CrabalockerFishwife said:

I can't find any better source of information. Elvis released a ton of music, and there's not many places on the internet with reliable info about every song.

Elvis Presley Songbase
http://www.elvisnews.com/...x/songbase

Master & Session: Elvis Presley Studio Recordings
http://www.elvisrecordings.com

Original versions of songs recorded by Elvis Presley
http://davidneale.eu/elvi...index.html

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Eileen said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

I can't find any better source of information. Elvis released a ton of music, and there's not many places on the internet with reliable info about every song.

Elvis Presley Songbase
http://www.elvisnews.com/...x/songbase

Master & Session: Elvis Presley Studio Recordings
http://www.elvisrecordings.com

Original versions of songs recorded by Elvis Presley
http://davidneale.eu/elvi...index.html

[Edited 5/9/12 19:56pm]

Thank you.. I knew there were probably some dedicated sites, but I didn't feel like searching for them. I'll bookmark these...

CrabalockerFishwife said:

Thank you.. I knew there were probably some dedicated sites, but I didn't feel like searching for them. I'll bookmark these...

I had trouble with the code for the second link, I fixed it after your post.

Thanks for the links Eileen.

This thread got me listening to Elvis Presley all the time now..

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Crab get these used. They are good collections:

http://www.amazon.com/Elv...amp;sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/50-...-16#disc_2

http://www.amazon.com/The...amp;sr=1-3

or just Elvis at Sun and this :

http://www.amazon.com/Hit...mp;sr=1-49

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Not just because some of the songs posted aren't in my top... 200 favorite Elvis songs... well, except Just Pretend is often my all time favorite Elvis song too, so thanks for that upthread.

Anyway thought I'd lighten things up a bit with some... Elvis with a throat infection - woo hoo! Errrm

And my favorite Elvis bad home recording, a song I love and wish he'd done in a studio proper.

Liked his Mona Lisa Version haven't heard that in a long time, so thanks. I'm surprised no one has done a remix with a piano/violens. That would be nice. He did Earth Angel just as good too I think the same sessions? Someone did a updated Don't Be Cruel live in the 50's and sound quality was nice too. It's on you tube.

JoeBala said:

Crab get these used. They are good collections:

http://www.amazon.com/Elv...amp;sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/50-...-16#disc_2

http://www.amazon.com/The...amp;sr=1-3

or just Elvis at Sun and this :

http://www.amazon.com/Hit...mp;sr=1-49

I'm definitely going to be buying a lot more Elvis music soon. I see that "Hit Story" is just 30 #1 hits & 2nd to none with a 3rd disc.. is the 3rd disc available as a stand-alone album, too? I already have 30 #1 hits, so there's no need to buy it again. I was considering buying '2nd to none' next..

My current collection is:

The Sun Sessions CD

Elvis 56

Elv1s 30 #1 Hits

An Afternoon In The Garden

Loving You

Girls! Girls! Girls!

+ the 7" vinyl singles "Heartbreak Hotel", "My Baby Left Me" and "I Need Your Love Tonight"

I'm also trying to figure out what the best 'Sun sessions' release is.. apparently you recommend "Elvis at Sun".. the sound quality of "The Sun Sessions CD" isn't very good, so I definitely want to get a better CD.

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Yeah It's better quality for The Sun stuff. Not sure If they sell it separately. I never bought Elvis hitstory. I have so many that I stopped buying those greatest hits. Get the love song one that has alot of great stuff. 2nd to none is great too. Like I said buy them used. That's what I do nowadays.

This is a must have fantastic sound quality and great shows:

http://www.amazon.com/Sta...mp;sr=1-10

and

http://www.amazon.com/Rec...mp;sr=1-35

and

DVD remastered and great SQ:

http://www.amazon.com/Elv...amp;sr=1-2

CD's: http://www.amazon.com/Elv...amp;sr=1-3

My 2 favs beside the sun stuff:

http://www.amazon.com/Fro...amp;sr=1-2

and

http://www.amazon.com/Elv...amp;sr=1-1

Hope it's not an overload. If you get the Essentail 50's, 60 and 70's box set you'd be set for sure. But those are high priced now since I think they are discontinued.

