HELLO YOU ARE LOOKING TO BUY A ELVIS PRESLEY CD ELVIS 56 RELEASED ON RCA RECORDS IN 1996 UPC: 078636685625. CD COMES WITH THE COLLECTIBLE RED PROMO STICKER ON THE FRONT SHRINKWRAP FOR 40 ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE INCLUDES 8 PG BOOKLET, RARE PHOTOS, '56 CALENDAR AND FULL LINER NOTES W/ RECORDING DATA. THIS TITLE IS A FIRST PRESSING- NOT THE LATER REISSUE. ITEM IS STILLED SEALED AND BRAND NEW. THERE IS A SMALL TEAR IN THE SHRINKWRAP, BUT PACKAGING IS STILL INTACT AND SMALL STRESS MARKS ON BOTTOM OF CASE.  JEWELCASE IS OTHERWISE PERFECT. CD SEALED & COMES STORED IN POLY BAG SLEEVE. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES. THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BUYING! SEE OUR OTHER ITEMS FOR THIS ARTIST

The organizing principle of Elvis 56 is simple: that's the year Presley recorded these 22 tracks (including an alternate take of "Heartbreak Hotel, " the opening track, recorded on January 10, 1956). It's also the year that Presley would become the biggest pop phenomenon since Frank Sinatra by kicking up a fuss as a red-hot regular on TV variety shows. In the studio, Presley's first recordings for RCA drew from the same pool of rhythm & blues tunes that he'd been interpreting at Sun Records. 1956 was the year Presley sang great songs by Otis Blackwell ( "Don't Be Cruel, " "Paralyzed, " "Ready Teddy ") and the Leiber-Stoller team ( "Hound Dog, " "Love Me "). He also essentially swiped Carl Perkins's "Blue Suede Shoes, " and tried to do the same with such other contemporary hits as "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy " and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll. " Note that on the same day he recorded the galvanizing "Heartbreak Hotel, " Presley also cut a most Sun-like (and wholly appropriate) "Money Honey. " The compilation chronicles a remarkable year in which every song rang true; the booklet includes exquisite period photos of Presley taken by Alfred Wertheimer. A video of the same title that chronicles the year in pictures is highly recommended.