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Sure, the music on here's great. How could it not be? It has 22 of Presley's hottest tracks from his first year at RCA, including not only the hits "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel," and "Too Much," but such noted early rockers as "My Baby Left Me," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Money Honey," and "So Glad You're Mine." From a collector's viewpoint, though, you have to wonder whether it was really necessary. The only previously unreleased item is a sparser earlier take of "Heartbreak Hotel." Everything else has been widely available (even on CD) for years, and it's a good bet that many of the Elvis fans who buy this already have virtually all of the contents on the King of Rock 'n' Roll box set.
| Vic Anesini Mastering | |
| Chet Atkins Guest Artist, Guitar | |
| Mae Boren Axton Composer | |
| Bill Black Bass, Guest Artist | |
| Otis Blackwell Composer | |
| Robert "Bumps" Blackwell Composer | |
| Hal Blair Composer | |
| Charles E. Calhoun Composer | |
| Bill Campbell Composer | |
| Rosanne Cash Composer | |
| Ray Charles Composer | |
| Floyd Cramer Guest Artist, Piano | |
| Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Composer | |
| Claude Demetrius Composer | |
| Tommy Durden Composer | |
| D.J. Fontana Drums, Guest Artist | |
| Dayna Fredrickson Layout Design | |
| Hoyt Hawkins Accompaniment | |
| Marvin Hughes Piano | |
| Hugh Jarrett Accompaniment | |
| The Jordanaires Accompaniment, Guest Artist, Performer | |
| Ernst Mikael Jørgensen Compilation Producer | |
| Lou Kosloff Composer | |
| Dorothy LaBostrie Composer | |
| Jerry Leiber Composer | |
| Ria Lewerke Art Direction, Design | |
| Little Richard Composer | |
| Shorty Long Piano | |
| John Marascalco Composer | |
| Neal Matthews Accompaniment | |
| Andreas Meyer Mastering | |
| Norman Moore Art Direction, Design | |
| Scotty Moore Guest Artist, Guitar | |
| George Mysels Composer | |
| Thorne Nogar Engineer | |
| Cliff Owens Composer | |
| Bill Peppers Composer | |
| Carl Perkins Composer | |
| Frankie Pezzella Project Manager | |
| Woody Pornpitaksuk Assistant | |
| Elvis Presley Composer, Guitar, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals | |
| Lloyd Price Composer | |
| Renald Richard Composer | |
| Lee Rosenberg Composer | |
| Aaron Schroeder Composer | |
| Roger Semon Compilation Producer | |
| Steve Sholes A&R | |
| Ben Speer Accompaniment | |
| Brock Speer Accompaniment | |
| Gordon Stoker Accompaniment, Piano | |
| Mike Stoller Composer | |
| Jesse Stone Composer | |
| Andrew Sutton Cover Design | |
| Joe "Cornbread" Thomas Composer | |
| Bernard Weinman Composer | |
| Alfred Wertheimer Liner Notes | |
| Paul Williams Executive Producer |
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1996 Cassette | Elvis '56 RCA - 07863668564 |
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1996 CD | Elvis '56 RCA - 07863668562 |
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1996 CD | Elvis '56 RCA - 07863668172 |
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1996 CD | Elvis '56 SMG - 0786366817 |
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2003 CD | Elvis '56 BMG Heritage / RCA - 07863651352 |
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2003 CD | Elvis '56 BMG / Sony Music / Sony Music Entertainment - 770944 |
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2003 CD | Elvis 56 BMG - 31091 |
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2014 LP | Elvis '56 - 1225963 |
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2016 LP | Elvis '56 RCA / Legacy - 88985344331 |
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2025 LP | Elvis 56 [Collector's Edition] Music on Vinyl - 6203834 |
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2026 CD | Elvis '56 [Remastered Collector's Edition] Lightyear - LY 5136BR |
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2026 LP | Elvis 56 [Limited 180-Gram Crystal Clear & Black Marble Colored Vinyl] Music on Vinyl - MOVLPS 611 |
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