Golden Celebration [Live]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1985
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Live
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B0000015O9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,702 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Harbor Lights

2. That's All Right (alternate takes)

3. Blue Moon Of Kentucky (alternate takes)

4. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

5. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (slow version)

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Introductions

2. Heartbreak Hotel

3. Blue Suede Shoes

4. Dialogue

5. Blue Suede Shoes

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Love Me Tender

2. I Was The One

3. I Got A Woman

4. Announcement

5. Don't Be Cruel

See all 32 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Danny Boy

2. Soldier Boy

3. The Fool

4. Earth Angel

5. I Asked The Lord (He's Only A Prayer Away)

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Historical Document & Suprisingly Good Sound, August 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Golden Celebration (Audio CD)

Excellent historical overview of early live Elvis performances. The sound is good considering the circumstances. The liner notes and B&W photographs are also very good. If your a fan, I would pick this up if you could find it.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why was this deleted from the catalog?, February 10, 2002

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a discerning fan (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golden Celebration (Audio CD)

Today is the fourth anniversary of this set's reissue on compact disc, and already it is out of print! First released in 1985, when Gregg Geller was briefly put in charge of the Presley catalog, it signalled the first posthumous era of respect for Presley's legacy by his record company, with its compilation of rare performances when the singer was still at the peak of his powers, including quality sound from all the 1956 television appearances, plus a historic concert in Tupelo from the same year! Except for some minor redundancy in the Sun and 1968 "comeback" material, the reissue in the 1990s fit right in a new era of quality releases when Ernst Mikael Jorgensen and Roger Semon put together the Fifties box set and consolidated the singer's best material into historically coherent, CD-length compilations (_Tomorrow Is A Long Time_, _Suspicious Minds_) and expanded reissues (the inclusion of additional hit singles as bonus tracks for the _Gold(en) Records_ series, for example), especially with the addition here of new liner notes from Colin Escott, one of the most knowledgeable writers about Elvis (aside from Peter Guralnick and Jorgensen himself). Until executives at BMG (which now owns the Presley catalog) come to their senses again, your best bet is either to find a record store that still has one last copy lying on its shelves or to order it used.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, August 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Golden Celebration (Audio CD)

Absolutely brilliant! This set looks great and sounds even better. Hear Elvis' first electric performances on the T.V. And then listen to his awesome power as he rips it up live at the 'Mississippi Alabama Fair' in front of his hometown fans. This is Elvis in his prime and at his best. Enjoy...