I'm Counting on You - Elvis Presley, Robertson, Don [1]
I Got a Woman - Elvis Presley, Charles, Ray
One-Sided Love Affair - Elvis Presley, Campbell, Bill
I Love You Because - Elvis Presley, Payne, Leon
Just Because - Elvis Presley, Robin, Sydney
Tutti Frutti - Elvis Presley, LaBostrie, Dorothy
Trying to Get to You - Elvis Presley, McCoy, John
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) - Elvis Presley, Biggs
I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') - Elvis Presley, Wakely, Jimmy
Blue Moon - Elvis Presley, Hart, Lorenz
Money Honey - Elvis Presley, Stone, Jesse
Heartbreak Hotel [*] - Elvis Presley, Axton
I Was the One [*] - Elvis Presley, Blair
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [*] - Elvis Presley, Price, Lloyd
Shake, Rattle and Roll [*] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
My Baby Left Me [*] - Elvis Presley, Crudup, Arthur
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
I Got a Woman [Incomplete Unknown Take Number] - Elvis Presley, Charles, Ray
I Got a Woman [Unkown Take Number] - Elvis Presley, Charles, Ray
Heartbreak Hotel [Incomplete Take 4] - Elvis Presley, Axton
Heartbreak Hotel [Take 5] - Elvis Presley, Axton
Heartbreak Hotel [Take 6] - Elvis Presley, Axton
Money Honey [Take 6] - Elvis Presley, Stone, Jesse
Money Honey [Incomplete Take 10] - Elvis Presley, Stone, Jesse
I'm Counting on You [Take 1] - Elvis Presley, Robertson, Don [1]
I'm Counting on You [Take 13] - Elvis Presley, Robertson, Don [1]
I'm Counting on You [Incomplete Take 14] - Elvis Presley, Robertson, Don [1]
I Was the One [Take 1] - Elvis Presley, Blari
I Was the One [Take 2] - Elvis Presley, Blari
I Was the One [Take 3 - False Start][Excerpt] - Elvis Presley, Blari
I Was the One [Take 3- Incomplete][Take] - Elvis Presley, Blari
I Was the One [Take 7A - Not Master] - Elvis Presley, Blari
I Was the One [Incomplete Unknown Take] - Elvis Presley, Blari
Track Listings (33) - Disc #2
I'm Counting on You [Take 1] - Elvis Presley, Robertson, Don [1]
I'm Counting on You [Incomplete Take 2] - Elvis Presley, Robertson, Don [1]
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 1] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 3] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 4] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 5] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 6] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 7] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 8] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 9] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 10] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 11] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy [Take 12] - Elvis Presley, Price, Llyod
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 1] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 2] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 3] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 5] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 6] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 7] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 8] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 10] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 11] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 12] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
Shake Rattle and Roll [Take 12 - Undubbed, Unedited Master] - Elvis Presley, Calhoun, Charles
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [Take 3] - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [Take 4] - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [Take 5 - Fragment] - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [Take 13] - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [Take 14 - Incomplete] - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [Take 15] - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [Take 16] - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [Take 17] - Elvis Presley, Kosloff, Lou
Don Davis Interviews Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley,
Elvis' Original 1956 Debut Album plus Outtakes Presented in the 7" Format Cover with Booklet. Includes a Bonus CD with Outtakes and a Previously Unreleased 1956 Interview with Presley by Don Davis.
Elvis' Original 1956 Debut Album plus Outtakes Presented in the 7" Format Cover with Booklet. Includes a Bonus CD with Outtakes and a Previously Unreleased 1956 Interview with Presley by Don Davis.
CD Reviews
Classic Elvis album beautifully restored
Marc Haegeman | Gent, Belgium | 07/28/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A key reissue of a key album: Elvis Presley's first LP (with the black and white photo and the lilac and green fonts, and succinctly named "Elvis Presley") was released in March 1956 to spend, to everybody's surprise, ten weeks on the number 1 spot on the album charts - the first rock 'n' roll album ever to reach that spot. Listening to it now, five decades after date, it proves still revelatory by its raw energy, uncouth sound, and Elvis' sheer vocal range. Combining in its original guise five songs cut at the Sun Studios with seven new numbers recorded during Elvis' first studio sessions for RCA in January/February 1956, there wasn't a weak moment on the album. Drawing on Elvis' various musical influences and having sterling songs like "Trying To Get To You" or the haunting "Blue Moon" together with "Blue Suede Shoes", "Money Honey" and "I Got A Woman" was as hard to beat an act as any.
For this reissue the original album has been augmented with six singles released in those genuinely inspired months of early 1956 when Elvis was unleashing his own musical revolution and possibly couldn't do no wrong: the unsurpassed "Heartbreak Hotel", "I Was The One", "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "My Baby Left Me", and "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" are all among the most significant early rock 'n' roll recordings. The producers have chosen to include all outtakes (known at this date) of the Jan/Feb. 1956 sessions, and they prove fascinating from start to end. From Floyd Cramer's still hesitant piano solo in the earlier takes of "Heartbreak Hotel" to the evolving phrasing in "I Was The One" and "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You". Disc two is concluded by a short interview with Elvis by Don Davis probably from early 1956 about how it all started.
To make the feast complete the sound has been most beautifully restored and mastered by Kevan Budd for this reissue. Andreas Meyer took care of the DSD transfers. The clarity and presence of Elvis' voice obtained from these 50-years old tapes, plus the detail in instruments and background voices is nothing short of miraculous and puts all previous efforts to shame.
Two discs running 70 and 63 min, presented in the now classic 7'' format, with a handsome booklet full of info, photos and memorabilia. Indispensable.
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A MUST BUY
T. Earle | Wallingford, VT United States | 09/03/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is the first Elvis Presley album I purchased, it is quite apparent if Elvis only recorded and released this one album this would have placed him in history as the greatest talented, creative & innovative entertainer of all time, but we all know Elvis continued well beyond this in fact the amount of material this man has recorded good and bad is beyond the capability of any human being on the planet today. How did he do it? For those who want to experience the phenomenal abilities of Elvis Presley listen to this first, you will be amazed."
Track Listings (34) - Disc #1