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In celebration of Elvis' signing with RCA in 1956 a 60-disc collection of Presley's albums will be released on Legacy!




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This 60th Anniversary 60-CD Deluxe Edition celebrates RCA Victor's signing of Elvis Presley-The King of rock 'n' roll.

Features all of the albums Elvis recorded and RCA released in his lifetime: studio, soundtrack, and live. It also includes compilations released that featured unreleased songs or songs new to the LP format.

The Album Collection represents album sales in the U.S. of 135 million! Collectively, Elvis has RIAA certified sales of singles, EPs and albums equaling 25x multi-platinum, 52x platinum and 92x gold awards given for U.S. sales alone! Estimated worldwide sales are in excess of one billion!

Highlights include: Elvis' iconic first two studio albums, Elvis Presley and Elvis released in 1956. All 17 of his film soundtrack LPs including Loving You, King Creole, G.I. Blues, Blue Hawaii and Roustabout. The legendary NBC-TV special Elvis; the 1969 American Sound sessions that spawned From Elvis In Memphis and Back In Memphis; and 1970s triumphs On Stage (1970), Elvis As Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden (1972) and Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (1973).

Original album packaging has been painstakingly restored including gatefold/die cut sleeves, original RCA Victor inserts, stickers and more. CD labels replicate original side 1 labels.

The Album Collection also includes a 300-page deluxe fully illustrated hard cover book with complete insightful commentary, discography and recording session data. Elvis Presley-The Album Collection represents a level of artistic achievement unparalleled to this day. This unique and comprehensive collection provides testament to Elvis' innate talent.



60 Discs include:

1. Elvis Presley (1956)
2. Elvis (1956)
3. Loving You (1957)
4. Elvis Christmas Album (1957)
5. Elvis' Golden Records (1958)
6. King Creole (1958)
7. For LP Fans Only (1959)
8. A Date With Elvis (1959)
9. Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2- 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (1959)
10. Elvis Is Back! (1960)
11. G.I. Blues (1960)
12. His Hand In Mine (1960)
13. Something For Everybody (1961)
14. Blue Hawaii (1961)
15. Pot Luck (1962)
16. Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
17. It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
18. Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 (1963)
19. Fun In Acapulco (1963)
20. Kissin' Cousins (1964)
21. Roustabout (1964)
22. Girl Happy (1965)
23. Elvis For Everyone (1965)
24. Harum Scarum (1965)
25. Frankie And Johnny (1966)
26. Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
27. Spinout (1966)
28. How Great Thou Art (1967)
29. Double Trouble (1967)
30. Clambake (1967)
31. Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 (1968)
32. Speedway (1968)
33. Elvis Sings Flaming Star (1968)
34. Elvis (NBC-TV Special) (1968)
35. From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
36. From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis (2 discs, 1969)
37. Let's Be Friends (1970)
38. On Stage (1970)
39. Almost In Love (1970)
40. That's The Way It Is (1970)
41. Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971)
42. Love Letters From Elvis (1971)
43. C'mon Everybody (1971)
44. I Got Lucky (1971)
45. Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971)
46. Elvis Now (1972)
47. He Touched Me (1972)
48. Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden (1972)
49. Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (2 discs, 1973)
50. Elvis (Fool) (1973)
51. Raised On Rock (1973)
52. Good Times (1974)
53. Elvis: As Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (1974)
54. Promised Land (1975)
55. Elvis Today (1975)
56. From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976)
57. Moody Blue (1977)
58. '50s Rarities (new collection)
59. 60s Rarities (new collection)
60. 70s Rarities (new collection)

Audio CD (March 18, 2016)
Number of Discs: 60
Label: Legacy



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I'd imagine that at least part the bonus discs will be of single versions/edits.

Well apart from some of the mediocre and even terrible moments on some soundtracks, this collection shows a fantastic body of work with some of the best music you can find. In fact it is quite an impressive catalog Presley left behind.
As you can see, they also include the Camden releases which were no albums per se but low budget releases with songs that weren't available (anymore). In fact "Burning love" appeared on such an album (which for some reason is not included).
I just hope they don't screw up again but when it comes to Elvis releases they usually do so.

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I already bought the complete Elvis masters... No way I can justify buying this.  ::)

The better question, of course, is just who is this set aimed at? One could get behind the Complete Elvis Presley Masters set from a few years ago...but this? Surely one could make a few playlists for the ol' iPod with that set to approximate this one.

 :ahh

I really don't know. To tell you the truth, I'm not even excited for this. I just don't care. Maybe it is the last big one when it comes to physical product (CDs).
Anyway, Legacy has released some very good stuff on Elvis in the last years. As mentioned above, I really hope that they don't screw up anything. Since this set uses the masters it shouldn't be so hard but even that has been screwed with before when it comes to Presley releases.


BTW it's January 8th. Today marks Elvis' birthday.

Hound Dog on the Milton Berle Show:

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Just saw the trailer for the new Elvis & Nixon movie, coming in April 2016.


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On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ’n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. Starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award® winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.


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Here is the tracklist. As you can see, some bonus cuts have been added to the albums (singles and songs recorded during the sessions).
The Rarities-CDs look totally ridiculous to me. They even include home-recordings.  ::)

And as someone on the FECC-forum pointed out, they still miss a couple of single versions according to this tracklist.



