yksin, ehkä jonkun dinnerin tai illanvieton taustalle. Hyvä meno!!

Loads of energy in this album, bet those concerts were class back in the day

3/5 - Many classic songs and a good performance, however live albums have to be special to elevate the studio versions and I'm not sure if this does that.

I'm not a fan of live albums, the production quality is never going to be as good as a studio and I don't think the audio of the audience adds much. But what does that matter when you have an artist performing at the top of his game with more energy than Robin Williams on a kilo of cocaine. This album is frenetic, non stop, top tier rock and roll. All the more shame he's such a shit human being.

First listen Saved 4/8 Top track: Money

Heerlijke swing rock&roll, lijkt me een prachtige live show om bij te zijn. Album is wat mij betreft te kort.

Not for me

22 Minuten purer Rock n Roll / Jerry Lee Lewis absolute Legende / energetisch und treibend / mich persönlich holt Rock n Roll leider immer nicht so sehr ab. 3/5

Jerry Lee Lewis was a master of his craft, and this album really let that craft shine. I thought this was an incredibly well-mixed live album. Great from beginning to end.

A bit too short to truly get into it. The album is lacking the spark that give you a feeling of what it was like to be there, despite the crowd being on the record.

This is like metal.. but it's blues. I love it, it's rocking, the energy is out of this world. A full-on performance. I wonder if Freddie Mercury liked Jerry Lee Lewis? I hear a lot of Mercury's vocal traits and phrasing (in High School Confidential in particular (I'm writing this whilst listening to that tune). A really enjoyable listen, far exceeded my expectations.

A little underwhelming, but a good listen

Jerry Lee Lewis is a legend at the ivories, and this album showcases exactly why. Everyone has heard a few of these songs, but the flawless performances on a live recording combined with the frenetic and bombastic songs themselves made this album a treat to listen to. Highlights: High School Confidential - Opening song of a concert and live album and this man casually blows the keys off a piano. Fantastic skill on display. Money - Damn this was a fun song to listen to. Classic oldie rock perfection. Good Golly, Miss Molly - Wow, JLL was allergic to keeping it low key. Tearing the keys up! Your Cheating Heart - The one slow song on the album, which does well to showcase the vocals a bit more. Lowlights: None. Final Thoughts: A fantastic album of piano-centric classic rock in only 22 minutes runtime. Everyone should give this a whirl at least once.