



Elvis Presley - Elvis (Mono, 160g)
RARITY - SEALED
Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Elvis Presley]
Written by Elvis Presley
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 160g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Mono
Studio
Record Press : Record Industry
Label : Simply Vinyl
Original Label : RCA Victor
Originally released 1956
Reissued in 2001
Tracks :
Side A :
- Hound Dog
- Don't Be Cruel
- Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
- Rip It Up
- Love Me
- When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
- Long Tall Sally
- First In Line
- Paralyzed
Side B :
- So Glad You're Mine
- Old Shep
- Ready Teddy
- Anyplace Is Paradise
- How's The World Treating You
- How Do You Think I Feel
- Too Much
- Playing For Keeps
- Love Me Tender
Reviews :
« If Elvis isn't quite as important historically as the Elvis Presley album that preceded it, that's only because it came second -- musically, it's a more confident and bolder work than his debut, and in any other artist's output it would have been considered a crowning achievement. At the sessions for his first album, the singer and all concerned were treading into unmapped territory and not sure what they were doing or if they were ready for it -- by September of 1956, when the three days of sessions behind the Elvis album took place, he was on top, a national phenomenon of a kind that hadn't been seen in music since Frank Sinatra a dozen years earlier, and he had some more experience recording. And with that confidence came better singing. The songs here were, for the most part, material that he knew well, with one new submission by Otis Blackwell. He slides through them seemingly effortlessly, transforming the 1940s country number "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" into a smooth rocker; roaring through the Little Richard numbers "Long Tall Sally," "Ready Teddy," and "Rip It Up"; returns to his blues roots with a killer rendition of Arthur Crudup's "I'm So Glad You're Mine" (a leftover, amazingly enough, from his first RCA session); and shows how refined his voice was becoming on the ballad "First in Line" and the sentimental favorite "Old Shep." The Elvis album was reissued in 1999 with vastly improved sound and eight bonus tracks from the same and chronologically adjoining recording sessions, including the singles "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel," and "Anyway You Want Me " » AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.28 / 5