Sunday, April 21, 2024

Record #0681: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You / My Baby Left Me – ELVIS PRESLEY


RCA 47-6540 (original Swedish release) Sweden, 1956
Words & Music by:  Side A – Maurice Mysels, Ira Kosloff; Side BArthur Crudup
Musicians: Elvis Presley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Scotty Moore (guitar), Chet Atkins (guitar on side A), Bill Black (bass), Marvin Hughes (piano on side A), D.J. Fontana (drums), Gordon Stoker, Ben Speer and Brock Speer (backup vocals on side A)
Recording sessions: Produced by Steve Sholes, Side A – RCA Studios, Nashville, TN, 14. April 1956; Side B – RCA Studio 1, New York, NY, 30. January 1956
Highest chart positions: No chart success in Sweden. Side A: US #1, US R&B #3, US Country 1, UK #14, Australia #19; Side B: US #31, US Country #13

I posted the original US release already here.

This is a very rare “Electra” pressing (made in Germany for Swedish market) with flip side misspelled “MT BABY LEFT ME”.

List price:  Swedish releases are not in the catalog. One of these rare, misspelled pressings was sold in eBay for 401 euros 10 years ago.

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