The Music of Elvis Presley: The 1950s

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All Music Guide - John Bush
Although it looks like a low-quality budget volume, the three-CD box set titled The Music of Elvis Presley: The 1950s is a solid compilation of nearly 50 tracks from Presley''s most seminal decade of recording (comprising just over four years of tracks). Beginning with his breakout Sun sides ("That''s All Right," "Mystery Train"), the set quickly moves into the RCA years, devoting close to 90 percent of its time to his major-label career. All of his major hits of the ''50s are here -- "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "Don''t Be Cruel," "All Shook Up," "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear," "Jailhouse Rock," "Trouble" -- and they''re given context by the wealth of great material he ...
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All Music Guide - John Bush
Although it looks like a low-quality budget volume, the three-CD box set titled The Music of Elvis Presley: The 1950s is a solid compilation of nearly 50 tracks from Presley''s most seminal decade of recording (comprising just over four years of tracks). Beginning with his breakout Sun sides ("That''s All Right," "Mystery Train"), the set quickly moves into the RCA years, devoting close to 90 percent of its time to his major-label career. All of his major hits of the ''50s are here -- "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "Don''t Be Cruel," "All Shook Up," "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear," "Jailhouse Rock," "Trouble" -- and they''re given context by the wealth of great material he recorded that didn''t hit the Top Ten (although virtually all of them charted somewhere). Although the outer package of the box set doesn''t bode well for the inside, The Music of Elvis Presley: The 1950s includes plenty of photos, a booklet with a solid essay, and complete information for each track (including recording dates and chart tabulations). RCA could have fit far more material on these three discs, but if the price is right, this set can''t be beat.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/29/2009
  • Label: Rca
  • UPC: 886975572021
  • Catalog Number: 755720
  • Sales rank: 84,400

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Elvis Presley Primary Artist
Technical Credits
Ivory Joe Hunter Composer
Bill Monroe Composer
Charlie Feathers Composer
Elvis Presley Composer
Titus Turner Composer
Dave Bartholomew Composer
Jerry Leiber Composer
Otis Blackwell Composer
Howard Biggs Composer
Hal Blair Composer
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Composer
Stan Kesler Composer
Bernie Lowe Composer
Kal Mann Composer
Junior Parker Composer
Aaron Schroeder Composer
Mike Stoller Composer
Jesse Stone Composer
Ben Weisman Composer
Fred Wise Composer
Richard Wayne Penniman Composer
Vic Anesini Mastering
Lou Kosloff Composer
Claude Demetrius Composer
Tommy Durden Composer
Pearl King Composer
John Marascalco Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson Composer
Sid Wayne Composer
Sidney Wyche Composer
Moody Russell Composer
Bill Trader Composer
Bert Carroll Composer
Rob Carter Art Direction
Mike Cimicata Liner Notes
Bickley S. Reichmer Composer
Cliff Owens Composer
Bill Peppers Composer
Bix Reichner Composer
Maurice Mysels Composer
Robert Blackwell Composer
Lee Rosenberg Composer
Charles Singleton Composer
Ira Kosloff Composer
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