Elvis Studio Sessions '56 - Memphis Recording Service

Elvis Studio Sessions '56 - Memphis Recording Service

Memphis Recording Service will release a Limited Edition 3CD / book ‘ELVIS STUDIO SESSIONS ‘56’ on June 16th. The set pays tribute to Elvis Presley’s first recordings made for the RCA label in 1956. The 172-page book focuses on each of Elvis’ studio recording sessions during his first year of national stardom - from the first one in January, held in Nashville, then later in New York, before finishing his final session of the year in Hollywood in September. The full and comprehensive text is complemented by rare and previously unseen photographs and pieces of documentation.   

The 3CDs contain the complete archival master and session studio recordings of Elvis Presley from 1956, along with bonus interviews.  All 90 tracks have been remastered and restored to their original sound quality. Also for the first time on CD is the complete ‘The Truth About Me’ from an original US 45rpm flexi-disc. Although this has been claimed complete by FTD and other past official releases, they all had a missing sentence that was on the original disc. Included also are all the out-takes from this interview.

CD1

THE 1956 RCA STUDIO MASTERS

01) I Got a Woman

02) Heartbreak Hotel

03) Money Honey

04) I'm Counting on You

05) I Was the One

06) Blue Suede Shoes

07) My Baby Left Me

08) One-Sided Love Affair

09) So Glad Your Mine

10) I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Cry

11) Tutti Frutti

12) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy

13) Shake, Rattle & Rol

14) Don Davis Interview March 1956

15) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

16) Hound Dog

17) Don't Be Cruel

18) Anyway You Want Me

19) Playing For Keeps

20) Love Me

21) How Do You Think I Feel

22) How's The World Treating You

23) Paralyzed

24) When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again

25) Long Tall Sally 

26) Old Shep

27) Too Much

28) Anyplace Is Paradise

29) Ready Teddy

30) First in Line

31) Rip It Up

32) The Truth About Me (ORIGINAL US 45RPM INTERVIEW FLEXIDISK)

CD2

MOVIE SOUNDTRACK MASTER RECORDINGS

01) Love Me Tender (Matson/Presley) 02:41

02) Let Me (Matson/Presley) 02:07

03) Poor Boy (Matson/Presley) 02:12

04) We're Gonna Move (Matson/Presley 02:28

05) Love Me Tender (End Title Movie Version) (Matson/Presley) 01:07

MOVIE SOUNDTRACK OUTTAKES (STEREO)

06) We're Gonna Move (Take 4) (Matson/Presley) 02:49

07) We're Gonna Move (Take 9) (Matson/Presley) 02:47

STUDIO OUTTAKES & SESSIONS

08) I Got a Woman (Unknown Take)

09) I Got a Woman (Incomplete Unknown Take)

10) Heartbreak Hotel (Incomplete Take 4)

11) Heartbreak Hotel (Take 5) 

12) Heartbreak Hotel (Take 6)

13) Money Honey (Incomplete Take 10)

14) I'm Counting on You (FS Take 1a & 1b)

15) I'm Counting on You (Incomplete Take 2 Dry Version)

16) I'm Counting on You (Unknown Incomplete Take)

17) I'm Counting on You (Take 13)

18) I'm Counting on You (Incomplete Take 14)

19) I Was the One (Takes 1 & 2)

20) I Was the One (Take 3)

21) I Was the One (Take 7)

22) I Was the One (Incomplete Unknown Take)

23) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 1)

24) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 3) 

25) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 4)

26) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 5)

27) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 6)

28) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Incomplete Take 7)

29) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Incomplete Take 8 & Take 9)

30) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 10)

31) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (FS Take 11 & Take 12)

BONUS TRACKS:

MOVIE SOUNDTRACK MASTER RECORDINGS (STEREO VERSIONS) 

32) Love Me Tender

33) Let Me

34) Poor Boy

35) We're Gonna Move

CD3

STUDIO OUTTAKES & SESSIONS (CONTINUED)

01) Shake Rattle & Roll (FS Take 1, Take 2, FS Take 3)

02) Shake Rattle & Roll (FS Take 5, FS Take 6, Take 7)

03) Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 8)

04) Shake Rattle & Roll (FS Take 9, FS Take 10, FS Take 11)

05) Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 12)

06) Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 12 Unedited Un-dubbed Master)

07) Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 12 Edit Un-dubbed Master)

08) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 3)

09) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 4)

10) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 13)

11) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Incomplete Take 14)

12) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 15)

13) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 16)

14) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 17)

15) Old Shep (Take 5)

16) Rip It Up (FS on Takes 10, 11, 12, 13, Take 14)

17) Rip It Up (Take 15)

18) Rip It Up (Take 16)

19) Rip It Up (Take 17)

20) Rip It Up (LFS Take 18)

THE TRUTH ABOUT ME (INTERVIEW OUTAKES)

21) The Truth About Me (Take 3)

22) The Truth About Me (Take 2)

23) The Truth About Me (Take 1) 

Source: ElvisMatters