Elvis Presley  Platinum a Life in Music
4 CD BOX SET Longbox Neu OVP Sealed Rar

Produktinformation

Erscheinungsdatum: 15. July 1997
Label: RCA   (Bmg Hbg (Sony Music) 
Format: Audio CD (CD-Anzahl: 4)


         Tracks

DISC 1:
1. I'll Never Stand in Your Way - (1954 demo)
2. That's All Right - (alternate take)
3. Blue Moon - (alternate take)
4. Good Rockin' Tonight
5. Mystery Train
6. I Got a Woman - (alternate take)
7. Heartbreak Hotel - (alternate take)
8. I'm Counting on You - (alternate take)
9. Shake, Rattle And Roll / Flip, Flop And Fly
10. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - (alternate take)
11. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - (alternate take)
12. Hound Dog
13. Don't Be Cruel
14. Rip It Up - (alternate take)
15. Love Me Tender
16. When the Saints Go Marching In - (private recording)
17. All Shook Up
18. Peace in the Valley (For Me), (There'll Be) - (alternate take)
19. Bluebery Hill - (rare acetate)
20. Teddy Bear, (Let Me Be Your)
21. Jailhouse Rock
22. New Orleans
23. I Need Your Love Tonight - (alternate take)
24. Big Hunk O' Love, A - (alternate take)
25. Bad Nauheim Medley: I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen / I Will Be True / It's Been So Long Darling / Apron Strings / There's No Tomorrow (Private Recording)

DISC 2:
1. Stuck on You
2. Fame and Fortune
3. It's Now or Never
4. It Feels So Right - (alternate take)
5. Mess of Blues, A - (alternate take)
6. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
7. Reconsider Baby
8. Tonight Is So Right For Love - (alternate take)
9. His Hand in Mine - (alternate take)
10. Milky White Way - (alternate take)
11. I'm Comin' Home - (alternate take)
12. I Feel So Bad - (alternate take)
13. Can't Help Falling in Love
14. Something Blue - (alternate take)
15. Return to Sender
16. Bossa Nova Baby - (alternate take)
17. How Great Thou Art - (alternate take)
18. Guitar Man - (alternate take)
19. You'll Never Walk Alone - (alternate take)
20. Oh How I Love Jesus
21. Tennessee Waltz
22. Blowin' in the Wind
23. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)
24. I'm Beginning to Forget You
25. After Loving You

DISC 3:
1. I Got a Woman - (rehearsal)
2. Tiger Man - (rehearsal)
3. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again - (previously unreleased)
4. Trying to Get to You - (previously unreleased)
5. If I Can Dream - (alternate take)
6. In the Ghetto - (alternate take)
7. Suspicious Minds - (alternate take)
8. Power of My Love - (alternate take)
9. Baby What You Want Me to Do
10. Words
11. Johnny B. Goode
12. Release Me
13. See See Rider
14. Wonder of You, The
15. Sound of Your Cry, The - (alternate take)
16. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
17. Funny How Time Slips Away
18. I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water
19. I Was the One
20. Cattle Call
21. Baby, Let's Play House
22. Don't
23. Money Honey
24. What'd I Say
25. Bridge Over Troubled Water

DISC 4:
1. Miracle of the Rosary - (alternate take)
2. He Touched Me - (alternate take)
3. Bosom of Abraham - (alternate take)
4. I'll Be Home on Christmas Day - (alternate take)
5. For the Good Times - (alternate take)
6. Burning Love - (alternate take)
7. Separate Ways - (alternate take)
8. Always on My Mind - (alternate take)
9. American Trilogy, An
10. Take Good Care of Her - (alternate take)
11. I've Got a Thing About You Baby
12. Are You Sincere - (alternate take)
13. It's Midnight - (alternate take)
14. Promised Land - (alternate take)
15. Steamroller Blues - (previously unreleased)
16. And I Love You So -(Alternate Take)
17. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
18. Danny Boy - (alternate take)
19. Moody Blue
20. Hurt - (alternate take)
21. For the Heart - (alternate take)
22. Pledging My Love - (alternate take)
23. Way Down - (alternate take)
24. My Way - (previously unreleased)
25. Excerpt From the Jaycees Speech
 
