Elvis '56 [Original recording remastered]

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The organizing principle of Elvis 56 is simple: 1956 is the year Presley recorded these 22 tracks (including an alternate take of "Heartbreak Hotel," the opening track, recorded January 10). It's also the year that Presley became the biggest pop phenomenon since Frank Sinatra after kicking up a fuss on Milton Berle's and Steve Allen's TV variety shows. In the studio, Presley's first recordings for RCA drew from the same pool of rhythm & blues tunes that he'd been interpreting at Sun Records. 1956 was the year Presley sang great songs by Otis Blackwell ("Don't Be Cruel," "Paralyzed," "Ready Teddy") and the Leiber-Stoller team ("Hound Dog," "Love Me"). He also essentially swiped Carl Perkins's "Blue Suede Shoes" and tried to do the same with such other contemporary hits as "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll." Note that on the same day he recorded the galvanizing "Heartbreak Hotel," Presley also cut a most Sun-like (and wholly appropriate) "Money Honey." The compilation chronicles a remarkable year in which every song rang true; the booklet includes exquisite period photos of Presley taken by Alfred Wertheimer. A video of the same title that chronicles the year in pictures is highly recommended. --John Milward

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Elvis '56 [Original recording remastered]

Average customer rating: Taking Rock and Roll to the next level! The REAL Elvis Elvis's Best Year in the 1950's A Great CD!!! The msuic is a bit uneven, but still essnetial...

Elvis 56 Elvis Presley Manufacturer: Bmg / Elvis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Elvis At Sun Great Country Songs Elvis Loving You On Stage February, 1970 ASIN: B00007FZHZ Release Date: 2003-01-07

Tracks:

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
13. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
14. Don't Be Cruel
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
16. Shake, Rattle And Roll
17. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
18. Rip It Up
19. Heartbreak Hotel (Alternate Take 5 - Intro- Previously Unreleased)
20. I Got A Woman
21. I Was The One
22. Money Honey

Amazon.com

The organizing principle of Elvis 56 is simple: 1956 is the year Presley recorded these 22 tracks (including an alternate take of "Heartbreak Hotel," the opening track, recorded January 10). It's also the year that Presley became the biggest pop phenomenon since Frank Sinatra after kicking up a fuss on Milton Berle's and Steve Allen's TV variety shows. In the studio, Presley's first recordings for RCA drew from the same pool of rhythm & blues tunes that he'd been interpreting at Sun Records. 1956 was the year Presley sang great songs by Otis Blackwell ("Don't Be Cruel," "Paralyzed," "Ready Teddy") and the Leiber-Stoller team ("Hound Dog," "Love Me"). He also essentially swiped Carl Perkins's "Blue Suede Shoes" and tried to do the same with such other contemporary hits as "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll." Note that on the same day he recorded the galvanizing "Heartbreak Hotel," Presley also cut a most Sun-like (and wholly appropriate) "Money Honey." The compilation chronicles a remarkable year in which every song rang true; the booklet includes exquisite period photos of Presley taken by Alfred Wertheimer. A video of the same title that chronicles the year in pictures is highly recommended. --John Milward

Customer Reviews:

Taking Rock and Roll to the next level!.......2006-08-10

These historic recordings are the ones that not only made Elvis THE superstar of the era, but also helped to establish Rock and Roll as the dominent pop music form for decades to come. This collection includes not only the hits from 1956, like Heartbreak Hotel, Don't Be Cruel, and Hound Dog, but also many forgotten classics like Ready Teddy and my favorite Money Honey! A must for Elvis fans and students of Rock and Roll!

The REAL Elvis.......2006-02-23

It's wonderful to hear these early Elvis recordings, when he was still raw and new and amazing, when he was still singing real music, before The Colonel turned him into a movie star singing songs like "Do The Clam". Even if you've heard all these before, and even if you already have most of them, this is still a great collection. Everything on this CD was recorded in the same year, and all I can say is that 1956 must have been amazing! (I was only 6 years old, so I can't really say much from personal experience.)

My only complaint isn't with the music, only with the liner notes, or rather the lack of liner notes. The booklet that comes with the CD is beautifully designed, with some very evocative photgraphs by Alfred Wertheimer - LordyLordy, Elvis was certainly somethin' to look at back then! But I would have enjoyed a little more discussion about the music - who wrote it, who recorded some of it before Elvis, how he took some of the repertoire of the black blues and R&B artists of the time and made it accessible to the white audiences of the time, what the rest of the popular music world was like at the time and how Elvis totally changed the landscape, and how that all really started in 1956. But unfortunately, that one run-on sentence I just wrote is more information than you'll get with this CD.

