Classic Jerry Lee Lewis: The Definitive Edition of His Sun Recordings 1956-1963 (Incl. Unissued Performances)

Other by Jerry Lee Lewis

Released September 1989

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Crazy Arms
    2:46
  • 2
    End of the Road
    1:50
  • 3
    You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
    2:40
  • 4
    Born to Lose
    2:42
  • 5
    Silver Threads Among the Gold
    2:06
  • 6
    I'm Throwing Rice
    2:16
  • 7
    I Love You So Much It Hurts
    2:20
  • 8
    Deep Elem Blues
    2:46
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    Goodnight Irene
    3:07
  • 10
    Goodnight Irene (undubbed master)
    2:56
  • 11
    Honey Hush
    2:06
  • 12
    Crawdad Song
    1:49
  • 13
    Dixie
    1:33
  • 14
    The Marines' Hymn
    2:26
  • 15
    That Lucky Old Sun
    3:10
  • 16
    Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
    2:19
  • 17
    You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven (unissued)
    2:30
  • 18
    Lewis Boogie
    2:01
  • 19
    I Love You Because
    3:04
  • 20
    I Can't Help It
    2:54
  • 21
    Cold, Cold Heart
    3:07
  • 22
    Shame on You
    2:10
  • 23
    I'll Keep on Loving You
    1:51
  • 24
    You Are My Sunshine
    2:12
  • 25
    Tomorrow Night
    2:57
  • 26
    Sixty Minute Man
    1:51
  • 27
    It All Depends (Who Will Buy the Wine) (undubbed master)
    3:01
  • 28
    I Don't Love Nobody
    2:10
  • 29
    Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
    2:43
  • 30
    It'll Be Me (alt.)
    2:30
  • 31
    It'll Be Me (alt. 2) (unissued)
    2:32
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (master)
    2:55
    4.6 ★
  • 2
    It'll Be Me (false starts)
    0:39
  • 3
    It'll Be Me (unissued)
    2:37
  • 4
    It'll Be Me (single master)
    2:47
  • 5
    Ole Pal of Yesterday
    2:38
  • 6
    You Win Again
    2:09
  • 7
    Love Letters in the Sand
    2:04
  • 8
    Little Green Valley (unissued)
    2:07
  • 9
    Lewis Boogie (master)
    2:02
  • 10
    Pumpin' Piano Rock
    2:05
  • 11
    It'll Be Me (LP master)
    2:15
  • 12
    All Night Long
    2:04
  • 13
    Old Time Religion
    1:56
  • 14
    When the Saints Go Marching In (undubbed master)
    2:12
  • 15
    My Carolina Sunshine Girl
    1:53
  • 16
    Long Gone Lonesome Blues
    2:04
  • 17
    Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
    2:37
  • 18
    Singing the Blues
    2:08
  • 19
    Keep Your Hands Off of It / Rockin' With Red
    2:09
  • 20
    Matchbox (undubbed master)
    1:53
  • 21
    Matchbox
    1:51
  • 22
    Ubangi Stomp
    1:48
  • 23
    Rock & Roll Ruby
    1:59
  • 24
    So Long I'm Gone
    2:11
  • 25
    Ooby Dooby
    1:59
  • 26
    I Forgot to Remember to Forget (unissued)
    2:39
  • 27
    You Win Again (undubbed master)
    2:58
  • 28
    I'm Feeling Sorry
    3:07
  • 29
    I'm Feeling Sorry
    2:25
  • 30
    I'm Feeling Sorry
    2:40
  • 31
    I'm Feeling Sorry
    2:41
  • 32
    Mean Woman Blues
    2:27
  • 33
    Turn Around
    2:49
  • 34
    Great Balls of Fire (movie cut)
    1:49
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Great Balls of Fire (with chatter)
    2:53
  • 2
    Why Should I Cry Over You
    2:35
  • 3
    Religious discussion
    4:01
  • 4
    Great Balls of Fire (master)
    1:54
    4.4 ★
  • 5
    You Win Again (overdubbed master)
    2:57
  • 6
    Down the Line (unissued)
    2:03
  • 7
    Down the Line (with false starts)
    2:55
  • 8
    I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry
    2:38
  • 9
    Down the Line (master)
    2:14
  • 10
    Sexy Ways (false start)
    0:31
  • 11
    Cool, Cool Ways (Sexy Ways)
    2:34
  • 12
    Milkshake Mademoiselle
    2:21
  • 13
    Breathless (unissued)
    2:39
  • 14
    Milkshake Mademoiselle
    2:03
  • 15
    Milkshake Mademoiselle (unissued, with 2 false starts)
    2:40
  • 16
    Breathless (master)
    2:45
    4.0 ★
  • 17
    High School Confidential (with false start)
    2:48
  • 18
