Complementing the music is a beautifully designed 240-page hardbound reference book produced exclusively for this collection. A magnificent volume in its own right, this silk-screened, silver-gilded edition printed on archival paper is the ultimate reference work on the music of Elvis Presley. The discography was painstakingly researched by compilation producer Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, the respected director of RCA's Elvis catalog for over two decades and author of Elvis Presley: A Life In Music (St. Martin's Press, 1998), and co-written by him with award-winning author Peter Guralnick. Jorgensen and Guralnick's extensive historical entries cover every song selection from the perspective of a scholar and a fan, with enlightening background stories and historical context, along with release dates, chart positions and other info. The discography includes recording dates and locations, full musician credits, technical notes and a song index. In addition, the book reproduces the artwork for every 45 rpm single, EP and LP release. The book is full of rare and classic photographs from throughout Elvis' life and recording career, beginning with the cover photo by legendary Williams 'Popsie' Randolph from Elvis' first official RCA photo session at RCA Studios in New York, on December 1, 1955.
Anchoring the book is a brand-new 6,000-word essay by Guralnick, noted biographer of Elvis Presley. Guralnick's two volumes - 'Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley' and 'Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley' - are widely acknowledged as the definitive biographical studies of Elvis' life. In addition to writing the foreword to Jorgensen's 'Elvis Presley: A Life In Music', Guralnick also collaborated with him on another great reference work, 'Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music'.
Years in the making, The Complete Elvis Presley Masters has been compiled from the original analog master tapes where available, using 24-bit technology for greater sonic resolution and dynamics. Each track has been carefully restored to achieve the best sound reproduction without compromising the audio quality of the original master. The only exceptions are found on the rarities discs, which 'derive from a variety of sources', as Jorgensen writes. 'First priority has been given to vividness of performance, historical significance and rarity of repertoire.' The Complete Elvis Presley Masters is the newest release in RCA/Legacy's 'Elvis 75' campaign, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of Elvis' birth, celebrated on January 8, 2010.
The Complete Elvis Presley Masters is accompanied by a silk-screened, silver-gilded hardcover book printed on archival paper and produced exclusively for this collection. This meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated 240-page book is, without question, the ultimate reference to the music of Elvis Presley. Inside you'll find the most comprehensive discography of Elvis' music ever produced, including artwork and information on each single, EP and album released during the artist's lifetime, release dates, chart positions and catalog numbers. Also included is a complete chronological song index which lists each track with recording date, studio and musician information. Rare and classic photographs, a foreword by producer Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and an essay by acclaimed Presley biographer Peter Guralnick bring valuable historical context to the collection.
Elvis Presley, The Complete Elvis Presley Masters
(RCA/Legacy)
Complete Tracklisting of Elvis' Masters recordings chronologically
EIN notes that some songs never released in Elvis' lifetime such as 'I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Version)', 'Danny', 'A Cane and a High Starched Collar', 'Plantation Rock', 'You're the Boss', 'Dominic' and 'I'll Be Home on Christmas Day (Remake)' etc have made it into the first 28 Masters discs as opposed to the three final CDs of "Outtakes and Alternates". This explains the 730 tracks instead of the 711 Masters refered to in the publicity.
Elvis' final double-live album 'Elvis In Concert' is not included due to it being released after Elvis passed away.
Disc 1: 1954-1956
Harbor Lights
I Love You Because
That's All Right
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Blue Moon
Tomorrow Night
I'll Never Let You Go
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
Just Because
Good Rockin' Tonight
Milkcow Blues Boogie
You're a Heartbreaker
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Version)
Baby Let's Play House
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
Mystery Train
Trying to Get to You
When It Rains, It Really Pours
I Got a Woman
Heartbreak Hotel
Money Honey
I'm Counting on You
I Was the One
Disc 3: 1957
I Believe
Tell Me Why
Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do!
