Jerry Lee Lewis

DOWN THE LINE

(Roy Orbison)

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
January 16-18, 1958 8 takes, one f/s 706 Union Av., Memphis, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano prob. Billy Riley: guitar poss. J. W. Brown or Stan Kesler: bass J. M. Van Eaton: drums	1	2:01	.	—	9/6	.	.
	f/s 2 of tk2	0:27	.	C3/7	—	.	.
	2	2:12	.	C3/7	—	.	.
	3	2:09	.	—	7/9	.	.
	4	2:17	SB102⁴ 4B7	—	11/6	.	.
	5	2:03	.	—	—	Sd35 1/24	.
	6	2:01	.	C3/6	8/30	.	.
	7	2:04	.	—	11/7	.	.
	8	2:12	Sun 288, 2/58	C3/9	1/7	.	.
April 5, 1964 One live take Star Club, Grosse Freiheit 39, Hamburg, West Germany Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano and The Nashville Teens: John Allen: guitar Peter Shannon: guitar Ray Phillips: bass John Hanken: drums	One	2:51	STL 148005	—	—	LSCH⁵/14	.
January 10, 1973 One known take Advision St., Gosfield Str., London, England Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano Alvin Lee: guitar Albert Lee: guitar Gary Wright: organ Kenneth Lovelace: acoustic guitar Ray Smith: acoustic guitar Klaus Voormann: bass Kenny Jones: drums Mick Kellie: drums Tony Colton, Brian Parrish, Jerry Lee Lewis Jr.: percussion	One	3:28	SRM2 803	—	—	CLS⁶ 2/10	.

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.
5. LSCH: «Jerry Lee Lewis: Live at The Star-Club Hamburg», Bear Family Records, BCD 15467, West Germany, 1989.
6. CLS: «THE (COMPLETE) SESSION, Recorded in London with great guest artists» 2-CD set, Hip-O Select/Mercury Records, A Universal Music Company, US, 2005.