Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Make Me Know It
2. Soldier Boy
3. Stuck on You
4. Fame and Fortune
5. Mess of Blues
6. It Feels So Right
7. Fever
8. Like a Baby
9. It's Now or Never
10. Girl of My Best Friend
11. Dirty, Dirty Feeling
12. Thrill of Your Love
13. I Gotta Know
14. Such a Night
15. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
16. Girl Next Door Went A'walking
17. I Will Be Home Again
18. Reconsider Baby
19. Surrender
20. I'm Comin' Home
21. Gently
22. In Your Arms
23. Give Me the Right
24. I Feel So Bad
25. It's a Sin
26. I Want You With Me
27. There's Always Me

Disc 2:

1. Starting Today
2. Sentimental Me
3. Judy
4. Put the Blame on Me
5. Kiss Me Quick
6. That's Someone You Never Forget
7. I'm Yours
8. (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame
9. Little Sister
10. For the Millionth and the Last Time
11. Good Luck Charm
12. Anything That's Part of You
13. I Met Her Today
14. Night Rider
15. Something Blue
16. Gonna Get Back Home Somehow
17. (Such An) Easy Question
18. Fountain of Love
19. Just for Old Time Sake
20. You'll Be Gone
21. I Feel That I've Known You Forever
22. Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
23. Suspicion
24. She's Not You
25. Echoes of Love
26. Please Don't Drag That String Around
27. (You're The) Devil in Disguise
28. Never Ending
29. What Now, What Next, Where To?
30. Witchcraft
31. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
32. Love Me Tonight

Disc 3:

1. (It's A) Long, Lonely Highway
2. Western Union
3. Slowly But Surely
4. Blue River
5. Memphis Tennessee
6. Ask Me
7. It Hurts Me
8. Down in the Alley
9. Tomorrow Is a Long Time
10. Love Letters
11. Beyond the Reef [Original Undubbed Master][#]
12. Come What May [Alternate Take][#]
13. Fools Fall in Love
14. Indescribably Blue
15. I'll Remember You [Original Unedited Master][#]
16. If Every Day Was Like Christmas
17. Suppose [Master][#]
18. Guitar Man/What'd I Say [Original Unedited Master][#]
19. Big Boss Man
20. Mine
21. Just Call Me Lonesome
22. Hi-Heel Sneakers [Original Unedited Master][#]
23. You Don't Know Me
24. Singing Tree
25. Too Much Monkey Business
26. U.S. Male

Disc 4:

1. Long Black Limousine
2. This Is the Story
3. Wearin' That Loved on Look
4. You'll Think of Me
5. Little Bit of Green
6. Gentle on My Mind
7. I'm Movin' On
8. Don't Cry Daddy
9. Inherit the Wind
10. Mama Liked the Roses
11. My Little Friend
12. In the Ghetto
13. Rubberneckin'
14. From a Jack to a King
15. Hey Jude
16. Without Love (There Is Nothing)
17. I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
18. I'll Be There
19. Suspicious Minds
20. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
21. Stranger in My Own Home Town
22. And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind
23. Power of My Love

Disc 5:

1. After Loving You
2. Do You Know Who I Am?
3. Kentucky Rain
4. Only the Strong Survive
5. It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'
6. Any Day Now
7. If I'm a Fool (For Loving You)
8. Fair Is Moving On
9. Who Am I?
10. This Time/I Can't Stop Loving You [Informal Recording][#]
11. In the Ghetto [Alternate Take 4][#]
12. Suspicious Minds [Alternate Take 6][#]
13. Kentucky Rain [Alternate Take 9]
14. Big Boss Man [Alternate Take 2][#]
15. Down in the Alley [Alternate Take 1][#]
16. Memphis Tennessee [Alternate Take 1 from the "1963 Session"][#]
17. I'm Yours [Alternate Take 1 Undubbed Version][#]
18. (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame [Alternate Take 4][#]
19. That's Someone You Never Forget [Alternate Take 1][#]
20. Surrender [Alternate Take 1][#]
21. It's Now or Never [Original Undubbed Master][#]
22. Love Me Tender/Witchcraft [#]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5939 in Music
• Released on: 1993-09-28
• Number of discs: 5
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Every 60's song except movies, gospel and live
Most of you have your favorite era of his music. I like them all in different ways, but I like the sixties best, and this box shows why. There were many aspects to his music, but this set focuses on those secular recordings that were made in the studio and which were not connected to a movie. The best of the movie music is available on Command performance - Essential sixties masters volume 2, which I've already reviewed, while the gospel and live recordings are also available separately.

