Memphis Recording Service released this Limited Edition 3CD and booklet 'ELVIS STUDIO SESSIONS' 56 '. The set pays tribute to Elvis Presley's first recordings for the RCA label in 1956. The 172-page booklet focuses on each of Elvis' studio recording sessions, from the first in January in Nashville, later in New York, before finish his last session of the year in Hollywood in September. The complete and extensive text is supplemented with rare photos and documents.
The 3CDs feature Elvis Presley's 1956 full masters and studio recordings, along with bonus interviews. All 90 tracks have been remastered and restored to their original sound quality. Also for the first time on CD is the complete 'The Truth About Me' from an original US 45rpm flexi disc.
CD1
The 1956 RCA Studio Masters
1. I Got a Woman
2. Heartbreak Hotel
Money Honey
4. I'm Counting on You
5. I Was the One
6. Blue Suede Shoes
7. My Baby Left Me
8. One-Sided Love Affair
9. So Glad Your Mine
10. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Cry
11. Tutti Frutti
12. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
13. Shake, Rattle & Roll
14. Don Davis Interview March 1956
15. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
16. Hound Dog
17. Don't Be Cruel
18. Anyway You Want Me
19. Playing For Keeps
20. Love Me
21. How Do You Think I Feel
22. How's The World Treating You
23. Paralyzed
24. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
25. Long Tall Sally
26. Old Shep
27. Too Much
28. Anyplace Is Paradise
29. Ready Teddy
30. First in Line
31. Rip It Up
32. The Truth About Me (Original US 45RPM Interview Flexidisc)
CD2
Movie Soundtrack Master Recordings
1. Love Me Tender (Matson / Presley) 2:41
2. Let Me (Matson / Presley) 2:07
3. Poor Boy (Matson / Presley) 2:12
4. We're Gonna Move (Matson / Presley 2:28
Love Me Tender (End Title Movie Version) (Matson / Presley) 1:07
Movie Soundtrack Outtakes (Stereo)
6. We're Gonna Move (Take 4) (Matson / Presley) 2:49
7. We're Gonna Move (Take 9) (Matson / Presley) 2:47
Studio Outtakes & Sessions
8. I Got a Woman (Unknown Take)
9. I Got a Woman (Incomplete Unknown Take)
10. Heartbreak Hotel (Incomplete Take 4)
11. Heartbreak Hotel (Take 5)
12. Heartbreak Hotel (Take 6)
13. Money Honey (Incomplete Take 10)
14. I'm Counting on You (FS Take 1a & 1b)
15. I'm Counting on You (Incomplete Take 2 Dry Version)
16. I'm Counting on You (Unknown Incomplete Take)
17. I'm Counting on You (Take 13)
18. I'm Counting on You (Incomplete Take 14)
19. I Was the One (Takes 1 & 2)
20. I Was the One (Take 3)
21. I Was the One (Take 7)
22. I Was the One (Incomplete Unknown Take)
23. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 1)
24. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 3)
25. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 4)
26. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 5)
27. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 6)
28. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Incomplete Take 7)
29. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Incomplete Take 8 & Take 9)
30. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 10)
31. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (FS Take 11 & Take 12)
Bonus Tracks:
Movie Soundtrack Master Recordings (Stereo Versions)
32. Love Me Tender
33. Let Me
34. Poor Boy
35. We're Gonna Move
CD3
Studio Outtakes & Sessions (Continued)
1. Shake Rattle & Roll (FS Take 1, Take 2, FS Take 3)
2. Shake Rattle & Roll (FS Take 5, FS Take 6, Take 7)
3. Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 8)
4. Shake Rattle & Roll (FS Take 9, FS Take 10, FS Take 11)
5. Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 12)
6. Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 12 Unedited Un-dubbed Master)
7. Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 12 Edit Un-dubbed Master)
8. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 3)
9. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 4)
10. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 13)
11. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Incomplete Take 14)
12. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 15)
13. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 16)
14.I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 17)
Old Shep (Take 5)
16. Rip It Up (FS on Takes 10, 11, 12, 13, Take 14)
Rip It Up (Take 15)
18. Rip It Up (Take 16
19. Rip It Up (Take 17
20. Rip It Up (LFS Take 18
The Truth About Me (Interview Outtakes)
21. The Truth About Me (Take 3)
22. The Truth About Me (Take 2)
23. The Truth About Me (Take 1