Disc: 1
1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. I'm Counting on You
3. I Got a Woman
4. One-Sided Love Affair
5. I Love You Because
6. Just Because
7. Tutti Frutti
8. Trying to Get to You
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
10. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
11. Blue Moon
12. Money Honey

Disc: 2
1. Rip It Up
2. Love Me
3. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
4. Long Tall Sally
5. First in Line
6. Paralyzed
7. So Glad You're Mine
8. Old Shep
9. Ready Teddy
10. Anyplace Is Paradise
11. How's the World Treating You
12. How Do You Think I Feel

Disc: 3
1. Mean Woman Blues
2. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
3. Loving You
4. Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do!
5. Lonesome Cowboy
6. Hot Dog
7. (Let's Have A) Party
8. Blueberry Hill
9. True Love
10. Don't Leave Me Now
11. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
12. I Need You So
13. Tell Me Why

Disc: 4
1. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
2. White Christmas
3. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
4. I'll Be Home for Christmas
5. Blue Christmas
6. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
7. O Little Town of Bethlehem
8. Silent Night
9. (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)
10. I Believe
11. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
12. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)

Disc: 5
1. Hound Dog
2. Loving You
3. All Shook Up
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Jailhouse Rock
6. Love Me
7. Too Much
8. Don't Be Cruel
9. That's When Your Heartaches Begin
10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
11. Love Me Tender
12. Treat Me Nice
13. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
14. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

Disc: 6
1. King Creole
2. As Long as I Have You
3. Hard Headed Woman
4. Trouble
5. Dixieland Rock
6. Don't Ask Me Why
7. Lover Doll
8. Crawfish
9. Young Dreams
10. Steadfast, Loyal and True
11. New Orleans
12. Danny

Disc: 7
1. That's All Right
2. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
3. Mystery Train
4. Playing for Keeps
5. Poor Boy
6. My Baby Left Me
7. I Was the One
8. Shake, Rattle and Roll
9. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
10. You're a Heartbreaker
11. I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
12. Let Me

Disc: 8
1. Blue Moon of Kentucky
2. Young and Beautiful
3. (You're so Square) Baby I Don't Care
4. Milk Cow Blues Boogie
5. Baby, Let's Play House
6. Good Rockin' Tonight
7. Is It so Strange
8. We're Gonna Move
9. I Want to Be Free
10. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
11. Don't Leave Me Now
12. Harbor Lights

Disc: 9
1. I Need Your Love Tonight
2. Don't
3. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
4. My Wish Came True
5. I Got Stung
6. One Night
7. A Big Hunk O' Love
8. I Beg of You
9. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I
10. Doncha' Think It's Time

Disc: 10
1. Make Me Know It
2. Fever
3. The Girl of My Best Friend
4. I Will Be Home Again
5. Dirty, Dirty Feeling
6. Thrill of Your Love
7. Soldier Boy
8. Such a Night
9. It Feels So Right
10. The Girl Next Door Went A'Walking
11. Like a Baby
12. Reconsider Baby

Disc: 11
1. Tonight Is So Right for Love
2. What's She Really Like
3. Frankfort Special
4. Wooden Heart
5. G.I. Blues
6. Pocketful of Rainbows
7. Shoppin' Around
8. Big Boots
9. Didja' Ever
10. Blue Suede Shoes
11. Doin' the Best I Can
12. Tonight's All Right for Love

Disc: 12
1. His Hand in Mine
2. I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs
3. In My Father's House
4. Milky White Way
5. Known Only to Him
6. I Believe in the Man in the Sky
7. Joshua Fit the Battle
8. He Knows Just What I Need
9. Swing Down Sweet Chariot
10. Mansion over the Hilltop
11. If We Never Meet Again
12. Working on the Building

Disc: 13
1. There's Always Me
2. Give Me the Right
3. It's a Sin
4. Sentimental Me
5. Starting Today
6. Gently - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
7. I'm Coming Home
8. In Your Arms
9. Put the Blame on Me
10. Judy
11. I Want You with Me
12. I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell

Disc: 14
1. Blue Hawaii
2. Almost Always True
3. Aloha Oe
4. No More
5. Can't Help Falling in Love
6. Rock-A-Hula Baby
7. Moonlight Swim
8. Ku-U-I-Po
9. Ito Eats
10. Slicin' Sand
11. Hawaiian Sunset
12. Beach Boy Blues
13. Island of Love
14. Hawaiian Wedding Song

Disc: 15
1. Kiss Me Quick
2. Just for Old Time Sake
3. Gonna Get Back Home Somehow
4. (Such An) Easy Question
5. Steppin' out of Line - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
6. I'm Yours
7. Something Blue
8. Suspicion
9. I Feel That I've Known You Forever
10. Night Rider
11. Fountain of Love
12. That's Someone You Never Forget

Disc: 16
1. Girls! Girls! Girls!
2. I Don't Wanna Be Tied - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
3. Where Do You Come From - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
4. I Don't Want To - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
5. We'll Be Together - Elvis Presley with The Amigos
6. A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You
7. Earth Boy - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
8. Return to Sender
9. Because of Love
10. Thanks to the Rolling Sea
11. Song of the Shrimp
12. The Walls Have Ears - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
13. We're Coming In Loaded

Disc: 17
1. Beyond the Bend
2. Relax
3. Take Me to the Fair
4. They Remind Me Too Much of You
5. One Broken Heart for Sale
6. I'm Falling in Love Tonight
7. Cotton Candy Land
8. A World of Our Own
9. How Would You Like to Be
10. Happy Ending

Disc: 18
1. It's Now or Never
2. Stuck on You
3. Fame and Fortune
4. I Gotta Know
5. Surrender - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
6. I Feel so Bad
7. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
8. (Marie's the Name Of) His Latest Flame
9. Little Sister
10. Good Luck Charm
11. Anything That's Part of You
12. She's Not You

Disc: 19
1. Fun in Acapulco
2. Vino, Dinero Y Amor
3. Mexico
4. El Toro
5. Marguerita
6. The Bullfighter Was a Lady
7. (There's) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car
8. I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
9. Bossa Nova Baby
10. You Can't Say No in Acapulco
11. Guadalajara
12. Love Me Tonight - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
13. Slowly but Surely

