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Elvis Presley's legendary recordings for Sun Records had been reissued many times before Sunrise appeared in early 1999, most notably in the 1987 collection The Complete Sun Recordings. Despite its title, The Complete Sun Recordings was missing a few odds and ends, plus its sequencing on CD was a little didactic, resulting in a repetitive listen. Those flaws are corrected on the exceptional Sunrise, a generous 38-song double-disc set that contains all of Elvis' Sun recordings, including alternate takes and several previously unreleased live performances. The compilers wisely decided to devote the first disc to the original takes, dedicating the second to alternate takes: six live cuts from 1955 and four private demos from 1953 and 1954. This sequencing emphasizes the brilliance of this music. Not only is listening to all 19 masters in a row quite breathtaking, but the second disc winds up as a revelatory experience, since it offers a kind of alternate history by following Elvis' pre-professional recordings from his Sun sessions to early live performances. As such, Sunrise is essential for the curious and the collector alike.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Elvis Presley, Performer - Arthur Crudup, Composer - Arthur Crudup, Lyricist - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer
Originally released 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Bill Monroe, Composer - Bill Monroe, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Roy Brown, Composer - Roy Brown, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Mack David, Composer - Mack David, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Kokomo Arnold, Composer - Kokomo Arnold, Lyricist - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer
Originally released 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Jack Sallee, Composer - Jack Sallee, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Arthur Gunter, Composer - Arthur Gunter, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Stanley Kesler, Composer - Stanley Kesler, Lyricist - William Taylor, Composer - William Taylor, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scotty Moore, Guitar - Bill Black, Bass - Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Johnny Bernero, Drums - Charlie Feathers, Composer - Charlie Feathers, Lyricist - Stan Kesler, Composer - Stan Kesler, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scotty Moore, Guitar - Bill Black, Bass - Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Johnny Bernero, Drums - Herman Parker, Jr., Composer - Herman Parker, Jr., Lyricist - Sam C. Phillips, Composer - Sam C. Phillips, Lyricist
Originally released 1955. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Leon Payne, Composer - Leon Payne, Lyricist
Originally released 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - James Kennedy, Composer - James Kennedy, Lyricist - Hugh Williams, Composer - Hugh Williams, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Lorenz Hart, Lyricist - Richard Rodgers, Composer
Originally released 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Will Grosz, Composer - Will Grosz, Lyricist - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Sam Coslow, Composer - Sam Coslow, Lyricist
Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Jimmy Wakely, Composer - Jimmy Wakely, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Bob Shelton, Composer - Bob Shelton, Lyricist - Joe Shelton, Composer - Joe Shelton, Lyricist - Sid Robin, Composer - Sid Robin, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Stanley Kesler, Composer - Stanley Kesler, Lyricist - William Taylor, Composer - William Taylor, Lyricist
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All Rights reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Charles Singleton, Composer - Charles Singleton, Lyricist - Rosemarie McCoy, Composer - Rosemarie McCoy, Lyricist
Originally released 1955. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bill Emerson, Composer - Bill Emerson, Lyricist - Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer
(P) Recorded Prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
DISC 2
Elvis Presley, Performer - Peterson, Composer - Peterson, Lyricist - Blasco, Composer - Blasco, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1953. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Brown, Composer - Brown, Lyricist - Raskin, Composer - Raskin, Lyricist - FISHER, Lyricist - FISHER, Composer
Originally recorded 1953. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Fred Rose, Composer - Fred Rose, Lyricist - Hy Heath, Composer - Hy Heath, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Fred Rose, Composer - Fred Rose, Lyricist - Jimmy Wakely, Composer - Jimmy Wakely, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Leon Payne, Composer - Leon Payne, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Arthur Crudup, Composer - Arthur Crudup, Lyricist - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Bill Monroe, Composer - Bill Monroe, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Rodgers, Composer - Rodgers, Lyricist - HART, Lyricist - HART, Composer
(P) Recorded pror to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Jimmy Wakely, Composer - Jimmy Wakely, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Sam Phillips, Producer - Sam Phillips, Engineer - Mack David, Composer - Mack David, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Kesler, Composer - Taylor, Composer
Originally Recorded 1955. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Nugetre, Composer - Nugetre, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1955. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elvis Presley, Performer - Charles Calhoun, Composer - Charles Calhoun, Lyricist
(P) Recorded pror to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Kesler, Composer - Kesler, Lyricist - Taylor, Composer - Taylor, Lyricist
(P) Recorded pror to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Composer
Originally Recorded 1955. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Jesse Stone, Composer - Jesse Stone, Lyricist
(P) Recorded pror to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Winfield Scott, Composer - Winfield Scott, Lyricist
(P) Recorded pror to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Mack David, Lyricist - Mack David, Composer
(P)Released prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elvis Presley, Performer - Rudy Jackson, Composer - Rudy Jackson, Lyricist - Eddy Ray, Composer - Eddy Ray, Lyricist
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
Elvis Presley's legendary recordings for Sun Records had been reissued many times before Sunrise appeared in early 1999, most notably in the 1987 collection The Complete Sun Recordings. Despite its title, The Complete Sun Recordings was missing a few odds and ends, plus its sequencing on CD was a little didactic, resulting in a repetitive listen. Those flaws are corrected on the exceptional Sunrise, a generous 38-song double-disc set that contains all of Elvis' Sun recordings, including alternate takes and several previously unreleased live performances. The compilers wisely decided to devote the first disc to the original takes, dedicating the second to alternate takes: six live cuts from 1955 and four private demos from 1953 and 1954. This sequencing emphasizes the brilliance of this music. Not only is listening to all 19 masters in a row quite breathtaking, but the second disc winds up as a revelatory experience, since it offers a kind of alternate history by following Elvis' pre-professional recordings from his Sun sessions to early live performances. As such, Sunrise is essential for the curious and the collector alike.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 38 track(s)
- Total length: 01:31:48
- Main artists: Elvis Presley
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment
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