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Item specifics
Condition: Brand New: An item that has never been opened or removed from the manufacturer's sealing (if applicable). Item ... Read more Title: The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters [Box]
Duration: Box Set Genre: Pop
Release Date: 06/23/1992 Sub-Genre: Rock 'n' Roll
Record Label: RCA Artist: Elvis Presley
Number of Discs: 5 Format: CD
UPC:
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Album Features
UPC:
Artist: Elvis Presley
Format: CD
Release Year: 1992
Record Label: RCA
Genre: Oldies, Rock 'N' Roll
Number Of Discs: 5
Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. My Happiness - (previously unreleased)
2. That's All Right
3. I Love You Because
4. Harbor Lights
5. Blue Moon of Kentucky
6. Blue Moon
7. Tomorrow Night
8. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
9. I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine
10. Just Because
11. Good Rockin' Tonight
12. Milk Cow Blues
13. You're a Heartbreaker
14. Baby Let's Play House
15. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
16. Mystery Train
17. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
18. Trying to Get to You
19. When It Rains, It Really Pours
20. I Got a Woman
21. Heartbreak Hotel
22. Money Honey
23. I'm Counting on You
24. I Was the One
25. Blue Suede Shoes
26. My Baby Left Me
27. One-Sided Love Affair
28. So Glad You're Mine
29. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
30. Tutti Frutti
DISC 2:
1. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
2. Shake, Rattle & Roll
3. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
4. Hound Dog
5. Don't Be Cruel
6. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
7. We're Gonna Move
8. Love Me Tender
9. Poor Boy
10. Let Me
11. Playing for Keeps
12. Love Me
13. Paralyzed
14. How Do You Think I Feel
15. How's the World Treating You
16. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
17. Long Tall Sally
18. Old Shep
19. Too Much
20. Anyplace Is Paradise
21. Ready Teddy
22. First in Line
23. Rip It Up
24. I Believe
25. Tell Me Why
26. Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do!
27. All Shook Up
28. Mean Woman Blues
29. Peace in the Valley
DISC 3:
1. That's When Your Heartaches Begin
2. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
3. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
4. Blueberry Hill
5. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
6. Is It So Strange
7. Party
8. Lonesome Cowboy
9. Hot Dog
10. One Night of Sin
11. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
12. Don't Leave Me Now
13. I Beg of You
14. One Night
15. True Love
16. I Need You So
17. Loving You
18. When It Rains, It Really Pours
19. Jailhouse Rock
20. Young and Beautiful
21. I Want to Be Free
22. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
23. Don't Leave Me Now
24. Blue Christmas
25. White Christmas
26. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
27. Silent Night
28. O Little Town of Bethlehem
29. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
30. Santa Claus Is Back in Town
31. I'll Be Home for Christmas
DISC 4:
1. Treat Me Nice
2. My Wish Came True
3. Don't
4. Danny
5. Hard Headed Woman
6. Trouble
7. New Orleans
8. Crawfish
9. Dixieland Rock
10. Lover Doll
11. Don't Ask Me Why
12. As Long as I Have You
13. King Creole
14. Young Dreams
15. Steadfast, Loyal and True
16. Doncha' Think It's Time
17. Your Cheatin' Heart
18. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
19. I Need Your Love Tonight
20. Big Hunk O' Love, A
21. Ain't That Loving You Baby
22. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I
23. I Got Stung
24. Interview With Elvis - (previously unreleased, September 1958)
DISC 5: AND ROCKIN' CONTAINS 14 UNRELEASED PERFORMANCES:
1. That's When Your Heartaches Begin - (previously unreleased, 1953 version)
2. Fool, Fool, Fool - (previously unreleased, demo)
3. Tweedle Dee - (previously unreleased)
4. Maybellene - (previously unreleased)
5. Shake, Rattle & Roll - (previously unreleased)
6. Blue Moon of Kentucky - (alternate take)
7. Blue Moon - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
8. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
9. Reconsider Baby - (previously unreleased)
10. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
11. Shake, Rattle & Roll - (previously unreleased)
12. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - (previously unreleased)
13. Heartbreak Hotel - (previously unreleased)
14. Long Tall Sally - (previously unreleased)
15. Blue Suede Shoes - (previously unreleased)
16. Money Honey - (previously unreleased)
17. We're Gonna Move - (previously unreleased)
18. Old Shep - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
19. I Beg of You - (alternate version)
20. Loving You - (previously unreleased, slow version)
21. Loving You - (previously unreleased, alternate take, uptempo version)
22. Young and Beautiful - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
23. I Want to Be Free - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
24. King Creole - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
25. As Long as I Have You - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
26. Ain't That Loving You Baby - (outtake, alternate take)
Details
Playing Time: 41 min.
