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02 - "THAT'S ALL RIGHT" - B.M.I. - 2:41
Composer: - Arthur Crudup
Publisher:
- Crudup Music
Matrix number: - FRA1-8158 - 10-inch Acetate courtesy of Joey Kent - Louisiana Hayride
Were recorded from a badly scratched,
one of a kind, acetate
Recorded: - January 15, 1955
Released: - November 1993
First
appearance: - Boxtree Records (CD) 500/200rpm MCPS BOX 001 mono
ELVIS ARMY INTERVIEWS AND 1954 LIVE RECORDINGS
Reissued: - November 2011 MRS
(CD) 500/200rpm MRS 30001256-5 mono
THE COMPLETE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE ARCHIVES 1954-1956
03 - ''TWEEDLEE DEE''
- B.M.I. - 2:11
Composer: - Winfield Scott - Written in 1954
Publisher: - Unichappell Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - FRA1-8154 - 10-inch Acetate courtesy of Joey Kent - Louisiana Hayride
Were recorded from a badly scratched - one of a kind - acetate
Recorded: - January 15, 1955
Released: - February 5, 1999
First appearance: - RCA BMG (CD) 500/200rpm 07863 67675 2-2-17
mono
SUNRISE ELVIS PRESLEY
Reissued: - November 2011 MRS (CD) 500/200rpm MRS 30001256-6 mono
THE
COMPLETE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE ARCHIVES 1954-1956
Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocal and Acoustic
Rhythm Guitar
Scotty Moore - Electric Lead Guitar
Bill Black - Acoustic Upright Bass
Leon
Post - Piano
Sonny Trammel - Steel Guitar
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Elvis Presley left early in the morning and drove back to Memphis to pick up Scotty Moore and Bill Black. After a full day of driving, they performed that evening on the Louisiana Hayride. That night, ''That's All Right'' was still a given in Elvis repertoire. He also featured the equally popular B-side ''Blue Moon Of Kentucky'' and ''I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine'' from the second single, but instead of his new record, he chosen the Drifters ''Money Honey''.
While preparing to go on stage for his show, Elvis Presley was informed by Horace Logan that Tom Perryman, a Gladewater, Texas promoter, had booked Elvis Presley for five dates in Texas and Alabama.
It took Logan a great deal of time to negotiate the contract, because the "Hayride" wanted more money for Elvis' appearances. Perryman, a shrewd promoter, hoped to make quick killing with this
Elvis tour. Reluctantly, he agreed to a $750-a-night guarantee.
The haggling over the price forced the promoter to blitz his concert sites with posters, newspapers ads, and radio
jingles.
Tickets sold out for these five shows within three days. Logan and the Hayride's management team were amazed by the tickets sales. Perryman, an astute judge of musical
talent, failed to inform Logan that Elvis Presley records were being played more than any artist on East Texas radio.
RADIO COMMERCIAL FOR ELVIS PRESLEY
KSIJ RADIO, GLADEWATER, TEXAS
RECORDED 1955
PRODUCER - TOM PERRYMAN
''KSIJ RADIO COMMERCIAL'' – 0:16
Elvis Talks to disc jockey Tom Perryman
Recorded: 1955
Released: - 2003
First appearance: - Gear Production (CD) 500/200rpm ESP 0703 mono
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
Reissued: - August
3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-3-9 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
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FEBRUARY 2, 1955 WEDNESDAY
01(2) - "BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE" - A.S.C.A.P. - 2:15
Composer: - Arthur Neal Gunter
Publisher: - Excellorec Music
Matrix number: - U-143 SUN - F2WB-8046 RCA - Master Take 1 - Tape Box 4
Recorded: - Possibly
February 5, 1955
Released: - April 25, 1955
First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 217-B mono
BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE / I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE
Reissued - 1994 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15801 DI-3-28 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 1
Arthur Gunter got a $6500 royalty check for "Baby Let's Play House" and commented that he never got to shake Elvis' hand.
LIVE BROADCAST RECORDINGS FOR ELVIS PRESLEY
FOR KDAV RADIO
AT FAIR PARK COLISEUM, 1012 AVENUE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 1955
LIVE PERFORMANCE: FEBRUARY
13, 1955 SUNDAY
RECORDING ENGINEERS - LEREY ELMORE, DAVE PINKSTON,
AND RAY WINKLER
It was common at the time for artists to visit local radio stations when touring, encouraging the local disc jockeys to play their records, often performing live (or taped) on the air to promote their upcoming shows. Because Elvis Presley and his band had so little recorded repertoire, they would supplement their own repertoire with covers like the above, both recent Atlantic singles. "Fool, Fool, Fool" was a number one rhythm and blues record by the Clovers in 1951.
