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Elvis Presley Elvis [US 1999 Bonus Tracks] Release Date: 1956 10 zz Running Time: 44:48 Label: RCA Rating:

Elvis Presley's second album was really his first to be conceived and cut as an album -- his debut long-player, Elvis Presley, although a brilliant record, was assembled from busted singles attempts and a quintet of Sun Records outtakes. "Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)," and the classic "Love Me,", display glimpses of sophistication and control as a singer on this album that would increasingly drive his singing in years to come. The rhythm numbers include three Little Richard songs that he performs extremely well, most notably "Long Tall Sally," indicating either a strong preference by Elvis or a dearth of acceptable material brought to the September 1956 sessions by Steve Sholes. The surprises on this album include "Paralyzed," one of the lesser known Otis Blackwell compositions, and Elvis' cover of Arthur Crudup's "So Glad You're Mine" (cut at Elvis' late-January 1956 RCA sessions, but unused), which would have been among any artist's top output during this period. The 1999 remastering, in addition to significantly improved sound on the existing tracks, extends the CD by eight songs including "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel," the two sides of the biggest selling single by anybody in 1956, which were cut at sessions overlapping the conception of this album, "Too Much" and "Playing for Keeps," which came from these sessions, and "Love Me Tender," which was cut at a session overlapping the making of this album. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Hound Dog	Leiber, Stoller	2:16
2	Don't Be Cruel	Presley, Blackwell	2:02
3	Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)	Schroeder, Owens	2:13
4	Rip It Up	Blackwell, Marascalco	1:53
5	Love Me	Leiber, Stoller	2:43
6	When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again	Sullivan, Walker	2:21
7	Long Tall Sally	Little Richard, Blackwell, Johnson	1:53
8	First in Line	Schroeder, Weisman	3:34
9	Paralyzed	Presley, Blackwell	2:23
10	So Glad You're Mine	Crudup	2:20
11	Old Shep	Foley	4:09
12	Ready Teddy	Blackwell, Marascalco	1:56
13	Anyplace Is Paradise	Thomas	2:26
14	How's the World Treating You	Atkins, Bryant	2:25
15	How Do You Think I Feel	Pierce, Walker	2:12
16	Too Much	Rosenberg, Weinman	2:31
17	Playing for Keeps	Kesler	2:50
18	Love Me Tender	Presley, Matson	2:41

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