Elvis Heard Them Here First
Elvis Heard Them Here First
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Ace, 1959-74
- Bestellnummer: 2298527
- Erscheinungstermin: 3.4.2012
Nach den erfolgreichen Samplern ‘You Heard It / Them Here First’ kamen
zahlreiche Anfragen wie es denn nun weitergehen würde, mit dieser
erstklassigen Idee.
Prompt fährt das Label einen 24 Tracker auf, der es in der Tat in sich hat: Elvis Presley wird thematisiert, und zwar einige jener Songs im Original, die er nach seinem Comeback 1968 bis zu seinem Tod 1977 aufnahm.
Ein Tracklisting das nicht nur für Elvis-Fans ein Hochgenuss ist, sondern auch für jene die auf erstklassigen 60s und 70s Pop & Rock’n’Roll stehen: neben den Pointers Sisters (!) taucht da auch der wunderbare Mickey Newbury auf; Bobby Darin, Rick Nelson und Brenda Lee treffen auf Matthews‘ Southern Comfort, Tony Joe White und Bob Dylan.
Der King nahm sich nur das Beste! Hier sind die Originale! Fettes Booklet, umfangreiche Notes und tolle Idee!
From his debut recording session to his last, Elvis Presley loved to reinterpret. The first song he ever cut, ‘My Happiness’, was one he probably learned from the 1948 recording by John and Sondra Steele. The last song, ‘He’ll Have To Go’, probably came via Jim Reeves (although Jim was not the first to record it – that honour went to one Billy Brown). In 24 years of studio and stage activity, Elvis cut over 150 songs that had been recorded previously – and put his own stamp on all of them, regardless of who sang them first. All of which makes him a guaranteed shoo-in for his own ‘special edition’ in Ace’s popular “You Heard It Here First” series.
Most people who buy Ace CDs will already know what the originals of songs such as ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, ‘One Night’, ‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Blue Moon Of Kentucky’ sound like. We could have gone the obvious route with this project and stuck to Elvis’ revivals of R&B, blues and hillbilly material, but we’ve elected to compile “Elvis Heard Them Here First” from songs he cut after his military service put his career on hold for a while. We’ve tailored our selection to embrace the originals of some of his biggest hits – ‘Suspicious Minds’, ‘Always On My Mind’, ‘Girl Of My Best Friend’, ‘Guitar Man’ – and some of his most obscure B-sides and albums cuts. Believe us, they don’t come much more obscure than Duane Dee’s ‘True Love Travels On A Gravel Road’, the Bards’ ‘Goodtime Charlie’s Got The Blues’ or Roger Douglass’ ‘Never Ending’. In doing so, we hope more than a few of even the most hardcore Elvis collectors will discover some original versions of songs they may not have even suspected were ever recorded by anyone other than Elvis.
We can’t say with 100% certainty that Elvis did hear these versions first, and we’re pretty sure that, in one or two cases, he definitely didn’t. Throughout his life, Elvis grabbed music from everywhere. A voracious collector and listener, he loved nothing more than to put his own stamp on a song that he loved, particularly in the years following the ’68 Comeback Special when he was no longer bound by the constraints of what his notorious management insisted he record.
The beautiful vintage Alfred Wertheimer cover shot of the young Elvis, an inevitably jam-packed booklet featuring the usual wealth of rare labels and ephemera, and a detailed sleeve note chronicling the songs in the order he cut his versions, it’s a package no Elvis fan will want to be without, even though he doesn’t sing one note.
By Tony Rounce
(acerecords. co. uk)
Prompt fährt das Label einen 24 Tracker auf, der es in der Tat in sich hat: Elvis Presley wird thematisiert, und zwar einige jener Songs im Original, die er nach seinem Comeback 1968 bis zu seinem Tod 1977 aufnahm.
