Jerry Lee Lewis

BREAK UP

(Charlie Rich)

Sound-illustrated recordings' history

Recording session (date, location), number of takes, personnel	Take No.: listen Real Media	Net length, m:s	Vinyl release	CD release			Note
	Take No.: listen Real Media	Net length, m:s	Vinyl release	BFB¹	SB4²	Sd35³ etc	Note
Prob. May 1958 4 takes 706 Union Av., Memphis, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano Overdub session: July 9, 1958 Billy Riley: guitar Stan Kesler: bass J. M. Van Eaton: drums	1	2:18	Sun Star 002	—	7/20	.	.
	2	2:21	SB102⁴ 7A4	—	—	.	.
	3	2:22	.	C4/25	—	.	.
	4	2:24	SB102 7A9	C4/31	12/13	Sd35 1/23	.
	4 overdub.	2:22	.	—	9/14	.	.
July 16-18, 1958 12 takes 706 Union Av., Memphis, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano Billy Riley: guitar or bass Jack Clement: guitar/bass Otis Jett or J. M. Van Eaton: drums Overdub session: July 21, 1958 unknown: add. guitar unknown: vocal chorus	1	2:40	.	—	9/15	.	.
	2	2:40	.	C5/2	11/13, 12/28	.	.
	4	2:34	.	—	7/21	.	.
	6	2:27	.	C5/4	12/15	.	.
	7	2:37	.	—	11/14	.	.
	Unidentified I	2:35	.	—	—	Sd35 2/23	Unidentified takes I–III might be from among takes 5, 8, 9, 10
	Unidentified II	2:23	SB102 7B3	—	—	.
	Unidentified III overdub.	2:24	.	—	11/18	.
	11	2:23	.	—	11/15	.	.
	12	2:37	Sun 303, 9/1/58	C5/6	1/13	.	.
September 22, 1963 One known take 319 7th Av. North, Nashville, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano other details unknown	One	2:22	SRS 67040	L1/6	—	.	.

Notes

1. BFB: Bear Family Records' CD-boxes:

C: «CLASSIC JERRY LEE LEWIS. The definitive edition of his Sun recordings 1956 – 1963», 8-CD box (246 tracks), BCD 15420 HH, West Germany, 1989
L: «JERRY LEE LEWIS. The Locust years... and the return to the promised land», 8-CD box, BCD 15783 HI, Germany, 1994
M: «JERRY LEE LEWIS. Mercury Smashes... and Rockin' Sessions», 10-CD box, BCD 15784 JK, Germany, 2000.
P: «THE CLASSIC CARL PERKINS», 5-CD box, BCD 15494 EH, West Germany, 1990.

2. SB4: «JERRY LEE LEWIS. THE ULTIMATE (Sun years)», 11-CD set (318 tracks) + Bonus CD (CD Sun Box 4-12, 29 tracks), CD Sun Box 4, Charly Records, UK, 1993.
3. Sd35: «Jerry Lee Lewis. The Alternate Collection», 2-CD set (61 tracks), CD SUND 35 (File under Rock & Roll), Charly Records, UK, 1991.
4. SB102: «JERRY LEE LEWIS: THE SUN YEARS», 12-LP set, Sun Box 102, Charly Records, UK, 1982.