Elvis Presley – For LP Fans Only
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COMPILATION
Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Elvis Presley]
Chet Atkins – rhythm guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Chet Atkins]
The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Ben Speer – backing vocals
Brock Speer – backing vocals
Scotty Moore – lead guitar
Floyd Cramer – piano
Shorty Long – piano on "My Baby Left Me"
Gordon Stoker – piano, backing vocals
Bill Black – bass
D.J. Fontana – drums
Jimmie Lott – drums
Johnny Bernero – drums
Written by Elvis Presley (A4), Arthur Crudup (A1, B1), Lloyd Price (A2), Herman Parker (A3), Jr. Sam Phillips (A3), Vera Matson (A4), Stan Kesler (A5), Aaron Schroeder (B2), Claude Demetrius (B2), Hal Blair (B2), Bill Peppers (B2), Charles Calhoun (B3), Stan Kesler (B4), William Taylor (B4), Jack Sallee (B5)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g Virgin Vinyl
Record color : Black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Speakers Corner
Original Label : RCA Victor
Recorded July 1954 – October 1956 at Radio Recorders Studio Hollywood, RCA Studio Nashville, RCA Studio New York City, Sun Studio Memphis
Produced by Sam Phillips (Sun recordings) and Steve Sholes (RCA recordings)
Originally released in February 1950
Reissued in October 2023
Tracks:
Side A:
- That's All Right
- Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
- Mystery Train
- Poor Boy
- Playing for Keeps
Side B:
- My Baby Left Me
- I Was the One
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
- You're a Heartbreaker
- I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
Reviews :
"For LP Fans Only marks the first time RCA dipped into the Sun vaults to fill out an Elvis Presley LP. To a certain extent, their hand was forced. By January 1959, when For LP Fans Only hit the stores, Elvis was eight months into his Army stint with no end in sight, so RCA was stuck for new product and the easiest solution was to dig up Sun sessions and pair them with early RCA cuts initially released on singles or EPs. Just under half of this is devoted to Sun sides, and not only are "That's All Right," "Mystery Train," "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" and "You're a Heartbreaker" some of the best music Presley ever made but they're paired with early RCA sessions that complement them perfectly: in fact, the hopping "My Baby Left Me" feels as if it could've been recorded by Sam Phillips. Apart from the cute, charming enough "Poor Boy" -- a rare Presley co-write taken from the Love Me Tender EP that could qualify as the record's only stumble -- this LP rocks hard with a serious bluesy bent: there's a carnality to his growl on "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" rivaled by his smoldering "I Was the One," then he tears it up on "Shake, Rattle and Roll." Whether RCA truly intended For LP Fans Only to be a tight, exciting record is questionable -- it was product, pure and simple; there was no way for the label to realize the blessing they were giving to Presley fans by getting the Sun sessions into circulation (this would be the only place they could be found on LP until 1976) -- but they stumbled upon one of the finest full-length rock & roll records of the '50s." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,65 / 5