70th Anniversary Of Elvis' Sun Records Sessions

 
Jewel Case

Announcement: Between 1953 and 1955, Elvis Presley recorded 24 songs at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. These recordings, which will be the foundations of Rock and roll, reflect a wide variety of styles: blues, rhythm & blues, gospel, country & western, hillbilly, rockabilly and bluegrass. Of the 24 songs recorded, 22 survived, the tapes of the titles "Satisfied" and "I Got a Woman" were lost. 10 titles were released by Sun as singles between 1954 and 1955: "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on 04/19/1954, "Good Rockin' Tonight" and "I Don't Care If the Sun Don 't Shine" on 09/25/1954, "Milkcow Blues Boogie" and "You're a Heartbreaker" on 12/28/1954, "Baby Let's Play House" and "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone” on 04/10/1955, "I Forgot to Remember to Forget” and "Mystery Train” on 08/06/1955. Except for the first four songs (self-financed demos by Elvis), all songs were produced by Sam Phillips and featured Scotty Moore on guitar and Bill Black on bass. On December 4, 1956, a year after leaving Sun for RCA, Elvis visited the Sun Studio. The afternoon turns into a jam session with Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. The four artists simply sing songs that they had in mind. Around 40 titles were recorded that day. This legendary session will be nicknamed "The Million Dollar Session".

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Elvis Presley's first recording ("My Happiness", July 18, 1953) RDM Edition offers you on this CD the 22 recordings from the Sun Records Sessions, consisting of the 4 recordings financed by Elvis himself and the 18 official Sun Records recordings, as well as 2 bonus tracks from the "Million Dollar Session”.

Note: This is not a pressed CD, but a CD-R!