Released February 6, 1959 Length 23:28 Release date 6 February 1959 Genres Rock music, Rock and roll | Recorded July 1954–October 1956 Artist Elvis Presley Label RCA Victor | |
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Producer Sam Phillips (Sun recordings)
Steve Sholes (RCA recordings) For LP Fans Only
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Elvis presley for lp fans only 1959 full album
For LP Fans Only is the seventh album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, issued by RCA Victor in February 1959. It is a selection of material from an August 1956 recording session at 20th Century Fox Stage One, a September 1956 session at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, sessions on January 10 and 11 at the RCA Victor Studios in Nashville, two more at the RCA Victor Studios in New York, and multiple sessions at Sun Studio. The album reached number 19 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.
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After Presley's induction into the United States Army on March 24, 1958, RCA Victor and Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, were faced with the prospect of keeping his name before the public for two years with no possibility of live performances or movies, and few unissued marketable recordings in the vault. A recording session was arranged for two days in June, which yielded enough items for five more single sides, singles being the commercial focus for rock and roll in the 1950s. Four of those tracks would be issued on 45s in 1958 and 1959 during his absence while doing military service.
Presley, however, also did well in the albums market. Each of his previous six LPs charted no lower than number three, and RCA wished to continue to release albums by their hot commodity given his sales record. Much of Presley's material had been issued on single records, not on LP. For this album, RCA Victor collected nine tracks previously available in single form only, as well as "Poor Boy" from the Love Me Tender EP. Four of the tracks had been issued on Sun Records with limited release, and were very difficult to come by outside of the south. However all 5 Sun singles were reissued by RCA in November 1955 and remained in print through the 1970s.
This album was the debut release of Elvis' first commercial recording "That's All Right (Mama)" in the United Kingdom. It was never issued as a single there during Presley's lifetime. RCA reissued For LP Fans Only on compact disc in 1989. Audiophile CD recordings are available on import in the United States, including the 2005 Japanese pressing with a truncated track list. The album is included in a 25 disc package, "The Perfect Blues Collection", released by Sony in 2011.
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Chart position for EPA 4006 from Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; positions for singles from Billboard Pop Singles chart
Songs
1That's All Right1:58
2Lawdy - Miss Clawdy2:10
3Mystery Train2:26