2021
Million Dollar Quartet: The Complete Session (Gate
Elvis Presley
Jazz Track
8436559468572
LPS 169030
JT 1031
ROCK
2
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The “Million Dollar Quartet” is a recording of a celebrated impromptu session that brought together rock & roll icons Elvis Presley (the biggest star in America by that time), Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever.
This essential double LP edition (fold open cover) presents that legendary event in its entirety, while maintaining the original recording sequence. Rock & roll was born of gospel, country, doo-wop, blues, pop, and cowboy songs, all of which can be heard here. Included on this release are several popular numbers from that period, such as “Rip It Up,” “Don’t Forbid Me,” and “Out of Sight, Out of Mind,” plus some of Elvis’ own songs (“Don’t Be Cruel,” “Love Me Tender,” and “Paralyzed”), covers of Chuck Berry’s “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” and “Too Much Monkey Business,” as well as traditional tunes, and some classic country and bluegrass songs penned by Hank Snow, Faron Young, Gene Autry and Bill Monroe. The joyous spontaneity and the fly-on-the-wall feel of the occasion make for fascinating listening. This set represents a memorable slice of American culture and allows listeners to experience a historic moment of the orgi inal rock & roll era.
Recorded at Sun Studio, Memphis, December 4, 1956.
FORMAT | LP |
DISCS NUMBER | 2 |
RECORDED | 2021 |
LABEL CODE | JT 1031 |
STYLE | ROCK |