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A Date With Elvis
Released:Jul. 24, 1959A continuation of the For LP Fans Only approach – ten previously uncollected tracks (on LP anyway), including five more Sun sides (only “I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine” remained un-reissued on album now), but this time with a deluxe gatefold cover, complete with army photos of Elvis and a calendar showing just how many more days it would be until he returned to civilian life.
Tracklist
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Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Bill Monroe. Recorded July 7, 1954 at Sun Records’ Studio, Memphis. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black -
Young And Beautiful
Abner Silver/Aaron Schroeder. Recorded for the motion picture Jailhouse Rock. Recorded April 30, 1957 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black, Neal Matthews. Drums: D.J. Fontana. Piano: Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller. Vocals: The Jordanaires -
Baby I Don’t Care
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller. Recorded for the motion picture Jailhouse Rock. Recorded May 3 & 8, 1957 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black, Neal Matthews, Elvis Presley. Drums: D.J. Fontana. Piano: Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller. Vocals: The Jordanaires -
Milkcow Blues Boogie
Kokomo Arnold. Recorded November-December, 1954 at Sun Records’ Studio, Memphis. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black -
Baby Let’s Play House
Arthur Gunter. Recorded February-March 1955 at Sun Records’ Studio, Memphis. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black -
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Roy Brown. Recorded September, 1954 at Sun Records’ Studio, Memphis. The most likely dates are in mid-September. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black -
Is It So Strange
Faron Young. Recorded January 19, 1957 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black. Drums: D.J. Fontana. Piano: Dudley Brooks. Organ: Hoyt Hawkins. Vocals: The Jordanaires -
We’re Gonna Move
Vera Matson/Elvis Presley. Recorded for the motion picture Love Me Tender. Recorded August 24, 1956 at Fox Stage 1, Hollywood. Guitar: Vito Mumolo. Bass: Mike “Myer” Rubin. Drums: Richard Cornell. Banjo: Luther “Red” Roundtree. Accordion: Carl Fortina, Dominic Frontieri. Vocals: Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, Charles Prescott -
I Want To Be Free
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller. Recorded for the motion picture Jailhouse Rock. Recorded, May 3, 1957 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black, Neal Matthews. Drums: D.J. Fontana. Piano: Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller. Vocals: The Jordanaires -
I Forgot To Remember To Forget
Stan Kesler/Charlie Feathers. Recorded July 21, 1955 at Sun Records’ Studio, Memphis. Guitar: Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black. Drums: Johnny Bernero
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