The 50 Greatest Hits [Vinyl] [Import]

Elvis Presley | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (January 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import
• Label: Simply Music UK
• ASIN: B000054BHD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,008 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. That's All Right

2. Mystery Train

3. Heartbreak Hotel

4. Blue Suede Shoes

5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

6. Hound Dog

7. Don't Be Cruel

8. Love Me Tender

9. Too Much

10. All Shook Up

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

2. Wooden Heart

3. Surrender

4. (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame

5. Can't Help Falling in Love

6. Good Luck Charm

7. She's Not You

8. Return to Sender

9. (You're The) Devil in Disguise

10. Viva Las Vegas

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Caught In A Trap of enjoying this import Elvis best-of, August 7, 2001

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Brian O'Marra (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elvis Presley - The 50 Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

There have been many endless series of Elvis Presley best-of CDs. Soon another singles disc will be added to the list. However, this two CD does an admirable job of collection the best of Elvis on one package. True Kentucky Rain, I Was the One, or Paralyzed are absent. But this package hits most of the familiar ground, and includes the best of his movie years with Wooden Heart, Return To Sender, Viva Las Vegas, and Can't Help Falling In Love. And unlike Artist of The Century which had three CDs to work with, it does include Moody Blue, Way Down and Crying In The Chapel.

And the reviewer below wondered where "Caught In A Trap" was. There is no song by that name. It is the first line of Suspicious MInds, which is on this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ElvisNews.com Review, January 7, 2001

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ElvisNews.com (www.ElvisNews.com) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elvis Presley - The 50 Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Is this release from Great Britain just another Presley compilation? Yes and No.

Design

The cover art, although done very stylish, it is nothing special. The image used on the cover is used on quite a lot of covers. Probably they used a well known and clean image of Elvis to appeal to the mass market this release of obviously aiming at.

Inside the booklet, a 3-page fold-out, we find some better (b/w) images of a young Elvis performing on stage. BMG also added some familiar quotes from Elvis, John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen.

Content

If you just look at the tracks, 50 of the greatest hits from the King Of Rock and Roll most of us already know / have. They used only the big hits for this compilation, including Elvis' 17 no. 1 hits in the U.K. The two CD's cover a great part of Elvis' recording career. Starting with "That's All Right Mama", recorded by an unknown singer in the SUN Studio's in Memphis in 1954, and ending with "Way Down", recorded by a musical legend, also in Memphis (at home in Graceland).

It is a showcase of a musical talent that transcended all tastes and styles The early fifties Rock and Roll (That's All Right) and the tracks that made him famous (Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog), classic movie tracks (King Creole and Love Me Tender). But also classic performances from the Comeback Special (If I Can Dream) and late sixties (Suspicious minds and In The Ghetto), a live track from his Vegas period (The Wonder of You) Ending with some hits from the seventies (Burning Love and Moody Blue) .

Conclusion:

This CD-set is obviously aiming for the mass-market, and has succeeded since it made the Top 10 in both England and the Ireland. For someone who just wants to have Elvis' greatest hits this is a good collection. For the die hard fan there's nothing special on this 2 CD set. For them it's just another overview of Elvis' hits.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Elvis Collection, July 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Elvis Presley - The 50 Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This is best Elvis collection there is. All the American greatest hits collection are missing too many important songs and have too many unnecessary ones. Thank god the UK got it right. This collection is the best selling Elvis set in Europe and Asia. No wonder, it is far better than any other Elvis hits collection. If you are not made of money and love The King buy this one. All the others are just cheating you.