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Elvis, the king of rock 'n' roll : the complete 50's masters
Title:
Elvis, the king of rock 'n' roll : the complete 50's masters
JLCTITLE245:
Elvis Presley.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : RCA , [1992]
Physical Description:
5 audio disc (5 hr. 39 min., 26 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.

5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
RCA: 07863 66050-2 (on individual container backs: 66050-2).

Title from disc labels.

"Includes every studio master take ... released during the l950's as well as a collection of alternate takes, early live tracks and previously unreleased material."--Notes.

Fifth disc has additional title: Rare and rockin'.

Reissues.

Compact discs.

Issued in 5 jewel cases, housed with program notes in separate box with lid.

Program notes by Peter Guralnick ([88] p. : ill. ; 29 x 14 cm.) laid in box.
Event Note:
Recorded between 1953 and 1958 June 11; mostly previously released as analog discs on various labels.
Bibliography Note:
Includes discography.
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Added Title Contained Works:
Rare and rockin'.

Rare and rocking.

That's all right.

I love you because.

Harbor lights.

Blue moon of Kentucky.

Blue moon.

Tomorrow night.

I'll never let you go (little darlin')

Little darlin'.

Little darling.

I don't care if the sun don't shine.

Just because.

Good rockin' tonight.

Good rocking tonight.

Milkcow blues boogie.

You're a heartbreaker.

Baby let's play house.

I'm left, you're right, she's gone.

Mystery train.

I forgot to remember to forget.

Trying to get to you.

When it rains, it really pours.

I got a woman.

Heartbreak Hotel.

Money honey.

I'm counting on you.

I was the one.

Blue suede shoes.

My baby left me.

One-sided love affair.

So glad you're mine.

I'm gonna sit right down and cry (over you)

Over you.

Tutti frutti.

Lawdy, Miss Clawdy.

Shake, rattle and roll.

I want you, I need you, I love you.

Hound dog.

Don't be cruel.

Any way you want me (that's how I will be)

That's how I will be.

We're gonna move.

Love me tender.

Poor boy.

Let me.

Playing for keeps.

Love me.

Paralyzed.

How do you think I feel.

How's the world treating you.

When my blue moon turns to gold again.

Long tall Sally.

Old Shep.

Too much.

Anyplace is paradise.

Ready Teddy.

First in line.

Rip it up.

I believe.

Tell me why.

Got a lot o' livin' to do!

Got a lot of living to do!

All shook up.

Mean woman blues.

(There'll be) peace in the valley (for me)

Peace in the valley.

For me.

That's when your heartaches begin.

It is no secret (what God can do)

What God can do.

Blueberry Hill.

Have I told you lately that I love you.

Is it so strange.

Party.

Lonesome cowboy.

Hot dog.

One night of sin.

(Let me be your) Teddy bear.

Teddy bear.

Don't leave me now.

I beg of you.

One night.

True love.

Loving you.

Young and beautiful.

I want to be free.

Baby I don't care.

Here comes Santa Claus.

Silent night.

O little town of Bethlehem.

Santa bring my baby back.

Santa Claus is back in town.

Treat me nice.

My wish came true.

Don't.

Danny.

Hard headed woman.

Trouble.

New Orleans.

Crawfish.

Dixieland rock.

Lover doll.

Don't ask me why.

As long as I have you.

King Creole.

Young dreams.

Steadfast, loyal and true.

Doncha' think it's time.

Don't you think it's time.

Your cheatin' heart.

Your cheating heart.

Wear my ring around your neck.

I need your love tonight.

Big hunk o' love.

Big hunk of love.

Ain't that loving you baby.

(Now and then there's) a fool such as I.

Fool such as I.

I got stung.

Fool, fool, fool.

Tweedle dee.

Maybellene.

