01- My Happiness 02- That's when Your Heartaches Begin
Compiled Live Tracks (1954/55):
03- That's Allright Mama 04- Hearts of Stone 05- That's All right Mama 06- Money Honey 07- Blue Moon of Kentucky 08- I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine 09- That's Allright Mama
Lubbock Acetate:
10- Shake Rattle & Roll 11- Fool Fool Fool
More Compiled Live Tracks (1955/56):
12- Good Rockin' Tonight 13- Tweedle Dee 14- Baby, Let's Play House 15- Maybelline 16- Heartbreak Hotel 17- Long Tall Sally 18- I Was The One 19- Money Honey 20- Blues Suede Shoes 21- Hound Dog 22- Heartbreak Hotel 23- Long Tall Sally 24- Blues Suede Shoes 25- Money Honey 26- I Was The One 27- Love Me Tender 28- Elvis has left the building...
01- Loving You (alternate take 6, farm version) 02- Loving You (takes 7 & 8) 03- Loving You (slow version - take 12) 04- Jailhouse Rock (alternate version) 05- Young and Beautiful (take 3) 06- Young And Beautiful (alternate takes 4 & 5) 07- I Want To Be Free (alternate takes 3 & 4) 08- I Want To Be Free (take 10) 09- Treat Me Nice (alternate take 6 - movie version) 10- Treat Me Nice (mono movie version) 11- Treat Me Nice (stereo movie mix) 12- As Long as I Have You (take 8) 13- King Creole (take 3 - alternate master) 14- Steadfast, Loyal and True (undubbed master) 15- Doncha' Think It's Time (alternate take 48) 16- Your Cheatin’ Heart (alternate take) 17- Ain’t That Loving You Baby (“twist” version) 18- I Need Your Love Tonight (alternate take 4) 19- I Got Stung (alternate take 16)
01- I Got A Woman - (alternate take) 02- That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (1956 version) 03- I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - (alternate take 13) 04- I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - (take 16) 05- We’re Gonna Move (take 5) 06- Old Shep (take 5) 07- Rip It Up (alternate take 14) 08- Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do - (movie master take 17) 09- Mean Woman Blues (dubbing) 10- Mean Woman Blues (experimental stereo mix) 11- [There'll Be] Peace In The Valley [For Me] - (alternate take 1) 12- Don’t Forbid Me [You Belong to my Heart] (jam session 12/4/56) 13- Blueberry Hill (experimental stereo mix) 14- Don’t Leave Me Now (alternate) 15- I Beg of You (alternate) 16- I Beg of You (alternate - take 5) 17- Is It So Strange? - (alternate take 10) 18- Is It So Strange? - (stereo) 19- Loving You - (uptempo version)
01- Blue Suede Shoes (take 10) 02- My Baby Left Me (take 9) 03- One Sided Love Affair (take 8) 04- So Glad You’re Mine (take 10) 05- I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You (take 18) 06- Tutti Frutti (take 10) 07- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 10) 08- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 12) 09- Hound Dog (take 31) 10- Don’t Be Cruel (take 28) 11- Anyway You Want Me (take 12) 12- Don Davies Interviews Elvis 13- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (takes 1 & 2) 14- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 3) 15- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 4) 16- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 5) 17- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 6) 18- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 7) 19- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 8) 20- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 9) 21- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 10) 22- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 11) 23- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 12) 24- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 1) 25- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 2) 26- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 3) 27- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 5) 28- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 6) 29- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 7) 30- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 8) 31- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 9) 32- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 10) 33- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 11) 34- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 12) 35- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 12 - unedited undubbed master) 36- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 12 - edit undubbed master) 37- My Baby Left Me (performed by Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup) 38- Hound Dog (performed by Archie Bell & The Bell Boys) 39- So Glad You’re Mine (performed by Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup)
Elvis at Sun is a compilation of Elvis Presley's studio recordings at Sun Studio from 1953 to 1955. This set features master recordings made by Presley and his accompanists, Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass), occasionally augmented by other musicians (Jimmie Lott – drums on track 8; Johnny Bernero – drums on tracks 9, 18, 19), prior to his arrival on RCA Records in 1956. Unfortunately tapes for at least two songs have been lost forever, those are Sun versions of "I Got A Woman" (which would be recorded for Presley during his first RCA session) and "Satisfied". All of these studio recordings were produced by Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is a melting pot of many types of music: both black music (blues, rhythm & blues, gospel) and white music (country & western, hillbilly), the recordings reflect these influences. Phillips released Presley's recording contract to RCA in 1955 for the substantial sum of $35,000. This also gave RCA the rights to all of Presley's masters recorded at Sun. These legendary recordings include "That's All Right (Mama)," one of candidates for being "the first rock and roll record." Elvis' entire period at Sun is one of the seminal events in the birth of rock and roll, specifically also the beginning of the sub-genre known as rockabilly. Two tracks from the Presley's Sun sessions were included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll: "Mystery Train," and "That's All Right." In 2002, given their importance in the development of American popular music, The Sun Sessions tapes were chosen, by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, to be kept as a bequeathal to posterity.
