Elvis Presley - The classic first album, with its iconic, distinctive cover, with a black and white picture of a gyrating Elvis and the title written in pink and green. This CD is remastered using Sony's DSD technology. Includes bonus tracks, rare photographs, and original album art. Deluxe Edition now available from FTD - The first rock n' roll album ever to reach no. 1, the March 1956 Elvis Presley includes 'Blue Suede Shoes' and 'Blue Moon' and the bonus tracks include the hit single 'Heartbreak Hotel'.
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Elvis Presley Track List
1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. I'm Counting On You
3. I Got A Woman
4. One-Sided Love Affair
5. I Love You Because
6. Just Because
7. Tutti Frutti
8. Trying To Get To You
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
10. I'll Never Let You Go
11. Blue Moon
12. Money Honey
Bonus Tracks:
13. Heartbreak Hotel
14. I Was the One
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
16. Shake, Rattle And Roll
17. My Baby Left Me
18. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Elvis Presley CD
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, 'Elvis Presley' 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.
Elvis Presley is rock & roll. It doesn't get simpler than that!
Elvis Presley is rock & roll. It doesn't get simpler than that. Elvis Presley was one of the prime architects of the music. As such, he influenced several generations both musically and socially. The songs presented on Elvis' Golden Records are among his finest. The urgency in Elvis Presley's voice is just one part of the equation. The ease with which he swings through the material tells the rest of the story. Equal parts balladeer and rockabilly king, Elvis Presley played both sides of the fence. He was both tender Love Man and hard-hitting rebel. As this collection proves, his genius was in the way he made it work.
Elvis Presley CD
