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| Thephoenix |
 There's a plethora of Elvis Presley albums on the market, most of them compilations and box sets, each focusing on certain hits, eras, and/or styles. Meanwhile, the plague of Elvis impersonators who haunt our cultural stage, not to mention those millions of fans who can't be wrong, serves as a constant reminder that the King is never really dead.Elvis 75: Good Rockin' Tonight is, at first glance, just another product of the never-ending Elvis mill: a four-CD box set conveniently tied to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Presley's birth. But it's also the first box set to survey the entirety of his 24-year career, covering hits and deep cuts alike....full text |
| Popmatters |
| Elvis is back. RCA/Legacy has begun unearthing his catalog and reissuing all of his titles on newly remastered compact discs. The process began in July with an expanded edition of the classicElvis in Memphis. The second release, a deluxe four-CD, 100-song compilation that spans the King’s career has just come out, which will soon be followed by a slimmer 26-song single disc extract for the less fanatical. Then the floodgates open and everything else will find its way to the marketplace, purportedly to commemorate Elvis turning 75. Is this a commercial move by his record company? Of course, but that’s in the tradition of Elvis recordings dating back to the ‘50s. The whole point of RCA signing the singer was to market him for profit, which it did in an extreme way. In 1956 more than 100 lipsticks, lunch boxes, scarves, trinkets, badges, etc. were sold using his image. Even Elvis’s song selections were chosen with an eye for profitability. So let us not damn RCA/Legacy for putting a heap of music back on the market, but praise the label for doing so in such a classy way. Elvis 75: Good Rockin‘ Tonight is packaged in a sturdy black box that contains an 80-page booklet with lots of iconic photographs, intelligent liner notes by culture critic Billy Altman, and an informative discography. More importantly, the sound quality is first rate. The songs sound bright and shiny, the way this kind of pop music should be. One can hear every nuance of the King’s voice, whether he’s hitting a low note, sighing into the microphone, or reaching back for operatic effect. The clarity of his vocals can be heard even on Elvis’s first recording, the demo acetate of “My Happiness” that he made at the Memphis Recording Service of Sun Records as a gift for his mother....full text |
| Blogcritics |
| Elvis Presley would have turned 75 on January 8, 2010. In celebration of that event the RCA label, through their Legacy Series, has issued a four-CD, 100-track box set. Elvis 75: Good Rockin’ Tonight may not contain any huge surprises nor has it unearthed any new material that had been hidden away, but what it does do it does well. It gathers all of his number one hits, some other well known material, live performances, and a few cuts that do not surface very often, assembling them in chronological order to present a nice history of his music. Everything has been digitally remastered which has given it a crystal-clear sound. In addition there is an 80-page booklet which includes a 7,000-word essay by Billy Altman, rare photos, and copious information on every track. In the mid-fifties Elvis combined country rockabilly with black southern rhythm & blues, which coalesced into rock ‘n’ roll. When you add in his personal charisma you have an artist who emerged as a cultural phenomenon and changed the course of American music. From 1955-1977 he would record over 700 tracks and solidify his reputation as The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll....full text |
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