Elvis (1956 album)
Elvis | ||||
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Released | October 19, 1956 | |||
Recorded | January 30th; September 1st-3rd, 1956 | |||
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Length | 29:47 | |||
RCA Victor | ||||
Producer | Steve Sholes | |||
Elvis Presley chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
MusicHound | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Rough Guides | [5] |
Elvis (also known as Elvis Presley No. 2) is the second
It was originally released in UK in 1957 as Elvis Presley No. 2 with a different front cover (on His Master's Voice CLP1105). It was also cataloged as Rock 'n' Roll No. 2. The original U.S. release inaugurated the practice (applied inconsistently for the first few years, but commonly afterwards) of crediting Presley only by his first name on album sleeves, though his full name continued to be used on labels.
Content
RCA Victor producer
With all but one track on the album (with the exception of "So Glad You're Mine") recorded at a single set of sessions over three days in September, Presley and his touring band of
The piano player on this album is not registered in the official RCA Victor archives, except for the song "So Glad You're Mine", which was cut at a previous session in New York. In a 1984 interview conducted by Jan-Erik Kjeseth, Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires stated that he was the piano player on most of the songs on the album. In an article written by Kjeseth for the Flaming Star magazine, it was argued that the piano player on "Love Me", "Old Shep" and "How's the World Treating You" was Elvis himself. Ernst Jørgensen, writer of Elvis Presley - A Study in Music, seems to be of the same opinion. Kjeseth also claims that Elvis played the piano on the single from this session, "Playing for Keeps". Again, Jørgensen seems to be of the same opinion. Gordon Stoker played the piano on "Rip it Up" and "Anyplace is Paradise".
Reissues
RCA first reissued the original 12 track album on compact disc in 1984. This issue, in reprocessed (fake) stereo sound, was quickly withdrawn and the disc was reissued in original mono. RCA reissued an expanded edition of the album in 1999, and again in 2005. For the 1999 reissue, six bonus tracks were added that were both sides of three singles, altering the running order. Four of the tracks were chart-toppers: "
In 2014, Elvis was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in a deluxe edition consisting of 2 discs packaged in a 7-inch sleeve. The first disc contains the original album plus every known outtake from the Labor-Day 1956 sessions. The second disc features a live concert held at Hirsch Coliseum, Youth Center, Louisiana State Fairgrounds on December 15, 1956.[11]
Track listing
Original release
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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1. | " Richard Penniman | September 2, 1956 | 1:51 | |
5. | "First in Line" | September 3, 1956 | 3:21 | |
6. | "Paralyzed" | September 2, 1956 | 2:18 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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1. | "So Glad You're Mine" | Boudleaux Bryant | September 1, 1956 | 2:23 |
6. | "How Do You Think I Feel?" | September 1, 1956 | 2:10 |
1999 edition
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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1. | "Hound Dog" (released July 13, 1956, 47-6604b, #1) |
| July 2, 1956 | 2:16 |
2. | "Don't Be Cruel" (released July 13, 1956, 47-6604a, #1) |
| July 2, 1956 | 2:02 |
3. | "Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)" (released September 28, 1956, 47-6643b, #20) |
| July 2, 1956 | 2:13 |
4. | "Rip It Up" |
| September 3, 1956 | 1:50 |
5. | "Love Me" (#2) |
| September 1, 1956 | 2:41 |
6. | "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" (#19) |
| September 2, 1956 | 2:18 |
7. | "Long Tall Sally" |
| September 2, 1956 | 1:51 |
8. | "First in Line" |
| September 3, 1956 | 3:21 |
9. | "Paralyzed" (#59) |
| September 2, 1956 | 2:18 |
10. | "So Glad You're Mine" | Crudup | January 30, 1956 | 2:18 |
