ELVIS PRESLEY - CLASSIC ALBUMS: ELVIS PRESLEY (1956)

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• Release Year: 2002
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: This film tells the unusual story that lies behind the making of Elvis Presley’s first album for RCA Records, in 1956, and his meteoric rise to Superstartdom.; ; In Memphis, Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records, gives the inside story of those groundbreaking days when he auditioned, produced and befriended Elvix. Scotty Moore (guitar) and D.J. Fontana (drums), describe how the helped Elvis record the album in Nashville and New York, aiming for “feel, not perfection”. The recall, with rare home movie footage, how the toured 400 miles a day in Elvis’ Pink Cadillac, rehearsing the songs that Elvis would imortalise in that first album.; ; Dixie Locke, the Elvis’ steady girlfriend, describes how shy, mercurial and glamorous the young Elvis appeared, and how he coped with his newfound stardom. Record producer/historian Ernst Jorgensen and biographer Peter Guralnick describe the shock impact of the 20-year-old Elvis and the astonishing simplicity of this album’s execution. Musicians B.B. King and Keith Richards tell us what made Elvis the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.; ; This film is filled with performances from ’55 and ’56, interviews with Elvis and rare home movie footage of him at play and work, offering fresh insights into his life and his recordings. Featured songs include Blue Suede Shoes, Shake Rattle and Roll, Tutti Frutti, Money Honey and Elvis’ first million-seller Hearbreak Hotel, and songs from his early Sun sessions: Mystery Train, Baby Let’s Play House and That’s All Right.; ; ELVIS PRESLEY is a record that changed forever the look and sound of popular music, a truly Classic Album.;
• Cast: Elvis Presley, Ernst Jørgensen, D.J. Fontana, Chick Crumpacker, Carl Perkins, Keith Richards, Peter Guralnick, Dixie Locke Emmons, Sam Phillips, Scotty Moore, B.B. King, Tom Perryman, Tom Parker, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Don Everly, Phil Everly, Jeremy Marre
• Director: Jeremy Marre
• Runtime: 1:40
• Company: Eagle Vision
• Media Format: Series