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This 2-disc 7” set celebrates Elvis’ first motion picture LOVE ME TENDER from 1956. Elvis first performed ‘Love Me Tender’ on the Ed Sullivan Show (September 9) and pre-sales reached over 1 million before its release on September 28. It features a 16-page booklet with great photos, movie trivia, memorabilia and full recording data. Disc 2 features the legendary live show from the Mississippi Alabama State Fair and Dairy Show held in Tupelo on September 26. THE ORIGINAL EP –SIDE 1 1) Love Me Tender 2:44 (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley) 2) Let Me 2:11 (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley) SIDE 2 3) Poor Boy 2:16 (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley) 4) We're Gonna Move 2:31 (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley) BONUS TRACKS 5) Love Me Tender – end title version 1:09 6) 20) The Truth About Me 2:09 Original spoken word 45 rpm disc included in Teen Parade magazine THE OUTTAKES 07) We’re Gonna Move –take 4 2:47 08) We’re Gonna Move – take 9 4:39 09) Poor Boy – take 3 original 3 verse master 1:51 10) Poor Boy –remake take 1 1:00 11) Poor Boy – extended verse. Vocal overdub take 6 0:37 12) Let Me – vocal overdub take 3 2:21 13) Let Me – vocal overdub take 4 2:19 STEREO MASTERS 14) Love Me Tender 2:52 15) Let Me 2:11 16) Poor Boy 2:16 17) We’re Gonna Move 2:32 INTERVIEW 18) The Truth About Me Interview 10:04 Recorded August 22 on the set of Love Me Tender, Hollywood, California All songs recorded for the motion picture LOVE ME TENDER Recorded August 24, September 4 and 5, and October 1, 1956 at Fox Stage 1, Hollywood. Producer / A&R: Lionel Newman / Ken Darby Engineer: Bob Mayer & Ken Runyon Guitar: Vito Mumolo; Bass: Mike ”Myer” Rubin; Drums: Richard Cornell; Banjo: Luther “Red” Roundtree; Accordion: Carl Fortina, Dominic Frontieri; Vocals: Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, Charles Prescott DISC 2 - Mississippi-Alabama State Fair & Dairy Show, Tupelo. AFTERNOON SHOW 1) Heartbreak Hotel 2:43 (Mae Boren Axton/Tommy Durden/Elvis Presley) 2) Long Tall Sally 2:43 (Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell/Enotris Johnson) 3) Introductions and presentation 2:36 4) I Was The One 3:19 (Aaron Schroeder/Claude DeMetrius/Hal Blair/Bill Peppers) 5) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 2:52 (Maurice Mysels/Ira Kosloff) 6) Elvis talks 0:34 7) I Got A Woman 2:53 (Ray Charles) 8) Don’t Be Cruel 2:52 (Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley) 9) Ready Teddy 2:15 (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco) 10) Love Me Tender 2:58 (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley) 11) Hound Dog 2:48 (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) 12) Vernon and Gladys Predsley 1:44 13) Nick Adams 1:42 14) A fan 2:26 15) Elvis 1:53 16) EVENING SHOW 17) Love Me Tender 1:49 (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley) 18) I Was The One 2:47 (Aaron Schroeder/Claude DeMetrius/Hal Blair/Bill Peppers) 19) I Got A Woman 2:52 (Ray Charles) 20) Announcement 1:45 21) Don’t Be Cruel 2:12 (Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley) 22) Blue Suede Shoes 2:34 (Carl Perkins) 23) Announcement 1:03 24) Baby Let’s Play House 2:43 (Arthur Gunter) 25) Hound Dog 3:53 (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) Amateur recording made September 26, 1956. Guitar: Scotty Moore. Guitar: Elvis Presley. Bass: Bill Black. Drums: D.J.Fontana. Vocals: The Jordanaires