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Elvis Presley released an impressive 55 albums between his first
in 1956, after he had signed with RCA, and August 16, 1977, when he
passed away. This includes motion picture soundtracks and live albums.
(Click here for his hit singles and here for an alphabetical list of all of Elvis Presley's songs)
Studio Albums The 1950s - Elvis Presley (1956)
- Elvis (1956)
- Christmas Album (1957)
- For LP Fans Only (1959)
- A Date With Elvis (1959)
The 1960s - Elvis is Back! (1960)
- His Hand in Mine (1960)
- Something for Everybody (1961)
- Pot Luck with Elvis (1962)
- Elvis for Everyone (1965)
- How Great Thou Art (1967)
- Special Christmas Programming (1967)
- From Elvis in Memphis (1969)
The 1970s - Almost in Love (1970)
- Back in Memphis (1970)
- Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (1971)
- Love Letters from Elvis (1971)
- Elvis Sings "The Wonderful World of Christmas" (1971)
- Elvis Now (1972)
- He Touched Me (1972)
- Elvis (1973)
- Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake (1973)
- Good Times (1974)
- U.S. Male (1974)
- Promised Land (1975)
- Today (1975)
- The Sun Sessions (1976)
- From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976)
- Welcome to My World (1977)
- Moody Blue (1977)
Motion Picture Soundtracks - Jailhouse Rock (1957)
- Loving You (1957)
- King Creole (1958)
- G.I. Blues (1960)
- Blue Hawaii (1961)
- It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
- Fun in Acapulco (1963)
- Girls! Girls! Girls! (1963)
- Kissin' Cousins (1964)
- Roustabout (1964)
- Girl Happy (1965)
- Harum Scarum (1965)
- Frankie and Johnny (1966)
- Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
- Spinout (1966)
- Double Trouble (1967)
- Clambake (1967)
- Speedway (1968)
Live Albums - Nbc Tv Special (1968)
- From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis (1969)
- Elvis In Person At The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada (1970)
- On Stage: February 1970 (1970)
- That's The Way It Is (1970)
- Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden (1972)
- Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (1973)
- Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (1974/2004)
Posthumous Releases - Elvis In Concert (1977)
- Elvis Sings For Children And Grownups Too! (1978)
- Mahalo From Elvis (1978)
- Burbank '68 (1999)
- Long Lonely Highway (2000)
- Dixieland Rocks (2001)
- It's Midnight (2001)
- Memphis Sessions (2001)
- Silver Screen Stereo (2001)
- Everything About Elvis (2002)
- One Night In Alabama (2002)
- Maybellene (2002)
- Roots Revolution: The Louisiana Hayride (2002)
- Louisiana 55 (2002)
- Dinner At Eight (2002)
- Elvis At The International (2002/2003)
- Fame And Fortune (2002)
- Spring Tours '77 (2002)
- Live At The Louisiana Hayride (2003)
- Louisiana Hayride With Interviews With Elvis (2003)
- Studio B (2003)
- At The Louisiana Hayride (2004)
- Dragon Heart (2004)
- Takin Tahoe Tonight (2004)
- Charro! (2004)
- Elvis Presley's Country Christmas (2004)
- Elvis Presley: Live! (2004)
- I Was The One (2004)
- Impossible Dream (2004)
- Santa Claus Is Back In Town (2004)
- Songs For Children (2004)
- Spinout (2004)
- Tickle Me (2004)
The
Concert Years vol. 1 15.08.1969D.S. The Concert Years vol. 2
20.08.1971D.S. The Concert Years vol. 3 16.08.1969M.S. The Concert
Years vol. 4 5.05.1976D.S. The Concert Years vol. 5 26.01.1973O.S. The
Concert Years vol. 6 18.07.1975E.S. The Concert Years vol. 7
13.10.1974M.S. The Concert Years vol. 8 9.02.1974D.S. The Concert Years
vol. 9 2.05.1976D.S. The Concert Years vol. 10 26.04.1976E.S. The
Concert Years vol. 11 28.03.1975M.S. The Concert Years vol. 12
9.12.1975 The Concert Years vol. 13 29.03.1975D.S. The Concert Years
vol. 14 27.04.1977 The Concert Years vol. 15 23.07.1976E.S. The Concert
Years vol. 16 3.12.1876D.S. The Concert Years vol. 17 23.05.1977 The
Concert Years vol. 18 22.02.1973D.S. The Concert Years vol. 19
06.05.1976D.S. The Concert Years vol. 20 19.02.1972M.S. The Concert
Years vol. 21 23.08.1974D.S. The Concert Years vol. 22 30.03.1975M.S.
