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The Roots Of Elvis Volume 1
CRREV99
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Too Much - Bernard Hardison
Love Me - Willy &Ruth
Heart Of Stone - Red Foley
Satisfied - Martha Carson
Cryin In The Chapel - Darrell Glenn
Fool, Fool, Fool - Kay Starr
Tryin' To Get To You - The Eagles
Baby Lets Play House - Arthur Gunter
Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
When It Rains It Pours - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
Theres A Leak In This Old Building - Brother Claude Ely
I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
Feel So Bad - Chuck Willis
Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Joe Turner
Hound Dog - Freddie Bell & Bell Boys
How Do You Think I Feel - Jimmie Rodges Snow
(Now And Then Theres) A Fool I - The Robins
Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle) - Rufus Bearcat Thomas
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You - Roy Hamilton
Tweedlee Dee - Lavern Baker
Thats When Your Heartaches Begin - Billy Bunn & His Buddies
White Christmas - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Peace In The Valley - Red Foley
Hearts of Stone - The Charms
Love Me - Jimmie Rodgers Show |
There's not really a lot that can be said here that hasn't already been said. Elvis, the alpha and omega of Rock'n'Roll. At number 1 at the very start and at number 1 even today!As part of our ongoing series of early and pre-rock artists of the 1940's and 1950's, join us at the very start of the brilliant career of the 20th century's GREATEST entertainer; it's greatest Country, Pop and R&B vocalist, it's greatest icon, it's greatest record collector, it's greatest music fan, it's greatest live perfomer, it's greatest dancer!!!! Here Rev-Ola presents all of Elvis' early recordings, includes alternate and discarded cuts. This is Elvis, DAY ONE, as he tentatively enters the legendary Sun studios in Memphis, and cuts songs ranging from his mother's favourites to gems from his own mighty record collection, as well as originals. This is the sound of Rockabilly being created as you listen - with Elvis, Scotty and Bill wide-eyed with the sense of discovery. From his first steps into the studio to the verge of being the greatest Rock'n'Roll icon in the world, containing all the ORIGINAL 1954 country and R&B chart hits, these songs document the ascendance of Elvis the Hillbilly Cat from Memphis, to the king of Rock 'N' Roll all over the world - becoming simply...THE KING!!!!!!
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King Of Western Bop
CRREV98
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Just Because (master)
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (discarded take)
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (master)
Harbor Lights (master)
I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') (master)
That's All Right (discarded takes)
That's All Right (master)
Tomorrow Night (master)
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine (discarded takes)
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine (master)
Good Rockin' Tonight (master)
Blue Moon (discarded take)
Blue Moon (discarded takes)
Blue Moon (master)
That's All Right (Live Radio KWKH)
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Live Radio KWKH)
My Baby's Gone (I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone) (discarded take)
My Baby's Gone (I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone) (master)
I Love You Because (discarded take)
I Love You Because (master)
You're A Heartbreaker (master)
Milk Cow Blues Boogie (master)
My Happiness (private acetate)
That's When Your Heartaches Begin
I'll Never Stand In Your Way
(It Wouldn't Be The Same) Without You |
What can one say? Elvis... the alpha and omega of Rock'n'Roll. At number 1 at the very start and at number 1 as we speak! Join us at the very start of the brilliant career of the 20th century's GREATEST entertainer - it's greatest country, pop and R&B vocalist. It's greatest icon, it's greatest record collector, it's greatest music fan, it's greatest live performer, it's greatest dancer... woah yeah!!!! It's ELVIS, day one, as he tentatively enters the legendary SUN studios in Memphis, and cuts songs ranging from his mother's favourites to gems from his own mighty record collection, as well as originals. This is the sound of Rockabilly being created as we listen - with Elvis, Scotty and Bill wide-eyed with the sense of discovery...from his first steps into the studio to the verge of being the greatest Rock'n'Roll icon in the world...these songs document the process of the Hillbilly Cat from Memphis, the king of western bop, becoming simply... THE KING!!!!!!
