Title:  A Boy From Tupelo - The Complete 1953-55 Recordings

Label:  Follow That Dream (FTD Books)

Catalogue number:   506020-975049, Sony Music

Matrix:   CD 1: arvato 55150423/151377-CD1 21 IFPI LB46 IFPI 0784

                CD 2: arvato 55150431/151377-CD2 21 IFPI LB45 IFPI 0781

                CD 3: arvato 55150447/151377-CD3 21 IFPI LB46 IFPI 0774

Release date:  08/2012

Playing time:  66:27 / 75:38 / 78:52

Recording type:  Various

Location: Various

Date:   1953 - 1955

  Track listing:  

  CD 1 - Masters and Demos        

01 My Happiness       02:33

02 That's When Your Heartaches Begin       02:52

03 I'll Never Stand in Your Way       02:03

04 It Wouldn't Be the Same without You       02:08

05 Harbour Lights       02:38

06 I Love You Because       02:42

07 That's All Right (45 RPM master)       01:59

08 Blue Moon of Kentucky (45 RPM master)       02:06

09 Blue Moon        02:43

10 Tomorrow Night       03:01

11 I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')       02:27

12 I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine        02:32

13 Just Because       02:34

14 Good Rockin' Tonight       02:15

15 Milkcow Blues Boogie        02:38

16 You're A Heartbreaker       02:12

17 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone  (slow version)       02:42

18 Baby Let's Play House       02:19

19 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone       02:38

20 I Forgot to Remember to Forget       02:31

21 Mystery Train       02:30

22 Trying To Get To You       02:35

23 When It Rains It Pours       02:06

24 That's All Right (RCA single version)       01:58

25 Blue Moon of Kentucky (RCA single version,  78 RPM master)       02:05

26 I Love You Because (RCA LP version - spliced from takes 3 & 5)       02:45

27 Tomorrow Night (RCA LP version - overdubbed and slowed down)       02:55

CD 2 - The Sun Studio Sessions        

01 Harbor Lights (takes 1-2, level adjustments)       00:33

02 Harbor Lights (take 3/M)       02:53

03 Harbor Lights  (take 4)       02:37

04 Harbor Lights  (takes 5,6)       01:22

05 Harbor Lights  (take 7)       02:24

06 Harbor Lights  (take 8)       00:25

07 I Love You Because  (take 1)       00:23

08 I Love You Because  (take 2)       03:28

09 I Love You Because  (take 3)       03:36

10 I Love You Because  (take 4)       00:40

11 I Love You Because  (take 5)       03:27

12 That's All Right  (takes 1,2)       00:20

13 That's All Right  (take 3)       01:57

14 Dialogue        00:20

15 Blue Moon of Kentucky (slow tempo outtake)       01:08

16 Blue Moon  (takes 1,2,3)       00:37

17 Blue Moon  (take 4)       02:58

18 Blue Moon  (take 5)       03:24

19 Blue Moon  (take 6,7)       00:52

20 Blue Moon  (take 8)       03:00

21 Blue Moon  (take 9, master)       02:44

22 Dialogue fragment before Tomorrow Night       00:10

23 I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') (incomplete take)       00:49

24 Good Rockin' Tonight (fragment from vocal slapback tape)       00:09

25 I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine  (takes 1,2)       01:12

26 I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine (take 3, master)       02:34

27 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone  (take 1)       02:59

28 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone  (take 2)       02:50

29 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone  (take 3)       02:51

30 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone  (take 4)       00:09

31 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone  (take 5, master)       02:40

32 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone  (take 6)       02:40

33 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone  (take 7)       01:35

34 How Do You Think I Feel (guitar slapback tape, rehearsal + take 1)       03:16

35 How Do You Think I Feel (guitar slapback tape, rehearsals)       01:13

36 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 1)       01:36

37 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 2 - rehearsal)       02:11

38 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, takes 3,4)       02:14

39 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 5, master       02:02

40 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, takes 6,7)       01:40

41 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 8)       01:40

CD 3 - Live & Radio Performances        

01 That's All Right        02:52

02 Blue Moon Of Kentucky        02:22

03 Shake, Rattle And Roll       02:23

04 Fool, Fool, Fool       01:59

05 Hearts Of Stone       02:01

06 That's All Right       01:52

07 Tweedle Dee       02:50

08 Shake, Rattle And Roll        02:23

09 KSIJ Radio Commercial with Tom Perryman       00:15

10 Money Honey        02:42

11 Blue Moon Of Kentucky        02:03

12 I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine        02:32

13 That's All Right        01:53

14 Tweedle Dee        02:15

15 Money Honey        02:17

16 Hearts Of Stone        01:36

17 Shake, Rattle And Roll        01:38

18 Little Mama        02:03

19 You're A Heartbreaker        02:06

20 Good Rockin' Tonight       02:35

21 Baby Let's Play House       02:22

22 Blue Moon Of Kentucky       01:47

23 I Got A Woman       03:03

24 That's All Right       02:17

25 Tweedle Dee       02:47

26 Interview With Mae Boren Axton       03:19

27 That's All Right       02:37

28 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone       03:16

29 Baby Let's Play House       03:18

30 Maybellene       03:09

31 That's All Right       02:49

32 Interview with Bob Neal       05:31

527 pages hardcover book (30x30cm) documenting Elvis early years.

A BOY FROM TUPELO - THE COMPLETE 1953-55 RECORDINGS includes for the first time in one collection every known Elvis Presley SUN master and outtake, plus two private records Elvis paid for with his own money, as well as thrilling radio and concert performances from theperiod. This 3 CD package features 10 previously- unreleased cuts. The accompanying book is, in essence, a fully-illustrated travelogue. It thoughtfully details the birth of Elvis' career through facts, anecdotes, documentation, many rare photos, and a succinct narrative.

 Independence Day 1954 is when this uniquely American saga begins, less than 24 hours before his first professional recording session, and it ends in December 1955, when the rights to Elvis' SUN tapes officially expire and the singer leaves Sam Phillips to record for RCA.

 This is Elvis Presley before he becomes world famous, and the mystery of how this amazing young man readies himself for stardom, achieving success at a level that no one could have dreamed possible.

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