The Concert Years vol. 23 25.04.1976A.S. The Concert Years vol. 24
5.12.1975 The Concert Years vol. 25 30.04.1976O.N. The Concert Years
vol. 26 11.11.1971 The Concert Years vol. 27 7.08.1972 M.S. The Concert
Years vol. 28 10.12.1976M.S. The Concert Years vol. 29 30.01.1974D.S.
The Concert Years vol. 30 23.04.1977. The Concert Years vol. 31
01.09.1974M.S. The Concert Years vol. 32 24.08.1974D.S. The Concert
Years vol. 33 8.05.1976M.S. The Concert Years vol. 34 03.09.1972 3am
The Concert Years vol. 35 27.03.1975D.S. The Concert Years vol. 36
25.08.1974M.S. The Concert Years vol. 37 4.09.1972D.S. The Concert
Years vol. 38 11.02.1973M.S. The Concert Years vol. 39 31.03.1975D.S.
The Concert Years vol. 40 6.12.1975M.S. The Concert Years vol. 41
4.02.1974D.S. The Concert Years vol. 42 24.06.1973E.S. The Concert
Years vol. 43 2.09.1972D.S. The Concert Years vol. 44 25.06.1973 The
Concert Years vol. 45 29.03.1975M.S. The Concert Years vol. 46
11.06.1972A.S. The Concert Years vol. 47 16.05.1974O.S. The Concert
Years vol. 48 9.08.1972M.S. The Concert Years vol. 49 5.02.1974M.S. The
Concert Years vol. 50 21.08.1972D.S. The Concert Years vol. 51
6.08.1972D.S. The Concert Years vol. 52 26.08.1972M.S. The Concert
Years vol. 53 5.08.1972M.S. The Concert Years vol. 54 19.02.1977 The
Concert Years vol. 55 19.03.1976E.S. The Concert Years vol. 56
24.08.1974M.S. The Concert Years vol. 57 28.03.1975D.S. The Concert
Years vol. 58 3.12.1975 The Concert Years vol. 59 21.03.1975D.S. The
Concert Years vol. 60 22.02.1973M.S. The Concert Years vol. 61
25.04.1976E.S. The Concert Years vol. 62 4.12.1975 The Concert Years
vol. 63 7.12.1975 The Concert Years vol. 64 10.02.1973D.S. The Concert
Years vol. 65 17.08.1972D.S. The Concert Years vol. 66 18.08.1973D.S.
The Concert Years vol. 67 2.09.1973 3am The Concert Years vol. 68
9.12.1976 The Concert Years vol. 69 27.08.1974M.S. The Concert Years
vol. 70 14.08.1973D.S. The Concert Years vol. 71 28.01.1973D.S. The
Concert Years vol. 72 14.02.1977 The Concert Years vol. 73
30.01.1974M.S. The Concert Years vol. 74 31.01.1974D.S. The Concert
Years vol. 75 31.01.1974M.S. The Concert Years vol. 76 28.01.1974D.S.
The Concert Years vol. 77 2.09.1974D.S. The Concert Years vol. 77
2.09.1974D.S. The Concert Years vol. 78 31.03.1975M.S. The Concert
Years vol. 79 4.02.1974M.S. The Concert Years vol. 80 28.01.1974M.S.
The Concert Years vol. 81 9.02.1974C.S. The Concert Years vol. 82
26.06.1976A.S. The Concert Years vol. 83 7.02.1974D.S. The Concert
Years vol. 84 7.05.1976M.S. The Concert Years vol. 85 30.07.1976E.S.
The Concert Years vol. 86 11.12.1976D.S. The Concert Years vol. 87
20.05.1977 The Concert Years vol. 88 7.05.1976D.S. The Concert Years
vol. 89 30.01.1971D.S. The Concert Years vol. 90 13.02.1971M.S. The
Concert Years vol. 91 17.08.1971M.S. The Concert Years vol. 92
16.02.1973D.S. The Concert Years vol. 93 3.09.1971M.S. The Concert
Years vol. 94 17.02.1972D.S. The Concert Years vol. 95 22.02.1972D.S.
The Concert Years vol. 96 17.06.1972E.S. The Concert Years vol. 97
5.08.1972D.S. The Concert Years vol. 98 10.08.1972M.S. The Concert
Years vol. 99 12.08.1972D.S. The Concert Years vol.100 26.08.1972D.S.