Disc: 20
1. Kissin' Cousins (No. 2)
2. Smokey Mountain Boy
3. There's Gold In the Mountains
4. One Boy, Two Little Girls
5. Catchin' On Fast
6. Tender Feeling
7. Anyone (Could Fall in Love with You)
8. Barefoot Ballad
9. Once Is Enough
10. Kissin' Cousins
11. Echoes of Love
12. (It's A) Long Lonely Highway - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires

Disc: 21
1. Roustabout
2. Little Egypt
3. Poison Ivy League
4. Hard Knocks
5. It's a Wonderful World
6. Big Love, Big Heartache
7. One Track Heart
8. It's Carnival Time
9. Carny Town
10. There's a Brand New Day on the Horizon
11. Wheels On My Heels

Disc: 22
1. Girl Happy
2. Spring Fever
3. Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce
4. Startin' Tonight
5. Wolf Call
6. Do Not Disturb
7. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
8. The Meanest Girl in Town
9. Do the Clam
10. Puppet on a String
11. I've Got to Find My Baby
12. You'll Be Gone

Disc: 23
1. Your Cheatin' Heart
2. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
3. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
4. In My Way
5. Tomorrow Night
6. Memphis Tennessee
7. For the Millionth and the Last Time
8. Forget Me Never
9. Sound Advice
10. Santa Lucia (From "Viva Las Vegas")
11. I Met Her Today
12. When It Rains, It Really Pours

Disc: 24
1. Harem Holiday
2. My Desert Serenade
3. Go East, Young Man
4. Mirage
5. Kismet
6. Shake That Tambourine
7. Hey Little Girl
8. Golden Coins
9. So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise)
10. Animal Instinct
11. Wisdom of the Ages

Disc: 25
1. Frankie and Johnny
2. Come Along
3. Petunia, the Gardener's Daughter
4. Chesay
5. What Every Woman Lives For
6. Look Out, Broadway
7. Beginner's Luck
8. Down By the Riverside / When the Saints Go Marching In
9. Shout It Out
10. Hard Luck
11. Please Don't Stop Loving Me
12. Everybody Come Aboard

Disc: 26
1. Paradise, Hawaiian Style
2. Queenie Wahine's Papaya
3. Scratch My Back
4. Drums of the Islands
5. Datin'
6. A Dog's Life
7. House of Sand
8. Stop Where You Are
9. This Is My Heaven
10. Sand Castles

Disc: 27
1. Stop, Look and Listen - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
2. Adam and Evil - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
3. All That I Am - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
4. Never Say Yes - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
5. Am I Ready - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
6. Beach Shack - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
7. Spinout - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
8. Smorgasbord - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
9. I'll Be Back - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
10. Tomorrow Is a Long Time
11. Down In the Alley
12. I'll Remember You

Disc: 28
1. How Great Thou Art
2. In the Garden
3. Somebody Bigger Than You and I
4. Farther Along
5. Stand By Me
6. Without Him
7. So High
8. Where Could I Go But to the Lord
9. By and By
10. If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side
11. Run On
12. Where No One Stands Alone
13. Crying In the Chapel
14. We Call On Him
15. You'll Never Walk Alone

Disc: 29
1. Double Trouble
2. Baby, If You'll Give Me All of Your Love
3. Could I Fall In Love
4. Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)
5. City by Night
6. Old MacDonald
7. I Love Only One Girl
8. There Is So Much World to See
9. It Won't Be Long
10. Never Ending - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
11. Blue River - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
12. What Now, What Next, Where To

Disc: 30
1. Guitar Man
2. Clambake
3. Who Needs Money?
4. A House That Has Everything
5. Confidence
6. Hey, Hey, Hey
7. You Don't Know Me
8. The Girl I Never Loved
9. How Can You Lose What You Never Had
10. Big Boss Man
11. Singing Tree
12. Just Call Me Lonesome
13. Hi-Heel Sneakers

Disc: 31
1. Love Letters
2. Witchcraft
3. It Hurts Me
4. What'd I Say
5. Please Don't Drag That String Around
6. Indescribably Blue
7. (You're The) Devil In Disguise
8. Lonely Man
9. A Mess of Blues
10. Ask Me
11. Ain't That Loving You Baby
12. Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
13. Wild In the Country
14. Viva Las Vegas

Disc: 32
1. Speedway
2. There Ain't Nothing Like a Song
3. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
4. Who Are You? (Who Am I?)
5. He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad
6. Let Yourself Go
7. Your Groovy Self - Elvis Presley with Nancy Sinatra
8. Five Sleepy Heads
9. Western Union
10. Mine
11. Goin' Home
12. Suppose

Disc: 33
1. Flaming Star
2. Wonderful World
3. Night Life
4. All I Needed Was the Rain
5. Too Much Monkey Business - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
6. The Yellow Rose of Texas / The Eyes of Texas
7. She's a Machine
8. Do the Vega
9. Tiger Man
10. Britches
11. A Cane and a High Starched Collar

Disc: 34
1. Medley: Trouble / Guitar Man
2. Medley: Lawdy, Miss Clawdy / Baby, What You Want Me to Do / Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / All Shook Up / Can't Help Falling In Love / Jailhouse Rock / Love Me Tender
3. Medley: Where Could I Go But to the Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved
4. Medley: Blue Christmas / One Night
5. Memories
6. Medley: Nothingville / Big Boss Man / Guitar Man / Little Egypt / Trouble/Guitar Man
7. If I Can Dream

Disc: 35
1. Wearin' That Loved On Look
2. Only the Strong Survive
3. I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)
4. Long Black Limousine
5. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'
6. I'm Movin' On
7. Power of My Love
8. Gentle On My Mind
9. After Loving You
10. True Love Travels On a Gravel Road
11. Any Day Now
12. In the Ghetto
13. Suspicious Minds
14. Don't Cry Daddy
15. Kentucky Rain
16. Mama Liked the Roses

