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- Artist : Elvis Presley
- Binding : Audio CD
- Brand : RCA
- EAN : 5060088822388
- Format : Box set
- Label : RCA
- Manufacturer : RCA
- Number Of Discs : 5
- Package Dimensions : 1.81 inches (Height) x 12.13 inches (Length) x 2.03 pounds (Weight) x 6.30 inches (Width)
- Product Group : Music
- Publisher : RCA
- Release Date : 1994-05-05
- SKU : nmsr67794
- Studio : RCA
- UPC : 078636667027
Elvis Presley's music in the 1970s is often dismissed as the bombastic, half-hearted hack work of an overweight, pill-addicted, badly dressed has-been. In the liner notes to this five-CD set, Dave Marsh argues that Presley, in fact, created a more impressive body of work in the '70s than almost any other pop act. And the music on this massive anthology backs Marsh up. Stripping away all the garish live recordings and album filler, the package concentrates on a core of 120 songs--the A- and B-sides of every single Presley recorded in the '70s, 46 other studio tracks (including 13 previously unreleased performances), and 27 live tracks (including another 13 unreleased tracks)--that feature a still-magnificent singer collaborating with one of the funkiest bands of its time. This body of work certainly doesn't match Presley's breakthroughs in the '50s, nor does it equal the achievements of Al Green, Neil Young, and Van Morrison in the '70s, but it does stack up well against the work of Bob Dylan and the ex-Beatles in the same decade. Even in his laziest moments, Presley was a master of intonation and phrasing, delivering his rich baritone with a disarming naturalness. And when he caught a spark from his great T.C.B. Band (anchored by guitarist James Burton and drummer Ron Tutt), Presley could still out-sing anyone in American pop. You can hear it here on inspired versions of Tony Joe White's "Polk Salad Annie," Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," Muddy Waters' "Got My Mojo Working," Wayne Carson's "Always on My Mind," Chuck Berry's "Promised Land," Paul McCartney's "Lady Madonna," Percy Mayfield's "Stranger in My Own Hometown," Dennis Linde's "Burning Love," and Joe South's "Walk a Mile in My Shoes." --Geoffrey Himes
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Tracks:
Disc 1
- 1: The Wonder Of You
- 2: I've Lost You
- 3: The Next Step Is Love
- 4: You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
- 5: Patch It Up
- 6: I Really Don't Want To Know
- 7: There Goes My Everything
- 8: Rags To Riches
- 9: Where Did They Go, Lord
- 10: Life
- 11: I'm Leavin'
- 12: Heart Of Rome
- 13: It's Only Love
- 14: The Sound Of Your Cry
- 15: I Just Can't Help Believin'
- 16: How The Web Was Woven
- 17: Until It's Time For You To Go
- 18: We Can Make The Morning
- 19: An American Trilogy
- 20: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- 21: Burning Love
- 22: It's A Matter Of Time
- 23: Separate Ways
Disc 2
- 1: Always On My Mind
- 2: Fool
- 3: Steamroller Blues
- 4: Raised On Rock
- 5: For Ol' Times Sake
- 6: I've Got A Thing About You Baby
- 7: Take Good Care Of Her
- 8: If You Could Talk In Your Sleep
- 9: Promised Land
- 10: It's Midnight
- 11: My Boy
- 12: Loving Arms
- 13: T-r-o-u-b-l-e
- 14: Mr. Songman
- 15: Bringing It Back
- 16: Pieces Of My Life
- 17: Green, Green Grass Of Home
- 18: Thinking About You
- 19: Hurt
- 20: For The Heart
- 21: Moody Blue
- 22: She Thinks I Still Care
- 23: Way Down
- 24: Pledging My Love
Disc 3
- 1: Twenty Days And Twenty Nights
- 2: I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
- 3: The Fool
- 4: A Hundred Years From Now (Informal Recording)
- 5: Little, Cabin On The Hill
- 6: Cindy, Cindy
- 7: Bridge Over Troubled Water
- 8: Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off Of It
- 9: It's Your Baby, You Rock It
- 10: Stranger In The Crowd
- 11: Mary In The Morning
- 12: It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)
- 13: Just Pretend
- 14: Faded Love (Original Unedited Version)
- 15: Tommorrow Never Comes (Includes False Start)
- 16: Make The World Go Away
- 17: Funny How Time Slips Away
- 18: I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (Long Version)
- 19: Snowbird
- 20: Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On
- 21: Amazing Grace (Alternate Take 2)
- 22: (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
- 23: Lady Madonna (Informal Recording)
Disc 4
- 1: Merry Christmas Baby
- 2: I Shall Be Released (Informal Recording)
- 3: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Jam Edit)
- 4: It's Still Here (Original Unedited Version Ending With Felton Jarvis Talking)
- 5: I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Original Undubbed Version)
- 6: I Will Be True
- 7: My Way (Master)
- 8: For The Good Times (Master)
- 9: Just A Little Bit
- 10: It's Diff'rent Now
- 11: Are You Sincere
- 12: I Got A Feelin' In My Body
- 13: You Asked Me To
- 14: Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
- 15: Talk About The Good Times
- 16: Tiger Man
- 17: I Can Help
- 18: Susan When She Tried
- 19: Shake A Hand
- 20: She Thinks I Still Care (Alternate Take 2B)
- 21: Danny Boy
- 22: Love Coming Down
- 23: He'll Have To Go
Disc 5
- 1: See See Rider
- 2: Men With Broken Hearts (Short Poem)
- 3: Walk A Mile In My Shoes
- 4: Polk Salad Annie
- 5: Let It Be Me (Je T' Appartiens)
- 6: Proud Mary
- 7: Something (Master)
- 8: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
- 9: Heartbreak Hotel
- 10: I Was The One
- 11: One Night
- 12: Never Been To Spain (Master)
- 13: You Gave Me A Mountain (Master)
- 14: It's Impossible
- 15: A Big Hunk O' Love (Master)
- 16: It's Over (Master)
- 17: The Impossible Dream
- 18: Reconsider Baby
- 19: I'll Remember You
- 20: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- 21: Suspicious Minds
- 22: Unchained Melody
- 23: The Twelfth Of Never (Rehearsal)
- 24: Softly As I Leave You (Rehearsal)
- 25: Alla' En El 'Rancho Grande' (Informal Rehearsal)
- 26: Froggy Went A Courtin' (Informal Rehearsal)
- 27: Stranger In My Own Home Town (Informal Rehearsal)
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