Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Davide

Moderators: FECC-Moderator, Moderator5, Moderator3, Site Mechanic


User avatar

Mitch
Posts: 1888
Registered for: 21 years 7 months
Has thanked: 445 times
Been thanked: 58 times
Age: 64

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by Mitch »

Wow, Thank you davide.

Great job!!

::rocks :smt006



User avatar

mrbthebarber
Posts: 1360
Registered for: 16 years 11 months
Has thanked: 23 times
Been thanked: 111 times

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by mrbthebarber »

STUNNING as always!


"Growing old is mandatory...........growing up is optional ;-) "


rotis
Posts: 106
Registered for: 21 years 2 months
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 3 times
Age: 78

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by rotis »

No big deal, but the picture labeled "Los Angeles In The 50's" shows a white rear-engine Chevrolet Corvair sitting on the right hand side of the picture. This car first hit the streets in 1960.




rotis
Posts: 106
Registered for: 21 years 2 months
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 3 times
Age: 78

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by rotis »

The July 2, 1956 demo of "I Ain't a-Studyin' You, Baby" that Steve Sholes recommended to Elvis for recording was actually one of Don Gibson's early recordings for MGM just before joining RCA. It is available on Gibson's 1st Bear Family boxset.

Also, 2 of the other demos that were recommended for that same session - "I'll Be True" and "Beatin Round The Mulberry Bush" - both of these had been recorded by Bill Haley & His Saddlemen on Essex Records in the early 1950s just before they were re-named the Comets.



User avatar

drjohncarpenter
Posts: 109341
Registered for: 21 years 7 months
Location: United States of America
Has thanked: 12151 times
Been thanked: 37017 times
Age: 89

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by drjohncarpenter »

rotis wrote:No big deal, but the picture labeled "Los Angeles In The 50's" shows a white rear-engine Chevrolet Corvair sitting on the right hand side of the picture. This car first hit the streets in 1960.

JamesVRoy already noted the photo on page 1.

rotis wrote:The July 2, 1956 demo of "I Ain't a-Studyin' You, Baby" that Steve Sholes recommended to Elvis for recording was actually one of Don Gibson's early recordings for MGM just before joining RCA. It is available on Gibson's 1st Bear Family boxset.

Also, 2 of the other demos that were recommended for that same session - "I'll Be True" and "Beatin Round The Mulberry Bush" - both of these had been recorded by Bill Haley & His Saddlemen on Essex Records in the early 1950s just before they were re-named the Comets.

Interesting information. Sholes clearly had his finger on the pulse of young America in 1956.


.
Dr. John Carpenter, M.D.
Stop, look and listen, baby <<--->> that's my philosophy!


ritchie valens
Banned for Political Trolling
Banned for Political Trolling
Posts: 3520
Registered for: 19 years 7 months
Has thanked: 8 times
Been thanked: 53 times

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by ritchie valens »

its sad they didnt save all the session reels .were they erased on tossed?



User avatar

Topic author
davide
Posts: 1745
Registered for: 21 years 6 months
Location: Brighton,Sussex,UK
Has thanked: 10 times
Been thanked: 1442 times

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by davide »

rotis wrote:The July 2, 1956 demo of "I Ain't a-Studyin' You, Baby" that Steve Sholes recommended to Elvis for recording was actually one of Don Gibson's early recordings for MGM just before joining RCA. It is available on Gibson's 1st Bear Family boxset.

Also, 2 of the other demos that were recommended for that same session - "I'll Be True" and "Beatin Round The Mulberry Bush" - both of these had been recorded by Bill Haley & His Saddlemen on Essex Records in the early 1950s just before they were re-named the Comets.
Thanks for that, interesting info.

I have corrected the location still at the start of the topic (thanks James) - Also I have obtained a photo, which I have identified as being from these sessions, unseen before..certainly on this topic.

Davide



User avatar

ECC83
Posts: 1576
Registered for: 14 years 10 months
Location: Sydney, Australia
Has thanked: 15 times
Been thanked: 12 times
Age: 36

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by ECC83 »

Awesome post!



User avatar

Topic author
davide
Posts: 1745
Registered for: 21 years 6 months
Location: Brighton,Sussex,UK
Has thanked: 10 times
Been thanked: 1442 times

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by davide »

Image

Davide



User avatar

MysteryTrain
Posts: 2658
Registered for: 21 years 7 months
Location: Kansas
Has thanked: 535 times
Been thanked: 739 times

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by MysteryTrain »

I remember reading that Col. Parker was upset that RCA had released all twelve tracks from Elvis' first LP on 45 rpm and 78 rpm in August 1956 (just a few months after that album had had been released). He was obviously trying to assure that that never happened again.

MT



User avatar

Chris Roberts
Posts: 1633
Registered for: 13 years 11 months
Location: Scotland, U.K.
Has thanked: 265 times
Been thanked: 377 times

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by Chris Roberts »

Fantastic post, many many thanks Davide




rotis
Posts: 106
Registered for: 21 years 2 months
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 3 times
Age: 78

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by rotis »

I will never forget buying my first purchase of a "current" Elvis recording at that time - "Too Much". (I had bought a new 78 record of "Milk Cow Blues Boogie" around that same time but it was of course a couple of years old then). The record was also a 78 rpm and I had to ride my bike downtown to the local record store to get it. What makes it also stand out in my mind is that I dropped the bag that the record was in on the way home and cracked the record. Thank God, I didn't actually break it so I took a piece of masking tape (I think we used that stuff in the fall of 56) and taped over the crack on the "Playing For Keeps" side which minimized the noise of the needle playing over the crack which was actually most of the song. My record play then only played that one speed but even playing that cracked record was heaven!



User avatar

Chris Roberts
Posts: 1633
Registered for: 13 years 11 months
Location: Scotland, U.K.
Has thanked: 265 times
Been thanked: 377 times

Re: Inside the 1956 September 1-3 Recording Sessions

Post by Chris Roberts »

rotis wrote:I will never forget buying my first purchase of a "current" Elvis recording at that time - "Too Much". (I had bought a new 78 record of "Milk Cow Blues Boogie" around that same time but it was of course a couple of years old then). The record was also a 78 rpm and I had to ride my bike downtown to the local record store to get it. What makes it also stand out in my mind is that I dropped the bag that the record was in on the way home and cracked the record. Thank God, I didn't actually break it so I took a piece of masking tape (I think we used that stuff in the fall of 56) and taped over the crack on the "Playing For Keeps" side which minimized the noise of the needle playing over the crack which was actually most of the song. My record play then only played that one speed but even playing that cracked record was heaven!

Nice reminence, It's good to hear stories like this from a fellow fan (about my age) from the country where it all (rock'n'roll) started.