Disc: 36
1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. Johnny B. Goode
3. All Shook Up
4. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
5. Hound Dog
6. I Can't Stop Loving You
7. My Babe
8. Medley: Mystery Train / Tiger Man
9. Words
10. In the Ghetto
11. Suspicious Minds
12. Can't Help Falling in Love
13. Inherit the Wind
14. This Is the Story
15. Stranger In My Own Home Town
16. A Little Bit of Green
17. And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind
18. Do You Know Who I Am
19. From a Jack to a King
20. The Fair's Moving On
21. You'll Think of Me
22. Without Love (There Is Nothing)

Disc: 37
1. Stay Away, Joe
2. If I'm a Fool (For Loving You)
3. Let's Be Friends
4. Let's Forget About the Stars
5. Mama
6. I'll Be There
7. Almost
8. Change of Habit
9. Have a Happy
10. Dainty Little Moonbeams
11. Girls! Girls! Girls! Finale
12. Plantation Rock - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
13. Let Us Pray
14. Who Am I?

Disc: 38
1. See See Rider
2. Release Me
3. Sweet Caroline
4. Runaway
5. The Wonder of You
6. Polk Salad Annie
7. Yesterday
8. Proud Mary
9. Walk a Mile in My Shoes
10. Let It Be Me

Disc: 39
1. Almost In Love
2. Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)
3. Edge of Reality
4. My Little Friend
5. A Little Less Conversation
6. Rubberneckin'
7. Clean Up Your Own Backyard
8. U.S. Male
9. Charro!
10. Stay Away
11. Dominick
12. Signs of the Zodiak
13. Swing Down Sweet Chariot

Disc: 40
1. I Just Can't Help Believin'
2. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights
3. How the Web Was Woven
4. Patch It Up
5. Mary In the Morning
6. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
7. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
8. I've Lost You
9. Just Pretend
10. Stranger in the Crowd
11. The Next Step Is Love
12. Bridge over Troubled Water
13. I've Lost You
14. Patch It Up

Disc: 41
1. Snowbird
2. Tomorrow Never Comes
3. Little Cabin On the Hill
4. Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On
5. Funny How Time Slips Away
6. I Really Don't Want to Know
7. There Goes My Everything - Elvis Presley & The Imperials Quartet
8. It's Your Baby, You Rock It
9. The Fool
10. Faded Love
11. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
12. Make the World Go Away

Disc: 42
1. Love Letters
2. When I'm Over You
3. If I Were You
4. Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off of It
5. Heart of Rome
6. Only Believe
7. This Is Our Dance
8. Cindy, Cindy
9. I'll Never Know
10. It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)
11. Life
12. The Sound of Your Cry
13. Where Did They Go, Lord
14. Rags to Riches

Disc: 43
1. C'mon Everybody
2. Angel
3. Easy Come, Easy Go
4. A Whistling Tune
5. Follow That Dream
6. King of the Whole Wide World
7. I'll Take Love
8. I'm Not the Marrying Kind - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
9. This Is Living
10. Today, Tomorrow and Forever
11. The Lady Loves Me - Elvis Presley with Ann-Margret
12. Sing You Children

Disc: 44
1. I Got Lucky
2. What a Wonderful Life
3. I Need Somebody to Lean On
4. Yoga Is as Yoga Does - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
5. Riding the Rainbow
6. Fools Fall In Love
7. The Love Machine - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
8. Home Is Where the Heart Is
9. You Gotta Stop - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
10. If You Think I Don't Need You
11. You're the Boss
12. Come What May - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires

Disc: 45
1. O Come, All Ye Faithful
2. The First Noel
3. On a Snowy Christmas Night
4. Winter Wonderland
5. The Wonderful World of Christmas
6. It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You)
7. I'll Be Home On Christmas Day
8. If I Get Home On Christmas Day
9. Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees
10. Merry Christmas Baby
11. Silver Bells
12. If Every Day Was Like Christmas

Disc: 46
1. Help Me Make It Through the Night - Elvis Presley & The Imperials Quartet
2. Miracle of the Rosary
3. Hey Jude
4. Put Your Hand In the Hand
5. Until It's Time for You to Go
6. We Can Make the Morning
7. Early Mornin' Rain - Elvis Presley with The Nashville Edition
8. Sylvia
9. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
10. I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
11. I'm Leavin'
12. It's Only Love
13. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Disc: 47
1. He Touched Me
2. I've Got Confidence
3. Amazing Grace
4. Seeing Is Believing
5. He Is My Everything
6. Bosom of Abraham
7. An Evening Prayer
8. Lead Me, Guide Me
9. There Is No God But God
10. A Thing Called Love
11. I, John
12. Reach Out to Jesus

Disc: 48
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
2. That's All Right
3. Proud Mary
4. Never Been to Spain
5. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
6. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
7. Polk Salad Annie
8. Love Me
9. All Shook Up
10. Heartbreak Hotel
11. Medley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
12. Love Me Tender
13. The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
14. Introductions by Elvis
15. Hound Dog
16. Suspicious Minds
17. For the Good Times
18. American Trilogy
19. Funny How Time Slips Away
20. I Can't Stop Loving You
21. Can't Help Falling In Love
22. End Theme (Orchestra)

Disc: 49
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
2. See See Rider
3. Burning Love
4. Something
5. You Gave Me a Mountain
6. Steamroller Blues
7. My Way
8. Love Me
9. Johnny B. Goode
10. It's Over
11. Blue Suede Shoes
12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
13. I Can't Stop Loving You
14. Hound Dog
15. What Now My Love
16. Fever
17. Welcome to My World
18. Suspicious Minds
19. Introductions by Elvis
20. I'll Remember You
21. Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
22. An American Trilogy
23. A Big Hunk O' Love
24. Can't Help Falling In Love
25. Blue Hawaii
26. Ku-U-I-Po
27. No More
28. Hawaiian Wedding Song
29. Early Morning Rain