11. | "Old Shep" (#47) | Foley | September 2, 1956 | 4:10 |
12. | "Ready Teddy" |
| September 3, 1956 | 1:55 |
13. | "Anyplace Is Paradise" | Thomas | September 2, 1956 | 2:26 |
14. | "How's the World Treating You?" |
| September 1, 1956 | 2:23 |
15. | "How Do You Think I Feel" |
| September 1, 1956 | 2:10 |
16. | "Too Much" (released January 4, 1957, 47-6800a, #2) |
| September 2, 1956 | 2:31 |
17. | "Playing for Keeps" (released January 4, 1957, 47-6800b, #21) | Stan Kesler | September 1, 1956 | 2:50 |
18. | "Love Me Tender" (released September 28, 1956, 47-6643a, #1) |
| August 24, 1956 | 2:41 |
FTD release
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Rip It Up" | 1:56 |
2. | "Love Me" | 2:46 |
3. | "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" | 2:23 |
4. | "Long Tall Sally" | 1:56 |
5. | "First In Line" | 3:24 |
6. | "Paralyzed" | 2:29 |
7. | "So Glad You’re Mine" | 2:23 |
8. | "Old Shep" | 4:13 |
9. | "Ready Teddy" | 1:59 |
10. | "Anyplace Is Paradise" | 2:28 |
11. | "How’s the World Treating You" | 2:27 |
12. | "How Do You Think I Feel" | 2:15 |
13. | "Playing for Keeps" (bonus track) | 2:56 |
14. | "Too Much" (bonus track) | 2:37 |
15. | "Don’t Be Cruel" (bonus track) | 2:05 |
16. | "Hound Dog" (bonus track) | 2:18 |
17. | "Any Way You Want Me (That’s How I Will Be)" (bonus track) | 2:14 |
18. | "Rip It Up" (takes 10-14) (bonus track) | 3:08 |
19. | "Rip It Up" (take 15) (bonus track) | 2:05 |
20. | "Rip It Up" (take 16) (bonus track) | 1:59 |
21. | "Rip It Up" (take 17) (bonus track) | 2:06 |
22. | "Rip It Up" (take 18-19M) (bonus track) | 3:53 |
23. | "Old Shep" (take 5) (bonus track) | 4:01 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Heartbreak Hotel" | 2:46 |
2. | "Long Tall Sally" | 2:46 |
3. | "I Was the One" | 2:46 |
4. | "Love Me Tender" | 2:46 |
5. | "Don’t Be Cruel" | 2:46 |
6. | "Love Me" | 2:46 |
7. | "I Got A Woman" | 2:46 |
8. | "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" | 2:46 |
9. | "Paralyzed" | 2:46 |
Notes
- Chart positions for LPM 1382 from Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; for singles from Billboard Pop Singles chart.
Personnel
- Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, piano on "Old Shep", “Paralyzed", “First in Line”, "How's The World Treating You", and 1997 bonus track "Playing For Keeps“
- Scotty Moore – electric lead guitar
- Shorty Long – piano on “So Glad You’re Mine”
- Gordon Stoker – piano
- Bill Black – double bass
- D. J. Fontana – drums
- The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Hugh Jarrett) - backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1956) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[12] | 3 |
US Billboard 200[13] | 1 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[14] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Notes
- ^ AllMusic review
- ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
- ^ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
- ^ "Keith Flynn's Elvis Presley Pages". www.keithflynn.com. 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ "Searchable datebase". RIAA. 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013. Note: Enter search for "Presley, Elvis" and go to pages 1 and 37
- ISBN 0-394-51322-3, p. 34
- The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters, insert booklet, p. 32 and 34
- ISBN 0-312-18572-3, pp. 38 and 60-61
- ^ Sources:
- "Elvis Presley FTD releases". Elvis Australia. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- "Elvis". ShopElvis. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "From The Beatles to Kanye West & Beyond: Artists With the Most No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 Chart". June 10, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "American album certifications – Elvis Presley – Elvis". Recording Industry Association of America.
References
Jorgenson, Ernst. Elvis Presley: A Life In Music - The Complete Recording Sessions, 1998. New York: St. Martin's Press.
External links
- Elvis at Discogs (list of releases)
- LPM-1382 Elvis Guide part of The Elvis Presley Record Research Database