Do You Love Elvis?  You will love this!
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If you are a fan of Elvis and wonder what he was really like...read this!  Easy read and fun to read about a legend that was real!
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"It's Now or Never," "Little Sister" --  "Don't Be Cruel" to your "Tutti Fruiti!"  If crossword puzzles, assorted quizzes and word scrambles are your game and Elvis is your King,  THE ULTIMATE ELVIS QUIZ BOOK, written by veritable Elvis sighters, W. Kent  Moore and David L. Scott, is the perfect "Good Luck Charm!"  A  ton of questions abound respective to THE KING in the form of word searches  and scrambles, fill-ins and crosswords, pictures and 'your guess is as good  as mine'...in this 70-quiz long masterpiece.  If you "Surrender,"  the answers are included!  So, "Doncha' Think It's Time!"
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I never described myself as the world's greatest Elvis fan, or at least I didn't until I purchased this CD.  There is something about listening to the seemingly endless list of his #1 hits that would make anyone a believer.  Elvis was properly legend even in his own time, but this CD throws into stark relief the amazing staying power of his music and his voice.  Many of his songs have the stripped down vocals and instrumentals of a bygone age, and yet that apparent simplicity is belied by the surprising complexity of many of the arrangements.  His songs have aged extremely well, and it is amazing how just the first cords of some of his great hits will make people's faces light up with grins.  I often play this CD in the car, and some songs will make my infant daughter's feet kick in time, while others will lull her to sleep with wonderful melodies.  The King truly transcends all generations, and if you ever get tired of the braying cacophony of noise on today's radio channels this CD is the ultimate cure -- even if you're a hard headed woman and I'm a soft hearted man.
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This is a must have for every serious collector. Two beautiful and heavy vinyl albums.
With most material new and unheard I am proud to add this to my large Elvis collection.
This is the first new vinyl I have seen in years. And I have about 650 records and c.d's
from Elvis.
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I am an Elvis fan and especially enjoy collecting quirky odd items. This book, of the coffee-table genre, certainly falls into that category. From the "rhinestone" encrusted title on the cover to the size of this thing >>it screams "King Elvis" like no other book! Just be sure that you have a sturdy, large coffee table to display this monster. It's jam-packed with rare pics, Elvis history, odd-ball facts & just generally a FUN Elvis book (It's almost as if he helped in designing it...)  If you're an Elvis fan, you'll love this book! If you just like unique coffee-table books, this is one for the "oddities" collector!
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Burt and Elvis have combined strengths to provide a smooth ride through melodic twists with jazz back-beats. Songs like "Such Unlikely Lovers" has you dancing while Elvis twists the melody with his voice  as instrument. I can't even talk about "God Give Me Strength" it  is a stopper. "Toledo" reminds me of a Donald Fagan ride--clever  lyrics on top of amazingly hooked music.
I have followed Elvis through  his career and loved every step. This album deserves a place next to  "This Year's Model", "Armed Forces", "The Juliet  Letters", and even "Brutal Youth."
The reviews from a few  who call this whiney, out of touch... they are simply myopic meanderings  from the musically mundane!
Trust me, this album will have you singing,  swaying, and dancing through each repeated listen.
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Simply put it is great. It is worth the money to see both stand up and both sit down shows. Elvis at this best! Buy it, you won't regret it.
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This is the Holy grail as far as Elvis fans are concerned. The special as shown on NBC in 1968 is presented in beatiful picture quality. Also all live shows recorded for the special (2 sit down, 2 stand up) are released unedited and uncut. Also all available outtakes from the production numbers are  released as well. EPE and BMG really out did themselves on this DVD set. The new If I can dream video is awesome. DON'T DARE MISS IT!
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Love this book! I simply fell in love with Elvis.  I love her 10 year old analytical thought process. I love her keen observation and documentation of all that is happening around her, whether its her sister or fathers grief, her own grief, or all the happenings at the zoo where she is a stand out volunteer. The part where she loses it with the dead giraffe alone is worth the price of the book.  There are so many nutty characters apart from the family of three people, one dog and a wise-ass bird,- including a psychic, a counselor and an artist, to name a few. And the calandar is fabulos!  Rabbi Cake is funny & heartbreaking all at once.  A real triumph for this new author
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This is a great CD collection.  The only aspect of Elvis' music not covered on this is the gospel music.  Yet, even though we go from Heartbreak Hotel to the last days, we don't get images of the swiveling hips, or the bloated, polyester clad Vegas act.  Instead, we hear the raw, immense talent of Elvis Aron Presley.  The 50s tracks sound just as awesome as today's artists.  He is the king of rock and roll!
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While this should not be the first Elvis album anyone should be exposed to, it is a joy for those of us who love his ability innovate and move so gracefully between genres and styles.
I love the new takes on his previous work, especially "Spooky Girlfriend", which I already loved. I love the remakes and rehashes because he does it so well. I don't just absolutely love every song, but you get the feeling that Declan could take each song and create 60 new versions that would all stand on their own and that's pretty much what he does here. Nor do I love every Elvis album ("King of America", "For the Stars", and "North" come to mind out of how many? Maybe a hundred?), but I like this one.
I like oldies, recent music, hard rock, soft rock, pop, Indie, and look for great new releases from today's band and artists, but I find that every Elvis album competes with them all and I end up listening to him at least 20% of the time. My teenage kids have heard all his albums and seen him in concert. They know him so well that they immediately recognized him from the one line he sings in the recent Fall Out Boy album. In fact, at the store a year or so ago, someone said something that started my 13 year old singing a rendition of "All This Useless Beauty". My point is that Elvis is appreciated by all ages, but some of it is an acquired taste.
I listened to this one for several days before finally putting some of the cuts into yet another Elvis compilation. This is an album that must be listened to several times to be appreciated. Some of my favorite songs on it now are those that initially caught me by surprise and made me go "Hmmmm."
I would liken my experience with this album to "River in Reverse." At first, I didn't like it, but after subsequent listenings there are several songs that I love and tend to get stuck in my head.