Acetate 78rpm of Elvis demo, wrongly titled "What A Fool I Was". It's been reported by some that Elvis Presley recorded "Fool, Fool, Fool" while at Sun Records. No proof of that has yet come firth.
01 - "FOOL, FOOL, FOOL" - B.M.I. - 1:51
Composer: - Ahmet Nugetre
Written in 1951 by co-founder of Atlantic Records in New York City, NY
Publisher: - Unichappell Music
Matrix number: - WPA5-2533
- Acetate Presto Recording Corporation, Paramus, New Yersey
Recorded: - February 13, 1955 - Acetate Demo
Released: - June 1992
First appearance: - RCA BMG (CD) 500/200rpm PD 90689(5)-5-2 mono
THE COMPLETE 50'S MASTERS
Reissued:
- February 5, 1999 RCA BMG (CD) 500/200rpm 07863 67675 2-2-12 mono
SUNRISE ELVIS PRESLEY
05 – "LITTLE MAMA" – B.M.I. - 2:02
Composer: - Willie Carrol-Ahmet Ertegun-Carmen Taylor- Gerald Wexler
Publisher: - Chappel Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - FRA1-8163 - Not Originally Issued
Recorded:
- March 5, 1955
Released: - August 3, 2012
First appearance: - FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-3-18 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
Reissued: - February 19, 2016 MRS Records (CD) 500/200rpm MRS 10054057-1-16 mono
LIVE IN THE 50S - THE COMPLETE CONCERT RECORDINGS
05 - "YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER" – B.M.I. 2:05
Composer: - Charles Alvin Sallee
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - FRA1-8164 - Not Originally Issued
Recorded: - March 5, 1955
Released: - August 3, 2012
First appearance: - FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm
506020-975049-3-19 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
Reissued: - February 19, 2016 MRS Records (CD) 500/200rpm
MRS 10054057-1-17 mono
LIVE IN THE 50S - THE COMPLETE CONCERT RECORDINGS
Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocal and Acoustic Rhythm Guitar (Martin Dreadnought 18)
Scotty Moore - Electric Lead Guitar (Gibson ES 295)
Bill Black - Acoustic Upright Bass (Kay Maestro M-1)
Jimmy Day – Steel Guitar
Floyd Cramer - Piano
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01(1) - "I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE" - B.M.I. - 3:00
Composer: - Stanley Kesler-Bill Taylor
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - SPA1-4281 – Complete Take 1 - Tape Box 6 – Slow Version
Listen
as Take 7 in Session Logs.
Recorded: - March 6, 1955
Released: - June 1987
First
appearance: - RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm 6414-1-R mono
THE COMPLETE SUN SESSIONS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-2-27
mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
According to Sam Phillips, ''A lot of times it was a tempo that I absolutely knew they weren't going to like, but we were in a situation where we just weren't getting anywhere, and when they came back, to the original tempo, it was like they'd hit a home run. Elvis was a little bit reluctant to lean quite as country on some things as I wanted him to. Not Nashville country, but the simplicity of a melody line. We couldn't jump on the blacks too fast, and we had to stay away from the country, and we knew we were going to be a away, away from the pop''.
The result was radically different from anything the band had done before. Plus as a brand-new song, for which Phillips owned the copyright, additional income would follow.
01(2) - "I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE" – B.M.I. - 2:51
Composer: - Stanley Kesler-Bill Taylor
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - SPA1-4282 – Complete Take 2 - Tape Box 6 – Slow Version
Listen as Take 8 in Session Logs
Recorded: - March 6, 1955
Released: - June 1987
First appearance: - RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm 6414-1-R mono
THE COMPLETE SUN SESSIONS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD)
500/200rpm 506020-975049-2-28 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
01(3) - "I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE" - B.M.I. - 2:51
Composer: - Stanley Kesler-Bill Taylor
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - SPA1-4284 – Complete Take 3 – Tape Box 6 – Slow Version
Listen as Take 11 in Session Logs
Recorded: - March 6, 1955
Released: - June 1987
First appearance: - RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm 6414-1-R mono
THE COMPLETE SUN SESSIONS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD)
500/200rpm 506020-975049-2-29 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
01(4) - "I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE" - B.M.I. - 0:09
Composer: - Stanley Kesler-Bill Taylor
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - SPA2-4283 – False Start Take 4 – Tape Box 6 – Slow Version
Listen as Take 10 in Session Logs
Recorded: - March 6, 1955
Released: - June 1987
First appearance: - RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm 6414-1-R mono
THE COMPLETE SUN SESSIONS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD)
500/200rpm 506020-975049-2-30 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
01(5) - "I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE" - B.M.I. - 2:40
Composer: - Stanley Kesler-Bill Taylor
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - OPA1-4196 – Master Take 5 – Tape Box 6 - Slow Version
Recorded:
- March 6, 1955
Released: - 1974
First appearance: - Bopcat Records (LP) 33rpm LP-BP-100 mono
GOOD
ROCKING TONIGHT
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-2-31 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
1953-1955
Reportedly, Sam Phillips first released the version above to Memphis disc jockey’s, but not to the general public. The title "My Baby Is Gone" has been on numerous bootleg releases. The original copyright title was "You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone". An advertisement for Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Day Celebration in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 26, 1955, printed the title that way.
