A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings is the definitive collection of Elvis’ Sun-era recordings in one comprehensive package.
A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings includes on 3 CDs every surviving Elvis Presley Sun master and outtake, plus two private records Elvis paid with his own money to record, as well as all known radio- and concert performances from the period. Many of these recordings are rare demos, session takes, and live performances including a newly discovered and previously unreleased recording of “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” from a 1955 Louisiana Hayride performance.
The accompanying 120-page book compiled by Elvis authority Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and is, in essence, a fully-illustrated travelogue. It 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 and Sun Records to record for RCA Victor.
This is the story of Elvis Presley before he becomes world-famous, and how this amazing young man readies himself for stardom, achieving success on a level that no one could have dreamed possible.
DISC 1
MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE ACETATES
1. My Happiness
2. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin
3. I’ll Never Stand in Your Way
4. It Wouldn’t Be the Same (Without You)
SUN MASTERS
5. Harbor Lights
6. I Love You Because
7. That’s All Right
8. Blue Moon of Kentucky
9. Blue Moon
10. Tomorrow Night
11. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’)
12. I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine
13. Just Because 2:34
14. Good Rockin' Tonight
15. Milkcow Blues Boogie
16. You’re a Heartbreaker
17. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
18. Baby Let's Play House
19. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
20. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
21. Mystery Train
22. Tryin’ to Get To You
23. When It Rains It Pours
RCA MASTERS
24. That’s All Right
25. Blue Moon of Kentucky
26. I Love You Because
27. Tomorrow Night
DISC 2
SUN STUDIO SESSIONS
1-3. Harbor Lights
4-6. I Love You Because
7. That’s All Right
8. Blue Moon of Kentucky
9-12. Blue Moon
13. Dialogue (fragment before “Tomorrow Night”)
14. I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’)
15. Good Rockin’ Tonight
16. I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine
17-21. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone
22. How Do You Think I Feel
23-26. When It Rains It Pours
DISC 3
LIVE AND RADIO PERFORMANCES
1. That’s All Right
2. Blue Moon of Kentucky
3. Shake, Rattle and Roll
4. Fool, Fool, Fool
5. Hearts of Stone
6. That’s All Right
7. Tweedlee Dee
8. Shake, Rattle and Roll
9. KSIJ Radio commercial with DJ Tom Perryman
10. Money Honey
11. Blue Moon of Kentucky
12. I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine
13. That’s All Right
14. Tweedlee Dee
15. Money Honey
16. Hearts of Stone
17. Shake, Rattle and Roll
18. Little Mama
19. You’re a Heartbreaker
20. Good Rockin’ Tonight
21. Baby Let’s Play House
22. Blue Moon of Kentucky
23. I Got a Woman
24. That’s All Right
25. Tweedlee Dee
26. That’s All Right
27. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone
28. Baby Let’s Play House
29. Maybellene
30. That’s All Right
31. Interview with Bob Neal
32. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
