Let's Talk About Us (chat & 2 false starts named (1.3), take named (1.4) on BCD 17254)
~ Recording by Jerry Lee Lewis
Annotation
Firstly issued in 1982 on "The Sun Years" (12 LP set). Contains studio noise, two false starts (0:43 & 0:07) and take 5 of version 1 (net length 2:03).
Note from the back cover of Record 9 of "The Sun Years". Songwriter Otis Blackwell continued to have a good reputation in the Lewis camp long after "Great Balls of Fire" and he continued to submit rocking material with a commercial bent. "Let's Talk About Us" is one of Blackwell's best songs, and it is no surprise that Jerry worked long and hard on it. This early take is still part of the learning process and Jerry rehearses his "breathless" reading of the title line when he stops to complain about the dragging beat. Eventually, Jimmy Van Eaton's relentless and solid drumming would be a key to the success of the song and even at this early stage it works quite well.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 9.3 | Let’s Talk About Us (D) | 3:17 | Jerry Lee Lewis | The Sun Years (12 LP set) | Jerry Lee Lewis | Other + Compilation |
| Charly Records, Sun Record Company | SUN BOX 102 |
| 5.27 | Let's Talk About Us | 3:19 | Jerry Lee Lewis | The Sun Years: The Definitive Rock 'n' Roll and Country Recordings: November 1956 to August 1963 (8 CD set) | Jerry Lee Lewis | Other + Compilation |
| Charly Records, Sun Record Company | CD Sun Box 1 |
Relationships
| compilation of: | Let's Talk About Us (3 false starts named (1.3) on BCD 17254) Let's Talk About Us (take named (1.4) on BCD 17254) |
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| edits: | Let's Talk About Us (2 false starts named (1.3) & take named (1.4) on BCD 17254) |
| recording of: | Let’s Talk About Us |
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Related works
Let’s Talk About Us
| lyricist and composer: | Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter) |
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| publisher: | Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1959) |
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| later versions: | Je bois du lait |
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