ELVIS PRESLEY
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Jailhouse Rock          (2:29)

 

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Written By :  

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
 

Recorded :  

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, April 30, May 3, 1957 and MGM Soundstage, Hollywood, May 8 & 9, 1957 : April 30, 1957
 

Released On :  

(US) RCA 47-7035  (Single)
Jailhouse Rock  (EP)
Elvis Golden Records Volume 1

Elvis NBC TV Special
Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Volume 1
Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis
Pure Gold
Legendary Performer Volume 2
Elvis In Concert
Canadian Tribute
Elvis Aron Presley
This Is Elvis
Elvis Medley
Rocker
Number One Hits
Top Ten Hits
Essential Elvis Volume 1 - First Movies
Great Performances
Collectors Gold
Complete 50's Masters
Jailhouse Rock
Platinum - A Life In Music
Time-Life Collection - Volume 2 - Rock 'n Roll
Time-Life Collection - Volume 3 - Movie Magic
Memories - The '68 Comeback Special
Artist Of The Century
30 #1 Hits
Close-Up
Elvis By The Presleys
Hitstory
Essential Elvis Presley
Complete '68 Comeback Special
Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight
50 Australian Top 10 Hits 1956-1977

Complete Elvis Presley Masters
Album Collection

FTD - Burbank '68 (1999)
FTD - Tucson '76 (2000)
FTD - Silver Screen Stereo (2001)
FTD - Spring Tours 77 (2002)
FTD - Elvis At The International (2002)
FTD - New Year's Eve (2003)
FTD - Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (2004)
FTD - Rockin' Across Texas (2005)
FTD - All Shook Up (2005)
FTD - I Found My Thrill (2006)
FTD - Writing For The King (2006)
FTD - Unchained Melody (2007)
FTD - Elvis In Person (2008)
FTD - Jailhouse Rock (2009)
FTD - New Haven '76 (2009)
FTD - Rockin' Across Texas (2009)
FTD - A Minnesota Moment (2010)
FTD - Showtime! Birmingham / Dallas '76 (2010)
FTD - Chicago Stadium (2010)
FTD - Jailhouse Rock [Volume 2] (2010)
FTD - Live In Vegas (2011)
FTD - Amarillo '77 (2011)
FTD - Forty Eight Hours To Memphis (2011)
FTD - Hot August Night (2013)
FTD - Return To Vegas (2014)
FTD - Best Of British: RCA Years 1957-1958 (2014)
FTD - This Is Elvis (2015)
FTD - Elvis' Golden Records (2015)
FTD - Elvis In West Texas (2015)
FTD - Elvis In Alabama (2015)
FTD - The West Coast Tour '76 (2016)
FTD - NBC TV Special (2016)
FTD - Spirit Of Jackson, MS (2016)
FTD - The Bicentennial Show (2017)
FTD - Murfreesboro '74 (2018)
FTD - Bruce Jackson On The Road With Elvis (2021)
FTD - Las Vegas Hilton 1973 (2021)
FTD - The Making Of Jailhouse Rock (2021)
FTD - Pine Bluff To Madison '76 (2022)
FTD - Celluloid Sell-Out! (2022)
FTD - From Louisiana And Memphis (2022)

Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Live NBC Sound Studios, Burbank, June 29, 1968 8pm Show
Master Take 6
Live Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, March 20, 1974 ES
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Live Rapid City, June 21, 1977
Master Take 6
NBC Studios, Burbank, California, June 28, 1968
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Take 5 &
Film Version Vocal Overdubs Take 6
Master Take 6
Live International Hotel, Las Vegas 22 Aug 1969
Master Take 6
Master Take 6 & Movie Version
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Movie Version
Live NBC Sound Studios, Burbank, June 29, 1968 6pm Show
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Take 6 Binaural
Takes 3, 4 & 5
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
NBC Sound Studios, Burbank, June 27, 1968 8pm Show & June 29, 1968 8pm Show
Master Take 6
Master Take 6
Master Take 6 & NBC Sound Studios, Burbank, June 29, 1968 8pm Show, &
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, March 20, 1974 ES
Master Take 6 & NBC Sound Studios, Burbank, June 29, 1968 8pm Show, &
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, March 20, 1974 ES

Live NBC Sound Studios, Burbank, June 29, 1968 8pm Show
Community Centre Arena, Tucson, Arizona, June 1, 1976, Evening Show
Take 5
Austin, March 28, 1977
International Hotel, Las Vegas, August 23, 1969 Midnight Show
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1976 (Evening Show)
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, March 20, 1974 Evening Show
Fort Worth, Texas, July 3, 1974 Evening Show
International Hotel, Las Vegas, August 26, 1969 Midnight Show
Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, January 27, 1974 (10pm Show)
International Hotel, Las Vegas, August 24, 1969 Midnight Show
Charlotte, North Carolina, February 20, 1977 Evening Show
International Hotel, August 25, 1969 Midnight Show
Master Take 6, Take 5, Movie Opening Take 6, Movie Version & Male Vocal Overdub Version
New Haven, Connecticut, July 30, 1976, Evening Show
Fort Worth, Texas, July 3, 1976 Evening Show
Metropolitan Sports Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 17, 1976
Birmingham, Alabama, December 29, 1976 & Dallas, Texas, December 28, 1976
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, October 14 & 15, 1976 Evening Shows
Takes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8, Takes 1 & 2 Ending, and EP Version
International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 26, 1969 Dinner Show
Civic Centre, Amarillo, Texas, March 24, 1977 Evening Show

Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia, March 18, 1974 8:30pm Show
International Hotel, Las Vegas, August 25, 1969 Midnight Show
International Hotel, Las Vegas, August 3, 1969 Dinner Show
Movie Trailer & Movie Production Version
Master Take 6
Master Take 6 & Stereo Version
Ector County Coliseum, Odessa, Texas, May 30, 1976 Evening Show
Von Braun Civic Centre, Huntsville, Alabama, Sep 6, 1976 Afternoon & Evening Shows
Anaheim, California, November 30, 1976 Evening Show
Live NBC Sound Studios, Burbank, June 29, 1968 8pm Show
State Fair Coliseum, Jackson, Mississippi, September 5, 1976, Evening Show
Mabee Center, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 4, 1976 AS & Duluth Arena, Duluth, Minnesota, October 16, 1976 ES
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, March 19, 1974 Evening Show
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 18, 1976 & Atlanta, Georgia, December 30, 1976
Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, August 20, 1973 Midnight Show
Takes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8, Takes 1 & 2 Ending, and Mono Master
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Convention Centre, September 8, 1976 ES & Madison, Wisconsin, Dane Country Coliseum, October 19, 1976 ES
Film Version Vocal Overdubs Take 6
Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana, July 1, 1976, ES & Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 2, 1976, ES &
                 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, July 5, 1976, ES

 

Comments :  

Recorded for the movie "Jailhouse Rock".

Takes 1, 2 & 3 Incomplete
Take 4 Complete
Take 5 Complete
Take 6 Complete Unedited Master 2001
Takes 7 & 8 Incomplete

Recordings from the Instrumental to the end were then made.
Take 1 Incomplete
Take 2 Complete 2002

The edited Master Take 6 is a splice of the first 1:15 from Take 6 2001 and then from 1:15 to the end of Take 2 2002.

Male vocal overdubs were later recorded for the Movie Version.

 

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