For LP Fans Only (LP - RCA, 1959)

Title:

For LP Fans Only

Label:

RCA Victor [LPM 1990]

Format:

LP

Number of tracks:

10

Running time:

23:30

Type of album:

Studio / Compilation

Linked to:

Officia discography

Year:

1959

Recorded:

July 5, 1954 - September 1, 1956

Released:

January 23, 1959

Singles:

"That's All Right /Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Sept. 30, 1958)

For LP Fans Only is Elvis Presley's seventh album on RCA Victor. It is a compilation of hits recorded between 1954 and 1956, covering content from both RCA and Sun Studio.

After Presley's induction into the United States Army on March 24, 1958, RCA director Victor, Elvis, and Colonel Tom Parker faced the prospect of keeping his name before the public for two years with no possibility of performances or films and few recordings not yet released.

A recording session was hastily arranged on June 10, 1958 to meet this demand, producing enough tracks for five singles, which was the commercial focus for rock music in the 1950s. Four of these tracks would be released on EPs in 1958 and 1959, during his absence.

Presley, however, also did well in the album market. Each of his previous six LPs had achieved no less than number three on the charts, and RCA was keen to continue that. Much of Elvis' material had been sold as singles rather than LPs, so the label put into practice the idea of ​​taking these hits and releasing them in this format under the title "For LP Fans Only".

Nine previous singles were brought together in the work, added from "Poor Boy" from the "Love Me Tender" EP, to close the minimum number of tracks required for an LP. Four of these tracks were issued by Sun Records with limited release, and were very difficult to find outside of the South. However, all five singles reissued by RCA in November 1955 remained in print until the 1970s.

 The LP marks the first time "That's All Right" was released in an album in the UK, where it was never issued as a single before 1956. RCA re-released the album on CD in 1989. The work is included in a 25-disc box, "The Perfect Blues Collection", released by Sony in 2011. FTD released its own version in 2018.

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RECORDING SESSIONS

Dates:

July 5 and November 15, 1954; March 5 and July  21, 1955; January 11 and 30, February 3, August 24 & September 1, 1956

Studio:

Sun Studio
RCA Studio 1
20th Century Fox Sound Stage 1
Radio Recorders Studio 1

Location:

Memphis, Tennessee

 New York, New York

Hollywood, California

Musicians:

Voice: Elvis Presley
Guitar: Elvis Presley
Electric guitar: Scotty Moore, Hilmer "J. Tiny" Timbrel
Bass: Bill Black, Bob Moore
Drums: DJ Fontana, Murray "Buddy" Harman
Piano: Dudley Brooks, Floyd Cramer
Backing Vocals: The Jordanaires

Sound enginner / Recording engineer:

Thorne Nogar / Bob Farris


JULY 5, 1954
                                     Harbor Lights EPA3 2742-03
                                     I Love You Because G2WB 1086-SP
                                     That's All Right F2WB 8040-04

NOVEMBER 15, 1954
                                        Milkcow Blues Boogie F2WB 8044-NA
                                        You're A Heartbreaker F2WB 8045-NA
                                        I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Version) OPA1 4196-05

MARCH 5, 1955
                                         How Do You Think I Feel
                                         You're A Heartbreaker
                                         I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone F2WB 8047-06

JULY 21, 1955
                                        I Forgot To Remember To Forget F2WB 8000-NA
                                        Mystery Train F2WB 8001-01
                                        Tryin' To Get To You F2WB 8039-NA

JANUARY 11, 1956
                                        I'm Counting On You G2WB 0211-17
                                        I Was The One G2WB 0218-07

JANUARY 30, 1956
                                        Blue Suede Shoes G2WB 1230-10
                                        My Baby Left Me G2WB 1231-09
                                        One-Sided Love Affair G2WB 1232-08
                                        So Glad You're Mine G2WB 1233-10

FEBRUARY 3, 1956
                                        Lawdy, Miss Clawdy G2WB 1293-10
                                        Shake, Rattle And Roll G2WB 1294-12
                                        Shake, Rattle And Roll (Backup Vocal Overdub) G2WB 1294

AUGUST 24, 1956
                                        We're Gonna Move
                                         Poor Boy
                                         Love Me Tender G2WB 4767-02
                                         We're Gonna Move ('Men's Chorus' Overdub)
                                         We're Gonna Move ('Hand Claps' Overdub) G2WB 7260-01

