Good Rockin' Tonight-The Complete Louisiana Hayride Archives [Original recording remastered]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Music Mill
• ASIN: B000059YS1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,058 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. That's All Right Mama

2. Blue Moon Of Kentucky

3. Hearts Of Stone

4. That's All Right Mama

5. Tweedle Dee

6. Money, Honey

7. Blue Moon Of Kentucky

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

9. That's All Right Mama

10. Good Rockin' Tonight

11. I Got A Woman

12. Tweedle Dee

13. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

14. Baby, Let's Play House

15. Maybellene

16. That's All Right Mama

17. I Was The One

18. Love Me Tender

19. Hound Dog

20. Elvis Has Left The Building

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The most complete Hayride Collection, June 27, 2000

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ElvisNews.com (www.ElvisNews.com) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Rockin' Tonight: Evolution of Elvis Presley, Vol. 1 & 2 - The Complete Louisiana (Audio CD)

Cover Art

The design of the set is done with taste. It's most black and white with golden fonts. This is a good choice since all photographs are also black and white. There are some great shots of Elvis on the Louisiana Hayride including images of Elvis playing the drums and accordion.

The booklet is about twelve pages in a fold out style with a lot of images and the storyline of the documentary and background information on music in the fifties. The CD's are "picture disks" besides the besides the track listing and the title there are two small images of Elvis on the disks.

Content

The title of this 2CD release is very well chosen since the content has been done in the form of a documentary. We can follow Elvis "evolution" from Elvis' first appearance on October 16, 1954 in front of a crowd of several hundred people to his final special appearance before over 10,000 people on December 16, 1956.

This live radio show, which began airing in 1948, rivaled the Grand Ole Opry for appeal in its day. You get to hear what the audience heard ...The evolution of Elvis Presley from a an nervous kid who wanted to be a country-western singer to the King of Rock and Roll.

The story is told as a documentary by Frank Page, one of the original announcers for the Louisiana Hayride and the man who first introduced Elvis on their stage. He takes you backstage at the Hayride and on the road with Elvis. His recollections provide wonderful insight to Elvis' performances on this renown radio show.

Frank tells the story of Elvis Louisiana Hayride appearances as an introduction to the recordings of the actual performances that survived the test of time. Starting of with an 'impression" of an evening out in the fifties to the Louisiana Hayride. It's a bit like you're there, looking around. We can hear Elvis "evolve" from a shy boy on his first appearance to the king at this last performance on the show.

Unlike all the other budget releases with various Hayride recordings simply put together this release gives the tracks in the right order with background info on the actual performance. Besides that this release is complete covering all available Hayride recordings from 1955 to 1956 in a very good quality.

We must make the remark that this is not the kind of release you put in your CD player and listen to while doing something Else. Since it's a "documentary" you have to pay attention since there's a lot of 'talking' on these CD's between the tracks. Another option is of course to program the musical tracks.

When Elvis left the stage after his final Louisiana Hayride performance on December 15, 1956, the show's producer and announcer Horace Logan tried to quiet the crowd so the show could continue by uttering for the first time the now-famous words "Elvis has left the building". The claim on the CD that this now famous announcement has never before been released on CD is untrue. It was released on another Hayride archive, the 3CD box "The Louisiana Hayride Shows" released by the Goldies label in 1998 (also presented by Frank Page). But for those of you who don't have that one it is now included so you can can add this piece of Elvis history to your collection.

Conclusion

This release is the complete history of Elvis Louisiana Hayride performances and therefore a great addition to your collection. If you buy this you can throw away every other Hayride collection you have since those are not as complete as this release, and don't have this audio quality. Well, perhaps you should keep one other CD, because listening to the same documentary again and again might get boring at some point.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars God Damn Right Good Rockin' Tonight!, October 4, 2003

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"ohara25" (Newcastle upon Tyne, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Rockin' Tonight-The Complete Louisiana Hayride Archives (Audio CD)

This is a truly amazing archive into the spark that spawned 'The King of Rock'n'roll. The sound quuality is great and so is the sound. Elvis is in top form and you can hear the audience love it. What can beat a fresh faced, hiccupin' Elvis with a stunning Scotty Moore on guitar, electrifying us with his haunting guitar echo and Bill Black laying down the vibe.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Elvis, August 16, 2006

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Iowayguitar (Cedar Rapids, IA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Rockin' Tonight-The Complete Louisiana Hayride Archives (Audio CD)

This CD is a scream - literally - as Elvis, Scotty Moore and Bill Black rock out on the Louisiana Hayride. There's a lot of narration between songs. It's informative, during the first listen anyway. It's the music that stands strong here.