Elvis Presley The Complete 50s Masters 6LP RARE
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Description
Elvis Presley
The King of Rock 'N' Roll:The Complete 50s Masters
Super Rare 6 LP Box Set
PL 90689
Released 1992
140 Tracks!
# 3307 of 15,000
Includes 14 Previously Unreleased Performances
48 Page Full Colour Booklet
3 Rare Bonus Photos For Framing
Signed certificate of Authenticity.
Includes a sheet of RCA Records Label Four-Colour Stamps Depicting Presley's 50's Record Covers.
Limited to 15,000 Copies Worldwide
Box is in excellent condition and discs have never been played
Album notes
Full Title: The King Of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters.THE KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL contains every Elvis Presley studio recording released during the 1950s, along with alternate takes and live recordings. It contains 140 tracks, 14 of them previously unreleased (mostly contained on Disc 6, "Rare And Rockin'") and several others never before released on LP. Also included in this numbered box set is a 48-page color booklet with many rare photos from the Graceland archives, and a '50s discography and sessionography; and a page of color stamps depicting Presley's '50s record covers.Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Gordon Stoker (vocals, piano); The Jordanaires, Ben Speer, Brock Speer (vocals); Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins, Hank Garland, Carl Perkins (guitar); Mahlon Clark (clarinet); Justin Gordon (saxophone); John Ed Buckner (trumpet); Elmer Schneider (trombone); Ray Siegel (tuba, acoustic bass); Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long, Marvin Hughes, Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller, Jerry Lee Lewis (piano); Hoyt Hawkins (piano, organ, cymbals); Gordon Stoker (piano, bongos, background vocals); Clayton Perkins (acoustic bass); Neal Matthews (electric bass); D.J. Fontana, Bernie Mattinson (drums); Freddy Martin & His Orchestra.Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.Principally recorded at Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; RCA Studios, New York; 20th Century Fox and Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California between 1953 and 1958. Includes liner notes by Peter Guralnick.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Anyone who doubts the genius of Elvis Presley should listen all the way through this 6 LP set before passing final judgment on the King of Rock and Roll. Of the 140 tracks here, precious few do not give testimony to Presley's enormous gift and enthusiasm for a wide variety of music, including pop, rock and roll, country, gospel, and rhythm and blues. From the first Sun recordings (finally presented by RCA without the annoying overlay of additional reverb) to the rushed singles session Presley cadged while on Army leave in 1958, THE COMPLETE 50'S MASTERS radiates an energy, versatility, and awe-inspiring mastery rarely approached by his contemporaries--or any other pop singer, for that matter.All the hits, b-sides, album tracks, Christmas songs, gospel, and early movie soundtrack material are here, along with a disc of alternate takes and rare live recordings. An informative and beautifully packaged 48-page booklet crammed with photographs completes one of the great box sets of the era.Editorial reviews
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Vibe (12/01/1999)
5 Stars - Classic - ...Presented with generally decent, challenging material throughout this era, his singing reaches masterful heights....the 1954 and '55 sessions are probably the most perfect recordings in rock & roll history....a box set fit for the King...Entertainment Weekly (7/24/92, p.58) - ...essential....a stunning revelation....suggests that [Elvis] mirrored all sides of our musical culture--and became an American icon because he gave all kinds of Americans exactly what they most wanted to hear... - Rating: A+Vibe (12/99, p.158) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th CenturyVillage Voice (3/2/93) - Ranked #3 reissue in the Village Voice's 1992 Jazz & Pop Critics Poll.
Rolling Stone (08/06/1992)
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