01- Harbor Lights 02- I Love You Because 03- That's All Right 04- Blue Moon Of Kentucky 05- Blue Moon 06- Tomorrow Night 07- I'll Never Let You Go [Little Darlin'] 08- Just Because 09- Good Rockin' Tonight 10- I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine 11- Milkcow Blues Boogie 12- You're A Heartbreaker 13- I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (slow version) 14- I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone 15- Baby, Let's Play House 16- I Forgot To Remember To Forget 17- Mystery Train 18- Trying To Get To You 19- When It Rains, It Really Pours
Bonus tracks:
20- Harbor Lights (alternate version - take 3) 21- I Love You Because (alternate version) 22- Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate take - country version) 23- Blue Moon (take 1) 24- Reconsider Baby (The Million Dollar Quartet session)
King Creole is the sixth album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Victor Records, LPM 1884, in September 1958, recorded in three days at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It contains songs written and recorded expressly for the film, and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It followed the film release by over ten weeks. The bulk of the songs originated from the stable of writers contracted to Hill and Range, the publishing company jointly owned by Presley and Colonel Tom Parker: Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Claude Demetrius, Aaron Schroeder, Sid Tepper, and Roy C. Bennett. Conspicuous in their relatively limited contribution were Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who had come to an impasse with the Colonel during the making of the previous movie, Jailhouse Rock, in which they had practically dominated the musical proceedings. Furious over mere songwriters having such easy access to Presley without going through Parker's "proper channels," the Colonel closed off their avenue to his prize client, especially since the duo had also tried to influence Presley's film direction, pitching him an idea to do a gritty adaption of Nelson Algren's recent novel "A Walk on the Wild Side" with Elia Kazan directing, and Leiber & Stoller providing the music. The Colonel put the kibosh on such notions, although echoes of the concept remained in the film, and the pair still managed to place three songs on the soundtrack, including the title track and "Trouble", arguably the film's best songs. Presley's performance of "Trouble" in the film alludes to Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley; he would return to the song for his tremendously successful television comeback special. The songs "Hard Headed Woman" and "Don't Ask Me Why" appeared as two sides of a single on July 10, 1958, to coincide with the release of the film. "Hard Headed Woman," the A-side, and "Don't Ask Me Why" both made the pop singles chart, peaking at #1 and #25 respectively. The album was reisued for compact disc in an expanded edition on April 15, 1997, and again in an audiophile version from Japan on August 25, 2005. For the both reissues, an additional seven tracks were added, including the song "Danny" taken from the same sessions, with six more songs.
