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Elv1s 30 #1 Hits
Blue Hawaii: Original Soundtrack - Elvis Presley
Can't Help Falling In Love
Anything That's Part of You
Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
One Broken Heart For Sale
They Remind Me Too Much of You
Please Don't Drag That String Around
Ain't That Loving You Baby
I Believe In The Man In The Sky
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Please Don't Stop Loving Me
If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)
That's Someone You Never Forget
Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard
Elvis Presley Singles A sides and B sides
Elvis Presley Albums
Book: Last Train to Memphis: Rise of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley - '68 Comeback Special (DVD)
5 Original Album Classics: Elvis/Elvis Presley/Loving You/
Elvis Is Back/Gi Blues
An impressive 5 album box set.
5 discs 5 Original Album Classics featuring 74 tracks from his gold albums “Elvis”
1956), “Elvis Presley” (1956) these were his first two albums. From the film “Loving
You” his third album (1957). The first album and tenth by Elvis after his military
discharge from the army “Elvis is Back” (1960) and the platinum selling eleventh
album from the king of Rock n’ roll “Gi Blues” (1960).
Some of the 74 tracks include “Blue Suede Shoes”, “I Got A Woman”, “Rip It Up”, “Old
Shep”, “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear”, “Blueberry Hill”, “The Girl of My Best Friend”,
“Such a Night” and “Wooden Heart”.
Elvis' theatrical ouevre found him portraying singing busboys, singing prizefighters,
even a singing doctor in love with a nun, all of which makes his role as the heir
to a pineapple fortune in "Blue Hawaii" sound positively prosaic. But Elvis and Hawaii
were made for each other like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and "Blue Hawaii" became
one of his most successful movies. The soundtrack was the No. 1 record in the U.S.
for an astonishing 20 weeks, making it Elvis' most commercially successful LP (3×
Multi-Platinum), and one of the most successful LPs of all time.
Like most of Elvis'
soundtracks, the album contains some real gems surrounded by some real dross. This
1997 reissue is remastered and remixed from the original master tapes, and includes
several extra tracks. Amid such frivolities as "Rock-A-Hula Baby" (co-written by
Ed Wood's girlfriend Dolores Fuller) are classic tracks like "Can't Help Falling
In Love". The reissue adds the actual on-screen version of this prime Elvis ballad.
In 1987, RCA released a one-disc Elvis compilation called The Number One Hits that
featured 18 tracks. So how did the label come up with 12 additional number ones (13
if you count the sensational "A Little Less Conversation" remix that brings the King
into the 21st century as a bona fide dance/electronica star)? Well, the '87 compilation
featured only Billboard number ones. "In the Ghetto" and "Burning Love" never reached
the top there, nor did "Way Down," despite every copy of that 45 selling out on both
sides of the Atlantic following Presley's 1977 death. Instead, the new compilers
have used the major pop charts in both the U.S. (including Cashbox) and U.K. to determine
inclusions. The tracks have all been remixed from original masters, which proves
awesome at best (some of the songs have never sounded crisper if, at times, slightly
antiseptic) and problematic at worst. Purists will definitely quibble. "A Fool Such
As I," for instance, sounds like Elvis rerecorded his vocals. Hank Garland's great
guitar solo also sounds different. It might be an alternate take. That's definitely
the case with "The Wonder of You." A few lyrics are even different, meaning this
isn't the same version as the original 45. Of course, none of that should matter
to the youngsters who've been singing along to "Hound Dog" on the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack,
or to any other newcomers. Despite the complaints, this is arguably the best single
disc Elvis primer to date. Real fans will want to explore much deeper for treasures
to be found, but albums like this guarantee that this is one king who will deservedly
live very long, if not forever. --Bill Holdship
Elvis: '68 Comeback
Elvis Presley--the undisputed king of rock--performs in a concert recorded on December
3, 1968. Airing as a TV special, this spectacular performance--his first TV performance
in eight years--has become legendary. Performing alone as well as in special jam
sessions with Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana, his early backing musicians, Elvis puts
on the kind of crackling, charismatic show which helped make him the most famous
rock and roll star of all time. Includes renditions of his greatest hits and more.
Last Train to Memphis is the first part of Peter Gurlanick's epic two-volume life
of rock 'n' roll's founding father--and when no less an authority than Bob Dylan
writes that "this book cancels out all others", you know Guralnick must be doing
something right.
Exhaustive and thorough, though always written from a sympathetic standpoint, this
first volume covers the early days: the extraordinary story of a poor young truck
driver who came out of nowhere and conquered the world--all within the space of two
short years. And while this tale was already one of the more familiar in post-war
history, Guralnick always manages to bring something fresh to the telling. The recollections
of Marion Keisker, the secretary at Sun records who recognised something special
in the polite teenager's voice, help throw some light on the enigma surrounding Elvis:
"He was like a mirror in a way: whatever you were looking for, you were going to
find in him. It was not in him to say anything malicious. He had all the intricacy
of the very simple".
Guralnick is a scrupulous biographer, now established as the definitive chronicler
of the strange life and turbulent times of Elvis Presley; better still, his enthusiasm
for Elvis' music shines through on every page of the text. And in the end, after
all else is gone, that music will remain. --Patrick Humphries
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