A single-disc condensation of the four-disc box
Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight, Elvis
75 runs a generous 25 cuts spanning the entirety of Presley’s career,
beginning with “That’s All Right” and concluding with “Always on My
Mind.” Most of Presley’s signatures are here, particularly from his
glorious early years (the first ten tracks are all from 1955-1957),
but the second half of the compilation skews ever so slightly to his
oversized show-stoppers, which means this gives a lasting impression
of Elvis the Vegas headliner instead of Elvis the rocker, and
whether that’s a problem or not is all a matter of taste. What does
count is that almost all of these 25 songs are excellent, making
this a good, if not definitive, sampler. (AllMusic Review by Stephen
Thomas Erlewine
)
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