Ein Tracklisting das nicht nur für Elvis-Fans ein Hochgenuss ist, sondern auch für jene die auf erstklassigen 60s und 70s Pop & Rock’n’Roll stehen: neben den Pointers Sisters (!) taucht da auch der wunderbare Mickey Newbury auf; Bobby Darin, Rick Nelson und Brenda Lee treffen auf Matthews‘ Southern Comfort, Tony Joe White und Bob Dylan.
Der King nahm sich nur das Beste! Hier sind die Originale! Fettes Booklet, umfangreiche Notes und tolle Idee!
Product Information
From his debut recording session to his last, Elvis Presley loved to reinterpret. The first song he ever cut, ‘My Happiness’, was one he probably learned from the 1948 recording by John and Sondra Steele. The last song, ‘He’ll Have To Go’, probably came via Jim Reeves (although Jim was not the first to record it – that honour went to one Billy Brown). In 24 years of studio and stage activity, Elvis cut over 150 songs that had been recorded previously – and put his own stamp on all of them, regardless of who sang them first. All of which makes him a guaranteed shoo-in for his own ‘special edition’ in Ace’s popular “You Heard It Here First” series.
Most people who buy Ace CDs will already know what the originals of songs such as ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, ‘One Night’, ‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Blue Moon Of Kentucky’ sound like. We could have gone the obvious route with this project and stuck to Elvis’ revivals of R&B, blues and hillbilly material, but we’ve elected to compile “Elvis Heard Them Here First” from songs he cut after his military service put his career on hold for a while. We’ve tailored our selection to embrace the originals of some of his biggest hits – ‘Suspicious Minds’, ‘Always On My Mind’, ‘Girl Of My Best Friend’, ‘Guitar Man’ – and some of his most obscure B-sides and albums cuts. Believe us, they don’t come much more obscure than Duane Dee’s ‘True Love Travels On A Gravel Road’, the Bards’ ‘Goodtime Charlie’s Got The Blues’ or Roger Douglass’ ‘Never Ending’. In doing so, we hope more than a few of even the most hardcore Elvis collectors will discover some original versions of songs they may not have even suspected were ever recorded by anyone other than Elvis.
We can’t say with 100% certainty that Elvis did hear these versions first, and we’re pretty sure that, in one or two cases, he definitely didn’t. Throughout his life, Elvis grabbed music from everywhere. A voracious collector and listener, he loved nothing more than to put his own stamp on a song that he loved, particularly in the years following the ’68 Comeback Special when he was no longer bound by the constraints of what his notorious management insisted he record.
The beautiful vintage Alfred Wertheimer cover shot of the young Elvis, an inevitably jam-packed booklet featuring the usual wealth of rare labels and ephemera, and a detailed sleeve note chronicling the songs in the order he cut his versions, it’s a package no Elvis fan will want to be without, even though he doesn’t sing one note.
By Tony Rounce
(acerecords. co. uk)
- Tracklisting
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 I Want You With Me - Bobby Darin
- 2 The Girl Of My Best Friend - Charlie Blackwell
- 3 Bossa Nova Baby - Tippie & The Clovers
- 4 I'm Coming Home - Carl Mann
- 5 The Wonder Of You - Ray Peterson
- 6 Girl Next Door - Thomas Wayne
- 7 Find Out What's Happening - The Spidells Featuring Billy Lockridge
- 8 Never Ending - Roger Douglass
- 9 Girls! Girls! Girls! (Part Two) - The Coasters
- 10 Long Black Limousine - Vern Stovall
- 11 If I'm A Fool For Loving You - Bobby Wood
- 12 Stop, Look And Listen - Rick Nelson
- 13 Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Bob Dylan
- 14 Guitar Man - Jerry Reed
- 15 Always On My Mind - Brenda Lee
- 16 Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
- 17 Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues - The Bards
- 18 True Love Travels On A Gravel Road - Duane Dee
- 19 I've Lost You - Matthews' Southern Comfort
- 20 Three Corn Patches - T-Bone Walker
- 21 Pieces Of My Life - Charlie Rich
- 22 For Ol' Times Sake - Tony Joe White
- 23 Fairytale - The Pointer Sisters
- 24 An American Trilogy - Mickey Newbury