The Original Elvis Presley Collection

~ Release by Elvis Presley (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Elvis Presley
2CD: Elvis
3CD: Loving You
4CD: Elvis’ Christmas Album
5CD: Elvis’ Golden Records I
6CD: King Creole
7CD: For LP Fans Only
#TitleRatingLength
1That’s All Right1:54
2Lawdy Miss Clawdy
cover recording of:
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
lyricist and composer:
Lloyd Price (US R&B/soul singer) (in 1952-03)
publisher:
ATV Music, Carlin Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Venice Music
2:07
3Mystery Train2:27
4Playing for Keeps
cover recording of:
Playing for Keeps
lyricist and composer:
Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer)
2:52
5Poor Boy
recording of:
Poor Boy (for copyright reasons, originally credited to Vera Matson and Elvis Presley)
lyricist and composer:
Ken Darby
publisher:
Elvis Presley Music, Elvis Presley Music Inc. and R&H Music
2:12
6Money Honey
cover recording of:
Money Honey
lyricist and composer:
Jesse Stone
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, First Digital Music, Walden Music, Inc., Walden, Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and ZFC Music
2:32
7I’m Counting on You
recording of:
I’m Counting on You
lyricist and composer:
Don Robertson (“Happy Whistler” songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Don Robertson Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
4.652:22
8My Baby Left Me
bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (on 1956-01-30, from 1956-01-30 until 1956-02-03)
drums (drum set):
D.J. Fontana (on 1956-01-30, from 1956-01-30 until 1956-02-03)
guitar:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1956-01-10, from 1956-01-30 until 1956-02-03) and Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (on 1956-01-30, from 1956-01-30 until 1956-02-03)
piano:
Shorty Long (1950s country/rockabilly artist) (on 1956-01-30, from 1956-01-30 until 1956-02-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1956) and BMG Music (in 1956)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-01-30, from 1956-01-30 until 1956-01-31, on 1956-02-03)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 29)
cover recording of:
My Baby Left Me (from 1956-01-30 until 1956-02-03)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Cherry River Music, Crudup Music, Elvis Presley Music, Elvis Presley Music Inc., R&H Music, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Williamson Music Company
recording of:
My Baby Left Me
lyricist and composer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Cherry River Music, Crudup Music, Elvis Presley Music, Elvis Presley Music Inc., R&H Music, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Williamson Music Company
3.652:08
9I Was the One2:28
10Shake Rattle & Roll2:27
11I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone
cover recording of:
I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone
writer:
Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer) and Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated)
2:35
12You’re a Heartbreaker
engineer and producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (from 1954-11 until 1954-12)
electric guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (from 1954-11 until 1954-12)
guitar:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (from 1954-11 until 1954-12)
vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (from 1954-11 until 1954-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1954)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (from 1954-11 until 1954-12)
recording of:
You’re a Heartbreaker (from 1954-11 until 1954-12)
writer:
Jack Sallee (Charles Alvin Sallee, writer of Elvis’ “You’re a Heartbreaker”)
cover recording of:
You’re a Heartbreaker (from 1954-12 until 1955-12)
writer:
Jack Sallee (Charles Alvin Sallee, writer of Elvis’ “You’re a Heartbreaker”)
42:10
13Tryin’ to Get to You3.72:31
14Blue Suede Shoes
cover recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Hi Lo Music, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
1:57
8CD: A Date With Elvis
9CD: Elvis’ Gold Records II
10CD: Elvis Is Back!
11CD: Flaming Star, Wild in the Country, Follow That Dream
12CD: G.I. Blues
13CD: His Hand in Mine
14CD: Something for Everybody
15CD: Blue Hawaii
16CD: Pot Luck
17CD: Kid Galahad / Girls! Girls! Girls!
18CD: It Happened at the World’s Fair / Fun in Acapulco
19CD: Elvis’ Golden Records III
20CD: Kissin’ Cousins / Clambake / Stay Away, Joe
21CD: Love in Las Vegas / Roustabout
22CD: Harem Holiday / Girl Happy
23CD: Elvis for Everyone!
24CD: Frankie and Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style
25CD: Spinout / Double Trouble
26CD: Easy Come, Easy Go / Speedway
27CD: How Great Thou Art
28CD: Elvis’ Gold Records IV
29CD: Live a Little, Love a Little / Charro! / The Trouble With Girls / Change of Habit
30CD: NBC‐TV Special ’68 Comeback
31CD: From Elvis in Memphis
32CD: In Person
33CD: Back in Memphis
34CD: On Stage
35CD: That’s the Way It Is
36CD: Elvis Country
37CD: Love Letters From Elvis
38CD: The Wonderful World of Christmas
39CD: Elvis Now
40CD: He Touched Me
41CD: Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden
42CD: Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite
43CD: Elvis (The Fool album)
44CD: Raised on Rock
45CD: Good Times
46CD: Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis
47CD: Promised Land
48CD: Elvis Today
49CD: From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
50CD: Moody Blue

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
engineer:Dick Baxter (Mastering engineer at BMG / RCA Studios, New York)
Dennis Ferrante
producer:Ernst Mikael Jorgensen
Roger Semon
piano:Dudley Brooks
background vocals:The Jordanaires (southern gospel group)
distributed by:BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)
copyrighted (©) by:BMG Nederland B.V. (in 1996)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:BMG Music (from 1956 until 1958, from 1960 until 1961, in 1984, in 1995)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1471083 [info]
ASIN:UK: B001DPB33O [info]