Elvis Presley very 1st uk LP (HMV CLP 1093) 1956
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IF YOU ONLY EVER OWN ONE RECORD IN YOUR LIFETIME IT MUST BE THIS ONE!
When Elvis first broke on the national scene, nobody--not RCA, not Elvis's manager Colonel Tom Parker, and certainly not Elvis himself--had any idea how long his popularity would last. Most assumed that rock and roll was a passing fad and that Presley would soon be relegated to the "where are they now?" bin. Unsurprisingly, RCA rushed Presley's first album to market before Elvis had recorded enough new material for an entire record. The result, ELVIS PRESLEY, is a cut-and-paste job consisting of seven RCA recordings and five older tracks licensed from Sun Records, Presley's first label.
Still, "Elvis Presley" is a monumental record in the history of rock and roll, from its iconic cover (which The Clash later paid homage to on the cover of LONDON CALLING) to the twelve great tracks to its unprecedented sales figures (it topped the Billboard album charts for 20 weeks). The RCA material includes Elvis' arrangement of "Blue Suede Shoes" and covers of R&B hits "Money Honey," "Tutti Frutti," and "I Got a Woman." The record is short (29 minutes) and the material it contains is available on lots of other discs, but if you must have the record that started a revolution, this is the one to get.
Elvis Presley is rock & roll. It doesn't get simpler than that. Elvis Presley was one of the prime architects of the music. As such, he influenced several generations both musically and socially. The songs presented on this 1st British LP are among his finest. The urgency in Elvis Presley's voice is just one part of the equation. The ease with which he swings through the material tells the rest of the story. Equal parts balladeer and rockabilly king, Elvis Presley played both sides of the fence. He was both tender Love Man and hard-hitting rebel. As this collection proves, his genius was in the way he made it work.
This record has minor surface marks to the vinyl but plays superbly. the cover has some minor damage but then again this record is 50 years old, we all get a little jaded round the edges
DO NOT PANIC!!!.....I PLAYED THIS RECORD JUST ONCE WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN STORED IN A RECORD BOX FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS
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