All Shook Up
Mean Woman Blues
(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (for Me)
That's When Your Heartaches Begin
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Party
Lonesome Cowboy
Teddy Bear
Hot Dog
It is No Secret (What God Can Do)
Blueberry Hill
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Is It So Strange
Don't Leave Me Now
I Beg of You
One Night
True Love
I Need You So
Loving You
When It Rains, It Really Pours
Jailhouse Rock
Young and Beautiful
I Want to Be Free
Don't Leave Me Now
Baby I Don't Care
Disc 4: 1957-1958
Treat Me Nice
Blue Christmas
My Wish Came True
White Christmas
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
Silent Night
Don't
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me)
Santa Claus is Back in Town
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Hard Headed Woman
Trouble
New Orleans
Crawfish
Dixieland Rock
Lover Doll
Don't Ask Me Why
As Long As I Have You
King Creole
Young Dreams
Steadfast, Loyal and True
Danny
Doncha' Think It's Time (Single Master)
Your Cheatin' Heart
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
I Need Your Love Tonight
A Big Hunk O' Love
Ain't That Loving You Baby
A Fool Such As I
I Got Stung
Disc 5: 1960
Make Me Know It
Soldier Boy
Stuck on You
Fame and Fortune
A Mess of Blues
It Feels So Right
Fever
Like a Baby
It's Now or Never
The Girl of My Best Friend
Dirty, Dirty Feeling
Thrill of Your Love
I Gotta Know
Such a Night
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Girl Next Door Went A'Walking
I Will Be Home Again
Reconsider Baby
Didja' Ever
Doin' the Best I Can
G.I. Blues
Tonight is So Right for Love
What's She Really Like
Blue Suede Shoes
Wooden Heart
Shoppin' Around
Pocketful of Rainbows
Frankfort Special
Tonight's All Right for Love
Big Boots
Disc 6: 1960-1961
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Britches
A Cane and a High Starched Collar
Flaming Star
Milky White Way
His Hand in Mine
I Believe in the Man in the Sky
He Knows Just What I Need
Surrender
Mansion Over the Hilltop
In My Father's House
Joshua Fit the Battle
Swing Down Sweet Chariot
I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs
If We Never Meet Again
Known Only to Him
Crying in the Chapel
Working on the Building
Lonely Man
In My Way
Wild in the Country
Forget Me Never
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell
I'm Comin' Home
Gently
In Your Arms
Give Me the Right
I Feel So Bad
It's a Sin
I Want You with Me
There's Always Me
Starting Today
Sentimental Me
Judy
Put the Blame on Me
Disc 7: 1961
Hawaiian Sunset
Aloha Oe
Ku-U-I-Po
No More
Slicin' Sand
Blue Hawaii
Ito Eats
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Island of Love
Steppin' Out of Line
Almost Always True
Moonlight Swim
Can't Help Falling in Love
Beach Boy Blues
Rock-a-Hula Baby
Kiss Me Quick
That's Someone You Never Forget
I'm Yours
His Latest Flame
Little Sister
For the Millionth and the Last Time
Good Luck Charm
Anything That's Part of You
I Met Her Today
Night Rider
Angel
Follow That Dream
What a Wonderful Life
I'm Not the Marrying Kind
Sound Advice
Disc 8: 1961-1962
A Whistling Tune
Home is Where the Heart Is
Riding the Rainbow
I Got Lucky
This is Living
King of the Whole Wide World
Something Blue
Gonna Get Back Home Somehow
(Such an) Easy Question
Fountain of Love
Just for Old Time Sake
You'll Be Gone
I Feel That I've Known You Forever
Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
Suspicion
She's Not You
I Don't Want To
We're Coming in Loaded
Thanks to the Rolling Sea
Where Do You Come From
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Return to Sender
Because of Love
The Walls Have Ears
Song of the Shrimp
A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You
Mama
Earth Boy
Dainty Little Moonbeams
Girls! Girls! Girls! Finale
I Don't Wanna Be Tied
Plantation Rock
We'll Be Together
Disc 9: 1962-1963
Happy Ending
Relax
I'm Falling in Love Tonight
They Remind Me Too Much of You
Cotton Candy Land
A World of Our Own
How Would You Like to Be
One Broken Heart for Sale
Beyond the Bend
Take Me to the Fair
Bossa Nova Baby
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
Mexico
The Bullfighter was a Lady
Marguerita
Vino, Dinero y Amor
(There's) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car
Fun in Acapulco
El Toro
You Can't Say No in Acapulco
Guadalajara
Echoes of Love
Please Don't Drag That String Around
(You're the) Devil in Disguise
Never Ending
What Now, What Next, Where To
Witchcraft
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
Love Me Tonight
(It's a) Long Lonely Highway