With those exceptions, every song Elvis recorded during the sixties is here. These include most of his big hits from the period, among them It's now or never, Are you lonesome tonight, Surrender, His latest flame, Good luck charm, Suspicion, She's not you, Don't cry Daddy, In the ghetto and Suspicious minds. Of course, there are a few missing, because they were from the excluded categories, but anybody who wants a Greatest hits collection will find plenty to choose from.

Apart from the hits, you get all the album tracks, many of them long forgotten except by fans of Elvis. These include covers of Fever (Peggy Lee), Memphis Tennessee (Chuck Berry), And the grass won't pay no mind (Neil Diamond), Just call me lonesome (Eddy Arnold), Gentle on my mind (Glen Campbell), I'm movin' on (Hank Snow) and I'll hold you in my heart (Eddy Arnold) among them.

Among the songs written for Elvis but which remain obscure to all but his fans, there are many good songs, any of which might one day be rediscovered and used in a movie or TV advertisement. The song Gently, from one of his early sixties albums, was translated into French and recorded by Petula Clark. I can't ever remember another cover of this song in any language, though there probably is one somewhere - just one of many great songs in this set that you're not likely to hear on the radio.

The last half of the final CD is made up of selected alternate takes of some of the songs, although the most famous alternate take, his laughing version of Are you lonesome tonight, is not among them. Nevertheless, this is a fine collection which will appeal to a far wider public than just his dedicated fans.

The King's reign in the 60s...
Elvis' 1960's work, especially his movie soundtracks which are not on here, gets mostly unfairly overlooked and dismissed. Sure, after coming home from the army in 1960, his style changed to a more pop sound with an occassional dip into the blues, (most of disc 1) and was and still is criticized for not continuing his 50s mastery of rock n roll. However, while Elvis was on his two year hitch, music changed. The rockers like Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Chuck Berry gave way to Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin, Fabian and in all a more pop sounding version of rock n roll. So when Elvis started cutting records in 1960 his sound changed also. Sure, "Stuck On You" was a leftover sound of the late 50s, but new sounds like "It's Now Or Never", "Make Me Know It" and others made the transition for Elvis and he was never more popular. His first four single releases went to #1 in the US with many more following through 1962. This box, which runs in chronological order, gives you every studio master that Elvis cut (minus gospel and movie tunes). Disc one is an absolute masterpiece which covers his first studio album of the 1960s, "Elvis Is Back" as well as other classic tracks from early 1961 such as "I Feel So Bad", "Give Me The Right", and a personal favorite "I'm Coming Home". Disc 2 bridges his '61 work with 1962 and part of 1963 and features excellent tunes such as "His Latest Flame", "Little Sister", "Kiss Me Quick", "She's Not You" and another personal favorite "Witchcraft". If there was to be a "weak disc" in the set, it would be disc 3. It's not really weak, (it's rather good) but not nearly as good as the others. It features great tunes such as "It Hurts Me", "Memphis", "Down In The Alley", "Ask Me", "US Male" plus more. These were recorded between 1964 and 1967 which was probably the lowest point of Elvis' career. Disc 4 contains the legendary 1969 material which cemented Elvis' comeback. While Elvis' hitmaking was as prolific as it was 9 years before, he still enjoyed a handful of top ten hits and his first #1 with "Suspicious Minds" since 1962's "Good Luck Charm". Highlights on disc 4 are "Suspicious Minds", "In The Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", "Rubberneckin'" and another personal favorite "Power Of My Love". Disc 5 is a mixed bag of goodies which features the last of the 60s masters, several alternate takes and the awesome live duet performance of "Love Me Tender"/"Witchcraft" with Frank Sinatra. Wrapped up in an attractive box and an excellent booklet filled with pictures, stories and session notes, this set if the perfect set for the Elvis completist to go along with the excellent 50s and the 70s boxes.

The Definitive 1960s Collection
The "Nashville to Memphis" box set represents the essential Elvis Presley - from "Reconsider Baby" in 1960 to "Stranger in My Home Town" in 1969. Despite the plethora of movie soundtracks, Elvis continued to rock in the studio. However, he also matured as an artist and his versatile talents can be heard in classic tracks such as "Little Sister," "It Hurts Me," "Love Letters," "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" and "U.S. Male." Overall, a superb collection of Presley's finest studio work - more insightful and revelatory than the 1950s or 1970s box sets.