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Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (Reissue)

SKU: 888751119512
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Description

Elvis Presley (released in the UK as Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll) is the debut studio album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. It was released on RCA Victor, catalog number LPM-1254, in March 1956. The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor recording studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material originated from sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 5, August 19, and September 10 of 1954, and on July 11, 1955. The album spent ten weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock and roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts, and the first million-selling album of that genre. In 2003, it was ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. Elvis Presley was also one of three Presley albums to receive accolades in the reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, the others being Elvis Is Back! and From Elvis in Memphis. It was certified Gold on November 1, 1966, and Platinum on August 8, 2011, by the Recording Industry Association of America. The original 1956 UK release called Rock n' Roll on HMV Catalog Number: CLP 1093 has six different tracks.

Release Info

Label: RCA Records 88875111951
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 2015
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

Tracklist

A1 Heartbreak Hotel
A2 I Was The One
A3 Blue Suede Shoes
A4 I'm Counting On You
A5 I Got A Woman
A6 One-Sided Love Affair
A7 I Love You Because
A8 Just Because
A9 Tutti Frutti
B1 Tryin' To Get To You
B2 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
B3 I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
B4 Blue Moon
B5 Money Honey
B6 Shake, Rattle & Roll
B7 My Baby Left Me
B8 Lawdy Miss Clawdy
B9 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

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