01- King Creole 02- As Long As I Have You 03- Hard Headed Woman 04- Trouble 05- Dixieland Rock 06- Don't Ask Me Why 07- Lover Doll 08- Crawfish 09- Young Dreams 10- Steadfast, Loyal and True 11- New Orleans
Bonus Tracks:
12- Danny 13- Wear My Ring Around Your Neck 14- I Need Your Love Tonite 15- A Big Hunk O'Love 16- Ain't That Loving You Baby 17- (Now and Then) There's a Fool Such as I 18- I Got Stung
"Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit recorded by Elvis Presley. The song was first released as a 45 RPM single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture of the same name. Composer Mike Stoller can be seen playing piano in the film presentation of the song. The single, with its B-side "Treat Me Nice," was a US #1 hit for 7 weeks in the fall of 1957, and a UK #1 hit for three weeks early in 1958. Also in 1957, "Jailhouse Rock" was the lead song in an EP (extended play single), together with other songs from the film, namely "Young and Beautiful," "I Want to be Free," "Don't Leave Me Now," and "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care." It topped the Billboard EP charts, eventually selling an additional two million copies and earning another double-platinum RIAA certification. In 2005, the song was re-released in the UK and reached #1 for a single week. The song, which is an example of simple verse form, eventually sold four million copies in the US, thus earning a Double Platinum certification by the RIAA. Also is #67 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All TimE and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
01- Jailhouse Rock 02- Young and Beautiful 03- I Want to Be Free 04- Don't Leave Me Now 05- (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care 06- Treat Me Nice
Bonus Tracks:
07- Poor Boy 08- Let Me 09- We're Gonna Move 10- All Shook Up 11- (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley 12- That's When Your Heartaches Begin 13- One Night 14- Blue Christmas 15- Santa Claus is Back in Town 16- Don't 17- Doncha' Think it's Time 18- You're Cheatin' Heart
Though it was originally released to capitalize on the cinematic vehicle of the same name, fewer than half of the songs on Loving You were actually included in the film. Not that anyone cared, of course; this collection of hits ("Teddy Bear"), covers ("Blueberry Hill," "Mean Woman Blues"), and lesser-known treasures ("Party," "I Need You So") topped the charts for 10 weeks running in 1957. This is hardly the best example of the King's pre-Army work--and it often seems downright flimsy compared with his Sun releases and 1956 RCA sessions--but Loving You is still a thoroughly enjoyable document of Presley in his exuberant prime.
01- Mean Woman Blues 02- (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 03- Loving You 04- Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do! 05- Lonesome Cowboy 06- Hot Dog 07- Party 08- Blueberry Hill 09- True Love 10- Don't Leave Me Now 11- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? 12- I Need You So
Bonus Tracks:
13. Tell Me Why 14. Is It So Strange 15. One Night of Sin 16. When It Rains, It Really Pours 17. I Beg of You (alternate version) 18. Party (alternate version) 19. Loving You (uptempo version) 20. Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do! (finale)
ELVIS is the second album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records only in mono, LPM 1382, in October 1956. Recording sessions took place on September 1, September 2, and September 3 at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, with one track leftover from the sessions for Presley's debut album at RCA recording studios on January 30 in New York. It spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year.
01- Rip It Up 02- Love Me 03- When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again 04- Long Tall Sally 05- First in Line 06- Paralyzed 07- So Glad You're Mine 08- Old Shep 09- Ready Teddy 10- Anyplace Is Paradise 11- How's the World Treating You? 12- How Do You Think I Feel?
Bonus Tracks:
13- Playing for Keeps 14- Too Much 15- Don't be Cruel 16- Hound Dog 17- Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) 18- Love Me Tender
On January 10, Presley made his first recordings for RCA in Nashville, Tennessee. The session produced "Heartbreak Hotel/I Was The One" which was released on January 27. The public reaction to "Heartbreak Hotel" prompted RCA to release it as a single in its own right (February 11). By April it had hit number one in the U.S. charts, selling in excess of one million copies.To increase the singer's exposure, Parker finally brought Presley to national television (In March 1955, Presley had failed an audition for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts). He booked six appearances on CBS-TV's Stage Show in New York, beginning January 28, 1956. Presley was introduced on the first by Cleveland DJ Bill Randle. He stayed in town and on January 30, he and the band headed for the RCA's New York Studio. The sessions yielded eight songs, including "My Baby Left Me" and "Blue Suede Shoes". The latter was the only hit single from the collection, but the recordings marked the point at which Presley started moving away from the raw, pure Sun sound to the more commercial and mainstream sound RCA had envisioned for him. On March 23, RCA Victor released Elvis Presley, his first album. Like the Sun recordings, the majority of the tracks were country songs. The album went on to top the pop album chart for 10 weeks.
01- Blue Suede Shoes 02- I'm Counting On You 03- I Got A Woman 04- One Sided Love Affair 05- I Love You Because 06- Just Because 07- Tutti Frutti 08- Tryin' To Get To You 09- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) 10- I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') 11- Blue Moon 12- Money Honey
Bonus Tracks:
13- Heartbreak Hotel 14- I Was The One 15- Lawdy Miss Clawdy 16- Shake, Rattle and Roll 17- My Baby Left Me 18- I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