Steve Sholes Session Notes
Box 6
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
7. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Tempo) 2:44
8. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Tempo) 2:40
9. I'm Left,
You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Tempo) V
10. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Tempo) Breakdown Full Take
11. I'm Left, You're Right,
She's Right (Slow Tempo) V
01(6) - "I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE" - B.M.I. - 2:40
Composer: - Stanley Kesler-Bill Taylor
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - SPA1-4286 – Complete Take 6 – Tape Box 6 - Slow Version
Listen
as Take 12 in Session Logs
Recorded: - March 6, 1955
Released: - June 1987
First
appearance: - RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm 6414-1-R mono
THE COMPLETE SUN SESSIONS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-2-32
mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
01(7) - "I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE" - B.M.I. - 1:35
Composer: - Stanley Kesler-Bill Taylor
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - SPA1-4285 – Incomplete Take 7 – Tape Box 6 - Slow Version
Listen as Take 13 in Session Logs
Recorded: - March 6, 1955
Released: - June 1987
First appearance: - RCA BMG (LP) 33rpm 6414-1-R mono
THE COMPLETE SUN SESSIONS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD)
500/200rpm 506020-975049-2-33 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
Name (Or. No.
Of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocal and Acoustic Rhythm Guitar (Martin Dreadnought 18)
Scotty Moore - Electric Lead Guitar (Gibson ES 295)
Bill Black - Acoustic Upright Bass (Kay Maestro M-1)
Jimmie Lott or Johnny Bernero - Drums (Gretsch Round Badge Kit)
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Elvis Presley and the band performed at Jimmie Thompson' Arena, Alexandria, Louisiana.
MARCH 12, 1955 SATURDAY
Elvis Presley once again appeared on the "Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport, Louisiana.
05 - "THAT'S ALL RIGHT" - B.M.I. - 1:30
Composer: - Arthur Crudup
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - None
Recorded: - March 19, 1955
Released: - 1979
First appearance: - Virgin Records (LP) 33rpm KING 1 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-3-24 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955
06 - "SCOTTY MOORE TELLS THE STORY OF THE FIRST YEAR" - B.M.I. - 21:13
Released: - 1979
First appearance: - Virgin Records (LP) 33rpm KING 1 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Reissued: - 1983 RCA (LP) 33rpm PL-10504 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocal
and Acoustic Rhythm Guitar (Martin Dreadnought 18)
Scotty Moore - Electric Lead Guitar (Gibson ES 295)
Bill Black - Acoustic Upright Bass
(Kay Maestro M-1)
Dominic Joseph Fontana - Drums (Gretsch Round Badge Kit)
The five songs by Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and D.J. Fontana contained on this recording were from a live appearance at Eagle's Hall, Houston, Texas, March 19, 1955. It took months of investigation, and scores of interviews to uncover sufficient information and documentation to establish that as fact. Twentythree years after a whirlwind career in which myth and fact often were one and the same, memories of the living are clouded with the dust of time, and the dead offer only that which the living can perceive. The tape recording of this performance by the group did believed to be the first concert ever recorded.
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(March 19, 1955) Eagles' Hall, Houston, Texas
(Above) ''The First Years'', released in 1979 on the HALW, Inc. HALW 00001 label, the release originated in the USA. The cover, which is printed in black and white, features an early promo, perhaps the first, of Elvis, Scotty and Bill under which the track listing appears. The original release has a number embossed in the upper right had corner of the cover. The back of the cover has a copy of Elvis’ original July 12, 1954 personal contract with Scotty Moore. Because Elvis was only 19 at the time and was a minor, his parents had to sign as well. There are several other photos as well.
The LP has pink labels and black text; side one is titled “The First Year ” and side two “Elvis Presley Live ”. The first side has a now familiar but still incredibly interesting interview with Scotty Moore regarding their first meeting, first recording, and early shows. The interview runs as a monologue with the questions edited out. The Starlight Wrangler situation was interesting. The second side also has now familiar material from Eagles’ Hall from early 1955 ( March 19, 1955 to be exact ), miscredited as Cook’s Hoedown Club. The sound quality on both sides is excellent given a good pressing and minimal surface noise.
The LP was counterfeited twice circa 1980, neither of which have the embossed number on the cover. The first has lighter pink labels with both sides both titled “The First Year ”. The second has yellow labels with black text. Both subsequent releases have degraded artwork due to copying.