Western Union
Slowly But Surely
Blue River
Disc 10: 1963-1964
Night Life
C'mon Everybody
If You Think I Don't Need You
I Need Somebody to Lean On
Do the Vega
Viva Las Vegas
Yellow Rose of Texas/The Eyes of Texas
The Lady Loves Me
You're the Boss
Today, Tomorrow and Forever
Santa Lucia
What'd I Say
Once is Enough
Catchin' On Fast
Anyone (Could Fall in Love With You)
Smokey Mountain Boy
There's Gold in the Mountains
One Boy Two Little Girls
Kissin' Cousins
Barefoot Ballad
Kissin' Cousins (Number 2)
Tender Feeling
Memphis, Tennessee
Ask Me
It Hurts Me
Disc 11: 1964-1965
Little Egypt
Poison Ivy League
Hard Knocks
It's a Wonderful World
Big Love Big Heartache
One Track Heart
It's Carnival Time
Carny Town
There's a Brand New Day on the Horizon
Wheels on My Heels
Roustabout
Puppet on a String
The Meanest Girl in Town
Girl Happy
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
Spring Fever
Do Not Disturb
I've Got to Find My Baby
Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce
Startin' Tonight
Do the Clam
Wolf Call
Shake That Tambourine
So Close, Yet So Far (from Paradise)
My Desert Serenade
Wisdom of the Ages
Kismet
Hey Little Girl
Golden Coins
Animal Instinct
Harem Holiday
Go East, Young Man
Mirage
Disc 12: 1965-1966
Come Along
Beginner's Luck
Down by the Riverside and When the Saints Go Marching In
Please Don't Stop Loving Me
Shout It Out
What Every Woman Lives For
Hard Luck
Petunia, the Gardener's Daughter
Look Out, Broadway
Everybody Come Aboard
Chesay
Frankie and Johnny
Drums of the Islands
Datin'
Scratch My Back
Stop Where You Are
A Dog's Life
This is My Heaven
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
House of Sand
Queenie Wahine's Papaya
Sand Castles
Smorgasbord
Stop, Look and Listen
Am I Ready
Beach Shack
Never Say Yes
Spinout
All That I Am
Adam and Evil
I'll Be Back
Disc 13: 1966
Run On
How Great Thou Art
Stand by Me
Where No One Stands Alone
Down in the Alley
Tomorrow is a Long Time
Love Letters
So High
Farther Along
By and By
In the Garden
Beyond the Reef
Somebody Bigger Than You and I
Without Him
If The Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side
Where Could I Go But to The Lord
Come What May
Fools Fall in Love
Indescribably Blue
I'll Remember You
If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Disc 14: 1966-1967
City by Night
Could I Fall in Love
There is So Much World to See
Double Trouble
Baby, If You'll Give Me All of Your Love
I Love Only One Girl
It Won't Be Long
Old MacDonald
Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)
Easy Come, Easy Go
I'll Take Love
Sing You Children
She's a Machine
The Love Machine
Yoga is As Yoga Does
You Gotta Stop
The Girl I Never Loved
How Can You Lose What You Never Had
You Don't Know Me
A House That Has Everything
Who Needs Money?
Confidence
Hey, Hey, Hey
Clambake
Suppose
Disc 15: 1967-1968
There Ain't Nothing Like a Song
Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
Five Sleepy Heads
Who Are You? (Who Am I?)
Speedway
Suppose
Let Yourself Go
He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad
Guitar Man
Big Boss Man
Mine
Just Call Me Lonesome
Hi-Heel Sneakers
You Don't Know Me
We Call on Him
You'll Never Walk Alone
Singing Tree
Stay Away, Joe
All I Needed Was the Rain
Dominic
Too Much Monkey Business
Goin' Home
Stay Away
U.S. Male
Wonderful World
Edge of Reality
A Little Less Conversation
Almost in Love
Disc 16: 1968
MEDLEY: Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Guitar Man/Little Egypt/Trouble/Guitar Man
Where Could I Go But to The Lord/Up Above My Head/Saved
Trouble/Guitar Man
If I Can Dream
Memories
Blue Christmas/One Night
Tiger Man
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy/Baby, What You Want Me to Do – MEDLEY: Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up/Can't Help Falling in Love/Jailhouse Rock/Love Me Tender
Let's Forget About the Stars
Charro
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard
Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
Signs of the Zodiac
Almost
The Whiffenpoof Song
Violet
Disc 17: 1969
Long Black Limousine
This is the Story
Wearin' That Loved On Look
You'll Think of Me
I'm Movin' On
A Little Bit of Green
Gentle on My Mind
Don't Cry Daddy
Inherit the Wind
Mama Liked the Roses
My Little Friend
In the Ghetto
Rubberneckin'
Hey Jude
From a Jack to a King
Without Love (There is Nothing)
I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
I'll Be There
Suspicious Minds
Stranger in My Own Home Town
True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind
Disc 18: 1969
Power of My Love
After Loving You
Do You Know Who I Am?
