Various - SUN Records Sun Country Box 1950-1959 (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)

Outstanding presentation of great and historically important music

The Sun Country Box and its companion, the Sun Rock Box, offer a broad look at this critical slice of American popular music. Featuring a range of lesser known artists (often idiosyncratic, but consistently interesting), rather than focussing exclusively on the stars, these collections give us a more accurate and comprehensive view of the musical culture of the time. Sound quality is excellent, and the included books are beautifully presented and clearly have been exhaustively researched.

This is the best stuff you can get. No doubt!!!

Umfangreiche Country-Werkschau des legendären Labels.
Rolling Stone 8/2013 Franz Schöler

As ever with Bear Family the sound and presentation are faultless and the fardback book that accompanies the set, a volume worth having on ist own.
Maverick July/August 2013 John Atkins

I'm not always overly keen on re-issues but when it comes to Bear Family Records there's always that little extra that is hard to find elsewhere.
Country Music People July 2013 Roland Purdy

Die Musik von SUN wird auf einem Bauernhof in Holse-Oldendorf bei Bremen gepflegt.
Die Welt Mai 2013 Michael Pilz

Diese prachtvolle Sechs-CD-Box rollt den Hillbilly-Katalog von Sam Phillips' Label von hinten auf und reicht dabei weit über Countrymusik hinaus.
Musikexpress 7/13 Frank Sawatzki

Diese neue Veröffentlichung besticht durch ein Hardcoverbuch im LP-Format mit 148 Seiten und vielen bisher nicht veröffentlichten Fotos und neueren und besseren Informationen als die die alte LP-Box noch liefern konnte. Klasse!
R & R Musikmagazin 3/2013 H.G. Hartig

This 6CD compilation is a much improved, brilliantly annotated revamp of the 1986 vinyl version and certainly adds to Bear Family's envious reputation.
Mojo 6/2013 Fred Dellar

The most revelatory of a three-volume survey of Sun Records (see also Blues Box and Rock Box), this six-CD set comes via Germany's Bear Family, which has arguably done more to preserve country-music history than any U.S. label
Rolling Stone May 8, 2013 Will Hermes

6 CDs mit revolutionären Country-Aufnahmen, die immer noch erfrischend wirken und die der Sun-Chef Sam Phillips verantwortete, sind nun in einer massiven Box zu genießen.
KulturSpiegel 4/2013 Christoph Dallach

There's so much stuff to consume in this glorious aural history that it's almost pointless to highlight standouts.
Record Collector 4/2013 Terry Staunton

It's a stunning set and defintely still a Rolls-Royce!
Now Dig This 3/13 Howard Cockburn