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Written by: Herman (Little Junior) Parker, Sam Phillips Recorded: July 11, 1955, Sun Studio, Memphis Released master take number is unknown. Single: w/ "I Forgot to Remember to Forget", Sun 223, 45rpm and 78rpm, August 6, 1955 Also re-released on RCA, 47-6357, (78rpm, 20-6357), December 2, 1955 Also re-released as Gold standard series, 447-0600, September 30, 1958 Highest U.S. Charts Positions: #11 on Billboard's Country Disc Jockey chart 1st LP release: For LP Fans Only - February 1959 |
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I'm still not sure what the mystery is about the train in "Mystery Train". Is it because the train can't decide if it's taking his baby away or bringing her back? Is it a wedding train, a funeral train? Is it just Junior Parker giving it a mysterious title to mess with us all for the next 50 years? Oh well, no mystery about the fact that it's one of Elvis' iconic moments at Sun Records, toward the end of his stay there, in late summer, 1955. A fast-paced shuffling number with some great Scotty Moore guitar, and Elvis wailing away throughout, and famously whooping it up and laughing as the song fades out. I'll add some more later, but meanwhile check out the music and links. |
Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)"Mystery Train" is rock music, a fine fast number. Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 Elvis' rockabilly-tempo version of Little Junior's blues ranks as one of the most groundbreaking and stirring of his early recordings. With the sound and feeling of the freight yards, Elvis transforms the blues into something purely personal. Martin Torgoff  , The Complete Elvis, 1982 ...Its rise to legend came a year later when Elvis Presley recorded it as his final Sun single, the first record of his to reach number one on the country charts and grease the way for him to be sold to RCA Victor, the record being big enough to be his first release for the new label as well... Cub Coda, from the AllMusic review of "Mystery Train" Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for Mystery Train Check out other opinions at Rate Your Music "Mystery Train" Links
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Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Well that long black train got my baby and gone Train train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend Train train, comin' 'round the bend Well it took my baby, but it never will again (no, not again) Train train, comin' down, down the line Train train, comin' down the line Well it's bringin' my baby, 'cause she's mine all, all mine (She's mine, all, all mine) |
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