Elf

Elf | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 2, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024ZQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,592 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Chops in the Bidness, July 7, 2000

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Ken Boasso (Danville, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elf (Audio CD)

There have been a lot of pretenders to the throne, but no other rock `n' roll singer can even hold the tail end of Ronnie Dio's cape; that includes Sammy Hagar, David Coverdale, Freddie Mercury, "Diamond" David Lee Roth and Robert Plant.

Elf was really the precursor to Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow project - there's only one personnel change between Elf's last album and Rainbow's first, that of lead guitar - but it's on this record that Dio first gets to strut his stuff.

Not surprisingly, there's not a bad cut here (even though much of the production is quite rough): "Hoochie Koochie Lady" is good ol' down-home rock and roll; Dio amazes with his range in "Never More"; "Dixie Lee Junction" tempts you down to Tennessee (the town's about 15 miles southeast of Knoxville off of I75), and "Gambler, Gambler" is driving rock and roll at its best (complete with Ronnie burning up the bass, especially in the opening bars).

Uninitiated Dio fans shouldn't be put off by the album credits; though Ronald Padovana is listed as lead vocalist and on bass guitar, take a listen and find the real Ronnie James Dio in all his glory.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Genlt Giant, June 11, 2004

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"quiveringthigh" (the Idiot Left, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elf (Audio CD)

Ronald Padavona from Cortland, New York........
I met him once when he was with Sabbath during Mob Rules. He played bass on this. Some of my older friends remember seeing them at the Goblet in Auburn, NY. They said that their energy was incredible. Every song is a classic. That also includes everything they released. The first Rainbow(Ritchie blackmore's Rainbow) is Elf minus David Feinstein. Feinstein went on to create David Feinstein's Thunder and The Rods. anyways, I would recommend this to a stranger. It happens to be an unknown classic.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Beginning of Greatness!, November 3, 2005

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Mitchell Anderson "Underleaf" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elf (Audio CD)

I have always been a fan of RJD, and I stumbled across this album via Never More...I was so blown away by the rawness and magic of the sound that I had to hear more!!! Elf puts Deep Purple to shame. I recommend this to anyone.....True Nitty Gritty Rock & Roll. The Guitar of Feinstein is rich and overwhelming at times, brilliant! Mickey Lee's Piano is the best Blues Piano I have ever heard, and compliments Dio's vocals, Driscoll's Drums and Feinsteins Guitar like a feather on a hat!

Do yourself a favor and get this CD while you still have ears to listen to it!