Elvis Presley - A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings [3CD Limited Edition Box Set] (2012)
BAND/ARTIST: Elvis Presley
- Title: A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings
- Year Of Release: 2012
- Label: Follow That Dream Records [506020 975049]
- Genre: Rock'n'Roll, Country, Rockabilly, Ballad
- Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans) / WAV (tracks, scans)
- Total Time: 3:41:44
- Total Size: 1.01 gb / 1.19 gb / 2.70 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
A Boy from Tupelo rounds up all the known existing Elvis Presley recordings from 1953 through 1955, a sum total of 53 studio takes and 32 live performances. The subtitle of the triple-disc set is The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings but it could as easily been dubbed The Sun Years, as the first two discs not only contain all the masters Elvis released for Sam Phillips' legendary Memphis label, but all the outtakes, the four alternate mixes of Sun material released by RCA, and the four acetates Presley privately cut for Phillips' Memphis Recording Service. The third disc is devoted to live material, primarily recorded at the Shreveport radio show Louisiana Hayride, but there are also some tracks recorded at concerts and radio stations in Texas and Mississippi. A lot of this third disc has shown up on prior Presley compilations, usually collections targeted at the hardcore Elvis fans, but A Boy from Tupelo presents all this music in a logical, orderly sequence that suits Legacy's previous big Presley boxes, such as 2011's Young Man with the Big Beat: The Complete 1956 Masters. If A Boy from Tupelo doesn't seem as revelatory as that five-disc box, blame it on the fact that apart from the live recordings -- which are cleaned up, but often can still seem pretty rough -- this is heavily recycled material. Elvis' Sun sessions were first reissued as a 16-track LP called The Sun Sessions in 1976, which was trumped 11 years later by the CD release of The Complete Sun Sessions -- which itself wound up getting usurped in 1999 by the double-disc Sunrise. Additionally, this music can be found on 1992's five-CD The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters, the massive 2010 box The Complete Elvis Presley Masters, and 2016's The RCA Album Collection, albeit spread over some of that set's 60 CDs, so no matter how well executed A Boy from Tupelo is -- and it's very well done, boasting a handsome, detailed book and clean sound -- it can't help but feel a little old hat. Still, those consumers in the market for the earliest Elvis will be satisfied by this, as it not only has everything in one convenient box but the addition of the live material does provide a nice coda to the familiar Sun sessions.
:: TRACKLIST ::
Disc 1: Masters and Demos (01:06:39)
1. My Happiness (MRS demo acetate) (02:33)
2. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (MRS demo acetate) (02:52)
3. I’ll Never Stand in Your Way (MRS demo acetate) (02:04)
4. It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You (MRS demo acetate) (02:09)
5. Harbor Lights (02:38)
6. I Love You Because (02:43)
7. That’s All Right (45 rpm master) (02:00)
8. Blue Moon of Kentucky (45 rpm master) (02:07)
9. Blue Moon (02:44)
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 (02:39)
16. You’re a Heartbreaker (02:13)
17. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version) (02:43)
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. Tryin’ to Get to You (02:36)
23. When It Rains It Pours (02:06)
24. That’s All Right (RCA single version) (01:59)
25. Blue Moon of Kentucky (RCA single version) (02:05)
26. I Love You Because (RCA LP version) (02:45)
27. Tomorrow Night (RCA LP version) (02:56)
Disc 2: The Sessions (01:16:00)
1. Harbor Lights (takes 1–2) (00:33)
2. Harbor Lights (take 3~M) (02:53)
3. Harbor Lights (take 4) (02:38)
4. Harbor Lights (takes 5–6) (01:23)
5. Harbor Lights (take 7) (02:25)
6. Harbor Lights (take 8) (00:26)
7. I Love You Because (take 1) (00:23)
8. I Love You Because (take 2) (03:28)
9. I Love You Because (take 3) (03:36)
10. I Love You Because (take 4) (00:40)
11. I Love You Because (take 5) (03:28)
12. That’s All Right (takes 1–2) (00:20)
13. That’s All Right (take 3) (01:58)
14. Dialogue (00:20)
15. Blue Moon of Kentucky (slow tempo outtake) (01:08)
16. Blue Moon (takes 1–3) (00:38)
17. Blue Moon (take 4) (02:59)
18. Blue Moon (take 5) (03:25)
19. Blue Moon (takes 6–7) (00:53)
20. Blue Moon (take 8) (03:01)
21. Blue Moon (take 9~M) (02:44)
22. Dialogue Fragment (before ‘Tomorrow Night’) (00:11)
23. I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) (incomplete take) (00:49)
24. Good Rockin’ Tonight (fragment) (00:10)
25. I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine (takes 1–2) (01:13)
26. I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine (take 3~M) (02:35)
27. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 1) (03:00)
28. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 2) (02:51)
29. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 3) (02:51)
30. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 4) (00:10)
31. I’m Left, You’re Right, She's Gone (slow version, take 5~M) (02:40)
32. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 6) (02:40)
33. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 7) (01:35)
34. How Do You Think I Feel (guitar slapback tape, rehearsal + take 1) (03:17)
35. How Do You Think I Feel (guitar slapback tape, rehearsals) (01:14)
