Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley: Close Up [Box]

Artist:

Presley, Elvis

UPC:

828765053723

See Also:

Richard, Little Domino, Fats The Million Dollar Quartet Beegie Adair - Love, Elvis Anna Christie (DVD)

Description:

ELVIS PRESLEY: CLOSE UP includes a 48 page booklet with an essay by Colin Escott, photos and detailed track information. All selections previously unreleased. Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon. Recorded between 1957 & 1972. Includes liner notes by Colin Scott. Elvis: Close Up is part of an ongoing series of Elvis Presley box sets BMG has created to keep collectors supplied with "new" material, in a manner of speaking. All 89 of the recordings are previously unreleased mixes and alternate takes, with each disc focusing on a different period of Elvis` career. The first disc contains stereo mixes of recordings from 1957, including "Jailhouse Rock" and "I Beg of You." These mixes, created from the binaural session tapes, will be worth the price for many stereophiles. The second disc has alternate takes of songs from four of Elvis` early-`60s movie soundtracks, with all of the recordings hailing from 1960 and 1961. Disc three is titled "The Magic of Nashville" and features Nashville recordings mainly from the early `60s, but not Elvis Country fare; with the exception of Jerry Reed`s "U.S. Male," the songs are pop, rock and gospel tunes that include alternates of the hits "(Marie`s the Name) His Latest Flame" and "Kiss Me Quick." The fourth disc presents a live show from San Antonio, TX, recorded on April 18, 1972, which was the final show of the tour documented in Elvis on Tour. Apart from the stereo mixes, there aren`t many revelations, but those who never tire of alternate takes will get exactly what they expect. The import-only Follow That Dream label goes into even greater depth for collectors with an inexhaustible passion for all things Elvis, but Elvis: Close Up has the added advantage of being readily available and often at very reasonable prices. ~ Greg Adams

Track Listing:

DISC 1: MASTERS FROM THE `50S:

1. Peace in the Valley (For Me), (There`ll Be)
2. I Beg of You
3. That`s When Your Heartaches Begin
4. It`s No Secret
5. Blueberry Hill
6. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
7. Is It So Strange
8. Loving You - (take 5, Fast Version)
9. Loving You - (take 15, Fast Version)
10. Jailhouse Rock
11. Treat Me Nice - (Fast Movie Version)
12. Young and Beautiful - (Record Master)
13. Young and Beautiful - (Solo Master)
14. Young and Beautiful - (Nightclub Master)
15. I Want to Be Free - (Movie Version)
16. I Want to Be Free - (Record Master)
17. Treat Me Nice - (Second Movie Version)
18. Don`t Leave Me Now - (Elvis Piano Version)
19. Don`t Leave Me Now - (Movie Version)
20. Baby I Don`t Care, (You`re So Square)

DISC 2: SED MOVIE GEMS:

1. G.I. Blues
2. Doin` the Best I Can
3. Wooden Heart
4. Pocketful of Rainbows
5. Shoppin` Around
6. Frankfort Special
7. Big Boots - (Fast Version)
8. Tonight`s All Right For Love
9. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
10. Flaming Star
11. Lonely Man - (Solo Version)
12. In My Way
13. Forget Me Never
14. Wild in the Country
15. Lonely Man
16. I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell
17. Aloha Oe
18. Hawaiian Sunset
19. Ku-U-I-Po
20. No More
21. Slicin` Sand
22. Steppin` Out of Line
23. Almost Always True
24. Moonlight Swim
25. Can`t Help Falling in Love

DISC 3: MAGIC OF NASHVILLE:

1. Make Me Know It
2. Soldier Boy
3. It Feels So Right
4. Girl of My Best Friend, The
5. Surrender
6. Working on the Building
7. Starting Today
8. Kiss Me Quick
9. That`s Someone You Never Forget
10. His Latest Flame (Marie`s the Name)
11. I Met Her Today
12. Night Rider
13. Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
14. Echoes of Love
15. Ask Me
16. Stand by Me
17. Somebody Bigger Than You and I
18. Without Him
19. Mine
20. Singing Tree
21. U.S. Male

DISC 4: IN TEXAS 1972:

1. Also Sprach Zarathustra
2. See See Rider
3. Proud Mary
4. Never Been to Spain
5. You Gave Me a Mountain
6. Until It`s Time For You to Go
7. Polk Salad Annie
8. Love Me
9. All Shook Up
10. Teddy Bear, (Let Me Be Your) / Don`t Be Cruel
11. Heartbreak Hotel
12. Hound Dog
13. How Great Thou Art
14. I Can`t Stop Loving You
15. Love Me Tender
16. Suspicious Minds
17. Introductions
18. For the Good Times
19. Burning Love
20. American Trilogy, An
21. Funny How Time Slips Away
22. Can`t Help Falling in Love
23. Closing Vamp

Album Information

Release Date:

07/01/2003

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rock `N` Roll

Label:

BMG Heritage

Catalog Number:

50537

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

4

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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