Jerry Lee Lewis

GOODNIGHT IRENE

(Huddie Ledbetter/John Alan Lomax)

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
Late 1956/early 1957 4 takes 706 Union Av., Memphis, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano Roland Janes: guitar J. M. Van Eaton: drums Overdub session: April 4-8, 1958 Ed Bruce, Vernon Drane, Charlie Rich, Lee Holt, Bobby Thompson, Bob Strong, Alice Rumple: vocals	2	2:59	SB102⁴ 1B5	—	3/10	.	.
	3	2:54	BFX 15211	C1/10	5/29 & 7/6	.	According to the SunBox4 inlays, the track CD5/29 should be the take 1, but in fact it's the undubbed take 3, identical to the track CD7/6 and to the Bear Family CD1/10. So the take 1 remains unissued.
	3 overdub.	2:53	Sun LP-1230	C4/5	5/8	.	.
	4	3:04	SB102 1B6	C1/9	—	Sd35 1/9	Version «Slow to fast»
February 17, 1975 One known take Mercury St., 1512 Hawkins Str., Nashville, Tn. Jerry Lee Lewis: vocal/piano Harold Ray Bradley: guitar Ray Edenton: guitar Jerry Glenn Kennedy: guitar/leader Jerry 'Chip Young' Stembridge: guitar Herman 'Pete' Wade: guitar Pete Drake: steel guitar Michael Leech: bass Murrey M. 'Buddy' Harman Jr.: drums Hargus M. 'Pig' Robbins: piano/organ/harpichord Charlie McCoy: harmonica/vibes Kenneth Lovelace: fiddle Hoyt H. Hawkins, Mildred Kirkhan, Neal Matthew Jr, Hugh Gordon Stoker, Raymond C. Walker, Anna Patricia Williams: chorus	One	3:41	SRM1 1064	M7/20	—	.	.

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.