A Date with Elvis [IMPORT]

Elvis Presley

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 1959
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00005UKQW
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #164,061 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
In 1959, Elvis was in the middle of his two-year military stint. RCA Records, with no fresh material to offer Presley's public, cleaned out its vaults to come up with the material for two albums, "For LP Fans Only" and "A Date With Elvis". Tracks for these albums were drawn from Elvis' early Sun recordings, songs from movie soundtracks, and extended play singles. Despite the circumstances under which they were created they are remarkable albums, if only for the fact that they exposed the general public to a number of Presley's seminal 1954 and 1955 Sun recordings for the first time: these recordings would not appear together on a single non-bootleg release until 1975's Sun Sessions. "A Date With Elvis" includes some of the best Sun material (unfortunately 'enhanced' by RCA with added reverb), including "Blue Moon of Kentucky", "Baby Let's Play House", and "Good Rockin' Tonight".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hodge-podge album, December 4, 2007

By	A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

This is a hodge-podge, but a nice hodge-podge. Released in 1959 while Elvis was still in the Army, Elvis' management pulled together several of his old Sun records and some songs from his movies to be able to release this album. For years this was the only album to include some of his historic Sun recordings like Blue Moon of Kentucky, Baby Let's Play House, and I Forgot to Remember to Forget (which was his first national number 1 single, hitting the top spot on the US country chart in 1955). It also includes a nice rocker, (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care, which was a hit on the US R&B chart in 1957, peaking at 14. This album was only a modest hit in the US, only reaching 32 on the Billboard album chart, but it was a bigger hit in the UK reaching number 4.

3.0 out of 5 stars import elvis, April 19, 2009

By	Randy Young - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

English Elvis CDs do not have the same song arangements that US versions do. Those who grew up loving a certain Elvis album should stick with US versions.