    High School Confidential (unissued)
    2:37
  • 19
    High School Confidential
    2:34
  • 20
    High School Confidential
    2:47
  • 21
    Put Me Down (unissued)
    2:10
  • 22
    Good Rockin' Tonight
    2:43
  • 23
    Pink Pedal Pushers
    2:09
  • 24
    Jailhouse Rock
    1:58
  • 25
    Hound Dog
    1:27
    4.0 ★
  • 26
    Don't Be Cruel
    2:01
  • 27
    Someday
    2:45
  • 28
    Jambalaya
    2:01
  • 29
    Friday Nights
    1:44
  • 30
    Big Legged Woman
    2:25
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Hello, Hello Baby
    3:23
  • 2
    Frankie and Johnny
    2:33
  • 3
    Your Cheatin' Heart
    2:12
  • 4
    Lovesick Blues
    2:11
  • 5
    Goodnight Irene (overdubbed master)
    2:55
  • 6
    When the Saints Go Marchin' In (overdubbed master)
    2:11
  • 7
    Matchbox (overdubbed master)
    1:45
  • 8
    It All Depends (Who Will Buy the Wine) (overdubbed master)
    3:00
  • 9
    Put Me Down
    2:24
  • 10
    Fools Like Me (undubbed master)
    2:53
  • 11
    Carrying On (Sexy Ways) (unissued)
    2:00
  • 12
    Crazy Heart (with false start)
    3:09
  • 13
    Put Me Down
    1:59
  • 14
    Put Me Down
    2:10
  • 15
    High School Confidential (false start)
    0:29
  • 16
    High School Confidential (master)
    2:32
    5.0 ★
  • 17
    Slippin' Around
    2:26
  • 18
    I'll See You in My Dreams
    2:34
  • 19
    Real Wild Child
    1:56
  • 20
    Let the Good Times Roll
    2:15
  • 21
    Fools Like Me (overdubbed master)
    2:52
  • 22
    Settin' the Woods on Fire (unissued)
    2:27
  • 23
    Memory of You
    2:10
  • 24
    Come What May
    2:04
  • 25
    Break Up
    2:25
  • 26
    Crazy Heart
    3:23
  • 27
    Live and Let Live
    0:37
  • 28
    I'll Make It All Up to You (with false start)
    2:56
  • 29
    Crazy Arms
    2:42
  • 30
    Johnny B. Goode
    1:56
  • 31
    Settin' the Woods on Fire (false start) / Break Up
    2:34
  • CD 5
  • 1
    Return of Jerry Lee
    Jerry Lee Lewis, Jack Clement & George Klein
    2:34
  • 2
    Break Up (unissued)
    2:42
  • 3
    I'll Make It All Up to You (unissued)
    3:00
  • 4
    Break Up (unissued)
    2:29
  • 5
    Johnny B. Goode
    2:43
  • 6
    Break Up (master)
    2:39
  • 7
    I'll Make It All Up to You
    3:06
  • 8
    Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
    2:37
  • 9
    I'll Sail My Ship Alone
    2:10
  • 10
    It Hurt Me So (with chatter)
    3:22
  • 11
    You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven (unissued)
    1:51
  • 12
    It Hurt Me So
    2:39
  • 13
    Lovin' Up a Storm (unissued)
    1:56
  • 14
    Big Blon' Baby
    1:43
  • 15
    Lovin' Up a Storm
    1:54
  • 16
    Sick and Tired
    2:46
  • 17
    (Just a Shanty in Old) Shanty Town
    2:32
  • 18
    Release Me
    2:10
  • 19
    I Could Never Be Ashamed of You (unissued, with false start)
    2:49
  • 20
    Near You (takes 1 & 2)
    3:08
  • 21
    I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
    2:26
  • 22
    Hillbilly Fever
    2:08
  • 23
    My Blue Heaven
    1:59
  • 24
    My Blue Heaven
    1:46
  • 25
    Let's Talk About Us (with false start)
    3:07
  • 26
    Little Queenie
    2:26
  • 27
    Home
    2:00
  • 28
    Will the Circle Be Unbroken
    2:25
  • 29
    Ballad of Billy Joe
    2:59
  • 30
    Sail Away
    2:27
  • 31
    Am I to Be the One (with false starts)
    2:14
  • CD 6
  • 1
    Night Train to Memphis
    2:11
  • 2
    I'm the Guilty One
    2:10
  • 3
    Let's Talk About Us
    2:10
  • 4
    The Wild Side of Life (stereo)
    2:49
  • 5
    Charming Billy (stereo)
    2:20
  • 6
    My Bonnie (stereo)
    2:37
  • 7
    Mexicali Rose (slow)
    2:57
  • 8
    Mexicali Rose (fast)
    1:46
  • 9
    Gettin' in the Mood
    2:29
  • 10
    In the Mood
    3:01
  • 11
    I Get the Blues When It Rains
    1:11
  • 12
    I Get the Blues When It Rains
    2:19
  • 13
    Don't Drop It
    1:55
  • 14
    Great Speckled Bird
    3:00
  • 15
    Great Speckled Bird
    1:46
  • 16
    Bonnie B.
