Chris Isaak

“I have always wanted to make this record.” – Chris Isaak

Yes, after more than a quarter of a century
into his career, Chris Isaak has finally created the album he’s always
wanted to make.  Beyond the Sun, Isaak’s first Vanguard Records release
out Oct. 18 —is truly a labor of
love. As a child spinning his parents 45s in their Stockton, California
home, this deeply committed artist has been obsessed with the glory
days of Memphis’ Sun Studio and the visionary artists who got their
starts there—including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl
Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by the
late, great Sun Records founder Sam Phillips. Now, at long
last, Isaak has acted on this lifelong obsession, magically recapturing
the transformative hepcat brilliance of the classic sides cut by these
greats at Sun with Phillips during the mid-’50s, while also getting down
to the heart and soul of his own deeply rooted musical identity. 
Beyond the Sun will be available in both the 14-song standard set as
well as a double album version that includes an additional 11 tracks.