Kentucky Rain
Only the Strong Survive
It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'
Any Day Now
If I'm a Fool (For Loving You)
The Fair's Moving On
Who Am I?
Change of Habit
Let's Be Friends
Let Us Pray
Have a Happy
Blue Suede Shoes
Johnny B. Goode
All Shook Up
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Hound Dog
I Can't Stop Loving You
My Babe
Mystery Train/Tiger Man
Words
In the Ghetto
Suspicious Minds
Can't Help Falling in Love
Disc 19: 1970
See See Rider
Release Me
Sweet Caroline
Runaway
The Wonder of You
Polk Salad Annie
Yesterday
Proud Mary
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Let It Be Me
Twenty Days and Twenty Nights
I've Lost You
I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
The Sound of Your Cry
The Fool
Little Cabin on the Hill
Cindy, Cindy
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off of It
How the Web Was Woven
It's Your Baby, You Rock It
Stranger in the Crowd
I'll Never Know
Mary in the Morning
Disc 20: 1970
It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Just Pretend
This is Our Dance
Life
Heart of Rome
When I'm Over You
I Really Don't Want to Know
Faded Love
Tomorrow Never Comes
The Next Step is Love
Make the World Go Away
Funny How Time Slips Away
I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water
Love Letters
There Goes My Everything
If I Were You
Only Believe
Sylvia
Patch It Up
Disc 21: 1970-1971
I've Lost You
I Just Can't Help Believin'
Something
Patch It Up
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Snowbird
Where Did They Go, Lord
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Rags to Riches
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Amazing Grace
Early Mornin' Rain
(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
Miracle of the Rosary
It Won't Seem Like Christmas
If I Get Home on Christmas Day
Padre
Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees
Merry Christmas Baby
Silver Bells
I'll Be Home on Christmas Day
On a Snowy Christmas Night
Winter Wonderland
O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
The Wonderful World of Christmas
Disc 22: 1971-1972
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Edited Version)
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Until It's Time for You to Go
Lead Me, Guide Me
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
He Touched Me
I Got Confidence
An Evening Prayer
Seeing is Believing
A Thing Called Love
It's Still Here
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
I Will Be True
I'm Leavin'
We Can Make the Morning
It's Only Love
Love Me, Love the Life I Lead
Put Your Hand in the Hand
Reach Out to Jesus
He is My Everything
There is No God But God
I, John
Bosom of Abraham
My Way (Studio version)
I'll Be Home on Christmas Day (Remake)
It's Impossible
An American Trilogy
Disc 23: 1972
Separate Ways
For the Good Times
Where Do I Go from Here
Burning Love
Fool
Always on My Mind
It's a Matter of Time
Also Sprach Zarathustra
That's All Right
Proud Mary
Never Been to Spain
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Polk Salad Annie
Love Me
All Shook Up
Heartbreak Hotel
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel
Love Me Tender
The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
Introductions
Hound Dog
Suspicious Minds
For the Good Times
An American Trilogy
Funny How Time Slips Away
I Can't Stop Loving You
Can't Help Falling in Love
Closing Vamp
Disc 24: 1973
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
Burning Love
Something
You Gave Me a Mountain
Steamroller Blues
My Way
Love Me
Johnny B. Goode
It's Over
Blue Suede Shoes
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
I Can't Stop Loving You
Hound Dog
What Now My Love
Fever
Welcome to My World
Suspicious Minds
Introductions by Elvis
I'll Remember You
Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
An American Trilogy
A Big Hunk O' Love
Can't Help Falling in Love
Blue Hawaii
Ku-U-I-Po
No More
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Early Mornin' Rain
Disc 25: 1973
If You Don't Come Back
Three Corn Patches
Take Good Care of Her
Find Out What's Happening
I've Got a Thing About You Baby
Just a Little Bit
