ELVIS PRESLEY "Elvis" Orignal 1956 US Mono Long Play Rock LP (RCA AD Back Cover)
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Elvis Presley / Elvis - RCA Records LPM-1382 (1956) (US) ...This auction is for an original issue Record on (US) vinyl.
If Elvis isn't quite as important historically as the Elvis Presley album that preceded it-- musically, it's a more confident and bolder work than his debut, and in any other artist's output it would have been considered a crowning achievement. At the sessions for his first album, the singer and all concerned were treading into unmapped territory and not sure what they were doing or if they were ready for it -- by September of 1956, when the three days of sessions behind the Elvis album took place, he was on top, a national phenomenon of a kind that hadn't been seen in music since Frank Sinatra a dozen years earlier, and he had some more experience recording.
Track listings and reviews below...
Detailed item info:
Track Listing(Side One)
1. Rip It Up
2. Love Me
3. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
4. Long Tall Sally
5. First in Line
6. Paralyzed
(Side Two)
1. So Glad You're Mine
2. Old Shep
3. Ready Teddy
4. Anyplace Is Paradise
5. How's the World Treating You
6. How Do You Think I Feel
Details Distributor: RCA Records (USA) Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Mono
Album Notes
Personnel: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar); Scotty Moore (guitar); Bill Black (double bass); D.J. Fontana (drums).
Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.
This was Elvis Presley's second album release--but only his first TRUE album, as his debut consisted of the Sun sessions. This album is a blueprint for Elvis's musical career--he would go, in varying degrees, on the paths he set upon here. Out-and-out rockers ("Rip It Up," "Long Tall Sally"), country ("How's the World Treating You"), pop ("Don't Be Cruel"), mushy ballads ("Old Shep"), earthy rhythm & blues ("Too Much," "Hound Dog"), along with southern gospel, made up the sort of material Elvis would do all his life. He sings with authority and insolent swagger on the rockers (listen to the angst-ridden, manic "Paralyzed") and heartfelt vulnerability and soulfulness on the ballads (the stark "Love Me Tender"). ELVIS stands as one of the best rock & roll albums of the '50s, and one of the King's best, as well.
Editorial Reviews
5 stars out of 5 - [A] reverb-sodden paradise featuring guitarist Scotty Moore at his spidery-fingered best...
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5 stars out of 5 - ...the expected exemplary rock'n'roll, country and blues, with hits tagged on...
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