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RCA/Legacy 88697 60625 2 S1
Compilation Produced by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen
DISC 1:
1. My Happiness
2. That's All Right
3. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
4. Good Rockin' Tonight
5. Baby Let's Play House
6. Mystery Train
7. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
8. I Got A Woman
9. Heartbreak Hotel
10. I Was The One
11. Blue Suede Shoes
12. My Baby Left Me
13. One-Sided Love Affair
14. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
16. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
17. Hound Dog
18. Don't Be Cruel
19. Love Me Tender
20. Love Me
21. Paralyzed
22. Too Much
23. All Shook Up
24. Mean Woman Blues
25. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
26. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
27. One Night
28. Jailhouse Rock
29. Treat Me Nice
30. Blue Christmas
31. Don't
DISC 2:
1. Hard Headed Woman
2. Trouble
3. King Creole
4. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
5. I Need Your Love Tonight
6. A Big Hunk O' Love
7. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
8. Stuck On You
9. A Mess Of Blues
10. It's Now Or Never
11. Thrill Of Your Love
12. Such A Night
13. Are You Lonesome Tonight
14. Reconsider Baby
15. Doin' The Best I Can
16. Pocketful Of Rainbows
17. Surrender
18. Crying In The Chapel
19. I Feel So Bad
20. There's Always Me
21. Judy
22. Can't Help Falling In Love
23. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
24. Little Sister
25. Good Luck Charm
26. Suspicion
27. She's Not You
28. Return To Sender
DISC 3:
1. Bossa Nova Baby
2. (You're The) Devil In Disguise
3. (It's A) Long Lonely Highway
4. I Need Somebody To Lean On
5. Viva Las Vegas
6. It Hurts Me
7. This Is My Heaven
8. Adam And Evil
9. How Great Thou Art
10. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
11. Guitar Man
12. Big Boss Man
13. Too Much Monkey Business
14. U.S. Male
15. If I Can Dream
16. Memories
17. Don't Cry Daddy
18. In The Ghetto
19. Suspicious Minds
20. Stranger In My Own Home Town
21. Kentucky Rain
22. Only The Strong Survive
DISC 4:
1. Polk Salad Annie
2. The Fool
3. Funny How Time Slips Away
4. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
5. I Just Can't Help Believin'
6. I'm Leavin'
7. An American Trilogy
8. Burning Love
9. Always On My Mind
10. Steamroller Blues
11. Loving Arms
12. Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
13. Promised Land
14. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
15. For The Heart
16. Hurt
17. Way Down
18. Unchained Melody
19. A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Remix Edit)
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Hard Headed
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Unlike any other major star, Elvis' fan base is
more easily divided not only by musical tastes but
by genders. If you look at the Beatles, for
example, one is a fan or not. It is not just women
who admired their output but it is across the
board. Their career was relatively short whereas
Elvis' covered over 20 years. His early output
bears no relationship to his final years. In many
ways, it could be simplistically called the good,
the bad and the ugly. That would certainly be the
view if you were a rocker. His Sun recordings and
his early RCA recordings being the good, his
movies being the bad and the Vegas years being
the ugly. However, if you female and drooled
when he played the Vegas casinos, then the
reverse may be more appropriate with the
exception that you would probably drool over his
movies.
However, his career shouldn't be made simplistic
or pigeon holed because he did indeed record
some excellent material during all the phases of
his career. Movies such as "King Creole" and
"G.I. Blues" contained fine songs while his latter
career contained his great renditions of "Polk
Salad Annie," "Promised Land," "In The Ghetto"
and "Burning Love."
We are always left with the question "what would
Elvis have evolved into had he lived?" I would
love to fantasize of Elvis with Springsteen or John
Mayer or that other Elvis, Costello.
When Michael Jackson died, the media behaved
almost like Elvis was chop liver when the truth
was that MJ was not even in the same ball park!!
This CD collection is a great way of discovering
Elvis' career from the start and also discovering a
few songs that are rarities including Elvis sings
Dylan. Definitely a collection for every collection.
Now I look at the cover with Elvis swivelling his
hips and I wonder if at 75 would still be able to do
that. I know at 66, I couldn't but that's what makes
just ONE Elvis.
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