Yeah, well, liner notes would have been nice, but really it's all about the music. And the music on this CD is awesome!

Elvis's Best Year in the 1950's .......2005-11-29

This CD is a good sample of much of the best of 1950s Elvis. Though it covers only 1956, that was his biggest year in that decade. This is mostly a combination of his original albums ELVIS PRESLEY and ELVIS, minus the Sun Studio recordings of 1954-55 that were on those albums (which you can get separately). At 22 tracks it's quite sizable, and emphasizes rock and blues along with a few slower ballads. It's also got a nicely-done booklet with many photos. There's not a lot of unusual material here if you've already got most of his '50s stuff, but of the alternate takes of "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" and "Heartbreak Hotel," the latter is especially interesting. Sound quality is unusually clear, and the packaging is attractive. This album gives good evidence why the Beatles were huge Elvis fans in the '50s.

A Great CD!!!.......2005-08-08

For any Elvis fan that loves his music from his earlier years will love this CD. I highly recommend this CD.

The msuic is a bit uneven, but still essnetial..........2004-07-19

Though the cd contains 40% rockabilly, 30% r&b/r'n'r and 20% sappy ballads, it is a bit uneven, but still rollicking and essential. The ballads are very dated, however the R&B sides like Rip It Up are interesting but not as much so as when sung by Little Richard. The real gems here are the most essential version ever of Money Honey, a knockout version of I Got A Woman, every bit as gritty and wonderful as the Ray Charles hit! Although Bill Haley & Elvis can never match Big Joe Turner's soulfulness on Shake Rattle Roll, Elvis does it nicely. The cd overall makes a compelling listen and teh find of the cd is One Sided Love Affair. Great rockabilly and r&b. You need the Sun collections and Lousisiana Hayride collections first, but then get this and you'll be set!

Average customer rating: 1956 Helping To Jump-start Americans Towards Change! Elvis at his very best! Amazing Food for the Soul Almost perfect...

Elvis 56 Elvis Presley Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: ELVIS 2ND TO NONE ASIN: B000002WX6 Release Date: 1996-04-16

Tracks:

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 Possible
9. Paralyzed
10. Ready Teddy
11. Too Much
12. Hound Dog
13. Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
14. Don't Be Cruel
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
16. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Alternate Take 8)
17. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
18. Rip It Up
19. Heartbreak Hotel (Alternate Take 5)
20. I Got A Woman
21. I Was The One
22. Money Honey

Amazon.com

The organizing principle of Elvis 56 is simple: that's the year Presley recorded these 22 tracks (including an alternate take of "Heartbreak Hotel," the opening track, recorded on January 10, 1956). It's also the year that Presley would become the biggest pop phenomenon since Frank Sinatra by kicking up a fuss as a red-hot regular on TV variety shows. In the studio, Presley's first recordings for RCA drew from the same pool of rhythm & blues tunes that he'd been interpreting at Sun Records. 1956 was the year Presley sang great songs by Otis Blackwell ("Don't Be Cruel," "Paralyzed," "Ready Teddy") and the Leiber-Stoller team ("Hound Dog," "Love Me"). He also essentially swiped Carl Perkins's "Blue Suede Shoes," and tried to do the same with such other contemporary hits as "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll." Note that on the same day he recorded the galvanizing "Heartbreak Hotel," Presley also cut a most Sun-like (and wholly appropriate) "Money Honey." The compilation chronicles a remarkable year in which every song rang true; the booklet includes exquisite period photos of Presley taken by Alfred Wertheimer. A video of the same title that chronicles the year in pictures is highly recommended. --John Milward

Customer Reviews:

1956.......2005-03-20

This CD features 22 songs that Elvis Presley recorded in 1956. What more need be said? I guess I can add that the version I have has some great pictures of Elvis taken by Alfred Wertheimer. Seriously, these are the best pictures anyone ever took of Elvis. But the best thing about this CD is the music, which is magnificent. Elvis could almost do no wrong at this point, at least in a recording studio. I highly recommend this CD.

Helping To Jump-start Americans Towards Change!.......2002-11-03

Besides The Complete Sun Sessions, this is the best Elvis Presley compilation I've ever heard! By focusing on his most influential - and honest - work, it becomes apparent that his success exposed much of our people to - Ye Gods! - some of the multitude of talented black recording artists working at that time. By covering songs by Little Richard, Big Joe Turner, etc., Presley simultaneously validates and pays homage to these great talents, who still had to use "Coloreds Only" restrooms in 17 of our grand old 50 states! Rock & roll didn't create the civil rights movement, but it DID start people questioning policies that had been blandly accepted for generations as the staus quo. And Elvis Presley started that change.

