*(1955) Sun ''I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone'' Sessions (Takes 1-7) Elvis Presley

STUDIO SESSION FOR ELVIS PRESLEY (I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE SESSIONS)
AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS 1954

SUN RECORDING STUDIO
706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION 8: SUNDAY MARCH 6, 1955
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS

''I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE''
Composer: - Stanley Kesler-Bill Taylor
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - SPA1-4281/6
Take 1, Take 2, Take 3, FS Take 4, Take 5 Master, Take 6, Incomplete Take 7 (15:45)
Recorded: - March 6, 1955
Released: - Jaugust 3, 2012
First appearance: - FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-2-27/28/29/30/31/32/33 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955

"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (sometimes called "You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone" is a song written by Bill Taylor and Stan Kesler, and originally recorded by Elvis Presley for Sun Records. Released as a single in April 1955 (with "Baby Let's Play House" on the opposite side), the song made it into the top 10 of U.S. Billboard's Country & Western Best Sellers in Stores chart.

The song was written by Bill Taylor and Stan Kesler, members of a Sun Records band called Snearly Ranch Boys. The commercial (released) version was recorded by Elvis in February-March 1955 at Sun Records' studio in Memphis. The recording features Elvis on acoustic guitar and his regular sidemen Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on bass. Both are credited on the record's label (as Scotty & Bill). According to Songfacts, the drummer's name was Jimmie Lott and he was "brought in" for this recording by Sam Phillips.

The song's lyrics deal with a heartbreak, but in a humorous way. The singer says to his friend that the friend was right in warning him that the girl would break his heart. But the singer still had to find out for himself if she was "the one" for him. According to Susan M. Doll in her book Understanding Elvis, the song "features a common characteristic of country music - the passive acceptance of the singer's fate and the subsequent melancholy it brings," as the person who sings the song "passively resigns himself to the fact" that his girl is gone.

Musically, it is a rockabilly ballad. Originally Elvis Presley recorded it in a blues arrangement, but the version that was released was "something of a novelty", which "was more in line with the commercial considerations of the day".

Mike Eder in his Elvis Music FAQ finds the recording too polished and too similar to other Elvis' songs of that time: In the case of "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone'', the rough edges should perhaps have been left on. It's unwise to place the blame for this totally on Sam (Phillips), since Elvis did after all willingly work on the completed master. Yet it's almost uncanny how close this flip side sounded, mood-wise, to "You're A Heartbreaker" before it and "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" after. That "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" has more of a sparkle to it than the other two titles shouldn't be overlooked, but upon hearing the outtake, one can't help but feel that some of the life was ultimately polished out of it.

Reportedly, Sam Phillips first released this version to Memphis disc jockey’s, but not to the general public. The title "My Baby Is Gone" has been on numerous bootleg releases, but first in 1974 on the bootleg LP ''Good Rocking Tonight'' (Bopcat Records LP 100). The original copyright title was "You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone" (Take 5). An advertisement for Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Day Celebration in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 26, 1955, printed the title that way.

At about the one-minute mark, the song features Elvis' "trademark hiccup vocal break".

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocal and Acoustic Rhythm Guitar (Martin Dreadnought 18)
Scotty Moore - Electric Lead Guitar (Gibson ES 295)
Bill Black - Acoustic Upright Bass (Kay Maestro M-1)
Jimmie Lott - Drums (Gretsch Round Badge Kit)

*- Digitally Remastered

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