 | Elvis Presley - The 50 Greatest Hits by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $26.57 The best hits compilation bar none.
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 | Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $3.48 Not as entertaining as other lurid tomes but this is an earnest, factual & unbiased account by someone who loves the music.
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 | Elvis at Sun by Elvis Presley
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.53 Rock's Holy Grail nearly lives up to it's reputation. There's something in the way the voice stirs the ingredients that makes it almost biblical!
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 | Elvis '56 - In the Beginning
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $10.08 Well made, atmospheric and exhaustive documentary about the first 12 months of the new king's reign.
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 | Elvis 56 by Elvis Presley
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.50 The soundtrack to the above film. The best of the 45's and L.P. tracks from year one.
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 | Loving You
Buy used from: $18.13 The start of the edges being softened but the biographical plot & song performances make it essential stuff.
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 | Elvis Presley: The Complete Guide to His Music (Complete Guide to the Music of...) by John Robertson
Buy used from: $2.41 You may disagree with some of the author's opinions but this is a cheap, handy & compact trawl through all the music.
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 | Jailhouse Rock
Buy used from: $1.98 "That's just the beast in me." Elvis looks positively deviant in his 2nd best film.
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 | King Creole
Buy used from: $6.59 The dark & violent intensity of this would never be repeated. If only. Great script & songs. His very best.
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 | Elvis Is Back! by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $26.11 A veritable smorgasbord of 1960 Pop styles. 'Soldier Boy' apart, it's all inspired stuff. The blues songs, especially, soar.
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 | Something for Everybody by Elvis Presley
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.34 Though professional, it never catches fire like its predecessor or the follow up. You do need it for bonus tracks 'Little Sister' & 'Anything That's Part Of You'.
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 | Pot Luck with Elvis by Elvis Presley
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.99 Programme out 'Kiss Me Quick' & the 'Blue Hawaii' reject 'Steppin Out Of Line' and you have pre-Beatles pop of the highest calibre.
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 | Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $4.99 Hell-bent on his own destruction, this has all the ingredients of classical tragedy. Nobody could have stopped him.
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| The Lost Album by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $18.99 Unreleased in '64 due due to the plethora of crappy, but more lucrative, soundtracks. Apart from the brilliant 45's, it's slight but solid.
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 | Viva Las Vegas
Buy used from: $4.53 Like all the post 'King Creole' movies, it's ridiculous, but the sizzling chemistry with Ann Margret & the best 60's score make this a must.
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 | Tomorrow Is a Long Time by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $13.70 You'll have to programme carefully. Lurking alongside the weird redneck dross is the stunning title track + some great acoustic R&B pop.
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 | Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $10.77 Movie throwaways with essential exceptions: the Euro-spaghetti of 'The Edge Of Reality', the swamp funk of 'Clean Up...' & the bossa-Bacharach 'easy' of 'Almost In Love'.
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 | A Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $0.78 Originally on the above CD, it was a fair song with a feeble mix. Then what d'you know?...a 'full-on' modern 'beats' version conquers the world! And rightly so.
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 | Elvis - The '68 Comeback Special: Deluxe Edition (3DVD)
Buy new: $41.99 / Used from: $24.99 THIS is where to find that 'holler' at its peak. Polite pop vocalizing is replaced by the rivetting overuse/misuse of that larynx. Screaming.
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 | The Memphis 1969 Anthology: Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $14.29 American Studios, Memphis '69. This was more than consolidation of his TV Special success. This was the best work in a studio he ever did.
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 | Elvis Presley: A Life in Music--The Complete Recording Sessions by Ernst Jorgensen
Buy used from: $16.06 One of those insane, more info than you could ever imagine needing books. Each sessions' food, temperament & weight meticulously logged. Oh, the music too.
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 | On Stage February, 1970 by Elvis Presley
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.83 Mostly mediocre, cheesy MOR covers but you will need this for 2 of his best ever rockers : 'Polk Salad Annie' & 'See See Rider'.
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 | Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $5.98 June '70 in Nashville. The last sessions where the voice's strength & beauty was undeniable. This contains the 'rootsy' quota of the material.
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 | That's the Way It Is by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $5.25 From the same sessions as above, this album features the more fruity, dramatic stuff. Again, it's brilliant. No-one could out-kitsch the king!
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 | Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Special Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.97 Artistically, it would have been better to have left the building after this split-screen extravaganza ... and in 1971 he would have left a beautiful corpse.
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