Search - Elvis Presley :: Elvis #1 Singles (Coll) (Dlx) (Spkg)

Phenomenal DSD sound, simply puts other Elvis collections to

Bill Porter | San Francisco, CA | 03/23/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"First of all, the sound on these tracks is simply mind-blowing and definitely the best these tracks have ever sounded! Gone is all the mindless brickwall limiting exercised on such collections as "30#1 Hits" or "2nd to None", instead with the help of DSD mastering we are getting the original mixes reproduced as faithful as possible. The sound has noticeably more air, more definition, and the dynamic range has not been tampered with. One simply has to wonder whether BMG did not miss a golden opportunity here by not compiling these forty tracks onto a *killer* double-disc set at a more affordable price point. They definitely deserve a much wider exposure beyond the limited edition box set format they were released in."

Box set of singles

Henri Bronsgeest | Nevada | 01/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This box set is in reponse to the English box set. There the singles came out one week at a time and actually many of them became number one again!! They were so populat that all throughout the world these singles were sold and garnered big prices on eBay. Now the US has done the same thing. But you get all the singles in one box, not issued one at a time. There propably is no radio station that would bother playing them. After all, American Rock n Roll is more appreciated in other countries than in their homeland.



BMG/Sony did a very nice job with these. They are the correct sleeves, and for once the correct versions of the songs. If you remember Elv1s 30 had four wrong versions on it. These are the right ones. I also noticed that Hit Story also corrected their Elv1s with the correct versions. For the first time in over a decade we get the correct version of BIG HUNK o' LOVE that's worth the price alone!!!"

Some great high points

Elvis Is In Me | Hull, MA United States | 08/11/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This set has its ups and downs. On the plus side, the 50's hits NEVER sounded better, and I'm one of those chumps that keep buying the same songs over and over in different compilations hoping for a sonic revelation. The packaging is nice as well. On the down side, we get the same lousy stereo mix of "Return To Sender" as we've been getting through every CD version I know. I do have it in a great stereo version on "The Great Performances" CD I bought back in the 1980's, albeit muffled. Finally, BMG was not totally faithful as most of the 60's singles were only released in mono, which I was hoping for. Instead, they are here in stereo."