Elvis Presley [1956] [Remaster]

Rating

Album: Elvis Presley [1956] [Remaster]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Blue Suede Shoes	More Info...	0:02
2)	I'm Counting On You	More Info...	0:02
3)	I Got a Woman	More Info...	0:02
4)	One-sided Love Affair	More Info...	0:02
5)	I Love You Because	More Info...	0:02
6)	Just Because	More Info...	0:02
7)	Tutti Frutti	More Info...	0:02
8)	Trying to Get to You	More Info...	0:02
9)	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)	More Info...	0:02
10)	I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')	More Info...	0:02
11)	Blue Moon	More Info...	0:02
12)	Money Honey	More Info...	0:02
13)	Heartbreak Hotel	More Info...	0:02
14)	I Was the One	More Info...	0:02
15)	Lawdy, Miss Clawdy	More Info...	0:02
16)	Shake, Rattle and Roll	More Info...	0:02
17)	My Baby Left Me	More Info...	0:02
18)	I Want You, I Need You, I Love You	More Info...	0:02

Album: Elvis Presley [1956] [Remaster]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Blue Suede Shoes	More Info...	0:02
2)	I'm Counting On You	More Info...	0:02
3)	I Got a Woman	More Info...	0:02
4)	One-sided Love Affair	More Info...	0:02
5)	I Love You Because	More Info...	0:02
6)	Just Because	More Info...	0:02
7)	Tutti Frutti	More Info...	0:02
8)	Trying to Get to You	More Info...	0:02
9)	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)	More Info...	0:02
10)	I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')	More Info...	0:02
11)	Blue Moon	More Info...	0:02
12)	Money Honey	More Info...	0:02
13)	Heartbreak Hotel	More Info...	0:02
14)	I Was the One	More Info...	0:02
15)	Lawdy, Miss Clawdy	More Info...	0:02
16)	Shake, Rattle and Roll	More Info...	0:02
17)	My Baby Left Me	More Info...	0:02
18)	I Want You, I Need You, I Love You	More Info...	0:02

Tracks

1. Blue Suede Shoes

2. I'm Counting On You

3. I Got A Woman

4. One-Sided Love Affair

5. I Love You Because

6. Just Because

7. Tutti Frutti

8. Trying To Get You

9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)

10. I'll Never Let You Go

11. Blue Moon

12. Money Honey

13. Heartbreak Hotel (Bonus Trk)

14. I Was The One (Bonus Trk)

15. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Bonus Trk)

16. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Bonus Trk)

17. My Baby Left Me (Bonus Trk)

18. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Bonus Trk)

Performer Notes

Includes six bonus tracks.
Personnel: Elvis Presley (guitar); Elvis Presley (vocals); Shorty Long (piano); Chet Atkins, Scotty Moore (guitar); Floyd Cramer, Marvin Hughes, Shorty Long (piano); Bill Black (double bass); D.J. Fontana, Johnny Bernero (drums); Ben Speer, Gordon Stoker, Brock Speer (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.
Recording information: 07/05/1954-01/30/1956.
When Elvis first broke on the national scene, nobody--not RCA, not Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker, and certainly not Elvis himself--had any idea how long his popularity would last. Most assumed that rock and roll was a passing fad and that Presley would soon be relegated to the "where are they now?" bin. Unsurprisingly, RCA rushed Presley's first album to market before Elvis had recorded enough new material for an entire record. The result, ELVIS PRESLEY, is a cut-and-paste job consisting of seven RCA recordings and five older tracks licensed from Sun Records, Presley's first label.
Still, this is a monumental record in the history of rock and roll, from its iconic cover (which The Clash later paid homage to on the cover of LONDON CALLING) to the twelve great tracks to its unprecedented sales figures (it topped the Billboard album charts for 20 weeks). The RCA material includes Elvis' arrangement of "Blue Suede Shoes" and covers of R&B hits "Money Honey," "Tutti Frutti," and "I Got a Woman." The record is short (29 minutes) and the material it contains is available on lots of other discs, but if you must have the record that started a revolution, this is the one to get.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.112) - Ranked #55 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Revved-up country music with the most irresistibly sexy voice anyone had ever heard..."

Q (1/03, p.56) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"

Q (12/00, pp.148,151) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The likes of 'Blue Moon' and 'Heartbreak Hotel' still bristle with groundbreaking punkish enthusiasm..."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.115) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]e'll remain ever youthful, a mind's-eye hip-twister..."