Raised on Rock
For Ol' Times Sake
Girl of Mine
Sweet Angeline
I Miss You
Are You Sincere
I Got a Feelin' in My Body
It's Midnight
You Asked Me To
If You Talk in Your Sleep
Mr. Songman
Thinking About You
Love Song of the Year
Help Me
My Boy
Loving Arms
Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
Talk About the Good Times
Promised Land
Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming
There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In)
Disc 26: 1973-1975
If That Isn't Love
Spanish Eyes
She Wears My Ring
See See Rider
I Got a Woman/Amen
Love Me
Trying to Get to You
Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Your Mama Don't Dance/Flip, Flop and Fly/Jailhouse Rock/Hound Dog
Why Me Lord
How Great Thou Art
Blueberry Hill/I Can't Stop Loving You
Help Me
An American Trilogy
Let Me Be There
My Baby Left Me
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
Can't Help Falling in Love
Closing Vamp
Fairytale
Green, Green Grass of Home
I Can Help
And I Love You So
Susan When She Tried
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Tiger Man
Disc 27: 1975-1977
Woman Without Love
Shake a Hand
Bringin' It Back
Pieces of My Life
Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall
She Thinks I Still Care
The Last Farewell
Solitaire
Moody Blue
I'll Never Fall in Love Again
For the Heart
Hurt
Danny Boy
Never Again
Love Coming Down
Blue Eyes Crying in The Rain
It's Easy for You
Way Down
Pledging My Love
He'll Have to Go
If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
Little Darlin'
Unchained Melody
Disc 28: Outtakes and Alternates I
Blue Moon of Kentucky (Alternate Take)
Shake, Rattle and Roll (Alternate Take)
I Beg of You (Alternate Master)
One Night (Of Sin)
Loving You (Fast Version)
Treat Me Nice (Movie Version)
King Creole (1st Version – Take 3)
As Long As I Have You (Alternate Master)
Lover Doll (LP version)
Doncha' Think It's Time (LP version)
Your Cheatin' Heart (Alternate Take 9)
Ain't That Loving You Baby (Alternate Take 11)
Big Boots (Alternate Master - Fast Version)
Black Star (Alternate Title Song)
Lonely Man (Solo Version)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Movie Version)
I'm Yours (Single Version – without harmony vocal and spoken part)
King of the Whole Wide World (1st Version – Take 31)
One Broken Heart for Sale (Movie Version)
Memphis, Tennessee (1st Version)
Ask Me (1st Version)
Today, Tomorrow and Forever (Duet Version)
I'm A Roustabout (Alternate Title Song – originally titled “Roustabout”)
Tomorrow Night (Overdubbed Version)
It Hurts Me
Let Yourself Go
A Hundred Years from Now (Studio Jam)
Amazing Grace (Alternate Take 2)
Lady Madonna (Studio Jam)
I Shall Be Released
She Thinks I Still Care (Alternate Take 2B)
Disc 29: Outtakes and Alternates II
Tweedle Dee
Maybellene
Heartbreak Hotel
Long Tall Sally
Blue Suede Shoes
Money Honey
That's All Right
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Blue Suede Shoes
Baby What You Want Me to Do
Love Me
Trying to Get to You
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Laughing Version)
Little Sister/Get Back
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Never Been to Spain
You Gave Me a Mountain
A Big Hunk O' Love
The Impossible Dream
It's Over
Reconsider Baby
You're the Reason I'm Living
Softly as I Leave You
America
Unchained Melody
Disc 30: Outtakes and Alternates III
My Happiness
That's When Your Heartaches Begin
I'll Never Stand in Your Way
It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You
Fool, Fool, Fool
I Asked The Lord
Earth Angel
I'm Beginning to Forget You
Mona Lisa
(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame (Studio Rehearsal)
Viva Las Vegas (Studio Rehearsal)
If I Loved You
Tennessee Waltz
What Now My Love
Show Me Thy Ways, O Lord
Oh How I Love Jesus
Hide Thou Me
Write to Me from Naples
My Heart Cries for You
Dark Moon
A Little Less Conversation
It's My Way/This Time/I Can't Stop Loving You (studio jam)
Faded Love (Studio Rehearsal)
Ghost Riders in the Sky (Rehearsal Jam)
Alla En el Rancho Grande (Rehearsal Jam)
Froggy Went A Courtin' (Rehearsal Jam)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
The Twelfth of Never (Rehearsal)
