| Release: 1998 | BMG 07863 67593-2 | USA | 25 € | |
| Release: 1998 | BMG 74321 59598-2 | 50 tracks | EU | 25 € |
| Release: 1998 | BMG BG2 67593 B22 67593 | Columbia House | Canada | 40 € |
| Release: 1998 | BMG 07863 67593-2 | Made in USA | Taiwan | 30 € |
| Release: 1998 | BMG BG2 67593 B22 67593 | Columbia House (error release) | Canada | |
| Release: 1998 | BMG 07863 67593-2 / D 226120 | BMG Direct | Canada | 30 € |
| Release: 1999 | BMG BG2-67593 / B22-67593 | Columbia House | USA | 35 € |
| Release: 2003 | BMG VMP CD-1543 (CD 1) | China | 15 € | |
| Release: 2003 | BMG VMP CD-1544 (CD 2) | China | 15 € |
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The EU release has 50 tracks on two CDs, the USA/Canada release only 44! The second volume of A Touch of Platinum,
following the first by five months, is another two-disc set
completing an examination of Elvis Presley's recording career by
using both familiar recordings and alternate takes. (Just as Volume
1 was an abbreviated version of the first two discs of the 1997
four-CD box set Platinum: A Life in Music, this second volume is an
abbreviated version of the last two discs, containing 44 of the
original 50 tracks.) Eighteen of the selections are alternates, but
whether similar studio takes or rehearsals, they are of curiosity
value only. The story picks up with Presley's 1968 comeback special
and follows with the late-'60s hits "In the Ghetto" and "Suspicious
Minds" (both alternates), the Las Vegas shows, more studio
recordings, and concert material from the '70s. While the two
volumes of A Touch of Platinum take the listener through Presley's
career chronologically, there is so much similar material on the
market that they are hard to recommend to anyone but the committed
fans, who need no such encouragement. |
