The Sun Sessions
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| Compilation album by Elvis Presley | ||||
| Released | March 21, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | July 1954 – July 1955 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly, rock and roll | |||
| Length | 39:47 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Sam Phillips | |||
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| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Sputnikmusic | 5/5 |
The Sun Sessions is a compilation of Elvis Presley recordings at Sun Studios in 1954 and 1955. It was issued by RCA Records in 1976, and had been issued and charted as The Sun Collection in the UK the previous year. It features liner notes by Roy Carr of the New Musical Express.
The album features most of the tracks Elvis recorded at Sun studio and were produced by Sam Phillips, the head of Sun Studios. Elvis began his singing career with Sun Records label in Memphis. Phillips signed Presley after hearing a song that he had recorded for his mother on his birthday. It includes "That's All Right" one of the few recordings regarded as "the first rock and roll record."
Phillips said that Presley was rehearsing with his band, Scotty Moore and Bill Black, when Presley started singing the song, a blues song written by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. Phillips said that the version of the song was what he was looking for when he signed Presley, and turned the tape recorder on.
Elvis recorded more than 20 songs at Sun, including some private recordings. Of these, 15 appear on this album.
Missing songs:
In 1987 RCA released "The Complete Sun Sessions" which included the original 16 songs plus the omitted "Harbor Lights", Tomorrow Night", "When It Rains It Really Pours", plus 3 alternate takes of "I Love You Because" and 6 alternate takes of "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (My Baby's Gone)".
The Sun Sessions was released in March 1976 and reached #76 on the pop and #2 on the country charts.
The single "Baby, Let's Play House" combined with "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" reached #5 on the country charts in 1955. Also, RCA Victor saw that Elvis was rapidly building a reputation for his live performances. They offered Sun Records $35,000 to buy out Presley's contract.
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