"THE PHENOMENAL RISE" VOLUME 1 & 2
Two Multimedia Data CDRs (1.4 GB total - approximately 8 hours of audio and countless hours of visual study)
2-disc set containing everything essential that chronicles the first 24 years of Elvis' life: 1935 to 1959
AUDIO format: mp3 and wmv
"Chasing Shadows" - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1935, year of E's birth)
"Eighth Of January" - Black Stringband Music (1940) ironically titled E's b-day
"Old Shep" - Tex Ritter (1940)
1953-55 Elvis' Sun Records material with his 4 MRS Demonstration sides
16 recordings of Elvis on "KWKH Louisiana Hayride" '54-56
Original Artists' Versions........
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe (1947)
That's All Right - Arthur Crudup (1949)
Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown (1948)
Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris
(1949 - better version!)
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - Dean Martin (1950)
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - Patti Page (1950)
Mystery Train - Little Junior Parker (1953)
Trying To Get To You - The Eagles (1954)
Baby Let's Play House - Arthur Gunter (1954)
Milkcow Blues - Bob Wills
(1946 note: not orig. artist)
plus these significant various artist recordings:
Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson (1948)
I Love You Because - Leon Payne (1949)
I Wanna Play House With You - Eddy Arnold (1951)
Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace (1954)
That's All Right - Marty Robbins (1954)
Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner (1954)
Sh-Boom - The CrewCuts (1954)
Unchained Melody - Roy Hamilton (1955)
A Fool Such As I - Hank Snow (1955)
Love Me - Jimmy Snow (1955)
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets (1954)
Flip Flop & Fly - Big Joe Turner (1955)
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955)
Only You - The Platters (1955)
You Don't Know Me - Eddy Arnold (1956)
and last but not least.....
The Poor People Of Paris (Jean's Song) - Les Baxter (1955) This is the song which "Heartbreak Hotel" knocked from #1 in March 1956! The King's first Billboard victim!)
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Elvis' 11 (eleven) Billboard #1 hit singles 56-59
RCA Masters & Outtakes: a big variety of 56-58 studio stuff (total included currently n/a)
Live In Concert..........
Las Vegas, Nevada [May 6, 1956]
Little Rock, Arkansas [May 16, 1956]
Tupelo, Mississippi [Sept 26, 1956]
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Televised Performances...............
Dorsey Bros Show audio (6 shows = 14 songs)
Milton Berle Show audio (2 shows = 5 songs)
Steve Allen Show audio (1 show = 2 songs)
Ed Sullivan Show audio (3 shows = 17 songs)
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Four Movie Soundtracks.............
LOVE ME TENDER
LOVING YOU
JAILHOUSE ROCK
KING CREOLE
each folder contains pix from the film, a text file of filming info, and audio masters with alt takes
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Elvis Tribute Tunes.............
11 songs about Elvis by various artists 1956-1959
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1957 Canadian Concert Tour....................
pictures, text and mp3 of CJOR radio coverage and Elvis' Vancouver press conference
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Elvis' Christmas Album......................
the 12 cuts with a text file about the making of the album)
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Drafted:.......................................
US Army service photos / swearing-in audio / stateside and overseas interviews / American Bandstand phone interview with Dick Clark 1959 / a selection of home recordings done in Germany
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Elvis Speaks:.................................
30 spoken interviews conducted '55-'59
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IMAGES:
over 1,000 photo jpegs
(picture sleeves LPs,EPs,45s / Sun & RCA record labels / publicity headshots / behind-the-scene images / candids / concert newspaper ads / original sheet music / 1956-59 magazine covers, etc)
Rarities......................
Promo For Oakland, CA Concert 6-3-56
PSA 1957 March Of Dimes 90 sec
PSA 1957 March Of Dimes extended w ''Love Me Tender'' outcue
Ad Spot Elvis plugs 2 models of ''Elvis Presley'' RCA Record Players
"Perfect For Parties" Promotional Narration
"Elvis: The Truth About Me" novelty record audio
Million Dollar Quartet (selected highlights from this 1956 Presley-Perkins-Lewis jam session)

BONUS PRESENTATION:
"Summer Night Radios"
An Aural Simulation of what downtown Memphis sounded like to Elvis (radios from open windows, indash radios in passing cars) as he ambled 7 blocks down to WHBQ 560 for his interview with Dewey Phillips who was spinning "That's All Right" on the nocturnal airwaves
[stereo] time: 3:40 (EIEFC Audio ©2001)
VIDEO:
1ST EVER FILM OF ELVIS
Magnolia Gardens in Houston, TX on Sunday afternoon, August 7, 1955
wmv 24bit 80kbps time: 2:12
Dorsey Bros Show appearances
[1-28-56] wmv time: 5:36
[2-04-56] wmv time: 5:04
[3-17-56] wmv time: 5:00
audio: 16bit 32kHz
video: 24bit / 189kbps
LITERATURE
Text Documents (English) of info about Elvis's childhood, his work at Sun Records, transition to RCA-Victor, studio sessions, movie shoots, personal activities, etc. There are a series of Annual Diaries of important dates/events separated into 1935-53; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958 and 1959.