The Concert Years vol.101 2.09.1972M.S. The Concert Years vol.102
11.12.1975D.S. The Concert Years vol.103 23.02.1973C.S. The Concert
Years vol.104 13.05.1973 3am The Concert Years vol.105 21.08.1974M.S. Sun Recordings In
the summer of 1953 Elvis Presley recorded his first single in the Sun
Records studio in Memphis. In the end he had a contract until November
21, 1955 with Sun Records, the record company of his discoverer Sam
Phillips. History Elvis and Sun Records
His period with Sun is a clear unit: Elvis starts, shyly, singing and
discovers his talents, both in the studio and on stage. The recordings
are supervised by Sam Phillips, a very professional producer before
this word was coined. The location is Memphis, a true melting pot of
all sorts of music: both black music (blues, rhythm & blues,
gospel) and white music (country & western, hillbilly). The
recordings do clearly reflect these influences. Recordings
Elvis started singing a single just for the fun in the summer of 1953.
Starting a year later, from July 5, 1954, he recorded 20 titles to be
published, 19 of them have survived. And a year after he left for RCA,
he revisited the same studio to have a spontaneous session with Carl
Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis to sing whatever they'd like.
This meeting has been recorded, and is dubbed The Million Dollar
Quartet. Going to RCA After Elvis signed with RCA, in late
1955, everything changed. He started recording in Nashville or New
York, in a completely different musical atmosphere. From January of
1956, until he was drafted, in March of 1958, he got a different
producer, but was actually conducting those sessions himself. He also
had a new manager (Colonel Tom Parker) but, with the exception of songs
he had to sing in his first four movies (songs constructed, not
written, for them), he definitively was on top of every session, and
chose every song he recorded. Many of Elvis' 1956 RCA recordings stand
the test of time, and remain as revolutionary, sound wise, as anything
he recorded at SUN. In that year alone, his renditions of wild rockers
like "My baby left me", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "Shake Rattle and Roll",
"Blue Suede Shoes", "Reddy Teddy", "Long Tall Sally", "Rip it up", "So
glad you're mine", "Long Tall Sally", "Tutti Frutti" and "Hound Dog",
as well as "One sided love affair", "I got a woman" and "Money Honey",
showed exactly the same vigour, and inventiveness, as well as his
penchant for mixing up R&B, C&W to produce rockabilly, as it
had been the case during his time at SUN. In fact, the existing
Sun-tapes moved contractually with him to RCA, and they, in turn,
became a staple of his live repertoire, throught 1956, and well into
1957. The 23 titles These are the 23 titles, in order of
their recording date. A take means a second (or higher) version; the
best take would be used to create a mastertape to be published. My Happiness (private) Peterson - Bergantine
Recorded: summer 1953 (private) That's When Your Heartaches Begin (private) Raskin - Brown - Fisher
Recorded: summer 1953 (private) I Love You Because L. Payne. Original probably: Leon Payne (1949, Capitol); Eddie Fisher (1950, RCA Victor)
Recorded: July 5-6, 1954 (session 1) That's All Right A. Crudup. Original Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1947, RCA Victor)
Crudup's original title is: "That's All Right (Mama)"; on the Sunlabel,
and many later releases, '(Mama)' is omitted: "That's All Right".
Recorded: July 5-6, 1954 (session 1)
Elvis's recording of That's
All Right (Mama) can be considered to be the beginning of rock and
roll, but there are more first rock and roll records. Harbor Lights H. Williams - J. Kennedy. Original: possibly Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians
Recorded: July 5-6, 1954 (session 1) Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe
Recorded: July, 5-6, 1954 (session 1) Blue Moon R. Rodgers - L. Hart. Original: Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys (1947, Columbia)
Recorded: August 19, 1954 (session 2) Tomorrow Night S. Coslow - W. Grosz. Original: Lonnie Johnson (1948, King)
Recorded: September 1954 (session 3) I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') J. Warkley. Original: Jimmy Warkly (1943, Decca)
Recorded: September 1954 (session 3) Satisfied This title has been administered as being recorded, but the tape has never been found.
