Friday, December 18, 2015

December 18 - The Complete Concert Recordings

Memphis Recording Service announced it's first release in 4 years titled "Elvis Live In The 50's - The Complete Concert Recordings". The set is due February 19, 2016. The set is available for pre-order on Amazon. The more people who pre-order it the cheaper it will get before the release date.

From the press-release:
This box set is the ultimate tribute to Elvis Presley documenting his shows from the 1950's. The 3 CD's represent for the first time ever, the release of the complete collection of archival live concert recordings (including rare interviews and the recently discovered new material) by Elvis Presley in the 1950's.

All of the 82 tracks included have been painstakingly remastered and restored. Fans who enjoyed previous mastered works of the MRS team such as 'Such a Night in Pearl Harbor', 'The Complete Hayride Archives' and Boxcar's remastered works of the Orlando February 1977 concert, are in for a treat. Our restoration techniques have now been applied to the Tupelo shows as well as the Eagles Hall, Frontier and Robinson Auditorium shows. Combined with further works on the Hayride and others shows, the quality of these recordings is now far superior to ever before.


The 172 page book is a chronological photo journey following Elvis from the very first to the very last shows performed in the 1950's. It contains linear notes that includes every show listing (now updated) and is accompanied by hundreds of photographs many of which are rare and unpublished.

Tracks: CD 1:

16th October 1954 - Louisiana Hayride - Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA
01. Hayride Begins Jingle
02. Introduction/ That's All Right
03. Blue Moon of Kentucky

15th January 1955- Louisiana Hayride - Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA
04. Hearts of Stone
05. That's All Right
06. Tweedle Dee

22nd January 22nd 1955 - Louisiana Hayride - Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA
07. Money Honey 
08. Blue Moon of Kentucky 
09. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine 
10. That's All Right

11. Radio Spot Commercial for Performance February 23rd 1955 in Pine Bluff Arkansas

5th March 1955 - Louisiana Hayride - Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA
12. Tweedle Dee 
13. Money Honey 
14. Hearts of Stone 
15. Shake, Rattle & Roll 
16. Little Mama 
17. You're a Heartbreaker

19th March 1955 - Eagles Hall, Houston, Texas
18. Good Rockin' Tonight 
19. Baby Let's Play House 
20. Blue Moon of Kentucky 
21. I Got a Woman 
22. That's All Right

30th April 1955 - Gladewater, Texas (Remote Louisiana Hayride Broadcast)
23. Tweedle Dee

26th May 1955 - Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival, Meridian, Mississippi
24. That's All Right

16th July 1955- Louisiana Hayride - Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA
25. I'm Left You're Right She's Gone
26. Mae Axton Interviews Elvis, July 29th 1955, Jacksonville, Florida
27. Radio Spot Commercial August 10th 1955 for Performance in Gladewater Texas

20th August 1955 - Louisiana Hayride - Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA
28. Baby Let's Play House
29. Maybellene
30. That's All Right
31. Bob Neal Interviews Elvis, Scotty & Bill

October 1955 - Louisiana Hayride - Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA
32. I' Forgot To Remember to Forget 
33: Hayride End Jingle

CD 2 6th May 1956 - New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas NV:
01. Heartbreak Hotel
02. Long Tall Sally
03. Blue Suede Shoes
04. Money Honey

16 May 1956 - Robinson Auditorium, Little Rock AR
05. Interview at Little Rock Arkansas
06. Heartbreak Hotel
07. Long Tall Sally
08. I Was the One
09. Money Honey
10. I Got A Woman
11. Blue Suede Shoes
12. Hound Dog

13. 3rd June 1956 - Radio Spot for Elvis Concert in Oakland, CA

26 September 1956 - Mississippi-Alabama Fairgrounds, Tupelo MS (Afternoon Performance)
14. Heartbreak Hotel
15. Long Tall Sally
16. Presentation Key to the City
17. I Was the One
18. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 
19. I Got a Woman
20. Don't Be Cruel
21. Ready Teddy
22. Love Me Tender
23. Hound Dog
24. WTUP Interviews Elvis Presley

CD 3 26 September 1956 - Mississippi-Alabama Fairgrounds, Tupelo MS (Evening Performance)
01. WTUP Interviews Elvis' Parents, Vernon & Gladys
02. Love Me Tender
03. I Was The One
04. I Got a Woman
05. Don't Be Cruel
06. Blue Suede Shoes
07. Baby Let's Play House
08. Hound Dog
09. Announcement

15th December 1956 - Louisiana Hayride Hirsch Youth Center, Louisiana Fairgrounds, Shreveport LA
10. Heartbreak Hotel
11. Long Tall Sally
12. I Was the One
13. Love Me Tender
14. Don't Be Cruel
15. Love Me
16. I Got A Woman
17. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
18. Paralyzed
19. Hound Dog
20. Elvis Has Left the Building

April and August 1957 - Canadian Fragments 1957
21. Heartbreak Hotel -Toronto Radio Broadcast Fragment Apr 2nd 1957
22. Hound Dog - Ottawa Fragment Apr 3rd 1957
23. MEDLEY - Heartbreak Hotel/I Was the One/I Got a Woman/That's When You Heartaches Begin - Vancouver Fragments Aug 31st 1957

Interviews 1957
24. Interview at Portland Oregon (02 September 1957)
25. WELO Interviews Elvis - Tupelo, Mississippi (27th September 1957)

(Source: Memphis Recording Service)