Check these out some cool stuff I've never seen:

Very Rare never saw this before:

I think I'm going to get '2nd To None' or 'Hitstory' next, just to have all the big hits that I don't have yet. Then, I want That's The Way It Is for "I Just Can't Help Believing" and On Stage for his version of "Yesterday".

I'm not sure how I'll go about the mid-60s onward, since his albums weren't as strong, and there's not many compilations covering that period; but since most of his albums are available very cheap on Amazon, it shouldn't take long to get them all. I think all of his albums had something worthwhile, so I want to buy them all eventually.

I'd like to get 'The Complete Elvis Presley Masters' box set, but seeing as it's almost $800, I don't think that's an option.

Crabalocker, I was just about to post this when I saw your update. There are some excellent comps for the period you mention. BUT not all with the latest remastering. Anyway, another time.

Elvis at Sun is the best available right now. Be aware that the Elvis Sun box could still be announced for release this (anniversary) year, if you have enough Sun interest that that would bother you.

A consideration may be that there has been so much excellent remastering done since (all) the mass-market price-point hits cds were released. Not knocking them, just informing. His entire original master catalogue was completed last year for the massive Sony Complete Masters set and additional remastering continues on other work. The Legacy Edition cds are an outgrowth of this. (to confuse matters further, the Franklin Mint did a separate/different Complete Masters box of their own.)

My shortest list of would look at (and consider remastering issues):

Elvis Is Back! (Legacy Edition)
From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy Edition)

On Stage (Legacy Edition)
Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis

Depending on 'which Elvises' you prefer these may be notable:
Something for Everybody
Pot Luck
Elvis Country (10,000 Years Old and/or Legacy Edition)
That's the Way It Is (Special Edition) box
Tomorrow Is a Long Time

Some additional hits piece but not sure which one.

While it makes some sense to approach Elvis from the hits side, the sticky point is that his work wasn't parcelled out the way with which we are most familiar. They didn't release an album and push its singles with overlooked tracks maybe rising out of that for each piece. Elvis's non-movie singles were completely separate from his non-movie albums for most of his career. It didn't matter how popular an album cut might turn out to be or how superb the rendition. A non-movie song was just not released as a single once someone slotted it to fill an contracted album side and vice versa. Suspicious Minds wasn't an album track. Hound Dog wasn't an album track. They used incomplete recordings to fill sides AND songs that should also have been singles. You get the idea. His catalogue at retail defined mismanagement until the 50s Masters Box (15 years post-death). It's still a mess but much easier to make solid inroads.

^ Thank you.

I just listened to 'Elvis Country' online.. it's definitely the next album I want to buy.. I actually think it's the best Elvis album I've heard so far.. I also just listened to all of "That's The Way It Is" and "Good Times", both of which I liked.

My favorites from Elvis Country:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

I just listened to 'Elvis Country' online.. it's definitely the next album I want to buy.. I actually think it's the best Elvis album I've heard so far.. I also just listened to all of "That's The Way It Is" and "Good Times", both of which I liked.

You're welcome. If Elvis Country and your listed tracks are your 'favorite Elvis' so far, my no-hesitation recommendation is:

Elvis Country (Legacy Edition) plus a (used) copy of Essential Elvis Vol. 4

OR alternatively to those

FTD Elvis Country (from the Follow That Dream collector's label Classic Album series)

http://www.amazon.com/Elv...00664R0WK/

http://www.amazon.com/Ess...000002WXQ/

http://www.shopelvis.com/...c=EPCD149

Jim Brown

Frank Sinatra & Fred Estaire

Cissy Houston

Farley Guy, Elvis, Paul Dougher, Buzzy Forbess

Gladys & Vernon

MickyDolenz said:

Farley Guy, Elvis, Paul Dougher, Buzzy Forbess

Were those guys famous? I wonder If Fred was a fan? or maybe he came with frank to that vegas show? Jim Brown always spoke highly about Elvis and Jim didn't like alot of celebs.

