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July 5, 6 and 8, 1954	Memphis Recording Service (SUN Studio)		Producer-Engineer Sam Phillips
		Elvis Presley	Guitar
		Scotty Moore	Guitar
		Bill Black	Bass

EPA3 2742	Harbor Lights	July 5, 1954	CPL1 1349/1976	Elvis: A Legendary Performer Vol 2	Peter Maurice Music Co.- Chappell
	J. Kennedy - H. Williams
F2WB 8041	Blue Moon of Kentucky	July 6 or 8, 1954	SUN 209/1954	Single B-side	Peer International
	Bill Monroe
G2WB 1086	I Love You Because	July 5, 1954	LPM 1254/1956	Elvis Presley	Fred Rose Music
	Leon Payne
F2WB 8040	That's All Right	July 5, 1954	SUN 209/954	Single A-side	St. Louis-Wabash Music
	Arthur Crudup

'I Love You Because', the Whistling Tune from take 3 used for spliced RCA Master. The RCA Master of 'I Love You Because' was spliced from takes 3 and 5 on January 20, 1956 by Steve Sholes. 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' is probably recorded on July 8, 1954.

Being an early take of an abandoned recording, from the first session on July 5, 1954, the opening track 'Harbor Lights' is the weakest performance of Elvis' SUN recordings. Unexpectedly it also stands out as being one of the few recordings where the actual SUN master tape has been recovered. The most audible difference is that the out-of-place 1976 'Legendary Performer' echo is gone. The new straight transfer actually reveals Sam Phillips' own, more subtle use of locally miked tape echo. In this case, a delayed signal from Scotty's guitar is mixed with the live signal coming from all microphones. This leaves the vocal almost dry, but with a touch of leakage into Scotty's microphone. The result is a very full sound overall and a very natural sound of the vocals. The SUN master tape of 'That's All Right 'is lost forever. It was used to produce the original single in July 1954 and then once more in November 1955 when RCA transferred it.

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