Reconsider baby.
Content Time Period:
x5x5
Variant Title:
Elvis, the king of rock and roll

Portion of title: Complete 50's masters

Complete fifties masters
Contents:
Disc 1. My happiness / Borney Bergantine, Betty Peterson (2:32) -- That's all right / Arthur Crudup (1:56) -- I love you because / Leon Payne (2:44) -- Harbor lights / Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy (2:36) -- Blue moon of Kentucky / Bill Monroe (2:03) -- Blue moon / Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (2:41) -- Tomorrow night / Sam Coslow, Will Grosz (3:00) -- I'll never let you go (little darlin') / Jimmy Wakely (2:25) -- I don't care if the sun don't shine / Mack David (2:29) -- Just because / Sidney Robin, Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton (2:34) -- Good rockin' tonight / Roy Brown (2:13) -- Milkcow blues boogie / Kokomo Arnold (2:39) -- You're a heartbreaker / Jack Sallee (2:12) -- Baby let's play house / Arthur Gunter (2:15) -- I'm left, you're right, she's gone / Stan Kesler, Bill Taylor (2:36) -- Mystery train / Junior Parker (2:24) -- I forgot to remember to forget / Charlie Feathers, Stan Kesler (2:28) -- Trying to get to you / Rose Marie McCoy, Charlie Singleton (2:31) -- When it rains, it really pours / W.R. Emerson (2:01) -- I got a woman / Ray Charles (2:23) -- Heartbreak Hotel / Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley (2:08) -- Money honey / Jesse Stone (2:34) -- I'm counting on you / Don Robertson (2:24) -- I was the one / Hal Blair, Claude Demetrius, Bill Peppers, Aaron Schroeder (2:33) -- Blue suede shoes / Carl Perkins (1:58) -- My baby left me / Arthur Crudup (2:11) -- One-sided love affair / Bill Campbell (2:09) -- So glad you're mine / Arthur Crudup (2:20) -- I'm gonna sit right down and cry (over you) / Howard Biggs, Joe Thomas (2:01) -- Tutti frutti / Dorothy LaBostrie, Richard Penniman (1:58) --

Disc 2. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy / Lloyd Price (2:08) -- Shake, rattle and roll / Charles Calhoun (2:37) -- I want you, I need you, I love you / Lou Kosloff, George Mysels (2:40) -- Hound dog / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stolle (2:16) -- Don't be cruel / Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley (2:02) -- Any way you want me (that's how I will be) / Cliff Owens, Aaron Schroeder (2:13) -- We're gonna move / Elvis Presley, Vera Matson (2:30) -- Love me tender / Elvis Presley, Vera Matson (2:41) -- Poor boy / Elvis Presley, Vera Matson (2:13) -- Let me / Elvis Presley, Vera Matson (2:08) -- Playing for keeps / Stanley A. Kesler (2:50) -- Love me / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:43) -- Paralyzed / Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley (2:23) -- How do you think I feel / Webb Pierce, Wiley Walker (2:10) -- How's the world treating you / Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant (2:23) -- When my blue moon turns to gold again / Gene Sullivan, Wiley Walker (2:20) -- Long tall Sally / Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman (1:51) -- Old Shep / Red Foley (4:10) -- Too much / Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman (2:31) -- Anyplace is paradise / Joe Thomas (2:26) -- Ready Teddy / Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, John Marascalco (1:56) -- First in line / Aaron Schroeder, Benjamin Weisman (3:22) -- Rip it up / "Bumps" Blackwell, John Marascalco (1:53) -- I believe / Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman (2:05) -- Tell me why / Titus Turner (2:05) -- Got a lot o' livin' to do! / Aaron Schroeder, Benjamin Weisman (2:31) -- All shook up / Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley (1:56) -- Mean woman blues / Claude De Metruis (2:15) -- Peace in the valley / Thomas A. Dorsey (3:21) --