JoeBala said:

Were those guys famous? I wonder If Fred was a fan? or maybe he came with frank to that vegas show? Jim Brown always spoke highly about Elvis and Jim didn't like alot of celebs.

No, they're just some of Elvis buddies when he was a teenager.

CrabalockerFishwife said:

My favorites from Elvis Country:

That's a great album. Elvis Today is another favorite of mine. I even bought the FTD version and I don't buy those. The ones I have friends have made me copies.

Elvis Presley - T-R-O-U-B-L-E

FTD SUN BOX ANNOUNCED

A Boy From Tupelo : The Complete 1953-55 Recordings

• 10 previously-unreleased cuts
• 200 previously-unpublished photos
• every known SUN master and outtake
• two private records Elvis paid for with his own money
• radio and concert performances from the Sun period
• 3 cds + 512 page book (12" by 12")
• release date August 16
• priced EU:99 euro = US $126

more at link:

http://www.elvis.com.au/p...ings.shtml

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I felt like everybody else felt about Elvis,you could never really get to be close to Elvis because he was always being guarded by his guys, but it really wasn't that way, he was very approacable.We talked all the time. He talked about his mother, he talked about religion.

For instance, if we were off for the weekend, he would come back on Monday and he would tell me everything he did over the weekend. It was just regular conversation. We would sing to his records in his dressing room.

He had just put out 'Suspicious Minds'and so he was practicing it.

Elvis and I were sitting there together and Mahalia came on the set and she asked Elvis if he would participate in a fund-raiser that she was going to organize. Elvis was so gracious, 'Oh, Mrs Jackson, I am so happy to meet you, I would love to do it, but I still have to ask the Colonel'. So after she left, he said to me, 'I'll never do it, the Colonel won't let me', but he was so gracious to her, he knew all the time the Colonel would not let him do it. ~ Barbara McNair

JoeBala said:

Great live version [of Just Pretend]. Might be my all time favorite Elvis song:

Eileen said:

Just Pretend is often my all time favorite Elvis song too, so thanks for that upthread.

Am amused to see this just pop up online... probably an age thing.

May 16, 2012

Lisa Marie Presley is now sharing her favorite Elvis songs in the iTunes playlist titled "Lisa Marie's Favorite Elvis Songs."

1. Just Pretend
2. Mary In the Morning
3. How Great Thou Art
4. Polk Salad Annie
5. It's Over
6. You Gave Me a Mountain
7. Such a Night
8. An American Trilogy
9. I'm Leavin'
10. Until It's Time for You to Go
11. Ku-U-I-Po
12. Kentucky Rain

Ain't that something? When I saw the Elvis Concert show In NYC I actually cried when they played it. It's very moving. Yeah I would put Kentucky Rain in my top 10 too. I could never do a top 10 Elvis list there are too many songs I love. I Need You So and Thrill Of Your Love would be there though. She did mention in an interview that she loved Mary In The Morning.

Now that I've listened to a lot more of his music, I'd like to update a post I made earlier in thread..

CrabalockerFishwife said:

JoeTyler said:

My Top 10 Elvis Presley albums:

I'm not a huge fan of any of his albums, so instead..

My Top 10 Elvis Presley songs:

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone / My Baby Left Me / Suspicious Minds / In The Ghetto / You're A Heartbreaker / I Just Can't Help Believing / Burning Love / All Shook Up / Mystery Train / I Was The One

My New Top 10 Elvis Presley Songs:

1. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
2. Burning Love
3. I Just Can't Help Believing
4. Poor Boy
5. I Love You Because
6. Little Cabin On The Hill
7. Love Me Tender
8. Snowbird
9. All Shook Up
10. It's Still Here

... Likely to change again since I still have more albums and songs to hear..

And My Favorite albums (so far): For LP Fans Only / Elvis Country / Elvis Now / That's The Way It Is ...

[Edited 5/17/12 20:34pm]