Disc: 50
1. Fool
2. Where Do I Go from Here
3. Love Me, Love The Life I Lead
4. It's Still Here
5. It's Impossible
6. (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
7. Padre
8. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
9. I Will Be True
10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
11. Separate Ways
12. For the Good Times
13. Burning Love
14. Always On My Mind
15. It's A Matter of Time
16. American Trilogy

Disc: 51
1. Raised On Rock
2. Are You Sincere
3. Find Out What's Happening
4. I Miss You
5. Girl of Mine
6. For Ol' Times Sake
7. If You Don't Come Back
8. Just a Little Bit
9. Sweet Angeline
10. Three Corn Patches

Disc: 52
1. Take Good Care of Her
2. Loving Arms
3. I Got a Feelin' in My Body
4. If That Isn't Love
5. She Wears My Ring
6. I've Got a Thing About You Baby
7. My Boy
8. Spanish Eyes
9. Talk About the Good Times
10. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues

Disc: 53
1. See See Rider
2. I Got a Woman
3. Love Me
4. Trying to Get to You
5. Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Mama Don't Dance / Flip, Flop and Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog
6. Why Me Lord
7. How Great Thou Art
8. Blueberry Hill / I Can't Stop Loving You
9. Help Me
10. An American Trilogy
11. Let Me Be There
12. My Baby Left Me
13. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
14. Can't Help Falling In Love
15. Closing-Vamp

Disc: 54
1. Promised Land
2. There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) - Elvis Presley with J.D. Sumner & The Stamps
3. Help Me
4. Mr. Songman
5. Love Song of the Year
6. It's Midnight
7. Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming
8. If You Talk in Your Sleep
9. Thinking About You
10. You Asked Me To

Disc: 55
1. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
2. And I Love You So
3. Susan When She Tried
4. Woman Without Love
5. Shake a Hand
6. Pieces of My Life
7. Fairytale
8. I Can Help
9. Bringin' It Back
10. Green, Green Grass of Home

Disc: 56
1. Hurt
2. Never Again
3. Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain
4. Danny Boy
5. The Last Farewell
6. For the Heart
7. Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall
8. Solitaire
9. Love Coming Down
10. I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Disc: 57
1. Unchained Melody
2. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
3. Little Darlin'
4. He'll Have to Go
5. Let Me Be There
6. Way Down
7. Pledging My Love
8. Moody Blue
9. She Thinks I Still Care
10. It's Easy for You

Disc: 58
1. My Happiness
2. That's When Your Heartaches Begin
3. I'll Never Stand In Your Way
4. It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You
5. Blue Moon of Kentucky
6. Tomorrow Night
7. Fool, Fool, Fool
8. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
9. Tweedlee Dee
10. Maybellene
11. When It Rains, It Really Pours
12. One Night (Of Sin)
13. Loving You
14. Treat Me Nice
15. King Creole
16. Ain't That Loving You Baby
17. I Asked the Lord
18. Earth Angel
19. I'm Beginning to Forget You
20. Mona Lisa

Disc: 59
1. Stuck On You
2. Fame and Fortune
3. Witchcraft / Love Me Tender
4. Lonely Man
5. Today, Tomorrow and Forever
6. I'm A Roustabout - Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
7. If I Loved You
8. Tennessee Waltz
9. What Now My Love
10. Show Me Thy Ways, O Lord
11. Oh How I Love Jesus
12. Hide Thou Me
13. Write to Me from Naples
14. My Heart Cries for You
15. Dark Moon
16. Beyond the Reef
17. Suppose
18. It Hurts Me
19. Let Yourself Go
20. This Time / I Can't Stop Loving You (Informal Recording)
21. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Disc: 60
1. A Hundred Years from Now
2. Faded Love
3. Ghost Riders In the Sky
4. Alla en el Rancho Grande
5. Froggy Went a Courtin'
6. Little Sister / Get Back
7. Something
8. Lady Madonna
9. I Shall Be Released
10. My Way
11. I'll Be Home On Christmas Day
12. Tiger Man
13. She Thinks I Still Care
14. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
15. The Twelfth of Never
16. You're the Reason I'm Living
17. Softly As I Leave You
18. America the Beautiful


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B019YQJRKO?keywords=elvis%20presley%20album&qid=1452067324&ref_=sr_1_3&s=music&sr=1-3






On another note, the Memphis Recording Service label will release a collection of all of Elvis' live recordings of the 50s, except the TV appearances.


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This box set is the ultimate tribute to Elvis Presley documenting his shows from the 1950 s. The 3 CD's represent for the first time ever, a release of the complete archival live concert recordings by Elvis Presley in the 1950's. Including rare interviews and recently discovered new recordings, all of the 82 tracks have been painstakingly remastered and restored. The 172 page book is a photographic chronological journey following Elvis from the very first to the last shows performed in the 1950's. It contains linear notes, every show listing (now updated) and is accompanied by hundreds of photographs, many of which are rare and unpublished.



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-In-The-50s-Recordings/dp/B019N1NZ62/ref=pd_sim_15_1/276-1195809-8805317?ie=UTF8&dpID=51s08HAB5WL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=02SQGSQFY1NTW5S7TX6X

The link gives you more infos about the running time of the songs etc.



In March this year, Sony Music’s catalog division, Legacy Recordings will release The Album Collection, a limited edition 60CD Elvis Presley box set commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the release of Elvis Presley, The King’s first album for RCA…

This set is similar, but more lavish, than the acclaimed Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash boxes issued in the last few years and comprises 57 Elvis albums originally released on RCA from 1956-1977 as well as three new discs of rarities from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s respectively.

