Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an improptu jam session between Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash.A new book, documenting the event is due. This what the press-release says. This book details the early lives and careers of the quartet to where they were in 1956. Relevant social and economic factors which meant that a massive audience of young people were keenly looking for a new kind of music they could call their own.
Also covered are the "reunions" of surviving members of the quartet, the emergence of the tapes - first on bootleg and then legitimate CDs - and the genesis of the stage show and its reception. This music has enduring appeal.
A new double vinyl album of the best of Elvis' STAX sessions will be released as part of the STAX 40th anniversary celebrations. The interesting fact is that several alternate takes have been chosen over the master versions. The double LP set comes on 180g vinyl.
Track list: LP 1
1. Promised Land
2. I've Got A Thing About You Baby
3. If You Talk In Your Sleep
4. Raised On Rock
5. Help Me
6. I Got A Feelin' In My Body (Take 4)
7. For Ol' times Sake (Take 4)
8. Talk About the Good Times (Take 3)
9. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues (Take 8) LP 2
Track list: LP 2
1. You Asked Me To (Take 3A)
2. Loving Arms (Take 2)
3. Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming (Take 4)
4. Spanish Eyes (Take 2)
5. It's Midnight (Take 7)
6. Find Out What's Happening (Takes 8-7)
7. Three Corn Patches (Take 14)
8. My Boy (Take 1)
(Source: ElvisMatters / Amazon / Elvis Information Network)