    2:42
  • 17
    Baby, Baby Bye Bye
    2:04
  • 18
    Baby, Baby Bye Bye
    2:19
  • 19
    I Can't Help It (unissued with false starts)
    2:25
  • 20
    Old Black Joe
    2:15
  • 21
    Your Cheatin' Heart
    1:47
  • 22
    Old Black Joe
    2:07
  • 23
    Bonnie B.
    2:22
  • 24
    As Long as I Live (unissued)
    2:26
  • 25
    Hound Dog
    2:06
  • 26
    As Long as I Live
    2:28
  • 27
    What'd I Say
    2:25
  • 28
    Keep Your Hands Off of It (Birthday Cake)
    2:32
  • 29
    Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes
    2:59
  • 30
    John Henry (master - slightly extended) (stereo)
    2:33
  • 31
    What'd I Say (stereo)
    3:23
  • 32
    C.C. Rider (stereo)
    2:51
  • CD 7
  • 1
    When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again (unissued) (stereo)
    2:35
  • 2
    Lewis Workout (stereo)
    3:15
  • 3
    When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again (stereo)
    2:18
  • 4
    When I Get Paid (stereo)
    3:27
  • 5
    Love Made a Fool of Me (stereo)
    2:32
  • 6
    No More Than I Get (stereo)
    2:26
  • 7
    Livin', Lovin' Wreck (stereo)
    2:04
  • 8
    What'd I Say (stereo)
    2:26
  • 9
    Cold, Cold Heart (stereo)
    3:07
  • 10
    I Forgot to Remember to Forget
    2:16
  • 11
    It Won't Happen With Me (stereo)
    3:00
  • 12
    C.C. Rider (stereo)
    2:28
  • 13
    I Love You Because (stereo)
    1:54
  • 14
    Save the Last Dance for Me (stereo)
    1:52
  • 15
    Hello Josephine (My Girl Josephine) (stereo)
    1:45
  • 16
    High Powered Woman (stereo)
    2:02
  • 17
    My Blue Heaven -1 (stereo)
    2:01
  • 18
    My Blue Heaven -2 (stereo)
    2:36
  • 19
    Sweet Little Sixteen (unissued) (stereo)
    2:40
  • 20
    Ramblin' Rose (master - extended) (stereo)
    3:23
  • 21
    Money (stereo)
    2:40
  • 22
    Rockin' the Boat of Love (stereo)
    2:43
  • 23
    Ramblin' Rose
    3:02
  • 24
    I've Been Twistin'
    3:18
  • 25
    Whole Lotta Twistin' Goin' On (stereo)
    3:20
  • 26
    I've Been Twistin' (stereo)
    3:22
  • 27
    I Know What It Means
    2:40
  • 28
    High Powered Woman (stereo)
    1:45
  • CD 8
  • 1
    Sweet Little Sixteen (stereo)
    2:38
  • 2
    My Girl Josephine (stereo)
    2:21
  • 3
    Set My Mind at Ease (stereo)
    1:44
  • 4
    Waiting for a Train -1 (stereo)
    1:53
  • 5
    Sweet Little Sixteen (stereo)
    2:55
  • 6
    Waiting for a Train -2 (stereo)
    1:42
  • 7
    How's My Ex Treating You (unissued) (stereo)
    2:02
  • 8
    Good Rockin' Tonight (stereo)
    2:47
  • 9
    Be Bop a Lula (stereo)
    2:28
  • 10
    My Girl Josephine (unissued) (stereo)
    2:40
  • 11
    How's My Ex Treating You
    2:39
  • 12
    Good Golly Miss Molly (unissued) (stereo)
    2:23
  • 13
    I Can't Trust Me (master) (stereo)
    2:16