This is the Elvis we should all remember, who rips through "Paralyzed", "My Baby Left Me" and "Ready Teddy" as if his very life depended on each performance. Sure, he made a lot of money off of these records, but nobody had taken these kinds of risks - at least before a WHITE audience - ever before. This was a golden moment in Elvis's life, and for our country as well. It reminds me that there actualy WAS a time when popular musicians created works that reflected their own convictions, and so reflected the lives of their audience back to them in some fashion.

And so, when I hear some dome-headed skater "dude" trying to sell me on

the significance of Blink 182, I just hand him a copy of this CD, ask him to listen to it, and be thankful that, 46 years ago, Elvis Presley had the talent - and the guts - to make this country a better place to live.

Elvis at his very best!.......2002-08-21

Bought this CD in Memphis during Elvis Week. It has totally blow me away. Not only are there some of the greatest rock n' roll songs ever recorded (Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, etc.) but there are some fantastic songs I'd never heard before (So Glad You're Mine, One-Sided Love Affair.) If this was released as an album in 1956 it would've been a blockbuster! Truly an awesome CD. My most favorite Elvis compilation!

Amazing Food for the Soul.......2002-03-11

I have never been a big Elvis fan so to speak. But any serious fan of popular music has to give the man his due, and this album is as fresh as anything I have ever heard. Simply put: this is rock n roll.

There are many gigantic hits here: 'Heartbreak Hotel,' Tutti Frutti,' and 'Hound Dog' are just a few. But even the lesser known songs shine, and listening to these 22 tracks together is a glimpse into an historic period in recorded music, on par with the Beatles early work.

Elvis paved the path for a lot of artists, and rock as we have come to know could never have happened without Elvis. These songs won't make you think hard, but man do they make you feel too good!

Almost perfect..........2000-10-03

When I was three, or so my parents tell me, I asked for Elvis records and a Donny and Marie record player. While I am embarrassed about the latter part and can only excuse myself with the fact that I was only three, and I was happy to learn that I had such refined taste in my toddlerhood. Nevertheless, I did not get those albums, and it was not until I was 21 that I got this collection... and I listen to it frequently. It inspires me right out of my chair (have to dance!) and time just flies with fun like this. This is a collection of all the essentials... Noteworthy tracks here are "My Baby Left Me", "So Glad You're Mine" (very sexy tune), "Love Me" (sad, sentimental for me!), and "Too Much" ("you do all the livin', while I do the givin'") Familiar themes, endless entertainment.

Average customer rating: 1956 Helping To Jump-start Americans Towards Change! Elvis at his very best! Amazing Food for the Soul Almost perfect...

Elvis 56 Elvis Presley Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: ELVIS 2ND TO NONE ASIN: B000002WW3 Release Date: 1996-04-16

Tracks:

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
13. Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
14. Don't Be Cruel
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
16. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Alternate Take 8)
17. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
18. Rip It Up
19. Heartbreak Hotel (Alternate Take 5-Previously Unreleased)
20. I Got A Woman
21. I Was The One
22. Money Honey

Amazon.com

The organizing principle of Elvis 56 is simple: that's the year Presley recorded these 22 tracks (including an alternate take of "Heartbreak Hotel," the opening track, recorded on January 10, 1956). It's also the year that Presley would become the biggest pop phenomenon since Frank Sinatra by kicking up a fuss as a red-hot regular on TV variety shows. In the studio, Presley's first recordings for RCA drew from the same pool of rhythm & blues tunes that he'd been interpreting at Sun Records. 1956 was the year Presley sang great songs by Otis Blackwell ("Don't Be Cruel," "Paralyzed," "Ready Teddy") and the Leiber-Stoller team ("Hound Dog," "Love Me"). He also essentially swiped Carl Perkins's "Blue Suede Shoes," and tried to do the same with such other contemporary hits as "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll." Note that on the same day he recorded the galvanizing "Heartbreak Hotel," Presley also cut a most Sun-like (and wholly appropriate) "Money Honey." The compilation chronicles a remarkable year in which every song rang true; the booklet includes exquisite period photos of Presley taken by Alfred Wertheimer. A video of the same title that chronicles the year in pictures is highly recommended. --John Milward

Customer Reviews:

1956.......2005-03-20

This CD features 22 songs that Elvis Presley recorded in 1956. What more need be said? I guess I can add that the version I have has some great pictures of Elvis taken by Alfred Wertheimer. Seriously, these are the best pictures anyone ever took of Elvis. But the best thing about this CD is the music, which is magnificent. Elvis could almost do no wrong at this point, at least in a recording studio. I highly recommend this CD.

