For LP Fans Only

by Elvis Presley

Overview

For LP Fans Only marks the first time RCA dipped into the Sun vaults to fill out an Elvis Presley LP. To a certain extent, their hand was forced. By January 1959, when For LP Fans Only hit the stores, Elvis was eight months into his Army stint with no end in sight, so RCA was stuck for new product and the easiest solution was to dig up Sun sessions and pair them with early RCA cuts initially released on singles or EPs. Just under half of this is devoted to Sun sides, and not only are "That's All Right," "Mystery Train," "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" and "You're a Heartbreaker" some of the best music Presley ever made but they're paired with early RCA sessions that complement them perfectly: in fact, the hopping "My Baby Left Me" feels as if it could've been recorded by Sam Phillips. Apart from the cute, charming enough "Poor Boy" -- a rare Presley co-write taken from the Love Me Tender EP that could qualify as the record's only stumble -- this LP rocks hard with a serious bluesy bent: there's a carnality to his growl on "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" rivaled by his smoldering "I Was the One," then he tears it up on "Shake, Rattle and Roll." Whether RCA truly intended For LP Fans Only to be a tight, exciting record is questionable -- it was product, pure and simple; there was no way for the label to realize the blessing they were giving to Presley fans by getting the Sun sessions into circulation (this would be the only place they could be found on LP until 1976) -- but they stumbled upon one of the finest full-length rock & roll records of the '50s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/02/2024
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8719262028715
Rank:	25915

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Elvis Presley   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
Bill Black   Bass
The Jordanaires   Vocals (Background)
Chet Atkins   Guitar
Ben Speer   Vocals (Background)
Johnny Bernero   Drums
Mike Rubin   Bass
Brock Speer   Vocals (Background)
Gordon Stoker   Piano,Vocals (Background)
Shorty Long   Piano
D.J. Fontana   Drums
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Jon Dodson   Vocals (Background)
Rad Robinson   Vocals (Background)
Richard Cornell   Drums
Scotty Miller   Guitar
Charles Prescott   Vocals (Background)
Luther Roundtree   Banjo
Vito Mumolo   Guitar
Jimmie Lott   Drums
Dominic Frontieri   Accordion

Technical Credits

John Snyder   Reissue Producer
Steve Sholes   Producer,Composer
Bill Peppers   Composer
Bill Taylor   Composer
Chet Atkins   Producer
Jack Sallee   Composer
Claude Demetrius   Composer
Elvis Presley   Composer
Charles E. Calhoun   Composer
Lionel Newman   Producer
Vera Matson   Composer
Junior Parker   Composer
Aaron Schroeder   Composer
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup   Composer
Hal Blair   Composer
Stan Kesler   Composer
William Eugene Taylor   Composer
Jimmy Rogers   Composer
Lloyd Price   Composer
Thorne Nogar   Producer
Sam Phillips   Composer,Producer
Charles Calhoun   Composer