ELVIS PRESLEY
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I Was The One          (2:35)
 

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Written By :  

Aaron Schroeder, Claude DeMetrius, Hal Blair & Bill Peppers
 

Recorded :  

RCA Studio, Nashville, January 10-11, 1956: January 11, 1956
 

Released On :  

(US) RCA 47-6420  (Single)
 (US) RCA PB 13500  (Single)
 (US) RCA 64475-2  (Single)
 Heartbreak Hotel  (EP)
 For LP Fans Only
 Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Volume 1
I Was The One
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Complete 50's Masters
Essential 70's Masters
Elvis 56
Platinum - A Life In Music
Time-Life Collection - Volume 1 - Love Songs
Time-Life Collection - Volume 10 - Treasures 1953-1958
 50 Greatest Love Songs
Today, Tomorrow & Forever
Essential Elvis Presley
Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight
 Complete Elvis Presley Masters
 Young Man With The Big Beat

 Album Collection

FTD - Flashback (2004)
FTD - Elvis Presley (2006)

FTD - Best Of British: HMV Years 1956-1958 (2012)
FTD - Elvis (2014)
FTD - Love Me Tender (2014)
FTD - This Is Elvis (2015)
FTD - Elvis' Golden Records (2015)
FTD - Rebel With A Cause '56 (2018)
FTD - For LP Fans Only (2018)
FTD - The Wild One '56 (2018)
FTD - Through The Lens Of Phillip Harrington (2019)
FTD - That's The Way It Is 50th Ann (2020)

 Master Take 7
Master Take 7
Master Take 7 and Take 2b
Master Take 7
Master Take 7
Master Take 7
Master Take 7
Live Dorsey Brothers Stage Shows, New York, February 18, 1956 and Live Mississippi Alabama Fair and Dairy Show,
            Tupelo, Mississippi, September 26, 1956
Master Take 7
Master Take 7
Live Rehearsal "That's The Way It Is", MGM Soundstage, Hollywood, July 29, 1970
Master Take 7
Live Rehearsal "That's The Way It Is", MGM Soundstage, Hollywood, July 29, 1970
Master Take 7
Take 1, 2a and 2b
Master Take 7
Live Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 16, 1956
Master Take 7
Master Take 7
Master Take 7
Master Take 7 & Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 16, 1956, & Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana,
            December 15, 1956, & Take 2b
Master Take 7

Take 7 Unedited
 Master Take 7, Take 1 Incomplete, Take 2a False Start, Take 2b, Take 3a False Start, Take 3b Incomplete, Take 7a Unedited,
             & Incomplete Unknown Take either 4, 5 or 6.
Master Take 7
Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana, December 15, 1956
Mississippi-Alabama Fair & Dairy Show, Tupelo, September 26, 1956, Afternoon & Evening Shows
Dorsey Brothers Stage Shows, New York, February 18, 1956
Master Take 7
Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, Tupelo, Mississippi, September 26, 1956, Afternoon Show
Master Take 7 & Dorsey Brothers Stage Shows, New York, February 18, 1956
Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, Tupelo, Mississippi, September 26, 1956, Evening Show
Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 16, 1956
MGM Studios, Culver City, July 29, 1970
 

Comments :  

Takes 2b & Take 7 are the only complete Takes. Take 7 was edited to create the Master.

 

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