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Elvis Presley - Sunrise

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. That's All Right 1:57
  2. Blue Moon Of Kentucky 2:03
  3. Good Rockin' Tonight 2:13
  4. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine 2:29
  5. Milkcow Blues Boogie 2:39
  6. You're A Heartbreaker 2:12
  7. Baby Let's Play House 2:16
  8. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone 2:37
  9. I Forgot To Remember To Forget 2:30
  10. Mystery Train 2:25
  11. I Love You Because 2:44
  12. Harbor Lights 2:36
  13. Blue Moon 2:41
  14. Tomorrow Night 3:00
  15. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') 2:25
  16. Just Because 2:34
  17. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone [slow version] 2:42
  18. Trying To Get To You 2:32
  19. When It Rains It Really Pours 4:03
Volume 2
  1. My Happiness 2:33
  2. That's When Your Heartaches Begin 2:48
  3. I'll Never Stand in Your Way 2:02
  4. It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You 2:04
  5. I Love You Because [alternate take] 3:52
  6. That's All Right [alternate take] 2:13
  7. Blue Moon of Kentucky [alternate take] 1:05
  8. Blue Moon [alternate take] 3:05
  9. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') [alternate take] 1:04
  10. I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine [alternate take] 3:32
  11. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone [slow Version] [alternate take] 2:47
  12. Fool, Fool, Fool 1:52
  13. Shake, Rattle & Roll 2:20
  14. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone [live] 1:49
  15. That's All Right [live] 1:43
  16. Money Honey [live] 2:38
  17. Tweedle Dee [live] 2:11
  18. I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine [live] 2:23
  19. Hearts of Stone [live] 1:56

Notes

Elvis Presley's legendary recordings for Sun Records had been reissued many times before Sunrise appeared in early 1999, most notably in the 1987 collection The Complete Sun Recordings. Despite its title, The Complete Sun Recordings was missing a few odds and ends, plus its sequencing on CD was a little didactic, resulting in a repetitive listen. Those flaws are corrected on the exceptional Sunrise, a generous 38-song double-disc set that contains all of Elvis' Sun recordings, including alternate takes and several previously unreleased live performances. The compilers wisely decided to devote the first disc to the original takes, dedicating the second to alternate takes: six live cuts from 1955 and four private demos from 1953 and 1954. This sequencing emphasizes the brilliance of this music. Not only is listening to all 19 masters in a row quite breathtaking, but the second disc winds up as a revelatory experience, since it offers a kind of alternate history by following Elvis' pre-professional recordings from his Sun sessions to early live performances. As such, Sunrise is essential for the curious and the collector alike.