Disc 3. That's when your heartaches begin / Fred Fisher, Brown, William Raskin (3:20) -- Take my hand, precious Lord / Thomas A. Dorsey (3:16) -- It is no secret (what God can do) / Stuart Hamblen (3:53) -- Blueberry Hill / Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock (2:39) -- Have I told you lately that I love you / Scott Wiseman (2:31) -- Is it so strange / Faron Young (2:28) -- Party / Jessie Mae Robinson (1:26) -- Lonesome cowboy / Roy Bennett, Sid Tepper (3:01) -- Hot dog / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (1:12) -- One night of sin / Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman (2:35) -- (Let me be your) Teddy bear / Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann (1:45) -- Don't leave me now / Aaron Schroeder, Benjamin Weisman (1:58) -- I beg of you / Rose Marie McCoy, Cliff Owens (1:50) -- One night / Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King (2:29) -- True love / Cole Porter (2:05) -- I need you so / Ivory Joe Hunter (2:37) -- Loving you / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:12) -- When it rains, it really pours / W.R. Emerson (1:47) -- Jailhouse rock / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:26) -- Young and beautiful / Aaron Schroeder, Abner Silver (2:02) -- I want to be free / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:12) -- Baby I don't care / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (1:51) -- Don't leave me now / Aaron Schroeder, Benjamin Weisman (2:05) -- Blue Christmas / Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson (2:07) -- White Christmas / Irving Berlin (2:23) -- Here comes Santa Claus / Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman (1:54) -- Silent night / Franz Xavier Gruber, Joseph Mohr (2:23) -- O little town of Bethlehem / Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner (2:35) -- Santa bring my baby back to me / Aaron Schroeder, Claude De Metruis (1:51) -- Santa Claus is back in town / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:22) -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram (1:53) --

Disc 4. Treat me nice / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:10) -- My wish came true / Ivory Joe Hunter (2:33) -- Don't / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:48) -- Danny / Fred Wise, Benjamin Weisman (1:51) -- Hard headed woman / Claude De Metruis (1:53) -- Trouble / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:16) -- New Orleans / Roy Bennett, Sid Tepper (1:58) -- Crawfish / Fred Wise, Benjamin Weisman (1:38) -- Dixieland rock / Rachel Frank, Aaron Schroeder (1:46) -- Lover doll / Sid Wayne, Abner Silver (2:09) -- Don't ask me why / Fred Wise, Benjamin Weisman (2:06) -- As long as I have you / Fred Wise, Benjamin Weisman (1:50) -- King Creole / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:08) -- Young dreams / Martin Kalmanoff, Aaron Schroeder (2:23) -- Steadfast, loyal and true / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (1:15) -- Doncha' think it's time / Clyde Otis, Luther Dixon (1:54) -- Your cheatin' heart / Hank Williams (2:24) -- Wear my ring around your neck / Bert Carroll, Moody (2:13) -- I need your love tonight / Sid Wayne, Bix Reichner (2:04) -- A big hunk o' love / Aaron Schroeder, Sidney Wyche (2:12) -- Ain't that loving you baby / Ivory Joe Hunter, Clyde Otis (2:22) -- (Now and then there's) A fool such as I / Bill Trader (2:36) -- I got stung / Aaron Schroeder, David Hill (1:49) -- Interview with Elvis (12:34) --

Disc 5. That's when your heartaches begin / Fred Fisher, Brown, William Raskin (2:46) -- Fool, fool, fool / Ahmet Nugetre (1:51) -- Tweedle dee / Winfield Scott (2:07) -- Maybellene / Chuck Berry (1:58) -- Shake, rattle and roll / Charles Calhoun (2:16) -- Blue moon of Kentucky / Bill Monroe (1:03) -- Blue moon / Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (2:55) -- I'm left, you're right, she's gone / Stan Kesler, Bill Taylor (2:40) -- Reconsider baby / Lowell Fulsom (2:53) -- Lawdy, Miss Clawdy / Lloyd Price (2:07) -- Shake, rattle and roll / Charles Calhoun (2:25) -- I want you, I need you, I love you / Lou Kosloff, George Mysels (2:40) -- Heartbreak Hotel / Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley (2:54) -- Long tall Sally / Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Bumps Blackwell (2:15) -- Blue suede shoes / Carl Perkins (4:59) -- Money honey / Jesse Stone (3:16) -- We're gonna move / Elvis Presley, Vera Matson (2:30) -- Old Shep / Red Foley (3:53) -- I beg of you / Rose Marie McCoy, Cliff Owens (1:51) -- Loving you / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (1:48) -- Loving you / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (1:24) -- Young and beautiful / Abner Silver, Aaron Schroeder (1:09) -- I want to be free / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:06) -- King Creole / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:06) -- As long as I have you / Fred Wise, Benjamin Weisman (1:24) -- Ain't that loving you baby / Ivory Joe Hunter, Clyde Otis (1:48).
Performer:
Elvis Presley, vocals, guitar ; with vocal and instrumental accompaniment.
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