The Guitar That Changed The World! [Original recording reissued]

Scotty Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1964
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B00000JJIZ
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,614 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hound Dog

2. Loving You

3. Money Honey

4. My Baby Left Me

5. Heartbreak Hotel

6. That's All Right

7. Milk Cow Blues

8. Don't

9. Mystery Train

10. Don't Be Cruel

11. Love Me Tender

12. Mean Woman Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great album, October 5, 2004

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BN "beautiful_night" (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Guitar That Changed The World! (Audio CD)

It's quite interesting to hear the musicians that supported Elvis from 1960 to 1968, play without Elvis. What you get here, is more relaxed versions of some of Elvis' songs from the 50's. This album reminds me of Hank Marvin (lead guitarist in The Shadows), and I think that Scotty Moore is just a good. He has his own style, though, and I love it.

The songs are like this: you hear Scotty's guitar, then the saxophonist or the piano player takes over, and The Jordanaires are only singings bits of the songtext, never the entire text. (I don't agree with the viewer who wrote, that they "came in the way". Elvis himself once said, that would't have made it without The Jordanaires, which is true, cause they were part of his SOUND, as were Scotty and D.J. Fontana.

The sound is better here than it was in the 50's. Too bad that Elvis and supporting band didn't do concerts + live performances on tv in the 60's! Frank Sinatra DID, which means that nowadays you can put on a DVD and watch him sing "live". I wish Elvis and his band had done the same thing, cause his voice was at its best in the 60's, and he had the best supporting band (much better than the one he got in the 70's). I would have loved to see and hear them perform songs like "It's Now Or Never", "His Latest Flame", "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello", "Such A Night" ... among others.

I highly recommend this album. Scotty once said that he could have done more on "Don't Be Cruel" (he only plays the intro + one chord at the end of the song), and on this album you can hear, what he meant. "That's Alright Mama" sounds more fresh and lively than the original version, and it is a delight to hear the high spirited version of "Mean Woman Blues". I never listen to "Don't" and "Loving You", when I put on a Elvis Cd. But I really like Scotty's version of these two songs, because they've got this 60's sound to them. I have never liked "Love Me Tender", cause I think, it's sugary and too corny. And Scotty's version hasn't changed my opinion. He should have chosen another song, for example "Too Much" or "Doncha Think It's Time".

But with 11 out of 12 songs, I think it's a great album!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Awesome guitar work, but..., August 13, 2001

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Jack Dempsey (South Miami Beach, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Guitar That Changed The World! (Audio CD)

This cd is worth at least two stars because, come on, it's Scotty Moore. That alone, is worthwhile.

But, having said that, it would have been a brilliant release if they stuck to the formula of the Sun Studio years, minus, of course, Elvis himself. That's right, if Scotty would have just stuck with an upright and, occasionally, some drums....and made this a more instrumental effort, it would have been perfect.

Instead, what you get here sounds incredibly (and painfully) like the Lawerence Welk Singers, or for those who remember, The Swingle Singers, humming along and making these pieces almost unbearable. If your local doctor's office or dentist's office, or even local elevator, decided to start playing old Elvis tunes, this is the cd they'd pick. That's the general vibe if you get me.

Nowhere present is the raw, unrefined, yet, incredible skill and energy that went into first recording these pieces at 706 Union Street in Memphis.

You wanna hear good Scotty? Go check out the recently repackaged and rehashed Sun Singles disc(s) by Elvis: "SUNRISE."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beam us up, Scotty, August 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Guitar That Changed The World! (Audio CD)

Yep, this shoulda been an instrumental. And yep the Jordanaires just got in the way, as they did on every Presley record they appeared on. But until Scotty actually gets a bass player and a drummer together, sits down and produces a pure instrumental, this is way, way, way better than nothing. Remember who you're listening to, fellas and be thankful!