Jerry Lee Lewis

CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINIA

(James Bland)
Official Song of the State of Virginia

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
August 28, 1963 5 takes, one f/s Phillips Studio, 639 Madison Av., Memphis, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano Scotty Moore: acoustic guitar Roland Janes: lead guitar Herman 'Hawk' Hawkins: bass Morris 'Tarp' Tarrant: drums Anne Oldham, Noel Gilbert, Joan Gilbert, Milton Friedstand: strings arr. by Vinnie Trauth chorus led: Hurshel Wayne Wiginton	3	2:22	.	C8/28	4/16	.	.
	f/s of tk 4	0:24	.	C8/29	12/26	.	.
	4	2:18	.	C8/29	12/26	.	.
	5 mono	2:25	Sun 396, 6/64	—	2/17	.	.
	5 mono remix	2:25	SB109⁴ 1B8	—	—	.	.
	5 stereo	2:25	.	C8/30	—	.	.

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. SB109: «Sun Records Into the Sixties», 8-LP set, Sun Box 109, Charly Records, UK, 1989.

Jerry Lee Lewis

CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINIA

(James Bland) Official Song of the State of Virginia

Sound-illustrated recordings' history

(James Bland)
Official Song of the State of Virginia