Recorded: September 1954 (session 3) I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine M. David. Original probably Patti Page (1950, Mercury)
Recorded: September 1954 (session 3) Just Because B. Shelton - J. Shelton - S. Robin. Original: The Shelton Brothers (1942, Decca)
Recorded: September 1954 (session 3) Good Rockin' Tonight R. Brown. Original Roy Brown (1947, DeLuxe); also Wyonnie "Mr. Blues" Harris (1948, King)
Recorded: September 1954 (session 3) Milkcow Blues Boogie K. Arnold. Original probably Kokomo Arnold (1935, Decca)
Other releases: Johnny Lee Wills (1941, Decca); Moon Mullican (1946,
King); Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys als "Brain Cloudy Blues",
(1946, Columbia)
Recorded: November or December 1954 (session 4) You're A Heartbreaker J. Sallee
Recorded: November or December 1954 (session 4) Baby Let's Play House A. Gunter. Original: Arthur Gunter (1954, Excello)
Recorded: February 5, 1955 (session 5) I Got A Woman Ray Charles
Recorded: February 5, 1955 (session 5) Trying To Get To You McCoy - Singleton. Original: The Eagles (1954, Mercury)
Recorded: February 5, 1955 (session 5, not published) and July 11, 1955 (session 7, published) I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone S. Kesler - W. Taylor. Original: Stan Kesler & Bill Taylor
Recorded: March 5, 1955 (session 6) I Forgot To Remember To Forget S. Kesler - C. Feathers. Original: Stan Kesler & Charlie Feathers
Recorded: July 11, 1955 (session 7) Mystery Train H. Parker - S. Phillips. Original: Little Junior's Blue Flames (1953, Sun)
Recorded: July 11, 1955 (session 7) When It Rains It Really Pours W. Emerson. Original: Billy "the Kid" Emerson (1955, Sun)
Recorded: Augustus or October 1955 (session 8) The Million Dollar Quartet (session) In
December 1956, a year after Elvis had left Sun for RCA, he revisited
Sun Studio. The afternoon became a jam session with Carl Perkins (then
already famous for his Blue Suede Shoes), Jerry Lee Lewis (relatively
unknown at the time), and Johnny Cash (reportedly not heard on the
tapes, while later he claimed to be included). The taping was largely
unintended by the quartet; they were just singing the songs they had in
mind. About 40 titles are recorded, most of them incomplete. Elvis is
caught telling about a singer he saw in Las Vegas (probably Jackie
Wilson), doing his version of Don't Be Cruel, and they're enjoying
Brown Eyed Handsome Man from Chuck Berry. Recorded: December 4, 1956. Releases Most of the tapes, including the private single, the Million Dollar Quartet and alternate takes have been released. Sun-singles Ten songs, making five singles, have been released on the Sun-label: - * Sun 209 July 1954: That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky
- * Sun 210 September 1954: Good Rockin' Tonight / I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
- * Sun 215 January 8, 1955: Milkcow Blues Boogie / You're A Heartbreaker
- * Sun 217 April 1955: Baby Let's Play House / I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
- * Sun 223 August 1955: I Forgot To Remember To Forget / Mystery Train
After
signing with RCA, the same songs, in the same combination, were
re-released by RCA. (December 1955). The songs were available on 78 and
45 rpm, which explains the two ordering-numbers 20/47: - * RCA 20/47-6375: Sun 223
- * RCA 20/47-6380: Sun 209
- * RCA 20/47-6381: Sun 210
- * RCA 20/47-6382: Sun 215
- * RCA 20/47-6383: Sun 217
Album 'Elvis Presley' (1956) In
January 1956 the first RCA-single Heartbreak Hotel was released, giving
Elvis a nationwide breakthrough. His reputation as a performer on stage
was already growing in the same dimensions. In March 1956 the
first album, 'Elvis Presley' was released (RCA 1254). At that moment
Heartbreak Hotel was climbing the lists, but albums were seen as
unimportant. Heartbreak Hotel is not even on this album. But RCA did
put five unreleased Sun-titles on this album: - * I Love You Because
- * Just Because
- * Trying To Get To You
- * I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
- * Blue Moon.
The Sun Sessions (1976) In
1976 the album The Sun Sessions was released, with fourteen out of the
nineteen available Sun-titles. The recording "I Love You Because" is
represented with two versions. Missing: - * "Harbor Lights"
- * "Blue Moon"
- * "Tomorrow Night"
- * "When It Rains It Really Pours"
- * "I Got A Woman"
The Complete Sun Sessions (sic) (1987) Although
the title suggests more, 17 out of the 20 songs are here. The album
does contain several takes from "I Love You Because", and "I'm Left,
You're Right, She's Gone". Missing: - * the private recordings
- * "Satisfied"
- * "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
- * "I Got A Woman"
The Million Dollar Quartet (1989) The recordings have been released in 1989. The Complete 50's Masters (1992) Ultimately
this is the most complete release so far. Both titles of Elvis's first
single as present here (although "That's When Your Heartaches Begin",
the flip side, is hidden on CD number 5; the rest is on CD 1). Missing:
Satisfied, The Million Dollar Quartet. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
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