Elvis Gold Records - Volume 2

Presley, Elvis

Presley, Elvis / Elvis Gold Records - Volume 2
Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock
Format: CD Album
Released: Mon 12 Aug 1991
Catalogue Number: ND89429

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The release of this album, seen in its proper historical context, is an indicator of just how bright Elvis Presley's star shone in the late '50s. His first hits collection was issued in March 1958, on the eve of his going into the Army; his second was the first "volume two" greatest-hits album ever issued on a rock & roll star, appearing weeks ahead of his leaving the Army in March 1960. Anyone who buys the notion that Elvis was "tamed" during his first years at RCA will find revelation in "A Big Hunk of Love," "I Need Your Love Tonight," and "I Got Stung," some of the greatest pieces of hard rock & roll that the King ever cut -- and all were recorded in the midst of Elvis' stay in the Army, in a hastily arranged session in Nashville during June 1958. The 1997 remastering works better on this material than it did on the earlier Golden Records; the more expansive sound doesn't detract a bit from the power of the music, and the quality of Elvis' singing, coupled with his choice of material, was reaching its peak. By this time, his voice was becoming one of the finest instruments in rock & roll, his idolization of Dean Martin and other popular singers paying off with a degree of control and articulation that his rivals could only envy, and it's all laid out here on what are still some pretty hard-rocking sides. [The remastered edition not only improves the sound significantly, but adds eight songs to the original ten. The notes are thorough, although they reveal the stretching that the producers were engaged in by citing British releases as the justification for inclusion. But the quality of the music is undeniable.] ~ Bruce Eder, AMG

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Track Listing:

1.  Big Hunk o' Love [2:12]
2.  My Wish Came True [2:34]
3.  (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I [2:36]
4.  I Need Your Love Tonight [2:04]
5.  Don't [2:49]
6.  Right Now [1:51]
7.  Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) [1:51]
8.  Santa Claus Is Back in Town [2:23]
9.  Party [1:26]
10.  Paralyzed [2:23]
11.  One Night [2:30]
12.  I Got Stung [1:49]
13.  King Creole [2:09]
14.  Wear My Ring Around Your Neck [2:14]
15.  Doncha' Think It's Time [1:56]
16.  Mean Woman Blues [2:16]
17.  Playing for Keeps [2:50]
18.  Hard Headed Woman [1:53]
19.  Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do! [2:31]
20.  Peace in the Valley [3:21]

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