Monday, July 08, 2024

July 08 - Studio Master Reissues

The MRS Camden (import) record label re-issued ‘The Complete 1950’s Studio Masters’ and ‘The Complete RCA Studio Masters 1960-62 - Plus Session Out-Takes’ as 4-CD Digisleeve sets.

Publicity stated: The 4-CD-set ‘The Complete 1950’s Studio Masters’ contains the complete master studio recordings of Elvis Presley from the 1950s. 

It includes personal acetates, cut in 1953 and early 1954, all of his early Sun recordings from 1954-55, as well as every RCA studio master and movie studio soundtrack recording made between January 1956 and June 1958. The set also contains bonus tracks of recordings made at radio stations, as well as alternate movie soundtrack recordings.

The set also contains bonus tracks of recordings made at radio stations, as well as alternate movie soundtrack recordings. All tracks have been professionally remastered to provide the best sound quality ever released.

Note: the set does not contain the complete Studio Masters, 'Tell Me Why', 'When It Rains It Really Pours', 'Your Cheatin’ Heart' and 'Ain’t That Loving You Baby' are missing.

The 4-CD-set ‘The Complete RCA Studio Masters 1960-62 - Plus Session Out-Takes’ (previously released as 'Back in Living Stereo 1960-62') pays tribute to the recordings Elvis made once he returned home from Germany in March 1960, after his stint as a soldier in the US army (1958-60). 

These recordings were the first stereo recordings of Elvis issued to the public. The CDs contain remastered tracks of all the 1960-1962 master recordings from RCA Studio's in Nashville. As a bonus, 2 CD's contain rare material of studio session out-takes.

(Source: ElvisMatters)