(1956) Sun ''Let's Bop'' (Incomplete Take 4) Jack Earls

STUDIO SESSION FOR JACK EARLS
AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS 1956

SUN RECORDING STUDIO
706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: BETWEEN MARCH/OCTOBER , 1956
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS
AND/OR JACK CLEMENT

"LET'S BOP"
Composer: - Jack Earls
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Ridgetop Music
Matrix number: - None - Incomplete Take 4 - Not Originally Issued (1:21)
Recorded: - June 4, 1956
Released: - 2010
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16935-1-28 mono
JACK EARLS - THE SUN YEARS PLUS

In June, while the world outside Memphis was reeling from Presley's rocking, the Jimbos put several more songs on tape, including ''Sign It On The Dotted Line'', ''My Gal Mary Ann'', ''Let's Bop'', and ''When I Dream'' (another version of this was cut in 1955). In ''Sign It On The Dotted Line'', Gregory quoted Scotty Moore's ''Heartbreak Hotel'' licks at the start, to establish the rockin' blues that followed. Phillips contributed the idea for the snappy percussion heard on ''Mary Ann'', where Wahlquist whacked the side of his drum, rather than the head, during the verses. The meter of ''Let's Bop'' increased to a ferocious pace towards the end, demonstrating the band's enthusiasm, as well as Phillips constant search for capturing the feeling in every artist's performance, but the tempo increase wasn't planned.

''Those songs weren't ready for release'', said Earls. "They were just demos ... we weren't satisfied with them ... I don't know why they were released ... On the other hand, I forgot about writing and recording that ''If You Don't Mind''. That's a good song''!

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Jack Earls - Vocal and Guitar
Johnny Black - Bass
Danny Wahlquist - Drums
Warren Gregory - Guitar

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