Break Up (chat & take named (1.5) on BCD 17254)

Firstly issued in 1982 on "The Sun Years" (12 LP set). Contains the intro and unknown take B (from takes 5, 8, 9, 10) of version 2 (net length 2:29).
Note from the back cover of Record 7 of "The Sun Years". The legend is that Jerry Lee Lewis looks at a song, sneers contemptuously and rolls off a perfect version on the first take. There is more than a grain of truth in this. It was not Jerry's habit at Sun to record a song more often than he needed to, at least at one sitting. It is not surprising, then, that he began to get sick of BREAK UP during the Summer of 1958. Here he moans about being "in a steady old rut" before settling down to another take. But this one is different. It contains an intro redolent of the Champs' hit of that summer, Tequila. Jerry also takes a most uncharacteristic solo, playing melody with his left hand and further spices the recipe with some left hand piano fills between verses. This take holds our attention throughout.