ELVIS56
ELVIS56
RCA 07863 66817 1
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. My Baby Left Me
3. Blue Suede Shoes
4. So Glad You're Mine
5. Tutti Frutti
6. One-sided Love Affair
7. Love Me
8. Anyplace Is Paradise
9. Paralyzed
10. Ready Teddy
11. Too Much
12. Hound Dog
Side 2:
1. Any Way You Want Me (that's how I will be)
2. Don't Be Cruel (to a heart that's true)
3. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
4. Shake, Rattle And Roll
5. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
6. Rip It Up
7. Heartbreak Hotel (take 5 - previously unreleased)
8. I Got A Woman
9. I Was The One
10. Money Honey
Released: April 1996:
Sound Format: mono
UK Album No: (321)
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This album concentrated on some of Elvis' top recordings from his breakthrough year.
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Side 1: 74321 228711 Side 2: 74321 228711
(Sleeve Variation 1 - Front)
Gloss Sleeve
(Candid Photo From July 2, Recording Session 1956)
Sticker Applied:
THE DEFINITIVE
ROCK 'N' ROLL ALBUM!
DIGITALLY REMASTERED
(Sleeve Variation 1 - Rear)
Bar Code (Top Right)
(Candid Photo From July Recording Session 1956)
Tracklisting
BMG & RCA Logo (Bottom Left)
â„—&© 1996 BMG Entertainment
Made in the EC (Bottom Centre)
Distributed by BMG, A unit of BMG Entertainment.
RCA is a registered trademark of General Electric Company USA (Bottom Right)
(Inner Sleeve Variation 1 - Front)
Gloss Sleeve
(Candid Photo From July Recording Session 1956
Elvis and Neal Matthews of The Jordanaires)​
(Inner Sleeve Variation 1 - Rear)
(Elvis Appears On The Dorsey Bros. "Stage Show" With Scotty, Bill & DJ 1956)
(Record Inner Sleeve Variation 1 - Front)
Gloss Paper Sleeve
(Candid Photo From July Recording Session 1956)
(The Jordanaires, DJ Fontana, Steve Sholes, Junior Smith, Elvis and Scotty Moore)​
(Record Inner Sleeve Variation 1 - Rear)
(Candid Photo From July Recording Session 1956)
(Test Pressing/Factory Sample/Demo/Promo)
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(Factory Sample - Side 1)
(Factory Sample - Side 2)
(European Black Label, BMG/Retro RCA Small Dot Logo)
(Variation 1 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
BMG/Retro RCA Small Dot Logo
(1996 European Pressing)
(Mono)
(Variation 1 - Side 2)
SIDE 2
(All Tracks Below The Centre Hole)
Made in the EC​
UK Chart Information:
This LP entered the UK charts on May 11, 1996 and peaked at no. 42.
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Chart Run: (2 Weeks)
11/05/1996 - 42
18/05/1996 - 66
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It re-entered the charts for two weeks on June 15, 1996 and reached no. 75.
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Chart Run: (2 Weeks)
15/06/1996 - 75
22/06/1996 - 91
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Information: www.officialcharts.com
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​Recording Information:
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Heartbreak Hotel
(January 10, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
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My Baby Left Me
(January 30, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
Blue Suede Shoes
(January 30, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
So Glad You're Mine
(January 30, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
Tutti Frutti
(January 31, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
One-sided Love Affair
(January 30, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
Love Me
(September 1, 1956: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
Anyplace is Paradise
(September 2, 1956: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
Paralyzed
(September 1, 1956: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
Ready Teddy
(September 3, 1956: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
Too Much
(September 2, 1956: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
Hound Dog
(July 2, 1956: RCA Studios, New York)
Anyway You Want Me
(July 2, 1956: RCA Studios, New York)
Don't Be Cruel
(July 2, 1956: RCA Studios, New York)
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
(February 3, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
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Shake, Rattle and Roll
(February 3, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
(April 14, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
Rip It Up
(September 3, 1956: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
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I Got A Woman
(January 10, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
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I Was the One
(January 11, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
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Money Honey
(January 10, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
24 Page Booklet
Photographs taken by Alfred Wertheimer