The late Billy Lee Riley was one of the titanic but unsung pioneers of rock "n" roll. He was better looking than Carl Perkins, his multi-instrumental ability surpassed Elvis"s, his confidence equaled Jerry Lee Lewis"s. And he was important to SUN RECORDS in ways others were not. Riley"s musicians, co-opted as studio session-men, plotted the course of rock "n" roll as much as many a more celebrated band. Like the household names, Riley had a life after SUN and this 29-track CD contains two diverse but equally versatile albums made some 14 years apart. Vintage, from 1980, is a solid, renascent set of immortal rock "n" roll classics inspired by the renewed European interest in rockabilly and Sun Records. Then there"s Southern Soul At The Brave-Falcon which features R&B standards, Top 40 tunes and Riley"s own songs in a live nightclub recording which captures the best sounds of the era. Its sexy, blues "n" boogie based soulful music and when Riley hollers Do the Temptation Walk it"s the mid-60s all over again. As BEAR FAMILY always goes that extra, obsessional mile, we"ve included a longer undubbed version of the Chuck Berry Medley, several other previously unissued performances and a rare Mojo single issued under the pseudonym of Skip Wiley.