Jerry Lee Lewis

BREATHLESS

(Otis Blackwell)

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 6 takes 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	2:37	.	C3/13	12/29	.	.
	2	2:37	.	—	9/7	.	.
	3	2:35	.	—	11/8	.	.
	4	2:33	SB102⁴ 5A3	—	—	.	.
	5	2:38	.	—	11/9	.	.
	6	2:37	.	—	10/22	.	.
January 21, 1958 4 takes 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	2:33	J.L.L. EP 001	—	7/11	.	.
	2	2:47	.	—	9/8	.	.
	3	2:43	Sun Star 002	—	8/18	.	.
	4	2:42	Sun 288, 2/17/58	C3/16	1/8	Sd35 1/21	.
September 24, 1963 One known take 319 7th Av. North, Nashville, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano other details unknown	One	2:38	Smash 1412	L1/13	—	.	.

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.