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The Memphis Flash
CRREV137
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Baby Let's Play House
Fool Fool Fool
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Hearts Of Stone
That's All Right
Tweedle Dee
Money Honey
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
That's All Right
How Do You Think I Feel? |
Oh yes indeed it's ELVIS once more, and why not!? Here we have Elvis candidly in the studio, performing many rarities and also LIVE on air. You think Radio sessions are a post punk/Indie thing?? Well NO SIREE! Like everything else in Rock'n'Roll, these were pioneered by Elvis himself as he prowled the South, becoming bigger and bigger in that phenomenal year of 1955 - growing from a rumour, to a local hit phenomenon, to taking over the world!!!!!Early takes/alternative versions of many of his breakthrough Country/R&B Chart hits join audio verity moments in the creation of a legend and snapshots of his LIVE repertoire which drove the CATS and CHICKS WILD!!!!! With versions of his favourite country and R&B songs, many of which were slated for SUN Records sessions which were superceded by his rise to superstardom (and thus never got recorded) performed to rabid fans in a full on style unheard by most people outside MEMPHIS 1955. So many releases are called something like "The Birth Of A Legend", this is literally the birth of THE Legend! Ladies and Gentlemen, ELVIS enters the building.
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The Complete Sun Sessions
CRREV136
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That's All Right
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Harbor Lights
I Love You Because
Blue Moon
Tomorrow Night
I'll Never Let You Go, Little Darlin'
Just Because
Good Rockin' Tonight
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
Milkcow Blues Boogie
You're A Heartbreaker
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
Baby Let's Play House
How Do You Think I Feel?
I Forgot To Remember To Forget
Mystery Train
Trying To Get You
When It Rains It Really Pours
I Love You Because (Alt Take)
My Baby's Gone
My Happiness (Acetate)
That's When The Heartache Begins (Acetate)
I'll Never Stand In Your Way (Acetate)
It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You (Acetate)Bonus tracks
Fool Fool Fool (Acetate)
Shake, Rattle And Roll (Acetate)
Hearts Of Stone (Live)
I Got A Women (Live)
Tweedle Dee (Live)
Maybellene (Live) |
It had to happen! It came bursting out of Memphis like the sleaziest Jazz, like Booker T. And The MGs, like Big Star. Every time, Memphis catches us on the hop, and this CD celebrates the time when Memphis outdid itself!From Sun Records, a label which had already brought us both tough country hits, and the mysterious world of Howlin' Wolf, came ELVIS, the alpha and omega of Rock' n 'Roll. He burst seemingly fully formed from the head of some integrated rockabilly Jove who possibly lived on in a dimension between Rufus Thomas' and Dewey Phillips' radio shows - and here we have it all, the complete Sun recordings of Elvis - the sides that shook the world with an added exclusive bonus of what would have been his next Sun single had he not signed to RCA, a frenzied performance from a radio session back in the day. History as it was made!
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The Roots Of Elvis Volume 2
CRBAND14
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The Delmore Brothers 'Blues Stay Away From Me'
Billy Hughes & His Buckaroos 'Take Your Hands Off Of It'
Fairley Holden & His Six Ice Cold Papas 'Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of Me'
Lefty Frizzell 'Always Late (With Your Kisses)'
Lefty Frizzell 'Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)'
Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys 'Rag Mop'
Ivory Joe Hunter 'I Almost Lost My Mind'
Johnny & Jack 'Crying Heart Blues'
The Delmore Brothers 'Midnite Special'
Red Foley 'Tennessee Saturday Night'
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 'Sittin' On Top Of The World'
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 'Hey Mama, Everything's Alright'
Red Foley & Roberta Lee 'Night Train To Memphis'
Sheb Wooley 'Blue Guitar'
Johnny Tyler 'Okie Boogie'
Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys 'It Don't Hurt Anymore'
Eddy Arnold 'I Really Don't Want To Know'
Red Foley, Ernest Tubb & Minnie Pearl 'Love Bug Itch'
Terry Preston (Ferlin Husky) 'Gone'
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 'Uncle Pen'
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 'Milk Cow Blues'
The Lone Star Cowboys 'Just Because'
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 'Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane'
Buddy & Bob 'Down The Line'
Sonny Fisher & His Rockin' Boys 'Rockin' Daddy'
Charlie Feathers 'We're Gettin' Closer To Being Apart'
Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys 'Tennessee Dancin' Doll'
Chuck Miller 'Lookout Mountain'
Eddie Riff 'Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby' |
Always cause for speculation and sometimes unfounded rumour, Elvis Presley's early months with Sun Records and the brief, hazy period he spent performing on radio shows in Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, have generated a substantial list of songs that he either never recorded commercially or have since been lost. In order to give the Elvis fan an idea of these mythical songs, this compilation endevours to collate the original versions of these songs which inspired Elvis to try them out for Sam Phillips or to perform them for a radio or live audience in those long-lost days of the mid 1950s.Featuring Elvis' favourite Country artists from mighty Hank Snow and Eddy Arnold to lowly Fairley Holden and Billy Hughes along with a smattering of jump and R&B tracks, this compilation is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking; file it alongside Rev-Ola (CRREV99) for the whole picture on the formation of the world's brightest star.
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