Of course, many of Elvis’s long-players have been expanded and repackaged for Legacy Editions, themed box sets and the like over the years, but his 57 original LPs – studio and live albums, compilations of non-album singles, film soundtracks, and even budget albums with hard-to-find material – have been reissued only sparingly during the digital era. The Album Collection presents – for the first time, in many cases – Elvis’s official, original albums as they were first released.



Legacy Recordings have promised fans that original album packaging has been “meticulously restored” for each of the discs included in with details including gatefold/die cut sleeves, original RCA Victor inserts and stickers, CD labels replicating original ‘side 1′ labels and more.

This collector’s box also includes a 300-page fully illustrated hard cover book featuring a commentary penned by Elvis Presley scholar John Jackson, discographies and recording session details (dates, locations, personnel, etc.) and more.

In addition to the 57 albums, this box set features three bonus CDs of rare tracks – new compilations, with each volume devoted to one of the decades; the 1950s, the 1960s and the 1970s.

Elvis Presley – The Album Collection 60CD box set is released on 18 March 2016.



http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/elvis-presley-the-album-collection-massive-career-spanning-60cd-box/

For somebody who is missing the bulk of these albums, is this a good set to get everything in one place?

Yes, surely. If you got the money  ;D

But there's also the "The Complete Masters" boxset:


http://www.elvisinfonet.com/cd_review_elvis_complete_masters.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSijQk7ADhc

You could probably buy all the individual CDs for like $8 total.

What do you guys think is the best option? Keep in mind that I'd like to try to get original mixes, as they were originally released. I suppose if that's not the most convenient way to go, I'd consider other options.

That's the point that I also always have an eye on. If they release this stuff they just can't fool around with Elvis' mixes (the mixes that he chose and made sure that they sound like he wanted them to sound) and re-mix or use alternate versions.
Unfortunately, as I mentioned more than once and I won't get tired yet, Presley releases mostly always have a couple of major mistakes. I don't know if it's a lack of quality control but the music is obviously not what they care about. As long as there are a couple of new or nice pictures the sh!t will sell. That's very unfortunate but it seems like that's the way it is (no pun!). I'd love to be proven wrong but I have my suspicions. So, I'd wait for the first reactions before getting this set.

Maybe someone who has the Complete Masters set can say something about it.

I've already read that some of it is remixed, which is why I'm questioning it before I think about getting it. On the other hand, I've read that some of the original album mixes were terrible.

Most of those albums are fairly short; I guess if you're a completist that has to have the cd versions in the same packaging as the vinyl versions, this is the way to go, but it doesn't interest me.

Well, that could be on some soundtracks, although since a couple were only recorded on 3 tracks, remixing would be limited (if they have the tapes at all). And maybe the Aloha From Hawaii album. But I haven't heard anything yet.







The albums also have bonus tracks on this release. Personally I don't think that's very good. If you do a set with recreations of the original albums you should do exactly that. The singles should've been released as the bonus discs and maybe even could've gotten a release on their own for everyone who doesn't want to buy the boxset. I always wanted a compilation of Elvis' singles (which means also: single mixes if they differ from an album version).

Good news is that these are all NEW Re-Masters from the original tapes, re-done by Vic Anesini using the most up-to-date technology.

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/

They are all re-mastered, what what about remixed?

We'll have to wait. But I guess they won't be remixed.

Bear Family also has it up for pre-order now:


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https://www.bear-family.com/presley-elvis-the-albums-collection-60-cd-box.html

'twas 60 years ago today that popular music would find it's destiny

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xu6tjv_19560128-elvis-presley-dorsey-brothers-stage-show-1_music

Nothing new afaik about the boxset.


But this:


The definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism according to B.B. King


http://www.examiner.com/article/the-definitive-truth-about-elvis-presley-and-racism-according-to-b-b-king

I guess it makes some people feel good to think Elvis was a racist. It's just stupid. Or that he stole black music.

Aside from Having Fun With Elvis On Stage, any material missing?

Elvis in concert, the soundtrack to the CBS special. It was released just after his death but could be considered a regular album (I believe he was even given executive production credit on that one)

What? They left out 40 minutes of "well, well, well"?  :lol

I hope this link works. It's the video of the unboxing of the release as posted on facebook:


https://video-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xap1/v/t43.1792-2/12705056_143902922664683_871873355_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjE1MDAsInJsYSI6MTQ5MywidmVuY29kZV90YWciOiJzdmVfaGQifQ%3D%3D&rl=1500&vabr=717&oh=9bec3d7eb59f8b845a5f6362c6864694&oe=56CF59C9

The user JimmyCool of the FECC-messageboard uploaded the video so that you can also view it without having a facebook-account:

http://www63.zippyshare.com/v/JJqnOioW/file.html

This comes from Mojo magazine, April 2016 and was posted on the For Elvis CD Collectors-Forum:


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Again just copied from the FECC forum:

New details about the 60 CD Box - Courtesy of Robert Klein who worked on this release and got an advance copy! -

''Here is my 1st Impression. Well Done. All the "records" that had/have Bonus Photos are INCLUDED within the jackets and the jackets are cardboard sleeves. There is a separate sheet of stickers that you can peel off to affix to the Cd's that have bonus photos like "Spinout" or "Harum Scarum" or the Aloha "SATURN" sticker. The book looks Fabulous, (still checking for accuracy). 300 pages. The book shows Grammy nominations and Wins, which is great too see. (He was nominated more than his 3 wins). Some LPs are NOT included like Separate Ways and Hits From His Movies which is explained in the book under "Producers Notes". There are 3 "From The Vaults" CDs representing the 50s 60s and 70s with ALL material Previously released. Session info is included as well as Elvis' lifetime single discography with RIAA status as well as a section on EPs though I did notice the Aloha EP was missing, looking to see if that is explained or not. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE 1st impressions as I still have to DIG IN DEEPER. ENJOY''

And also:

