Advantages: Incredible, passionate performances,a revelation Disadvantages: too many out-takes, fluffs etc
...Elvis? Do you think young Elvis when he first became famous, recorded records like Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes and Hound Dog and appeared on american tv shows such as the Ed Sullivan Show? Maybe you think of the rather wooden actor Elvis who starred in countless, often very mediocre movies? Or maybe you think of the older, increasingly overweight Elvis performing in Vegas wearing rhinestone studded white jumpsuits?
To my mind none of these ... ...Here is Elvis no longer a boy but a man: healthy, happy, handsome, and with amazing vocal power. In these discs he gives renditions of all his best known classics, but he performs them with such passion, energy, sex appeal and charisma that if you have only ever heard the original recordings before you will be stunned. These must rank as some of the most charismatic, inspiring performances made by any performer in any genre of music or entertainment. ...
rox1 05.10.2005
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