Happy 75th Birthday to the King of Rock and Roll
More than six decades have elapsed since the post-war stirrings that oozed from the primordial swamp of American southern hillbilly boogie, country and western, race music, and rhythm and blues – a gumbo stew that grabbed musicians and singers by the scruff of the neck, and led them kicking and screaming through the birth of rock and roll. There are Great Man Theories and Big Bang Theories that perennially try to pinpoint the fountainhead from which it all sprang loose. Yet it always come back to Memphis, and always come back to one man: The King Of Rock And Roll.
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Elvis’ birth – celebrated on January 8, 2010 – comes the first four-CD deluxe box set collection ever to provide the definitive overview of his entire recording career. ELVIS 75: GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT, produced by long-time Elvis chronicler and biographer Ernst Mikael Jørgensen, is available at all physical and digital retail outlets, through RCA/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
ELVIS 75: GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT presents 100 songs, a broad collection of hit singles, deep album tracks, live performances, and rarities. The tracks appear in strict chronological order of recording dates over the course of Disc 1 (1953-1957), Disc 2 (1958-1962), Disc 3 (1963-1969), and Disc 4 (1970-1977). They range from the first demo acetate that Elvis made at the Memphis Recording Service of Sun Records as a gift for his mother in 1953 (“My Happiness”), to a sampling of Sun Records sides produced by Sam Phillips in 1954-55 (“That’s All Right,” “Blue Moon Of Kentucky,” “Good Rockin’ Tonight,” and more), through 21 and a half years of RCA tracks, from 1956 to 1977.
Also last month, a single disc edition of Elvis 75 – Good Rockin’ Tonight, featuring 25 key tracks from the four-disc set, was released commemorate Elvis’ 75th birthday.
Track Listing
1. That’s All Right
2. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
3. Heartbreak Hotel
4. Blue Suede Shoes
5. Hound Dog
6. Don’t Be Cruel
7. Love Me Tender
8. Love Me
9. All Shook Up
10. Jailhouse Rock
11. Trouble
12. It’s Now or Never
13. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
14. Little Sister
15. Can’t Help Falling in Love
16. Viva Las Vegas
17. How Great Thou Art
18. Guitar Man
19. If I Can Dream
20. In The Ghetto
21. Suspicious Minds
22. Polk Salad Annie
23. An American Trilogy
24. Burning Love
25. Always on My Mind
Our Take: My parents are huge Elvis fans and the CD brought back memories of their youth with the greatest set of songs on one CD. The music sounds fabulous just if it was all recorded in the latest studios with the best technology. Listening to the tunes, you can truly see how current musicians take the best of the past and mix it into new hits. This Elvis set is perfect for the oldest fan or anyone with a taste of music appreciation.
The 4-Disc box set sells for $59.98 and the single-disc with 25 songs sells for $23.98, http://www.shopelvis.com/Dept.aspx?cp=796_29511.
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