  • 14
    Good Golly Miss Molly (master) (stereo)
    2:21
  • 15
    My Pretty Quadroon (stereo)
    2:57
  • 16
    Waiting for a Train (unissued) (stereo)
    1:48
  • 17
    Teenage Letter (stereo)
    2:22
  • 18
    Seasons of My Heart (stereo)
    Jerry Lee Lewis & Linda Gail Lewis
    3:06
  • 19
    Your Lovin' Ways (stereo)
    2:40
  • 20
    Just Who Is to Blame (stereo)
    2:40
  • 21
    Just Who Is to Blame (unissued) (stereo)
    2:37
  • 22
    Hong Kong Blues (unissued) (stereo)
    2:32
  • 23
    Love on Broadway (stereo)
    2:32
  • 24
    One Minute Past Eternity (stereo)
    2:06
  • 25
    Invitation to Your Party (unissued with false start) (stereo)
    2:46
  • 26
    Invitation to Your Party (stereo)
    1:58
  • 27
    I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye (stereo)
    2:36
  • 28
    Carry Me Back to Old Virginia (unissued)
    2:27
  • 29
    Carry Me Back to Old Virginia (unissued with false start)
    3:48
  • 30
    Carry Me Back to Old Virginia (stereo)
    2:44

More by Jerry Lee Lewis

Release credits

  • saxophone [2, 15-19]
  • drums (drum set) [7.24-28, 8.1-7, 8.9-11]
  • background vocals [5-8], choir vocals [5-8]
  • strings [24-30]
  • producer [1.15, 1.20, 5.3-7, 5.9, 5.12-19, 5.21-24, 5.26, 3.30, 4.2, 4.4, 4.22-24, 4.28-30]
  • horn [20-23]
  • bass guitar [7.4-6, 5.13-15, 5.21, 4.2], guitar [5.2, 5.8-12, 5.27-30, 3.6-16, 3.28-29, 6.1, 6.3, 4.1, 4.15-16, 4.19-20, 1.7, 1.19, 1.21]
  • producer [8.12-16, 7.7-10, 7.20-22]
  • mastering
  • bass guitar [7-14, 20-23]
  • background vocals [5-8], choir vocals [5-8]
  • background vocals [5-8], choir vocals [5-8]
  • saxophone [20-23]
  • guitar [5.19-20, 5.22-25, 7.2, 7.4-6, 7.15-19, 7.24-28]
  • drums (drum set) [7.7-14, 7.20-23, 8.12-16]
  • horn [20-23]
  • producer [4-5]
  • background vocals [5-8], choir vocals [5-8], piano [7, 12], vocal [30-31]
  • bass guitar [8-12, 19-20, 22-25]
  • compiler, liner notes, producer, co [8.17, 8.20, 8.22, 8.30, 7.15, 6.31]
  • producer [4]
  • horn [20-23]
  • background vocals [5-8], choir vocals [5-8]
  • producer [3.29, 6.1, 6.3, 5.27-30]
  • bass guitar [12-16]
  • co [7.15, 8.17, 8.20, 8.22, 8.30, 6.31]
  • guitar [12-16]
  • horn [4-6]
  • drums (drum set) [2, 15-19]
  • background vocals [3, 18, 22], choir vocals [3, 18, 22]
  • spoken vocals [1]
  • bass guitar [17-23]
  • background vocals [12-16], choir vocals [12-16]
  • guitar [7-10]
  • background vocals [12-16], choir vocals [12-16]
  • bass guitar [24-30]
  • chorus master [24-30]
  • background vocals [21], bass guitar [2], choir vocals [21], guitar [2], producer [3.1-6, 3.8-11, 3.13-14, 3.16, 3.18-28, 3.30, 4.1-16, 4.19-24, 4.28-30, 1.1-31, 5.3-5, 5.7, 5.9, 5.12-19, 5.21-24, 5.26, 2.1, 2.3-18, 2.20-23, 2.25-34], spoken vocals [1]
  • bass guitar [7.2, 7.15-19, 8.1-7, 8.9-11, 4.7, 1.7, 1.16, 1.19, 1.21, 1.25, 2.6-8, 2.10, 2.20-23, 3.6-16, 3.28]
