EAP Index World: Elvis Presley, Canada 1957 (CD

Title:

Elvis Presley, Canada 1957

Label:

Elvis One [871932 506233 5]

Format:

Number of tracks:

Running time:

77:30

Type of album:

Compilation

Year:

2016

Recording dates:

September 1, 1956 - September 7, 1957

Release date:

May 2016

Singles:

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Elvis Presley, Canada 1957 is a bootleg CD by the label Elvis One, specializing in rare King of Rock content. It contains Canadian singles from 1957 and excerpts from concerts played in the country in 1957, as well as interviews and radio programs.

With Elvis' success in the US and his fame spilling over to the UK, it was only natural that his agent would seek to take him to every possible corner of the world. Hearing the clamor of Canadian fans, Parker landed an unassuming contract for four shows in the country on April 2nd and 3rd, 1957. There, Elvis was immensely well received by fans and utterly hated by most of the press.

Far from the controversies, Elvis sang most of his hits in those two days. He gave the audience from "Heartbreak Hotel", "Don't Be Cruel", "Love Me", "Too Much", to "All Shook Up", the still unreleased "One Night" and "Butterfly", which he never formally recorded. Elvis closed the shows with "Hound Dog", repeating the chorus a dozen or more times in a soaring crescendo.

After his shows at Maple Leaf Gardens, Elvis and his entourage arrived in the capital Ottawa at 8 am on April 3, 1957, sunny and with a temperature of exactly 32ºF. Beneath his glittering pompadour, the singer's face was pale and worried.

Each of the two shows that day ran for 40 minutes and featured nine songs, including "Don't Be Cruel", "Hound Dog", "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Love Me Tender". Elvis sang, but no one could hear him over the deafening pandemonium. When he smiled that crooked smile, it was mass hysteria. Between one show and another, a press conference aimed to bring more of Elvis to fans and skeptics alike.

On August 31, 1957, Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana and The Jordanaires went to Vancouver by train to perform at Empire Stadium. Vancouver's first rock concert had taken place just a year earlier when Bill Haley & His Comets drew 6,000 people to Kerrisdale Arena. Now, Elvis had drawn more than four times the crowd: The paying 25,898 went wild with the King of Rock.

The stage was set up on the empty football field, but fans bypassed security and ran towards it. The show had to be interrupted twice. To trick the audience into leaving unnoticed after the performance, Elvis gave his gold coat to a crew member to wear when getting into a car. Fans followed the man in the gold jacket, and Elvis was allowed to leave the stadium unharmed.

While many dream of hearing these only five Elvis shows outside the US in their entirety, unfortunately this has been deemed impossible over the sixty-five plus years that have passed. What was found in those six decades was in such bad shape that very little could be saved.

In 2016, the Elvis One label released a CD with excerpts from the shows in good audio quality. Such tracks are songs and speeches, all under a minute in length. To complete the work's 25 tracks, the label included ten singles released in Canada in 1957, several interviews and some extras. Only six tracks are from the actual performances.

The CD contains the following tracks:

1957 CANADIAN SINGLES

1. Too Much

2. Playing For Keeps

3. All Shook Up

4. That's When Your Heartaches Begin

5. Loving You

6. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

7. Jailhouse Rock

8. Treat Me Nice

9. Mean Woman Blues

10. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

LIVE RECORDINGS

11. Heartbreak Hotel (Toronto - April 2, 1957)

12. Hound Dog (Toronto - April 2, 1957)

13. Heartbreak Hotel (Vancouver - August 31, 1957)

14. I Got A Woman (Vancouver - August 31, 1957)

15. Introduction / I Was The One (Vancouver - August 31, 1957)

16. That's When Your Heartaches Begin (Vancouver - August 31, 1957)

RADIO PROGRAMS

17. Elvis Presley Comes to Canada (CBC Radio - April 2 ,1957)

18. Bill McNeil and Maria Berrett talks about the Elvis show in Toronto (CBC Radio - April 4 ,1957)

19. CKOY Radio's Mac Lipson Interviews Elvis in Ottowa on April 3, 1957 (CBC Radio - April 4 ,1957)

20. Concert Report From Toronto, Canada (CBC Radio - April 4 ,1957)

21. Red Robinson at The Empire Stadium, Vancouver (CKWX Radio - August 31, 1957)

PRESS CONFERENCE

22. Vancouver, Canada - August 31, 1957

BONUS

23. About the April 3rd 1957 Shows

24. Norm Pringle introduces the Vancouver Press Conference

25. Red Robinson introduces the Vancouver Press Conference

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RECORDING SESSIONS

Dates:

September 1 and 2, 1956; January 12, 13, 16 and 19, February 24, April, May 3 and September 5-7, 1957

Studio:

RCA Studio 1

Radio Recorders Studio 1

Paramount Sound Stage 1

Maple Leaf Gardens

Municipal Auditorium

Empire Stadium

Location:

New York, New York

Hollywood, California

Toronto, Canada

Ottawa, Canada

Vancouver, Canada

Musicians:

