Verkaufsrang: 215468 (Musik)
Artist: Various
Audio CD
EAN: 5050159140220
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Format: Doppel-CD
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Verlag: Sanctuary (rough trade)
Preis: EUR 18,74
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A very eclectic Elvis tribute (17. Januar 2005)
I've bought a few compilations of tributes compiled from the Pye archives but this is one of the strangest, perhaps because the compilers did not always take the task seriously (the liner notes prove that), but there is too much good music here to get upset about the jokers. Anyway, everybody's tastes are different so maybe you'll enjoy the tracks that I could have done without.The compilers regarded any song recorded by Elvis as eligible, so there are a few songs that aren't really Elvis songs, one example being The last farewell. Despite spreading their net so widely, they still included two versions of some songs - indeed, Hound dog appears in three versions, one of them being in a medley with Jailhouse rock. I suspect that there are enough recordings in the Pye vaults to have avoided this situation.
Female singers are represented here by Frances Gilvray (a bluesy version of Hound dog), Gale Warning (a strange version of Heartbreak Hotel), Petula Clark (Prends mon coeur - a French version of Fool such as I), Candi Staton (Suspicious minds), Lena Martell (In the ghetto), Julie Rogers (Crying in the chapel), Vera Lynn (Until it's time for you to go) and one half of Miki and Griff (There goes my everything). If you are thinking that this is an eclectic mix of singers for a collection of Elvis songs, look at the list of male artists here.
The male artists are a very diverse bunch including the Alexander brothers (a Scottish folk-country duo), Max Bygraves (easy listening), John Holt (reggae), Kenny Ball (jazz) Chairmen of the board (soul), Joe Dolan, Emile Ford, Mungo Jerry (who does a really strange version of Baby let's play house), Joe Brown, John Leyton, Frankie Vaughan, Mike Reid and Dickie Valentine are among them. There are four tracks here by the Wild Angels but I would not have been so generous. Of the tracks presented here, I like All shook up best.
You need to have very eclectic tastes to appreciate this collection but even so you are unlikely to enjoy everything here.
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