Elvis Presley Self Titled LP LPM-1254 Mono 1956
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Elvis Presley self titled first album. 1956 mono recording. LPM-1254
The vinyl is beautiful - The front cover is in good condition but the back is somewhat dirty. The spine has a partial seam split. (see pics).
Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
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AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
Today it all seems so easy -- RCA signs up the kid from Memphis, television gets interested at around the same time, and the rest is history. The circumstances surrounding this album were neither simple nor promising, however, nor was there anything in the history of popular music up to that time to hint that Elvis Presley was going to be anything other than "Steve Sholes' folly," which was what rival executives were already whispering. So a lot was unsettled and untried at the first of two groups of sessions that produced the Elvis Presley album -- it wasn't even certain that there was any reason for a rock & roll artist to cut an album, because teenagers bought 45s, not LPs. The first of Elvis' RCA sides yielded one song, "Heartbreak Hotel," that seemed a potential single, but which no one thought would sell, and a few tracks that would be good enough for an album, if there were one. But no one involved knew anything for sure about this music. Seventeen days later, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released, and for about a month it did nothing -- then it began to move, and then Elvis appeared on television, and had a number one pop single. The album Sholes wanted out of Elvis came from two groups of sessions in January and February, augmented by five previously unissued songs from the Sun library. This was as startling a debut record as any ever made, representing every side of Elvis' musical influences except gospel -- rockabilly, blues, R&B, country, and pop were all here in an explosive and seductive combination. Elvis Presley became the first rock & roll album to reach the number one spot on the national charts, and RCA's first million dollar-earning pop album.
Tracklist:
A1 Blue Suede Shoes
Written-By – Carl Perkins
A2 I'm Counting On You
Written-By – Don Robertson (2)
A3 I Got A Woman
Written-By – Ray Charles
A4 One-Sided Love Affair
Written-By – Bill Campbell (4)
A5 I Love You Because
Written-By – Leon Payne
A6 Just Because
Written-By – Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton, Sid Robin
B1 Tutti Frutti
Written-By – Dorothy La Bostrie, Richard Penniman
B2 Tryin' To Get To You
Written-By – Singleton*, McCoy*
B3 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
Written-By – Biggs*, Thomas*
B4 I'll Never Let You Go
Written-By – Jimmy Wakely
B5 Blue Moon
Written-By – Rodgers & Hart
B6 Money Honey
Written-By – Jesse Stone
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