Recording Session September 1, 1956

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

Post Reply

User avatar

Topic author
MikeFromHolland
Posts: 7583
Registered for: 12 years 6 months
Has thanked: 2477 times
Been thanked: 6857 times

Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1463585

Post by MikeFromHolland »

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Last edited by MikeFromHolland on Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.


Mike

------
lay back,
take it easy
And try a smile...

.


mackinnonhaze
Posts: 51
Registered for: 13 years
Has thanked: 49 times
Been thanked: 13 times

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1463837

Post by mackinnonhaze »

A lot of these are new to me thanks very much




matilda
Banned
Banned
Posts: 1789
Registered for: 12 years 3 months
Location: Germany
Has thanked: 96 times
Been thanked: 264 times

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1463904

Post by matilda »

The one from the side with the lmt-lyric sheet is from the rehearsals for the 1st Sullivan show.and not from this recording session.



User avatar

Topic author
MikeFromHolland
Posts: 7583
Registered for: 12 years 6 months
Has thanked: 2477 times
Been thanked: 6857 times

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1463942

Post by MikeFromHolland »

matilda wrote:The one from the side with the lmt-lyric sheet is from the rehearsals for the 1st Sullivan show.and not from this recording session.
Already thought his shirt was somewhat different. Deleted it. Thanks for the correction!

.


Mike

------
lay back,
take it easy
And try a smile...

.

User avatar

George Smith
Posts: 3641
Registered for: 17 years 4 months
Location: Down at the end of Lonely Street
Been thanked: 2117 times
Contact:

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1463960

Post by George Smith »

Thanks for the post: the piano shots are sublime.



WALK A LONELY STREET
Elvis Presley, Country Music &
The True Story of Heartbreak Hotel

Now available from Amazon

http://www.GeorgeSmithPublications.com
https://www.facebook.com/WalkALonelyStreet/


matilda
Banned
Banned
Posts: 1789
Registered for: 12 years 3 months
Location: Germany
Has thanked: 96 times
Been thanked: 264 times

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1463974

Post by matilda »

MikeFromHolland wrote:
matilda wrote:The one from the side with the lmt-lyric sheet is from the rehearsals for the 1st Sullivan show.and not from this recording session.
Already thought his shirt was somewhat different. Deleted it. Thanks for the correction!

.
Doesn't take anything away from your great efforts on this forum.
I didn't even thought about the shirt.maybe its the same. Just did know it was from sullivan rehearsals.
Maybe its the same shirt.



User avatar

drjohncarpenter
Posts: 109062
Registered for: 21 years 6 months
Location: United States of America
Has thanked: 12097 times
Been thanked: 36591 times
Age: 89

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1464015

Post by drjohncarpenter »

Another nice topic!

This was Elvis' very first session in the West Hollywood studio on 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard known as Radio Recorders. IIRC, more dates were booked here than any other studio in his career.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Recorders
http://www.scottymoore.net/studio_radiorecorders.html

One suspects most of these images are cropped, and that many, many more made. Imagine a nice box set of all extant September 1956 tapes (along with perhaps some "lost" reel recoveries) with a quality book of photos from this day, plus September 2 and 3. I'd buy it in a nanosecond.

Here's a bit more information on two of your posted photos:


Image

With Radio Recorders head engineer Thorne Nogar - Saturday, September 1, 1956
Elvis loved Nogar, and called him "Thorny."



Image

With Tom Parker and RCA executive Steve Sholes - Saturday, September 1, 1956


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

User avatar

Topic author
MikeFromHolland
Posts: 7583
Registered for: 12 years 6 months
Has thanked: 2477 times
Been thanked: 6857 times

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1604829

Post by MikeFromHolland »

.

From The Graceland Auction, with the un-cropped Thorne Nogar pic:
1956 09 01 Recording Session.jpg
.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.


Mike

------
lay back,
take it easy
And try a smile...

