Elvis Country [Original recording remastered]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Bmg / Elvis
• ASIN: B000E6EJC0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,444 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Elvis' heart never strayed far from the country music he grew up with, and these are his own finest country performances: For the Good Times; Green, Green Grass of Home; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Pieces of My Life; Funny How Time Slips Away; I Can't Stop Loving You; Kentucky Rain; Always on My Mind , and more.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yet another country collection, April 30, 2006

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A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elvis Country (Audio CD)

Not to be confused with his outstanding 1971 "Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)" album, this is yet another collection of some of Elvis' country songs, mostly from the 70's. It does not include any of his early classic songs from the 50's. The packaging is kind of skimpy too, not much for liner notes or pictures. It could have been a more attractive collection if they had included the remixed versions of "Always On My Mind" and "Loving Arms" from the early 1980's. Both versions have been out of print for years and are difficult to come by. The songs and performances here are great (hey it's Elvis), but all things considered I like his "Great Country Songs" CD or the 2 CD collection "The Country Side of Elvis" better. They provide a more comprehensive collection of Elvis country songs, from his early recordings for Sun right on through the 70's.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Elvis '69 to '76 Country, January 21, 2011

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Phil S. (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Elvis Country (Audio CD)

There ae many Presley collections of "Country" material, so this has some value as a nice collectible in a series including "Rock", "Inspirational", etc.

AS the '70s Box did not cover *all* the '70s recordings and the individual albums are not always easy to come by, this CD will feature, for many, some unusual cuts.

Haven't played most of these recordings in their entirety for years and so I quite enjoyed hearing "Tomorrow Never Comes", a great, building, baritone-tenor exposition, which Roy Orbison fans would have no problem with (in the "Running Scared" tradition); hearing "Funny How Time Slips Away", a genuine classic emerging from that "Marathon Session" in Nashville in 1970. At that time, Elvis was secured back as the King of Pop: the 1968-69 cahnge of course worked out beautifully. Elvis is relaxed yet never falls back into that lazy crooning technique of the early '60s.

I think that "Snowbird", "For The Good Times", and "Goodtime Charlie's Got the Blues" should have been made way for "Lovin' Arms", "There Goes My Everything", and
even something like "There's Gold In The Mountains" from "Kissin' Cousins" - a lively movie cut, actually recorded partially in Nashville!

Another disappointment is in the use of the original mix of "There's A Honky Tonk Angel" when a special version was made available around 1969 on an edition of "Our Memories Of Elvis" - solitary Elvis worked very well on that theme.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Collection of Songs, January 14, 2009

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Kay Sealey (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elvis Country (Audio CD)

This is a nice collection of country songs. I have a lot of Elvis music on records, cassette tapes, and CD's; but this is my first country selection. I'm so glad I bought it. All 20 songs are sung beautifully by Elvis.