| The Sun Sessions | ||||
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| Released | March 21, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | July 1954 – July 1955 | |||
| Studio | Sun (Memphis) | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly, rock and roll | |||
| Length | 39:47 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Sam Phillips | |||
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The Sun Sessions is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley, issued by RCA Records in 1976. The album contains Presley's earliest commercial recordings, made in Memphis, Tennessee for Sun Records in 1954 and 1955. RCA issued the album in the UK in 1975 under the title The Sun Collection. The album features liner notes by Roy Carr of the New Musical Express. The Sun Sessions features most of the tracks Elvis recorded for Sun Records and produced by Sam Phillips, the head of Sun Studios. The Sun Sessions reached number two on the Billboard Country Albums and number 1 on the Cashbox Country Albums charts.
In 2002, The Sun Sessions was chosen by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress to be included in its archives given their importance to the development of American popular music. In 2003, the album was ranked number 11 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, although its place in future revisions of the list was supplanted by Sunrise, a similar, larger compilation. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll included two tracks from the album: "Mystery Train" and "That's All Right."