Track Listing
1. Jailhouse Rock
2. King Creole
3. That's All Right Mama
4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
5. Don't Be Cruel
6. Blue Suede Shoes
7. You're a Heartbreaker
8. Paralyzed
9. Loving You
10. Tomorrow Night
11. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
12. You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)
13. Ready Teddy
14. Long Tall Sally
15. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Love Me Tender
3. Teddy Bear
4. Good Rockin' Tonight
5. Baby Let's Play House
6. I'm Left You're Right She's Gone
7. Milk Cow Blues Boogie
8. How's the World Treating You
9. Steadfast Loyal and True
10. Treat Me Nice
11. Young Dreams
12. New Orleans
13. Dontcha Think It's Time
14. Crawfish
15. Hard-Headed Woman
1. All Shook Up
2. True Love
3. Shake Rattle and Roll
4. My Baby Left Me
5. I Love You Because
6. Blue Moon of Kentucky
7. As Long As I Have You
8. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
9. Poor Boy
10. Tutti Frutti
11. We're Gonna Move
12. Mean Woman Blues
13. I Need You So
14. Any Place is Paradise
15. I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
1. Hound Dog
2. Rip It Up
3. I Got a Woman
4. Blue Moon
5. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
6. Hot Dog
7. Lover Doll
8. Trouble
9. Young & Beautiful
10. Party
11. Love Me
12. Blueberry Hill
13. Don't Ask Me Why
14. Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do
15. Just Because
1. I Believe
2. It s No Secret (What God Can Do)
3. Peace in the Valley
4. Take My Hand Precious Lord
5. I Beg of You
6. I Want You I Need You I Love You
7. Trying to Get to You
8. Don't
9. Harbor Lights
10. I Got Stung
11. Money Honey
12. Mystery Train
13. Don't Leave Me Now
14. I Want to Be Free
15. One Night
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 5 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Delta Music/Sony DADC | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
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.
Editorial Reviews
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 EverQ (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...
Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)
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 EverQ (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...
Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)
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 EverQ (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...
Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)
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