  • drums (drum set) [9, 12]
  • producer [4]
  • guitar [20-23]
  • arranger [1.28, 2.14], piano [1.1-31, 2.1-34, 3.1-2, 3.4-30, 5.1-6, 5.8-11, 5.13-31, 4.1-31, 6.1-32, 8.1-7, 8.9-30, 7.1-3, 7.7-28], spoken vocals [1, 3], vocal [3.1-2, 3.4-30, 7.1, 7.3-28, 6.1-8, 6.13-32, 5.1-31, 8.1-7, 8.9-30, 2.1-34, 1.1-12, 1.15-31, 4.1-17, 4.19-31]
  • organ [20-23]
  • saxophone [20-23]
  • drums (drum set) [5.4-26, 6.4-22, 6.22-32, 3.6-18, 3.21, 3.28, 3.30, 1.1-14, 1.17-24, 1.26-31, 2.1-5, 2.9, 2.11-18, 2.20-23, 2.28-29, 2.31, 2.33-34, 7.1, 7.3-6, 4.1-21], spoken vocals [3]
  • strings [24-30]
  • horn [20-23]
  • saxophone [20-23]
  • guitar [8.12-16, 7.7-14]
  • piano [4-6]
  • background vocals [5-8], choir vocals [5-8]
  • bass guitar [6.1-6, 6.8-9, 6.11-12, 6.15-16, 6.21-23, 6.27, 6.29, 6.32, 7.1, 7.3, 3.29, 5.26-31]
  • vocal [18]
  • saxophone [17-23]
  • background vocals [12-16], choir vocals [12-16]
  • saxophone [7.1, 7.3, 5.8-11, 6.4-6, 6.29, 6.32], tenor saxophone [30-31]
  • strings [24-30]
  • background vocals [12-16], choir vocals [12-16]
  • strings [24-30]
  • drums (drum set) [2.19, 2.24-27, 2.30, 2.32, 5.2-3, 5.7, 3.2, 3.5]
  • bass guitar [24-28]
  • background vocals [12-16], choir vocals [12-16]
  • horn [4-6]
  • background vocals [21], choir vocals [21], guitar [2.1-31, 2.33-34, 6.1-22, 6.22-32, 7.1, 7.3, 7.24-28, 8.1-7, 8.9-11, 8.19-30, 1.2-14, 1.16-31, 3.5-14, 3.16-21, 3.28-30, 4.1-16, 4.19-21, 5.4-15, 5.20-21, 5.25-31]
  • horn [4-6]
  • background vocals [21], choir vocals [21]
  • drums (drum set) [6.1, 6.3, 1.16, 1.25, 2.6-8, 2.10, 5.27-30, 3.29]
  • producer [8.1-7, 8.9-11, 8.19-30, 2.1, 2.3-18, 2.20-23, 2.25-34, 6.8-9, 6.11-12, 6.15-16, 6.21-23, 6.27, 6.29, 6.32, 3.1-6, 3.8-11, 3.13-14, 3.16, 3.18-28, 1.1-14, 1.16-19, 1.21-31, 5.9, 5.12-19, 5.21-24, 5.26, 4.1-3, 4.5-16, 4.19-21, 7.1-3, 7.16-19, 7.24-28], spoken vocals [3]
  • acoustic guitar [24-30], guitar [8.1-7, 8.9-11, 8.17-19, 8.21, 8.23-24, 8.26-27, 7.4-6], producer [7.2, 7.4-6, 7.16-19, 8.1-7, 8.9-11, 8.18]
  • organ [1-7, 9-11]
  • bass guitar [3.2, 2.19, 2.24, 2.30, 2.32]
  • bass guitar [4]
  • bass guitar [22]
  • drums (drum set) [17-30]
  • background vocals [5-8], choir vocals [5-8]
  • strings [24-30]
  • organ [17-24, 26-27]
  • bass guitar [7, 10, 13-14, 17-20, 24-26, 28]
  • guitar [11-14, 20-22]
  • background vocals [7.5, 7.7-14, 7.20-23, 6.22, 3.5, 8.19, 8.21, 5.7, 5.12], bass guitar [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.9-16, 4.19-21, 1.6, 1.17-18, 1.20, 1.23, 1.26, 1.29, 1.31, 2.3-4, 2.9, 2.25-29, 2.31, 2.33-34, 3.1, 3.5, 3.18-27, 3.30, 5.4-7], choir vocals [8.19, 8.21, 5.7, 5.12, 3.5, 6.22, 7.5, 7.7-14, 7.20-23], drums (drum set) [1, 4, 19-20, 22-27], guitar [3.2, 2.30, 2.32, 5.16-18], organ [11-14]

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