Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 [Original recording remastered]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002X39
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good If Incomplete Retrospective Of Elvis' Later Years, February 28, 2004

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anthony nasti (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 (Audio CD)

The fifth volume in the "Golden Records" series does a very good job of compiling the best material from his later years, where he was able to rack up an impressive 20 top 40 singles, as well as some earlier work. Songs like "Suspicious Minds", "Burning Love", "Kentucky Rain", "Guitar Man" and "For The Heart" are some of the best singles Elvis ever released. Still, if you're a hardcore Elvis fan, you will realize that the following top 40 hits from this period are missing:

"The Wonder Of You" (# 9 in 1970)
"I've Lost You" (# 32 in 1970)
"I Really Don't Want To Know" (# 21 in 1970)
"Rags To Riches" (# 33 in 1971)
"I'm Leavin'" (# 36 in 1971)
"Until It's Time For You To Go" (# 40 in 1972)
"Separate Ways" (# 20 in 1972)
"Steamroller Blues" (# 17 in 1973)
"I've Got A Thing About You Baby" (# 39 in 1974)
"Promised Land" (# 14 in 1974)
"My Boy" (# 20 in 1975)
"Trouble" (# 35 in 1975)
"Hurt" (# 28 in 1976)
"My Way" (# 22 in 1977)

Still, this is an excellent cd of Elvis' later years and is good for all fans.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This cd is just AWESOME, September 24, 2002

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D. McClure "Magnum Opus" (Wilmington, DE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 (Audio CD)

This cd has some of the most soulful music I've ever heard ANYbody sing ANYwhere at ANYtime. Someone earlier said Elvis had lost his soul, WHAT? What do you consider soulful, G.I. Blues? I'm sorry, but for me soul means just that - COMING FROM THE SOUL. And these are songs Elvis sang because they meant something to him, they moved him, or just plained rocked him. It's got 'If You Talk In Your Sleep', now I don't know what some of you know about singing, but that is pure soul and r&b. It's got the funky horns, the clavinette keyboard, the bassline, every thing that makes a great early seventies soul recording. 'Clean Up Your Own Backyard' has always been one of my favorites, this is where Elvis tells people who are all up in his business to take care of their own affairs and leave him be. It too is very soulful. 'For The Heart' is like a mixture of rock and soul, which is always great. But I suppose for the fan who only wants to hear songs like "Hound Dog" and "Stuck On You" you won't find that teeny-bopper stuff here. This is a true soul singer doing what he does best and don't let anyone tell you any differently. I'd say get a strobe light, a black light, and some candles, put this CD on and watch the magic begin.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars one man's opinion on the home-stretch of Elvis' career, September 14, 1998

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[e-mail] (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 (Audio CD)

In late 1997, RCA re-released all of Elvis' Gold Record albums, digitally remastered and, best of all, contained hard-to-find bonus tracks. ELVIS' GOLD RECORDS, VOL. 5 annotates the home stretch of Elvis' career, containing the essential hits from 1967-77. 3 of the bonus tracks, "Big Boss Man", "Guitar Man", and "U.S. Male" show a picture of a man wanting to break free from the monotony of the lightweight movie soundtrack fluff that had so dominated him for the majority of the decade. Even though the songs were not big hits, they seemed to indicate a change was in the air, and months after the release of "U.S. Male", his comeback special aired to critical raves. 2 songs from that special are spotlighted in this collection, the achingly beautiful "Memories" and the powerful ballad "If I Can Dream".

Having been rekindled, the spirit carried over into his first Memphis recording sessions in 14 years, which yielded the hits "Kentucky Rain" and "Suspicious Minds", the latter becoming Elvis' first #1 hit in 7 years, and the last #1 he would have in his lifetime. (Inexplicably, "Don't Cry Daddy" was not included in this set). The rest of the tracks are the essential 70's hits, the biggest (and best) one being "Burning Love" (although if I had my way, I would have included "Promised Land" in with the bunch). The other hits made bigger impacts on the country charts (even though Elvis' hits had always been big country hits).

This CD is only a piece of the Elvis puzzle. It represents the best work he put out during the last years of his life. It spotlights his struggle to regain his rock and roll crown, and succeeding, only to settle down to the ballads that all too often reflected his diminishing zest for life ("Way Down", however, is an exception. It was a good note to finish on, as it become the last top 40 hit he saw in his lifetime.) All in all, the compilation is good (I still would have like to have seen the songs I mentioned), and it is essential. A must for those who don't already have it (and the same goes for the first 4 gold record CDs.)