Helping To Jump-start Americans Towards Change!.......2002-11-03

Besides The Complete Sun Sessions, this is the best Elvis Presley compilation I've ever heard! By focusing on his most influential - and honest - work, it becomes apparent that his success exposed much of our people to - Ye Gods! - some of the multitude of talented black recording artists working at that time. By covering songs by Little Richard, Big Joe Turner, etc., Presley simultaneously validates and pays homage to these great talents, who still had to use "Coloreds Only" restrooms in 17 of our grand old 50 states! Rock & roll didn't create the civil rights movement, but it DID start people questioning policies that had been blandly accepted for generations as the staus quo. And Elvis Presley started that change.

This is the Elvis we should all remember, who rips through "Paralyzed", "My Baby Left Me" and "Ready Teddy" as if his very life depended on each performance. Sure, he made a lot of money off of these records, but nobody had taken these kinds of risks - at least before a WHITE audience - ever before. This was a golden moment in Elvis's life, and for our country as well. It reminds me that there actualy WAS a time when popular musicians created works that reflected their own convictions, and so reflected the lives of their audience back to them in some fashion.

And so, when I hear some dome-headed skater "dude" trying to sell me on

the significance of Blink 182, I just hand him a copy of this CD, ask him to listen to it, and be thankful that, 46 years ago, Elvis Presley had the talent - and the guts - to make this country a better place to live.

Elvis at his very best!.......2002-08-21

Bought this CD in Memphis during Elvis Week. It has totally blow me away. Not only are there some of the greatest rock n' roll songs ever recorded (Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, etc.) but there are some fantastic songs I'd never heard before (So Glad You're Mine, One-Sided Love Affair.) If this was released as an album in 1956 it would've been a blockbuster! Truly an awesome CD. My most favorite Elvis compilation!

Amazing Food for the Soul.......2002-03-11

I have never been a big Elvis fan so to speak. But any serious fan of popular music has to give the man his due, and this album is as fresh as anything I have ever heard. Simply put: this is rock n roll.

There are many gigantic hits here: 'Heartbreak Hotel,' Tutti Frutti,' and 'Hound Dog' are just a few. But even the lesser known songs shine, and listening to these 22 tracks together is a glimpse into an historic period in recorded music, on par with the Beatles early work.

Elvis paved the path for a lot of artists, and rock as we have come to know could never have happened without Elvis. These songs won't make you think hard, but man do they make you feel too good!

Almost perfect..........2000-10-03

When I was three, or so my parents tell me, I asked for Elvis records and a Donny and Marie record player. While I am embarrassed about the latter part and can only excuse myself with the fact that I was only three, and I was happy to learn that I had such refined taste in my toddlerhood. Nevertheless, I did not get those albums, and it was not until I was 21 that I got this collection... and I listen to it frequently. It inspires me right out of my chair (have to dance!) and time just flies with fun like this. This is a collection of all the essentials... Noteworthy tracks here are "My Baby Left Me", "So Glad You're Mine" (very sexy tune), "Love Me" (sad, sentimental for me!), and "Too Much" ("you do all the livin', while I do the givin'") Familiar themes, endless entertainment.

Average customer rating:

Elvis 56 Elvis Presley Manufacturer: BMG ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000LYL2CK

Average customer rating:

Elvis 56 Elvis Presley Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000844G4 Release Date: 2003-04-07

Tracks:

1. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
2. My Baby Left Me - Elvis Presley
3. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley
4. So Glad You're Mine - Elvis Presley
5. Tutti Frutti - Elvis Presley
6. One-Sided Love Affair - Elvis Presley
7. Love Me - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
8. Anyplace Is Paradise - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
9. Paralyzed - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
10. Ready Teddy - Elvis Presley
11. Too Much - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
12. Hound Dog - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
13. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
14. Don't Be Cruel - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
15. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Elvis Presley
16. Shake, Rattle and Roll [Alternate Take 8][Alternate Take] - Elvis Presley
17. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Elvis Presley
18. Rip It Up - Elvis Presley
19. Heartbreak Hotel [Alternate Take 5][#] - Elvis Presley
20. I Got a Woman - Elvis Presley
21. I Was the One - Elvis Presley
22. Money Honey - Elvis Presley

Album Details

24bit digitally remastrered.

Average customer rating:

Legend Begins in Concert 1954 56 Elvis Presley Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DZB5 Release Date: 1996-04-12

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Elvis Presley - Summer of '56 - Poster - [Limited Edition] Elvis Presley Manufacturer: Elvis International Entertainment Ent. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009DVIE0 Release Date: 2002-01-01

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Elvis 56 Elvis Presley Manufacturer: BMG ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SEBW

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