STEAL-A-RECORD from STEAL-A-COMIC ON EBAY

A moment caught in time, and eventually on this Mint condition Sun LP!

JUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS
WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY
I SHALL NOT BE MOVED
PEACE IN THE VALLEY
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
I'M WITH THE CROWD BUT OH SO ALONE
FARTHER ALONG
BLESSED JESUS HOLD MY HAND
AS WE TRAVEL ALONG ON THE JERICHO ROAD
I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT BY MYSELF
LITTLE CABIN ON THE HILL
SUMMERTIME HAS PASSED AND GONE
I HEAR A SWEET VOICE CALLING
AND NOW SWEETHEART YOU'VE DONE ME WRONG
KEEPER OF THE KEY
CRAZY ARMS
DON'T FORBID ME

We kick off with "Just A Little Talk With Jesus"; Carl, his brothers, W.S. Holland provide the instrumental backing, Elvis and Jerry Lee harmonise. Most of the time Carl's tenor harmony is consigned to oblivion. Says Carl, "I sat down beside Elvis on the piano stool and we shared a microphone. Jerry Lee had a microphone by himself, and he - as always - did get in there. I remember most of the things he was singing would be too high or too low, but they was in the one or two keys that Elvis could play in. That's why on some of the stuff it was almost impossible for me to sing tenor rhythm". And where does Johnny Cash figure in all this? Well, Carl recalls that once the photographic session was over he went shopping! Just a Million Dollar Trio then perhaps? They chat, they prompt each other through "Walk that Lonesome Valley", "I Shall Not Be Moved", "Peace In The Valley", "Down By The River Side". Gradually the band drop out. Maybe they come to the conclusion that the session just isn't going to be continued now and they've got better things to do. Elvis sets about imitating Hank Snow's nasal tones with uncanny accuracy on "I'm With The Crowd But Oh So Alone", after all he's toured with Snow quite extensively. When he first introduced himself to Snow at the Grand Old Opry, Snow asked him what his real name was. Now everybody knows the name Elvis Presley. He's the kid who has shocked and outraged middle-aged America. He's the Devil incarnate. And yet here he is singing "Farther Along", "Blessed Jesus Hold My Hand", "As We Travel Along On The Jericho Road" and "I Just Can't Make It By Myself". And singing along with him are those other two exponents of the godless music, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis!

Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" was one of the songs that helped launch the Presley legend. Elvis demonstrates his familiarity with Monroe's music by not only singing "Little Cabin On The Hill" but also giving a passable imitation of Monroe's vocal. (It would be another 14 years before Elvis actually recorded the number on his `Country' album). Then it's back to the religious tunes that they were all weaned on: "Summertime Has Passed And Gone", "I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling", a touch of country lament on "And Now Sweetheart You've Done Me Wrong" and a lovely rendition by Carl of Wynn Stewart's "Keeper Of The Key". A snatch of "Crazy Arms" (after all Jerry Lee has just recently recorded it, he'd be bound to bring it in), and then perhaps the biggest surprise of all. Pat Boone has just hit with "Don't Forbid Me". (Bear in mind that Boone is still something of a rival to Presley). Elvis explains with a touch of bravado that he's had the song for months but never really bothered with it. He proceeds to prove the point by singing the number accompanying himself at the piano. At some point Jerry Lee took over the piano stool for Carl remembers Elvis saying, "The wrong man's been sitting here at this piano". To which Jerry Lee riposted, "Well, I been wanting to tell you that. Scoot over". But that must have happened later. Exactly what happened later is still a closed book. But let us be thankful for this brief moment of history being made, now after all these years, available to us. Sam was right, all these people never would all get together in a studio again.

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