 


Produktbeschreibungen
Stereoplay
( 4 CDs; 61:34, 63:13, 63:55, 75:14 ) Diese Box im Buchformat entpuppt sich als Raritätensammlung erster Güte. Die Anmerkung "alternate take" findet sich hinter 77 der 100 Titel, so hinter "Heartbreak Hotel", die neben den veröffentlichten Versionen etwa von "Hound Dog" und "Can't Help Falling In Love" stehen. Zu den bemerkenswertesten Funden der Box zählen "I'll Never Stand In Your Way", ein verschollen geglaubtes Demo für Sun Records, vermutlich vom Januar 1954, sowie eine handvoll Heimaufnahmen aus Presleys Militärzeit in Bad Nauheim. ** M: 6-10 ** K: 6-9
© Stereoplay

Album notes
This 4-CD box set contains a 48-page book and consists mostly of previously-unreleased alternate takes of Presley's hits.
Personnel includes: Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Chet Atkins, Floyd Kramer, Shorty Long, Marvin Hughes, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell, Dudley Brooks, Bob Moore, Hank Garland, Buddy Harman, Boots Randolph, Ray Siegel, Al Casey, Hal Blaine, Jerry Reed, Charlie Hodge, Tommy Tedesco, Reggie Young, Bobby Emmons, Mike Leech, James Burton, John Wilkinson, Jerry Carrigan, Glen Spreen, Emory Gordy, Tommy Hensley, Johnny Christopher, Bobby Ogdin, The Bobby Morris Orchestra, The Joe Guercio Orchestra, Ben & Brock Speer, The Jordanaires, The Imperials Quartet, June Page, Dolores Edgin, The Blossoms, The Sweet Inspirations, Ginger Holladay, Temple Riser, Kathy Westmoreland, J.D. Summer and The Stamps, Myrna Smith.
Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.
Engineers include: Sam Phillips, Thorne Nogar, Bill Porter.
Recorded between 1954 and 1970. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.
You probably think you've heard all there is to hear from The King, what with countless Elvis retrospectives, anthologies and reissues flooding the market. While PLATINUM is far from the first Elvis box, it's unique in that it's composed largely of previously unreleased material. Four discs cover every phase of Presley's career, from young Memphis hip-shaker to middle-aged Vegas hip-shaker, adding a fresh perspective to each period.
It's both an education and a kick to hear alternate versions of songs as ingrained in the public consciousness as "That's All Right," and others from Elvis' legendary Sun sessions. Obscure delights like 1969's "Power Of My Love" update one of rock & roll's most stellar legacies. Off-the-cuff recordings and live TV performances contribute further to this set, which proves that even the most zealous Elvis fan hasn't heard the whole story yet.
 


Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Released on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Presley's death, Platinum: A Life in Music attempts to trace an alternative history of Elvis' career by concentrating on alternate takes and unreleased material. Over the course of four discs, 23 hit singles are interspersed with 77 previously unreleased items. The hits function as touchstones, so the listener has an idea of where Elvis was in his career when he was recording such unreleased gems as a 1966 cover of "Blowin' in the Wind" or the 1959 "Bad Nauheim Medley." Certainly, the sheer amount of unreleased material means that Platinum: A Life in Music is targeted at hardcore collectors, but what is surprising is how listenable the set is, even for casual fans. The homemade recordings and demos are occasionally sonically rough, but the rarity of these items make the sound a moot point. Some of the performances aren't particularly remarkable — alternates of "Always on My Mind" and "Heartbreak Hotel" simply sound like the released versions, only not as good — but there's an abundance of gems scattered throughout the set, making it worthwhile for any serious Elvis collector.