What I want to know is when is he going to add that amazing version of "Alison" that he does in concert to one of his albums?

In conclusion, this album will be best appreciated by those who already like Elvis, enjoy music that is innovative and skirts the edges, don't always look for a standard sound, and listen to this album several times.
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Of any CD I own (and I own a ton of CDs), I listen to any of the five discs that make up this CD collection the most. If you're considering getting an Elvis collection that includes music from the 60s, you're short changing yourself if you pass this collection up for a single disc comp. There are too many Great songs in this boxed set to pass up. Along with absolutely incredible songs, you'll find that this box guides you through the maturation of Elvis. It's really remarkable listening to the set slowly move from the cute songs of the early 60s to the more mature songs with his changing, mature voice that started taking over in the later 60s. Starting around the second quarter of Disc 3 (and the incredibly beautiful "Tomorrow is a Long Time", you really see the change in Elvis starting to take effect. By Disc 5, you're hearing Elvis sing "Kentucky Rain"...a far cry from "Soldier Boy" on the first disc. Only two movies are (slightly) represented in this movie: Tickle Me, which is his only movie that contains songs that aren't centered around the plot of the movie, and Clambake...one of his last movies, and songs from this movie appear near the end of Disc 3.
Listening to this collection is really like listening to 5 different shades of Elvis....all of them spectacular in their own way. Listening to this collection is like listening to Elvis grow up through his music.
Too many excellent songs in this collection to name. Before I bought this collection, I probably knew about 30 of the songs that made up this 5 disc set. Now that I've been listening to this collection for several years, there are very few songs that I don't absolutely love, and I can honestly say that Elvis' best songs have never received radio airplay.
If you know Elvis only by single CD collections and by what you've heard on the radio, then this boxed set, a perfect collection of Elvis music, will take you to a whole new Elvis world.  Get it and enjoy some of the greatest music you never knew existed.
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It's Elvis!  What can I say?  This was one of my favorite LP albums, so wanted to get the cd to play in my car.  Every song is on it and the sound quality is great.  You will enjoy this.
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Boy! I'll tell you folks this box set is outstanding! I highly recommend this for every Conway Twitty fan out there! You will really enjoy hearing his early rock and roll stuff a whole lot and you will notice that he sounds very much like Elvis on some songs such as It's Only Make Believe of course and many others! He even does covers of songs such as Whole Lotta Shaking Going On, Jailhouse Rock, Great Balls Of Fire and many more! These songs are of course long before he switched to country music and you can really hear his Elvis influence on many of these outstanding recordings! I highly recommend it to all Conway fans! Yes, it is pretty expensive but it's worth it. I just love his version of Danny Boy it really rocks! I am so honoured to have every rock and roll recording by Conway I'll tell you. Enjoy!

Sincerely, Maheen.
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"Saving The King" is outstanding!  I read STK as a fan of Elvis but not a fanatic. The book has great detail. I can picture STK on the big screen. The authors really take you on a wonderful ride that leaves the reader uplifted & entertained. Bravo!
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Ill admit, Ive never been a Elvis fan as I got older. What can I say? I got seduced by punk, new wave, alternative rock, grunge, Britpop, etc. To me, Elvis was more of a performer/entertainer than true rock star. But even though he became more show business than setting new music genres, you cant deny he had a large body of work to sing over his 3 decades of performing.

Which brings us to this disc, and why I bought it. I enjoyed the Carole King/Goffin disc Goin back, and loved the 2 different Beatles cover comps All you need is covers, and Help! Songs of the Beatles vol 2. There are too many artists to name in those discs, but needless to say, this disc was a surprise. Reggae, Rockabilly, soul, gospel, and rock n roll covers of Elvis, and its interesting to see how the different artists/bands interpret Elvis Presleys songs. I wouldnt say Im walking away as a Elvis lover all a sudden, but maybe Ive given him a hard time. And many acts may have never gotten started if it weren't for him. So, Ill give this disc 5 stars. For what I paid, I get a great playlist of songs/styles.
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Such a great purchase! All my Elvis favorites were included on the disc and it's a good cd to listen to in the car or whenever!