Elvis Presley – I’m Leaving: Elvis Folk-Country 1-LP Black Vinyl (RSD Exclusive)

The very best of Elvis Folk-Country 1966-1973. This LP includes masters from Elvis’ sessions at RCA Victor’s Studio B in Nashville in May 1971, a period in which several folk writers’ material surfaced spontaneously amid gospel and holiday recordings, plus others with similar provenance: from Dylan’s “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” in 1966, to then-contemporary pop-folk such as “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues” in 1973, this is Elvis in an introspective mood, masterfully creating definitive versions of iconic compositions that resonated with him for his friends in the studio – and for us.

http://www.wearesonylegacy.com/news/record-store-day-2016

Another video of the box:



The Flip Side : Elvis Presley: The RCA Album Collection 60 CD + Book Deluxe Box Set


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MmF7ghYCtU

From the Record Store Day's website:



The very best of Elvis Folk-Country 1966-1973. This special Record Store Day release includes masters from Elvis’ sessions at RCA Victor’s Studio B in Nashville in May 1971, a period in which several folk writers’ material surfaced spontaneously amid gospel and holiday recordings, plus others with similar provenance: from Dylan¹s “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” in 1966, to then-contemporary pop-folk such as “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues” in 1973, this is Elvis in an introspective mood, masterfully creating definitive versions of iconic compositions that resonated with him for his friends in the studio – and for us. Limited to 5,000 copies.

Side 1
1. I’m Leavin’ (3:52)
2. Early Mornin’ Rain (3:00)
3. Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues (3:10)
4. Until It’s Time For You To Go (4:02)
5. Help Me Make It Through The Night (2:51)
6. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (edited version) (2:45)
Side 2
1. You Asked Me To (2:52)
2. Gentle On My Mind (3:26)
3. Tomorrow Is A Long Time 5:24
4. I’m Movin’ On (2:56)
5. (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me (2:11)
6. Loving Arms – TAKE 2 (2:52)

Well, it should be out by tomorrow. If ordered online, you might hold it already in your hands.


Review: Elvis Presley, “The Album Collection”

http://theseconddisc.com/2016/03/18/review-elvis-presley-album-collection/

'Elvis Presley - The Album Collection': How the 60-Disc Box Set Was Assembled



March 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the self-titled debut RCA album from Elvis Presley. To commemorate that occasion, Legacy Recordings has released the most comprehensive Presley collection yet.

Titled Elvis Presley - The Album Collection, the 60-disc set spans the entire run of his 21 years with the label. Legacy senior vice president, A&R John Jackson talked to Billboard concerning the thought process of assembling the set.


“The way we decided to approach this package -- because we have done similar things for other artists, such as Johnny Cash and Ronnie Milsap -- was to recreate the original albums. Now, the definition of what an original album is on Elvis becomes tricky because there’s been so many collections and compilations of things that were released during his lifetime, and of course, a gazillion since then. What we decided to do was hone it down to what would be considered a new album with some new material on it that was released during his lifetime -- the first place that a song appeared on a long playing record while he was alive,” Jackson said, also allowing that the set contains three discs of rarities. “There’s also a few discs of stray material that either were never on LPs or was discovered after he passed away. In essence, it’s the complete masters collection that we did about 10 years ago, but arranged in the order that the fans would have first experienced the music.”


Jackson says that the chronological timeline of the set shows how different the business was six decades ago. For example, “Heartbreak Hotel,” his first hit for the label, was not on the first album -- or the second. (In fact, it wasn’t until the release of Elvis’s Golden Records in 1958 that his first hit was included on an album.) The song that became his final chart-topper on the Hot 100, 1969’s “Suspicious Minds” has a similar story. The first actual album it was included on was 1984’s Elvis’s Golden Records, Volume 5, though the studio version is included on the set as a bonus cut from 1969’s From Elvis In Memphis. And, then, there was the Sun material -- which wasn’t covered comprehensively until late in Presley’s career. RCA acquired the Sun masters when they bought his contract in November 1955, but took their time releasing the music, says Jackson.

“One of my favorite examples is ‘That’s All Right,’ which people have accepted as book one, page one, of Elvis’s career. But, unless you were living in Memphis or the south, you wouldn’t have heard that song until it came out on LP in 1959 after he had gone into the Army. It came out on For LP Fans Only, and was considered somewhat of a leftover from the Sun period. It’s an interesting way to look at his career, not really as academic like we do now. The Sun recordings was scattered on a lot of collections that came later. It wasn’t until 1976 that it was collected on one record,” he noted.


One of the highlights of the set, according to Jackson, is the 1970s work Presley recorded -- in particular, his 1973 sessions at Stax Studios. “I think the '70s stuff, which is something we’ve been trying to get people to reassess. The tracks he did at Stax -- when you hear them on the original albums -- were so important. The music that was on Raised on Rock or Promised Land like “It’s Midnight” or “You Asked Me To.” At that point, he was trying to do songs that spoke to him and not just ones that were pitched to him by his publisher. During that time, he was getting into some deep stuff, though the albums were so unfortunately packaged.”

In the book that accompanies the package, it is mentioned that the label failed to really distinguish between many of his '70s albums. “There were 22 or 23 albums during his lifetime that showed him simply in a white jumpsuit against a black background. People wondered how to tell the difference. There were studio album and live albums, and all of them looked like the same record, though they were different. It’s an interesting to look back on how it was positioned at the time,” Jackson confessed.


Each of Presley’s soundtracks are in the package as well. Though fans, critics, and Presley himself chafed at some of the inane material such as “Do The Clam” (from Girl Happy) and “Barefoot Ballad” (from Kissin’ Cousins), there is some historical significance to the tracks, says Jackson. “Even the silly stuff had some of the most amazing musicians, like the Wrecking Crew. On some of the worst songs he recorded, they sounded great. That’s where he met James Burton.”

