THE BEST OF
ELVIS
Test Pressing/Factory Sample/Demo
Plum Label HMV Logo: Gold Lettering
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
3. Blue Moon
4. Tutti Frutti
5. All Shook Up
Side 2:
1. Hound Dog
2. Too Much
3. Any Way You Want Me (that's how I will be)
4. Don't Be Cruel (to a heart that's true)
5. Playing For Keeps
HMV
DLP 1159
Released: October 1957:
mono (04)
HMV began releasing old Elvis product as new material was exclusively issued on RCA Victor.
This was the last Elvis LP issued on the HMV label and the catalogue would be deleted in September 1958.
This 10" LP entered the UK charts on October 26, 1957, peaking at no. 3.
Chart Run: (7 Weeks)
26/10/1957 - 05
02/11/1957 - 04
09/11/1957 - 04
16/11/1957 - 04
23/11/1957 - 04
30/11/1957 - 03
07/12/1957 - 05
Information: www.officialcharts.com
Recording Information:
Heartbreak Hotel
(January 10, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
(September 12 - 16, 1954: Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee)
Blue Moon
(August 15 - 19, 1954: Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee)
Tutti Frutti
(January 31, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
All Shook Up
(January 12, 1957: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
Hound Dog
(July 2, 1956: RCA Studios, New York)
Too Much
(September 2, 1956: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
Anyway You Want Me
(July 2, 1956: RCA Studios, New York)
Don't Be Cruel
(July 2, 1956: RCA Studios, New York)
Playing for Keeps
(September 1, 1956: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)