36. When It Rains It Pours (take 1) (01:37)
37. When It Rains It Pours (take 2 - rehearsal) (02:12)
38. When It Rains It Pours (takes 3–4) (02:14)
39. When It Rains It Pours (take 5~M) (02:02)
40. When It Rains It Pours (takes 6–7) (01:40)
41. When It Rains It Pours (take 8) (01:40)
Disc 3: Live and Radio Recordings (01:19:05)
1. That’s All Right (Oct. 16, 1954) (02:52)
2. Blue Moon of Kentucky (Oct. 16, 1954) (02:23)
3. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Jan. 6, 1955) (02:24)
4. Fool, Fool, Fool (Jan. 6, 1955) (01:59)
5. Hearts of Stone (Jan. 15, 1955) (02:02)
6. That’s All Right (Jan. 15, 1955) (01:52)
7. Tweedlee Dee (Jan. 15, 1955) (02:51)
8. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Jan. 19, 1955) (02:23)
9. KSIJ Radio Commercial With DJ Tom Perryman (1955) (00:16)
10. Money Honey (Jan. 22, 1955) (02:43)
11. Blue Moon of Kentucky (Jan. 22, 1955) (02:04)
12. I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine (Jan. 22, 1955) (02:33)
13. That’s All Right (Jan. 22, 1955) (01:54)
14. Tweedlee Dee (Mar. 5, 1955) (02:15)
15. Money Honey (Mar. 5, 1955) (02:17)
16. Hearts of Stone (Mar. 5, 1955) (01:37)
17. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Mar. 5, 1955) (01:39)
18. Little Mama (Mar. 5, 1955) (02:03)
19. You’re a Heartbreaker (Mar. 5, 1955) (02:06)
20. Good Rockin’ Tonight (Mar. 19, 1955) (02:36)
21. Baby Let’s Play House (Mar. 19, 1955) (02:22)
22. Blue Moon of Kentucky (Mar. 19, 1955) (01:47)
23. I Got a Woman (Mar. 19, 1955) (03:03)
24. That’s All Right (Mar. 19, 1955) (02:17)
25. Tweedlee Dee (Apr. 30, 1955) (02:47)
26. Interview With Mae Boren Axton (May 12 or July 28, 1955) (03:19)
27. That’s All Right (May 26, 1955) (02:37)
28. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (July 2, 1955) (03:16)
29. Baby Let’s Play House (Aug. 20, 1955) (03:19)
30. Maybellene (Aug. 20, 1955) (03:09)
31. That’s All Right (Aug. 20, 1955) (02:49)
32. Interview With Bob Neal (between Aug. 29-31, 1955) (05:31)
CD 1 - Masters And Demos:
Tracks 1-2: Self-financed demo recorded July, 1953 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 3-4: Self-financed demo recorded January 4, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Track 5 possibly recorded July 5, 1954.
Tracks 6-7 recorded July 5, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Track 8: Recorded July 7, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Track 9: Likely recorded between August 15 and 19, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 10-14 likely recorded between September 12-16, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 15-16 recorded either mid-November or mid-December 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Track 17 Recorded between mid-November 1954 and mid-April 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.The reel has March 5 written on it, but Elvis was at the Louisiana Hayride that day.
Track 18 likely recorded between January 30 and February 4, 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Track 19 likely recorded mid-April 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 20-22 recorded mid-July, 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Track 23 recorded November 1-4, 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Track 26: Steve Sholes' original notes have these takes as 2 & 4
CD 2 - The Sun Studio Sessions
Tracks 1-6 possibly recorded July 5, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 7-13 recorded July 5, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 14-15 likely recorded July 7, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 16-21 likely recorded between August 15 and 19, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 22-26 likely recorded between September 12 and 16, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 27-33 recorded between mid-November 1954 and mid-April 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.The reel has March 5 written on it, but Elvis was at the Louisiana Hayride that day.
Tracks 34-35 recorded between mid-November 1954 and mid-April 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Tracks 36-41 recorded between November 1-4, 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
CD 3 - Live & Radio Performances
Tracks 1-2 recorded at Louisiana Hayride debut, Shreveport, Louisiana, October 16, 1954.
Tracks 3-4 recorded at KDAV Radio, Lubbock, Texas, January 6, 1955.
Tracks 5-7 likely recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, January 15, 1955.
Track 8 recorded at WJOI Radio, Florence, Alabama January 19, 1955.
Track 9 recorded at KSIJ Radio, Gladewater, Texas, 1955.
Tracks 10-13 likely recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, January 22, 1955.
Tracks 14-19 likely recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, March 5, 1955.
Tracks 20-24 likely recorded at the Eagles' Hall, Houston, Texas, March 19, 1955. Track 21 could be from a different performance the same week.
Track 25 recorded at Gladewater High School, Gladewater, Texas, April 30, 1955.
Track 26 recorded at motel in Jacksonville, Florida on either May 12 or July 28, 1955.
Track 27 recorded at the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival, Meridian, Mississippi, May 26, 1955.
Track 28 recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, July 2, 1955.
Tracks 29-31 recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, August 20, 1955.
Track 32 recorded at WMPS Radio, Memphis Tennessee, between August 29-31, 1955.
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