Basically yeah--the Hayride tapes (and in no all THAT bad quality BTW)--are
readily available on gray market discs, and somebody repackages them every
year... Two around in stores now are from the UK--"Elvis Presley: The
Legend Begins" has some 19 cuts. It adds early TV appearances and an
interview. Another UK disc out at the moment combines the Louisiana
Hayride tapes with a pretty decent collection of covers of Elvis songs.
The other live show from this period--Sun years and very eraly RCA--is that
Mississippi Farm Show appearance--which only is found on thhat otherwise
strange "gold" Elvis box.
Barry
I recently lucked into a copy of a 1982 LP, "Elvis: The First Live
>Recordings." There are 5 recordings from the Hayride, all from 1955 and 1956
>(obviously). Anyway, the songs are "Baby, Let's Play House," "Maybelline,"
>"Tweedle Dee," "That's All Right (Mama)," and "Hound Dog." Perchance are
>these the same songs from Sunrise? This stuff isn't very well recorded, but
>it's muy historical and E sounds great. The only reason I'd buy sunrise is
>to hear early live stuff, but I ain't gonna get if I've already got it.
>
>Lance . . .
