Elvis Presley Love Me Tender FTD CD

This 2-disc 7” set celebrates Elvis’ first motion picture LOVE ME TENDER from 1956. Elvis first performed ‘Love Me Tender’ on the Ed Sullivan Show (September 9) and pre-sales reached over 1 million before its release on September 28.

Features:

• 16-page booklet with great photos, movie trivia, memorabilia and full recording data
• Disc 1 features the original Love Me Tender EP, bonus tracks, outtakes, stereo masters, and an interview with Elvis.
• Disc 2 features the legendary live show from the Mississippi Alabama State Fair and Dairy Show held in Tupelo on September 26.

“LOVE ME TENDER” (2CD)

THE ORIGINAL EP –SIDE 1
1) Love Me Tender 2:44
(Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)
2) Let Me 2:11
(Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)

SIDE 2
3) Poor Boy 2:16
(Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)
4) We're Gonna Move 2:31
(Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)

BONUS TRACKS5) Love Me Tender – end title version 1:09
6) The Truth About Me 2:09
Original spoken word 45 rpm disc included in Teen Parade magazine
THE OUTTAKES
07) We’re Gonna Move –take 4 2:47
08) We’re Gonna Move – take 9 4:39
09) Poor Boy – take 3 original 3 verse master 1:51
10) Poor Boy –remake take 1 1:00
11) Poor Boy – extended verse. Vocal overdub take 6 0:37
12) Let Me – vocal overdub take 3 2:21
13) Let Me – vocal overdub take 4 2:19

STEREO MASTERS
14) Love Me Tender 2:52
15) Let Me 2:11
16) Poor Boy 2:16
17) We’re Gonna Move 2:32

INTERVIEW
18) The Truth About Me Interview 10:04
Recorded August 22 on the set of Love Me Tender, Hollywood, California

All songs recorded for the motion picture LOVE ME TENDER
Recorded August 24, September 4 and 5, and October 1, 1956 at Fox Stage 1, Hollywood.

Producer / A&R: Lionel Newman / Ken Darby
Engineer: Bob Mayer & Ken Runyon

Guitar: Vito Mumolo; Bass: Mike ”Myer” Rubin; Drums: Richard Cornell; Banjo: Luther “Red” Roundtree; Accordion: Carl Fortina, Dominic Frontieri; Vocals: Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, Charles Prescott

DISC 2 - Mississippi-Alabama State Fair & Dairy Show, Tupelo.

AFTERNOON SHOW
1) Heartbreak Hotel 2:43
(Mae Boren Axton/Tommy Durden/Elvis Presley)
2) Long Tall Sally 2:43
(Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell/Enotris Johnson)
3) Introductions and presentation 2:36
4) I Was The One 3:19
(Aaron Schroeder/Claude DeMetrius/Hal Blair/Bill Peppers)
5) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 2:52
(Maurice Mysels/Ira Kosloff)
6) Elvis talks 0:34
7) I Got A Woman 2:53
(Ray Charles)
8) Don’t Be Cruel 2:52
(Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley)
9) Ready Teddy 2:15
(Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco)
10) Love Me Tender 2:58
(Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)
11) Hound Dog 2:48
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
12) Vernon and Gladys Predsley 1:44
13) Nick Adams 1:42
14) A fan 2:26
15) Elvis 1:53
16) EVENING SHOW
17) Love Me Tender 1:49
(Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)
18) I Was The One 2:47
(Aaron Schroeder/Claude DeMetrius/Hal Blair/Bill Peppers)
19) I Got A Woman 2:52
(Ray Charles)
20) Announcement 1:45
21) Don’t Be Cruel 2:12
(Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley)
22) Blue Suede Shoes 2:34
(Carl Perkins)
23) Announcement 1:03
24) Baby Let’s Play House 2:43
(Arthur Gunter)
25) Hound Dog 3:53
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

Amateur recording made September 26, 1956. Guitar: Scotty Moore. Guitar: Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black. Drums: D.J.Fontana. Vocals: The Jordanaires