Contributing Artists: Jerry Lee Lewis, The Jordanaires, Chet Atkins, Carl Perkins, Floyd Cramer, Mike Stoller, Ben Speer, Freddy Martin, Brock Speer, The Speers
Distributor: BMG (distributor)
Recording Type: Mixed
Recording Mode: Mixed
SPAR Code: n/a
Album Notes
Full Title: The King Of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters.THE KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL contains every Elvis Presley studio recording released during the 1950s, along with alternate takes and live recordings. It contains 140 tracks, 15 of them previously unreleased (mostly contained on Disc 5, "Rare And Rockin'") and several others never before released on compact disc. Also included in this numbered box set is a 92-page color booklet with many rare photos from the Graceland archives, and a '50s discography and sessionography; and a page of color stamps depicting Presley's '50s record covers.Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Gordon Stoker (vocals, piano); The Jordanaires, Ben Speer, Brock Speer (vocals); Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins, Hank Garland, Carl Perkins (guitar); Mahlon Clark (clarinet); Justin Gordon (saxophone); John Ed Buckner (trumpet); Elmer Schneider (trombone); Ray Siegel (tuba, acoustic bass); Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long, Marvin Hughes, Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller, Jerry Lee Lewis (piano); Hoyt Hawkins (piano, organ, cymbals); Gordon Stoker (piano, bongos, background vocals); Clayton Perkins (acoustic bass); Neal Matthews (electric bass); D.J. Fontana, Bernie Mattinson (drums); Freddy Martin & His Orchestra.Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.Principally recorded at Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; RCA Studios, New York; 20th Century Fox and Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California between 1953 and 1958. Includes liner notes by Peter Guralnick.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Full Title: The King Of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters: Special Value Edition.THE KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL: THE COMPLETE 50'S MASTERS: SPECIAL VALUE EDITION contains the same 5 CDs as THE KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL: THE COMPLETE 50'S MASTERS. It does not include the packaging of that set.Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Gordon Stoker (vocals, piano, background vocals); The Jordanaires, Ben Speer, Brock Speer (vocals); Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins, Hank Garland, Carl Perkins (guitar); Mahlon Clark (clarinet); Justin Gordon (saxophone); John Ed Buckner (trumpet); Elmer Schneider (trombone); Ray Siegel (tuba, acoustic bass); Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long, Marvin Hughes, Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller, Jerry Lee Lewis (piano); Hoyt Hawkins (piano, organ, cymbals); Gordon Stoker (piano, bongos, background vocals); Clayton Perkins (acoustic bass); Neal Matthews (electric bass); D.J. Fontana, Bernie Mattinson (drums).Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.Principally recorded at Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; RCA Studios, New York; 20th Century Fox and Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California between 1953 and 1958.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Personnel: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar, piano); Gordon Stoker (vocals, piano, bongos); Charles Prescott, Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, Kitty White, The Jordanaires, Ben Speer, Millie Kirkham, Brock Speer (vocals); Jimmy Day (guitar, steel guitar); Chet Atkins, Vito Mumolo, Hank Garland, Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Carl Perkins (guitar); Luther Rountree (banjo); George Fields (harmonica); Dominic Frontiere, Carl Fortina (accordion); Mahlon Clark (clarinet); Justin Gordon (saxophone); John Buckner (trumpet); Ray Siegel (tuba); Johnny Bernero (piano, drums); Hoyt Hawkins (piano, cymbals); Dudley Brooks, Floyd Cramer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Marvin Hughes, Mike Stoller, Shorty Long (piano); Neal Matthews (bass guitar); W.S. Holland, D.J. Fontana, Jimmy Lott, Bernie Mattinson, Richard Cornell (drums); Buddy Harman (bongos).Liner Note Author: Peter Guralnick.Recording information: 20th Century Fox, Stage 1, Hollywood, CA (??/??/1953-06/10/1958); Gladewater TX (??/??/1953-06/10/1958); Gladewater, TX (??/??/1953-06/10/1958); Lubbock TX (??/??/1953-06/10/1958); Lubbock, TX (??/??/1953-06/10/1958); Municipal ...
Editorial Reviews
Ranked #3 reissue in the Village Voice's 1992 Jazz & Pop Critics Poll.
Village Voice ()
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Vibe ()
...essential....a stunning revelation....suggests that [Elvis] mirrored all sides of our musical culture--and became an American icon because he gave all kinds of Americans exactly what they most wanted to hear... - Rating: A+
Entertainment Weekly ()
5 Stars - Classic - ...Presented with generally decent, challenging material throughout this era, his singing reaches masterful heights....the 1954 and '55 sessions are probably the most perfect recordings in rock & roll history....a box set fit for the King...
Rolling Stone ()
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