Elvis Presley Complete Million Dollar Quartet CD

The product of a casual afternoon jam session in 1956 between Elvis Presley, then the biggest star in America, and the rock & roll legends Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, these songs are a world away from the tight, well-produced rock & roll that Sam Phillips's Sun Studios was recording and releasing in the mid-1950s. More than half the material heard here consists of gospel music, and there are also versions of Chuck Berry's "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" and "Too Much Monkey Business," as well as some classic country songs penned by Hank Snow, Gene Autry, and Bill Monroe. Relaxed and informal, these recordings are an illuminating snapshot of a moment in rock & roll history.

The 50th anniversary edition of this historic jam session with featuring elvis presley, johnny cash, jerry lee lewis and carl perkins; for the first time ever containing the complete recorded session in the original sequence with 12 more minutes than any previous release!. during the afternoon of tuesday december 4, 1956, the world's first superstar jam session took place and the million dollar quartet was born! Elvis, john, jerry lee, and carl sang and performed their favourite songs at the famous sun studio in downtown memphis, tennessee. includes an informative new essay by sun label expert colin escott.

Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.Mojo (Publisher) (p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he session has, for the first time, been pieced together in the very order that it took place....The session transmutes into a ramshackle chunk of joy..."