In addition to the music, much attention was paid to the packaging of every Presley album in the collection. “We went through every single record -- down to the original pressing -- and recreated everything from the inserts. There’s a sheet of all the original stickers that came on the albums that you can put on if you want, there’s pictures inside the inserts. It gives people an idea of what you would have bought when the record first came out.” On the 1967 Clambake soundtrack release, for example, included is a wedding picture of Elvis and Priscilla, who were married in May of that year. Jackson said the most unique offering in this vein was on Presley’s 1959 release A Date With Elvis.


“We included the calendar on the back -- with the date of March 24, 1960 circled when he was supposed to come back from the Army. Little things like that are something I feel that people will find fascinating.”

Though Elvis Presley - The Albums Collection will never be equaled in scope, Jackson says Legacy is already planning some releases for 2017, the 40th anniversary of Presley’s death. “We’ve got some interesting ideas,” he admits. “The 40th anniversary of some of the last recordings he made is coming up, so we’re toying with the idea of how to best present those. It’s my argument that he never lost it -- that he was never anything less than amazing. He was the greatest singer of all time, as far as I’m concerned, and was always trying to do his thing. Despite all the troubles he had in the '70s, including fights with the label, how they were promoting him and how they made him feel, he was still cutting great stuff. That’s a lot of what we’re talking about now.”




Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7263868/elvis-presley-the-album-collection-box-set-legacy

The boxset is out now!


The best discs in Elvis Presley's new RCA Albums Collection

http://www.axs.com/the-best-discs-in-elvis-presley-s-new-rca-albums-collection-79181

That collection brings into stark contrast just how poorly most of his 70s albums were sequenced. There should have been a great single album of the 1971 folk pop stuff...yet the stuff was spread haphazardly over two different albums and a bunch of singles. Major missed opportunity on RCA's part.

You can say that again! They just cranked them out, each with similar live shots on the cover, with little to distinguish one from another. I will never understand why he didn't stand up to Parker and RCA and demand better quality control.

I think that ultimately Elvis was far too passive a personality, though he had occasional moments where he stood up for himself.  Like a lot of other artists he took too little interest in business

Well, RCA didn't have much of a say as Elvis had all the control of his music and also the final say about album sequences. Since he then hired Felton Jarvis (NB he worked as producer for Elvis, not for RCA), he more and more didn't seem to care about those things very much. After all, that was a reason why he gave Felton the job. As Ian said, Elvis wasn't about business. He hired the Colonel so that he didn't have to do anything on that side. Elvis also wasn't someone who thought in "albums" but in the song itself. So, singles is one thing and albums another. I agree that there would've been very much potential for his 70s output. I also agree on the artwork mention. It all seems to have started with "Elvis Now" which was nothing you could really call an album (although there are some very nice recordings on it) and the not-released/finished(?) '72 album - with the resulting desaster of releasing Burning Love on a budget LP - to go down imo. Apart from his drug addiction etc. of course.


Here's a review by allmusic.com:


Back in 2010, Legacy released The Complete Elvis Presley Masters, a 30-disc box that rounded up all existing Elvis masters along with many relevant rarities; in other words, it was as complete as it could get. Six years later, Legacy covered similar ground with The Album Collection, a 60-CD box offering replications of every album Presley released during his lifetime, supplemented with three bonus discs called "From the Vaults" containing miscellaneous non-LP cuts, some released during his lifetime, some not. Bonus tracks taken from singles, sessions, and EPs are also scattered throughout, so this winds up having nearly every cut Elvis released during his lifetime (there are some alternate single versions and other strays missing, but nothing major). The trick is, Elvis Presley's discography isn't necessarily easy to navigate album by album. His earliest long players often recycled singles -- standard procedure for most pop music in the '50s but RCA relied on the practice even more once Elvis entered the Army in 1958 -- and most of the '60s was devoted to soundtracks to his movies. Even after he refocused his energies on albums in 1968, RCA issued a live album nearly every year and their budget branch, Camden, littered the market with compilations of leftovers. All of these are here, presented in handsome cardboard sleeves and accompanied by a hardcover book filled with release details, because it's not only the easiest way to get all of Elvis at once, but this is how the music was presented during his lifetime. Posthumous reissues usually cover this same music according to session order, offering collections that are often more coherent than the original albums, but listening to all the LPs does provide some revelations, particularly in regard to how Presley was presented at the time. RCA moved swiftly to push Elvis into the pop market and the product was often careless, assembled without much regard for coherence or taste (the epitome of this may be Singer Presents Elvis' "Flaming Star," a title that doesn't bother to hide its place on assembly line). That said, there's a period charm in immersing yourself in Elvis this way. You'll realize that, even at his mature peak in the late '60s and early '70s, the label cranked out nonsense like I Got Lucky -- a record with a jumpsuited Presley on the cover comprised of nothing but uncollected soundtrack tunes. Despite all of this, his music endures such crass packaging. Certainly Elvis hit some bumps along the way -- the snazzy silver screen charm of the initial soundtracks tarnishes by the mid-'60s, the early '70s live albums often play to Vegas' middle of the road -- but in each phase, Presley could achieve transcendence. By the end of this lengthy set, it's hard not to marvel at the length of his career and how well his music endures; it feels like a bedrock of the American century.


http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-album-collection-mw0002909967

My local used record store had some of Elvis' studio albums in their "live Elvis" section; the store owner respects Elvis as a talent, but he is not super knowledgeable about him. But it is nice to see people coming around to some of the music that got overlooked when it was first released.

Review by Shane Brown - author of 'Elvis Presley: A Listener's Guide'

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/cd_review_Elvis-Presley-The-Album-Collection.html

From the L. A. Times:

Every album Elvis ever made, and then some, the stars of new 60-CD box set. That's all right, indeed

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-elvis-presley-20160406-story.html