Essential is right Sure, there are more than a few Elvis anthologies out there and, yes, there is nothing on this set that isn’t readily available on a few hundred other compilations, but this one is noteworthy in its own way, and a great collection as well. Focusing less on hits than on great performances, “Essential Elvis” gathers a handful of Sun sides, the best of his early RCA output and acclaimed sides from throughout his career. You get the best of Elvis’ many hits as well as critically-acclaimed album tracks (“Reconsider Baby”, “Trouble”, the live “Polk Salad Annie”), and that, for once, is a unique concept in Elvis reissues. Everyone will have differing opinions on what should or shouldn’t have been included, and tob sure sure some great tracks have been left out, but this is a whale of a great collection of “essential” Elvis.
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Essential is right Sure, there are more than a few Elvis anthologies out there and, yes, there is nothing on this set that isn’t readily available on a few hundred other compilations, but this one is noteworthy in its own way, and a great collection as well. Focusing less on hits than on great performances, “Essential Elvis” gathers a handful of Sun sides, the best of his early RCA output and acclaimed sides from throughout his career. You get the best of Elvis’ many hits as well as critically-acclaimed album tracks (“Reconsider Baby”, “Trouble”, the live “Polk Salad Annie”), and that, for once, is a unique concept in Elvis reissues. Everyone will have differing opinions on what should or shouldn’t have been included, and tob sure sure some great tracks have been left out, but this is a whale of a great collection of “essential” Elvis.