Break Up (false start to 'Settin' the Woods on Fire' & take named (2.1) on BCD 17254)

~ Recording by Jerry Lee Lewis

Annotation

Firstly issued in 1982 on "The Sun Years" (12 LP set). Contains spoken intro, false start to "Settin' the Woods on Fire" and take 4 (net length 2:23) of version 1 (unaccompanied demo) of "Break Up".
Note from the back cover of Record 7 of "The Sun Years". Returning to "Break Up", Jerry allows us a clear-eyed look into the essential rocking nature of both himself and the song. As with the earlier solo version, there are shades of Charlie Rich's piano style and comparisons between this and Rich's widely available demo version are fascinating.
On this take, Jerry gallops through the piano solo and just makes it. Even the Killer has physical limitations. In fact, if he didn't stop for a cold beer after this take he may have been Ferriday's first android.

Annotation last modified on 2012-07-22 12:18 UTC.

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recording of:Break Up (from 1958-07-05 until 1958-07-07)

Break Up

lyricist and composer:Charlie Rich (US country singer)
publisher:Knox Music, Inc.