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Elvis 75
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Elvis 75
Genres: Pop, Rock
 
Elvis 75 celebrates the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley and the life and music of the world's first rock and roll star. The three CD, 75 song collection is released four days before what would have been The King's 75th Birt...  more »

     
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All Artists: Elvis Presley
Title: Elvis 75
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 1/5/2010
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 886976194826

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Elvis 75 celebrates the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley and the life and music of the world's first rock and roll star. The three CD, 75 song collection is released four days before what would have been The King's 75th Birthday. Elvis 75 demonstrates Presley at his best. The collection runs from "Heartbreak Hotel" -- the classic that first made Elvis' name in the UK back in 1956, to the hugely popular "A Little Less Conversation" -- the number 1 JXL remix that was released in 2002 and reaffirmed the British adoration for the hip-swivelling King of rock'n'roll. The selection features the biggest UK smash hits, encompassing many genres and amazingly all 75 of these songs were Top 20 hits!

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Nice selection, some overlap with Elv1s
DigitalBug | 12/29/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Probably the most popular Elvis compilation album lately has been Elv1s Elv1s 30 #1 Hits. If you have that album, which is better overall, you may want this one too as the overlap isn't too terrible:



Songs only on "Elvis 75"

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Always On My Mind

An American Trilogy

Blue Suede Shoes

Guitar Man

How Great Thou Art

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

If I Can Dream (Stereo Mix)

Little Sister

Love Me

Polk Salad Annie

That's All Right

Trouble

Viva Las Vegas





Songs only on "Elv1s"

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(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame

(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I

(You're The) Devil In Disguise

A Big Hunk O' Love

A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix)

Crying In The Chapel

Don't

Good Luck Charm

Hard Headed Woman (from "King Creole")

One Night

Return To Sender

She's Not You (Remastered)

Stuck On You

Surrender

The Wonder Of You

Too Much

Way Down

Wooden Heart





Songs on both

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All Shook Up

Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Remastered on "Elv1s")

Burning Love

Can't Help Falling In Love

Don't Be Cruel

Heartbreak Hotel

Hound Dog

In The Ghetto

It's Now Or Never

Jailhouse Rock

Love Me Tender (Movie Version on "Elvis 75")

Suspicious Minds









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Career spanning single CD skims the surface of Elvis' greatn
hyperbolium | Earth, USA | 01/05/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This single CD, issued in celebration of Elvis Presley's 75th birthday anniversary, includes twenty-five tracks selected from the more thorough 4-CD Elvis 75 Good Rockin' Tonight. Much like the box set, this disc covers the length of Elvis' career, including early sides for Sun, incendiary rock `n' `roll for RCA, hits from the movies, post-Army comebacks, gospel, late-60s Memphis gems, live performances and later studio work from 1972. Unlike the box set, you'll miss his pre-Sun acetate and his post-72 recordings. More importantly, each phase of Elvis' career gets only one or a few cuts here, and the lesser known tracks that provide compelling context in the box set are dropped.



Obviously, a career as rich as Elvis Presley's can't be summed up in a single disc. Even his Top 10 hits won't fit on a single CD, and there's so much material beyond the charts that a fair hearing of the King's catalog really takes multiple discs or sets. 30 #1 Hits painted a picture of Presley's career through a recitation of his best-known hits; it's a fair summary, as is the broader 2-1/2 CD Essential 3.0. But none of these short collections, this one included, provide enough depth on Elvis' innovations, failures and resurgences to really essay the full arc of his career. A single disc such as this can serve as a map to an artist's career, but it's no substitute for a more thorough hearing.



What's here is fantastic. From the early rave-up of Arthur "Big Boy" Cruddup's "That's All Right" through the deeply-felt "Always On My Mind," Elvis is nothing less than brilliant. The disc is nicely programmed and plays well, but with so few tracks to provide context, you'll have to figure out for yourself how Elvis got from "Viva Las Vegas" to "How Great Thou Art." If you want to dig deeper, seek out the 4-CD box, or sets that survey his 50s, 60s and 70s masters, soundtracks, sessions at Sun and American Studios, his '68 comeback special, and his numerous live recordings.



The disc is delivered in a two-section digipack featuring a pair of full-panel Presley photos. The 16-page booklet includes a short biographical essay by Billy Altman (seemingly excerpted from his much longer essay in the box set), additional photos, and recording and chart data. If you think you only need one disc of Elvis Presley's music, this isn't a bad place to get an earful, but be forewarned that it's a gateway to a large catalog that you may find yourself unable to resist. [©2010 hyperbolium dot com]"
Wonderful!
Deborah P. Lundy | Morton, WA United States | 12/29/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"What can you say. Elvis will always be the "King" of rock and roll! And this is another wonderful collect of his songs at a very reasonable price. I would recommend this album to young and old alike!"