ELVIS PRESLEY, lead vocals, guitar and piano, plus: Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins (guitar), Bill Black (bass), Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long or Marvin Hughes (piano), D.J. Fontana (drums, out on “Trying to Get to You”), Johnny Bernero (drums on “Trying to Get to You” only), Gordon Stoker, Ben Speer and Brock Speer (backing vocals). “Just Because”, “I’ll Never Let You Go”, and “Blue Moon”: Produced and recorded by Sam Phillips at Sun Studio, 406 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, August 19, 1954 (“Blue Moon”), and September 10, 1954 (“Just Because” & “I’ll Never Let You Go”). “I’m Counting on You”, “I Got a Woman”, “Trying to Get to You”, and “Money Honey”: Produced by Steve Sholes. Recorded by Bob Ferris at RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, January 10 & 11, 1956. “Blue Suede Shoes”, “One-Sided Love Affair”, “I Love You Because”, “Tutti Frutti”, and “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry”: Produced by Steve Sholes. Recorded by Ernie Oehlrich at RCA Studios, New York, January 30 & 31, 1956.
An exclusive collector’s re-release of the very rare ROCKIN’ PRESLEY 7” EP, originally issued in Germany by RCA Victor (1956). It contains Elvis’ smash hits “Hound Dog”, “Don’t Be Cruel”, “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”, and “Heartbreak Hotel”.
ELVIS PRESLEY, lead vocals and guitar, plus: “Hound Dog” / ”Don’t Be Cruel”: Scotty Moore (guitar), Bill Black (bass), Gordon Stoker (piano on “Hound Dog”), Shorty Long (piano on “Don’t Be Cruel”), D.J. Fontana (drums), The Jordanaires (backing vocals). Produced by Steve Sholes. Recorded by Ernie Oehlrich at RCA Studios in New York, July 2, 1956. “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”: Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins (guitar), Bill Black (bass), Marvin Hughes (piano), D.J. Fontana (drums), Gordon Stoker, Ben Speer and Brock Speer (backing vocals). Produced by Steve Sholes. Recorded by Bob Ferris at RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, April 14, 1956. “Heartbreak Hotel”: Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins (guitar), Bill Black (bass), Floyd Cramer (piano), D.J. Fontana (drums), Gordon Stoker, Ben Speer and Brock Speer (backing vocals). Produced by Steve Sholes. Recorded by Bob Ferris at RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, January 10, 1956.