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Elvis Presley Young Man With The Big Beat (5CD Set)

Elvis Presley Young Man With The Big Beat (5CD Set)

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This 55th anniversary 5-CD super deluxe set celebrates Elvis Presley's explosive 1956 RCA debut that changed the world of popular music forever! It befittingly takes its title from RCA's very first Elvis poster campaign for his legendary debut album ELVIS PRESLEY.

THIS SUPER DELUXE EDITION CELEBRATES 1956 in style with this retro 12x12 format and includes:

  • 5 CDs comprising all the 1956 RCA masters (digitally remastered,) Live performances including a previously unreleased live show, outtakes, and rare interviews.
  • 80 Page 12" x 12" book with 12-month day-by-day chronology, rare memorabilia, photos, artifacts, and documents.
  • Memorabilia envelope with reproductions of posters, ticket stubs & photos.


Product details:

  • Format: CD
  • Language‏: English
  • Product Dimensions: ‎7.68 x 5.63 x 0.94 inches; 14.32 Ounces
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • Original Release Date: 9/27/2011
  • Run time: ‎ 4 hours and 45 minutes
  • Number of discs: 5

Disc 1:
1956 Studio Recordings: 17 tracks recorded in New York, Nashville, and Hollywood, starting with the 12 songs on the debut LP, Elvis Presley (‘1254’), followed by non-LP single A-sides and B-sides, and EP tracks

  • Blue Suede Shoes
  • I’m Counting On You
  • I Got A Woman
  • One-Sided Love Affair
  • I Love You Because
  • Just Because
  • Tutti Frutti
  • Trying To Get To You
  • I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
  • I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’)
  • Blue Moon
  • Money Honey
  • Heartbreak Hotel
  • I Was The One
  • My Baby Left Me
  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
  • Shake, Rattle, And Roll

Disc 2:

1956 Studio Recordings: 22 tracks recorded in New York, Nashville, and Memphis, starting with the 12 songs on the second LP, Elvis (‘1382’), followed by non-LP single A-sides and B-sides, and EP tracks

  • Rip It Up
  • Love Me
  • When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
  • Long Tall Sally
  • First In Line
  • Paralyzed
  • So Glad You’re Mine
  • Old Shep
  • Ready Teddy
  • Anyplace Is Paradise
  • How’s The World Treating You
  • How Do You Think I Feel
  • I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
  • Hound Dog
  • Don’t Be Cruel
  • Any Way You Want Me (That’s How I Will Be)
  • Too Much
  • Playing For Keeps
  • Love Me Tender
  • Let Me
  • Poor Boy
  • We’re Gonna Move

Disc 3:

Live Recordings: 

  • Venus Room, Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, May 6, 1956.
  • Live at the Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 16, 1956.
  • Live at the Hirsch Youth Center, Louisiana Fairgrounds, Shreveport, Louisiana, December 15, 1956, previously unreleased.

Live at the Venus Room, Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, May 6:

  • Heartbreak Hotel
  • Long Tall Sally
  • Blue Suede Shoes
  • Money Honey

Live at the Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, May 16:

  • Heartbreak Hotel
  • Long Tall Sally
  • I Was The One
  • Money Honey
  • I Got A Woman
  • Blue Suede Shoes
  • Hound Dog

Live at the Hirsch Youth Center, Louisiana Fairgrounds, December 15:

  • Heartbreak Hotel
  • Long Tall Sally
  • I Was The One
  • Love Me Tender
  • Don’t Be Cruel
  • Love Me
  • I Got A Woman
  • When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
  • Paralyzed
  • Hound Dog

Disc 4:

The Outtakes: Four outtakes from the first historic RCA session January 10-11 segueing into the complete session of February 3rd plus the first of the interviews – the complete Warwick Hotel (NYC) interview by Robert Brown in March.

First RCA Session Outtakes:

  • I Got A Woman – take unknown
  • Heartbreak Hotel – take 06
  • I’m Counting On You – take 13
  • I Was The One – take 02

The Complete February 03 Sessions:

  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 01
  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 03
  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 04
  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 05
  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 06
  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – takes 07, 08, 09
  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 10 (master)
  • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – takes 11, 12
  • Shake, Rattle And Roll – takes 01, 02
  • Shake, Rattle And Roll – takes 03, 05, 06, 07
  • Shake, Rattle And Roll – take 08
  • Shake, Rattle And Roll – takes 09, 10, 11, 12, 12 (undubbed master)
  • The Complete Warwick Hotel Interview

Disc 5:

The Interviews: 

  • The Complete TV Guide Presents Elvis interview (Elvis interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater, Lakeland, Florida, on August 10th);
  • Colonel Parker and Oscar Davis (interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater, Lakeland, Florida, on August 10th);
  • The Truth About Me (Original spoken word 45 rpm disc included in Teen Parade magazine. Recorded on the set of Love Me Tender, August 22nd);
  • The Truth About Me Interview (Recorded on the set of Love Me Tender, August 22nd);
  • RCA Victrola radio ads 1 and 2 (both ads never before released commercially).

The Interviews:

  • The Complete TV Guide Presents Elvis interview
  • Colonel Parker Interview
  • The Truth About Me
  • The Truth About Me Interview
  • Victrola Radio ad 1
  • Victrola Radio ad 2