.


Mister Moon

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1604834

Post by Mister Moon »

Here's an older thread with some more early September 1956 stuff at Radio Recorders :

Radio Recorders - September 1956
https://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=85508



User avatar

drjohncarpenter
Posts: 109062
Registered for: 21 years 6 months
Location: United States of America
Has thanked: 12097 times
Been thanked: 36591 times
Age: 89

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1604892

Post by drjohncarpenter »

MikeFromHolland wrote:From The Graceland Auction, with the un-cropped Thorne Nogar pic:

Image
Nice to see this sheet again, a bunch of them were uploaded last December by trevorelvis:

http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=95669



Note that two of the photos are well-known, but usually only in cropped form:

560901_w Nogar_Sholes.jpg
With engineer Thorne Nogar, RCA's specialty disks chief, Steve Sholes at Radio Recorders - Saturday, September 1, 1956


560901_w Smith_Jordanaires_Black.jpg
With cousin Gene Smith, Jordanaires, Bill Black at Radio Recorders - Saturday, September 1, 1956
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.


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

User avatar

karlos
Posts: 3318
Registered for: 19 years 10 months
Location: OVER THE RIVER
Has thanked: 1309 times
Been thanked: 396 times
Age: 61

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1604994

Post by karlos »

Thanks Mike , Dr. John C and all for the input on this great thread
Best wishes sent :smt006



User avatar

Topic author
MikeFromHolland
Posts: 7583
Registered for: 12 years 6 months
Has thanked: 2477 times
Been thanked: 6857 times

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1605100

Post by MikeFromHolland »

.

Thanks for the additional info, guys!

I'll post other photos found elsewhere here as well, when they were take between September 01 and 03, 1956. Just to give some more substance to this thread.

With thanks to all FECC members involved for finding and sharing these pictures.
1956 09 01 01.jpg
1956 09 01 02.jpg
1956 09 01 03.jpg
1956 09 01 04.jpg
::rocks

.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.


Mike

------
lay back,
take it easy
And try a smile...

.

User avatar

drjohncarpenter
Posts: 109062
Registered for: 21 years 6 months
Location: United States of America
Has thanked: 12097 times
Been thanked: 36591 times
Age: 89

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1605208

Post by drjohncarpenter »

The two posted with Elvis in the pullover are from the 9-03-1956 (Mon) session.


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


kenedy
Posts: 2
Registered for: 6 years 11 months

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1633733

Post by kenedy »

It was very nice to hear and see that.


Graduated from Soran University with First Class Degree with Honours in Computer Science.


sitdown revamped
Posts: 252
Registered for: 12 years 5 months
Has thanked: 92 times
Been thanked: 37 times

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1652225

Post by sitdown revamped »

Any guesses what the songs were they sang by the piano...? Would be nice to have a tape of all these jam-sessions...probably gospels?



User avatar

drjohncarpenter
Posts: 109062
Registered for: 21 years 6 months
Location: United States of America
Has thanked: 12097 times
Been thanked: 36591 times
Age: 89

Re: Recording Session September 1, 1956

#1652258

Post by drjohncarpenter »

sitdown revamped on Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:41 am wrote:Any guesses what the songs were they sang by the piano...? Would be nice to have a tape of all these jam-sessions...probably gospels?
Usually it was gospel songs, but these photos apparently capture secular songs:

Warming at the piano, Elvis runs his hands idly along the keys. At the sound of the first note, the Jordanaires, led by Gordon Stoker, come in from the hall coffee machine, cups in hand they join Elvis around the piano. After a few opening bars of the old standard "Blue Moon," which Elvis plays hauntingly, eyes almost closed, he breaks into a raucous "Hound Dog," singing playing, and tapping both feet at the same time. The music, penetrating the end of the corridor, summons guitarist Scotty Moore, drummer D.J. Fontana, and bass player Bill Black from the coffee machine.

http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=56821


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