A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-55 Recordings

Compilation by Elvis Presley

Released 2012

Tracklist

  • Digital Media 1
  • 1
    My Happiness
    2:33
  • 2
    That’s When Your Heartaches Begin
    2:52
  • 3
    I’ll Never Stand in Your Way
    2:03
  • 4
    It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You
    2:05
  • 5
    Harbor Lights
    2:38
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    I Love You Because (unprocessed master edit)
    2:42
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    That’s All Right
    1:59
    3.2 ★
  • 8
    Blue Moon of Kentucky
    2:06
    3.5 ★
  • 9
    Blue Moon (take 9/M)
    2:43
  • 10
    Tomorrow Night
    3:01
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’)
    2:27
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine
    2:32
  • 13
    Just Because
    2:34
  • 14
    Good Rockin’ Tonight
    2:15
    5.0 ★
  • 15
    Milkcow Blues Boogie
    2:38
    3.0 ★
  • 16
    You’re a Heartbreaker
    2:12
    4.0 ★
  • 17
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version)
    2:42
  • 18
    Baby, Let’s Play House
    2:19
    3.8 ★
  • 19
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone
    2:38
    3.5 ★
  • 20
    I Forgot to Remember to Forget
    2:31
    3.0 ★
  • 21
    Mystery Train
    2:30
    3.4 ★
  • 22
    Trying to Get to You
    2:35
    4.0 ★
  • 23
    When It Rains, It Really Pours
    2:06
  • 24
    That’s All Right (RCA single version)
    1:58
  • 25
    Blue Moon of Kentucky (RCA single version)
    2:05
  • 26
    I Love You Because
    2:45
    4.0 ★
  • 27
    Tomorrow Night (RCA LP version)
    2:52
  • Digital Media 2
  • 1
    Harbor Lights (takes 1–2, 3/M)
    3:26
  • 2
    Harbor Lights (take 4)
    2:37
  • 3
    Harbor Lights (takes 5–8)
    4:13
  • 4
    I Love You Because (takes 1–2)
    3:51
  • 5
    I Love You Because (take 3)
    3:36
  • 6
    I Love You Because (takes 4–5)
    4:08
  • 7
    That’s All Right (Takes 1–3)
    2:17
  • 8
    Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate take)
    1:08
  • 9
    Blue Moon (takes 1–4)
    3:36
  • 10
    Blue Moon (take 5)
    3:24
  • 11
    Blue Moon (takes 6–8)
    3:53
  • 12
    Blue Moon (take 9/M)
    2:44
  • 13
    Dialogue (fragment before “Tomorrow Night”)
    0:10
  • 14
    I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin) (incomplete take)
    0:49
  • 15
    Good Rockin’ Tonight (fragment from vocal slapback tape)
    0:09
  • 16
    I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine (takes 1–3/M)
    3:47
  • 17
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 1)
    2:59
  • 18
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 2)
    2:50
  • 19
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 3)
    2:51
  • 20
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, takes 4–5)
    2:49
  • 21
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, takes 6–7)
    4:15
  • 22
    How Do You Think I Feel (guitar slapback tape, rehearsals + take 1)
    4:30
  • 23
    When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 1)
    1:36
  • 24
    When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 2, rehearsal 1, takes 3–4)
    4:26
  • 25
    When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 5/M)
    2:02
  • 26
    When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, takes 6–8)
    3:20
  • Digital Media 3
  • 1
    That’s All Right (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    2:52
  • 2
    Blue Moon of Kentucky (live)
    2:22
  • 3
    Shake, Rattle and Roll
    2:23
  • 4
    Fool, Fool, Fool
    1:59
  • 5
    Hearts of Stone (live)
    2:01
  • 6
    That’s All Right (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    1:52
  • 7
    Tweedlee Dee (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    2:50
  • 8
    Shake, Rattle and Roll (live on WJOI radio)
    2:22
  • 9
    KSIJ radio commercial with DJ Tom Perryman (live)
    0:15
  • 10
    Money Honey (live)
    2:42
  • 11
    Blue Moon of Kentucky (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    2:03
  • 12
    I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine (live)
    2:32
  • 13
    That’s All Right (Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    1:53
  • 14
    Tweedlee Dee (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    2:15
  • 15
    Money Honey (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    2:17
  • 16
    Hearts of Stone (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    1:36
  • 17
    Shake, Rattle and Roll (live)
    1:38
  • 18
    Little Mama (live)
    2:03
  • 19
    You’re a Heartbreaker (live)
    2:06
  • 20
    Good Rockin’ Tonight (live)
    2:35
  • 21
    Baby, Let’s Play House (live from Eagles’ Hall, Houston, Texas)
    2:22
  • 22
    Blue Moon of Kentucky (live from Eagles’ Hall, Houston, Texas)
    1:47
  • 23
    I Got a Woman (live)
    3:03
  • 24
    That’s All Right (live from Eagles’ Hall, Houston, Texas)
    2:17
  • 25
    Tweedlee Dee (live from the Gladewater High School, Gladewater, Texas)
    2:47
  • 26
    That’s All Right (live from the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival, Meridian, Mississippi)
    2:37
  • 27
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (live)
    3:16
  • 28
    Baby, Let’s Play House (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    3:18
  • 29
    Maybellene (live)
    3:09
  • 30
    That’s All Right (live from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana)
    2:49
  • 31
    Bob Neal Radio Promotion Spot (live)
    5:31
  • 32
    I Forgot to Remember to Forget (live)
    3:30

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Release credits

  • bass [5-8, 8, 10-11, 11-12, 14, 14-16, 18-22, 22-23, 26]
  • guitar [5-8, 8, 10-11, 11-12, 14, 14-16, 18-22, 22-23, 26], lead vocals [7, 20], vocal [5-6, 8, 10-12, 14-16, 18-22, 26]
  • drums (drum set) [19]
  • drums (drum set) [20, 22, 22-23]
  • engineer [5-8, 10-12, 14-23, 26], producer [5-8, 10-12, 14-23, 26]
  • electric guitar [5-8, 8, 10-12, 14-16, 18-22, 26], guitar [6, 11, 14, 22-23, 26]

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