SEPTEMBER 1, 1956
                                         Playing For Keeps G2WB 4920-SP
                                         Love Me G2WB 4921-09
                                         Paralyzed
                                         I Need You So
                                         How Do You Think I Feel G2WB 4923-07
                                         How's The World Treating You G2WB 4924-07

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SESSION LOGS

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RELATED LP, SINGLES AND EP TRACKS

THAT'S ALL RIGHT (SINGLE)

September 30, 1958 (Gold Standard)

1. That's All Right

2. Blue Moon of Kentucky

YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER (SINGLE)

September 30, 1958 (Gold Standard)

1. Milkcow Blues Boogie

2. You're a Heartbreaker

FOR LP FANS ONLY (LP)

January 23, 1959

1. That's All Right

2. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

3. Mystery Train

4. Playing For Keeps

5. Poor Boy

6. My Baby Left Me

7. I Was the One

8. Shake, Rattle and Roll

9. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

10. You're a Heartbreaker

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FTD'S VERSION

Title:
For LP Fans Only

Label:

FTD [FTD 177 [506020 975117]

Format:

Double CD

Number of tracks:

60

Running time:

141:00

Type of album:

Studio / Compilation / Live

Linked to:

FTD discography

Year:

2018

Recorded:

July 5, 1954 - April 1959

Released:

December 2018

Singles:

---

The FTD version came only in 2018, after a long time of planning. As the original compilation contained material extensively worked on in other releases or without many outtakes, the solution found was to gather radio and TV presentations, in addition to some tracks recorded informally during Elvis' military service in Germany in 1959 and release them together with a 16-page booklet with period photos, information and memorabilia. The work includes the following tracks:

CD 1

FOR LP FANS ONLY

ORIGINAL ALBUM

1. That's All Right

2. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

3. Mystery Train

4. Playing For Keeps

5. Poor Boy

6. My Baby Left Me

7. I Was the One

8. Shake, Rattle and Roll

9. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

10. You're a Heartbreaker

BONUS SONGS

11. That's All Right (Takes 1-3)

12. Harbor Lights (Take 7)

13. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Version, Takes 4 & 5 [Master])

14. When it Rains, it Really Pours (Master)

FOR RADIO FANS ONLY

LIVE AT THE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE 1954-55

15. That's All Right (16/10/54)

16. Blue Moon Of Kentucky (16/10/54)

17. Fool, Fool, Fool (06/01/55)

18. Hearts Of Stone (15/01/55)

19. Shake, Rattle And Roll (19/01/55)

20. Money Honey (22/01/55)

21. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine (22/01/55)

22. Little Mama (05/03/55)

23. You're A Heartbreaker (05/03/55)

24. Good Rockin' Tonight (19/03/55)

25. I Got A Woman (19/03/55)

26. Tweedlee Dee (30/04/55)

27. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (02/07/55)

28. Baby Let's Play House (20/08/55)

19. Maybellene (20/08/55)

30. I Forgot To Remember To Forget (29/10/55)

CD 2

LIVE ON TV IN 1956

THE DORSEY BROTHERS SHOW (STAGE SHOW - CBS-TV)

1. Shake, Rattle And Roll / Flip, Flop And Fly (28/01/56)

2. I Got A Woman (28/01/56)

3. Baby Letís Play House (04/02/56)

4. Tutti Frutti (04/02/56)

5. Blue Suede Shoes (11/02/56)

6. Heartbreak Hotel (11/02/56)

7. Tutti Frutti (18/02/56)

8. I Was The One (18/02/56)

9. Blue Suede Shoes (17/03/56)

10. Heartbreak Hotel (17/03/56)

11. Money Honey (24/03/56)

12. Heartbreak Hotel (24/03/56)

THE MILTON BERLE SHOW (NBC-TV)

13. Shake, Rattle And Roll (03/04/56)

14. Heartbreak Hotel (03/04/56)

15. Blue Suede Shoes (03/04/56)

16. Hound Dog (05/06/56)

17. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (05/06/56)

THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW (NBC-TV)

18. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (01/07/56)

19. Hound Dog (01/07/56)

BAD NAUHEIM, GERMANY, APRIL 1959

20. He Knows Just What I Need

21. Cool Water (Fragments)

22. Like A Baby (1 Verse)

23. Return To Me (Fragments)

24. Her Hand In Mine

25. His Hand In Mine

26. Her Hand In Mine

27. If I Didn't Care

28. Are You Sincere?

29. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

30. Stand By Me (Fragments)

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