September 1956

Voice: Elvis Presley
Guitar: Elvis Presley
Electric guitar: Scotty Moore
Bass: Bill Black
Drums: D. J. Fontana
Piano: Elvis presley, Gordon Stoker
Backing Vocals: The Jordanaires
Sound engineer / Recording engineer:

Thorne Nogar, Ernie Oehlrich

January / February 1957

Voice: Elvis Presley
Electric guitar: Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore
Bass: Bill Black
Drums: DJ Fontana
Piano: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Elvis Presley, Dudley Brooks
Backing Vocals: The Jordanaires
Sound engineer / Recording engineer:

Steve Sholes, Thorne Nogar

April / May 1957
Voice: Elvis Presley
Vocals (track): Red West
Electric guitar: Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Chip Young, Harold Bradley, Peter Drake
Bass: Bob Moore
Drums: DJ Fontana, Murray 'Buddy' Harman
Piano: David Briggs
Organ: Henry Slaughter
Timpany: Murray 'Buddy' Harman
Bongos: Murray 'Buddy' Harman
Saxophone: Rufus Long
Backing Vocals: The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham
Sound engineer / Recording engineer:

Steve Sholes, Thorne Nogar

September 1957
Voice: Elvis Presley
Vocals (track): Red West
Guitar: Scotty Moore, Chip Young, Harold Bradley, Peter Drake
Bass: Bob Moore
Drums: DJ Fontana, Murray 'Buddy' Harman
Piano: David Briggs
Organ: Henry Slaughter
Timpany: Murray 'Buddy' Harman
Bongos: Murray 'Buddy' Harman
Saxophone: Rufus Long
Backing Vocals: The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham

Sound engineer / Recording engineer:

Steve Sholes, Thorne Nogar

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

SEPTEMBER 2, 1956
Paralyzed
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again G2WB 4925-10
Long Tall Sally G2WB 4926-04
Old Shep G2WB 4927-01
Paralyzed (Insert)
Paralyzed (Composite) G2WB 4922-SP
Too Much G2WB 4928-12
Too Much (Insert)
Too Much (Composite) G2WB 4928-SP
Anyplace Is Paradise G2WB 4929-22

JANUARY 12, 1957
I Believe H2WB 0253-09
Tell Me Why H2WB 0254-05
Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do! (Record Version) H2WB 0255-09
All Shook Up H2WB 0256-10

JANUARY 13, 1957
Mean Woman Blues (Record Version) H2WB 0257-14
(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) H2WB 0258-09
I Beg Of You (Alternate Master) H2WB 0259-12
That's When Your Heartaches Begin H2WB 0260-SP
Take My Hand, Precious Lord H2WB 0261-14

JANUARY 19, 1957
It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) H2WB 0282-13
Blueberry Hill H2WB 0283-09
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You H2WB 0284-15
Is It So Strange H2WB 0285-12
Is It So Strange (Backup Vocal Overdub / Repair) H2WB 0285

FEBRUARY 24, 1957
Loving You H2WB 0418-04
When It Rains It Really Pours (New Version) H2WB 0419-08

APRIL 30, 1957

Jailhouse Rock (Alternate Master)

Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse Rock (Pickup to instrumental, chorus and on)

Jailhouse Rock (Composite Master) H2WB 6779-SP

Treat Me Nice (First Movie Version) HRA1 8681-19

Young And Beautiful (Record Version) H2WB 6777-22

Young And Beautiful (Alternate Master)

Young And Beautiful (Movie End Version - Composite)

Young And Beautiful (Solo Version) WPA5 2507-03

Young And Beautiful (Florita Club Version) HRA1 8682-07

MAY 3, 1957

Treat Me Nice (Second Movie Version)

Treat Me Nice (Movie Version - RCA Composite) H2WB 6778-SP

Treat Me Nice (Movie Version - MGM Composite)

I Want To Be Free (Prison TV Version)

I Want To Be Free (Prison TV Version - Composite) WPA5 2508-SP

I Want To Be Free (Record Version)

I Want To Be Free (Pickup First Ending)

I Want To Be Free (Pickup Second Ending)

I Want To Be Free (Record Version - Composite) H2WB 6781-SP

(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Rhythm Track) H2WB 6782-16

(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (First Vocal Overdub) HRA1 8683

Don't Leave Me Now (Piano Version) WPA5 2600-02

Don't Leave Me Now (Hit Record Version) HRA1 8684-21

SEPTEMBER 5, 1957
Treat Me Nice H2PB 5523-15
My Wish Came True (Tryout) H2PB 5524-NA
Blue Christmas H2PB 5525-03

SEPTEMBER 6, 1957
My Wish Came True H2PB 5524-28
White Christmas H2PB 5526-09
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) H2PB 5527-02
Silent Night H2PB 5528-09
Don't H2PB 5529-07

SEPTEMBER 7, 1957
Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem H2PB 5530-04
Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) H2PB 5531-09
Santa Claus Is Back In town H2PB 5532-07
I'll Be Home For Christmas H2PB 5533-15

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