Rocker

Elvis Presley

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W7P
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #118,539 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jailhouse Rock

2. Blue Suede Shoes

3. Tutti Frutti

4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

5. I Got a Woman

6. Money Honey

7. Ready Teddy

8. Rip It Up

9. Shake, Rattle & Roll

10. Long Tall Sally

11. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care

12. Hound Dog

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Time-Life's mail & net order series 'The Elvis Presley Collection - The Rocker'. Typically for this series, these 2 CDs are in rough chronological order, but run concurrently instead of consecutively, so that the second one starts over back in the mid-1950s. This collection takes the listener quickly from the inspired rockabilly of tracks like 'Mystery Train' through the movie material like 'Kissin' Cousins' to concert recordings like 'See See Rider.' Each volume of The Elvis Presley Collection is baited with a previously unreleased track. In this case, it's a rehearsal version of 'Burning Love.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good old fashioned rockabilly and rock n' roll by the king!!, April 4, 1999

By A Customer

This cd is what Elvis Presley was all about, not that garbage that he did after he got out of the army. Well, I take that back; it wasn't all garbage, but it wasn't the real thing. It was the diluted Elvis Presley. This is the REAL Elvis Presley, whaling it out at Sun Studios. The highlight of this cd, in my opinion, is "Money Honey", but they're all really good. Buy it!!!!!!!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars I agree..., December 3, 2005

By	Russell E. Watson (Quincy, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The other reviews of this collection generally nail it. It's the essence of what Elvis was when he started out and had the country in an uproar, the teenagers for him and their parents against him for bringing "race music" in a white package to corrupt their children's morals. Contrary to what "A Music Fan" reviewed, several if not all the songs are from after he signed with RCA, but he still had a couple of years of hard rockin' ahead before going into the Army and coming out as a wannbe crooner and self-parodying "actor". Play this for anybody you know who doesn't "get" what people saw in Elvis and they just might start to understand...

5.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 Stars: Great Series From Time-Life, June 18, 2005

By	D.C. Hanoy (Athens, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rocker (Audio CD)

Time-Life actually outdid RCA in some ways with this series, offering both great sound and packaging. In this case, 31 of Elvis's hardest rockin' tracks from the 50's through the 70's - from "Mystery Train" to a previously unreleased version of "Burning Love." The 16-page booklet contains an excellent essay by Charles K. Wolfe, lots of seldom-viewed photos (Elvis & Nick Adams riding his Harley), unusual souvenirs, 45 & EP picture sleeves, and individual song information. The CDs themselves are picture discs and the CD tray card is a reproduction of a vintage concert poster from the Florida Theatre. It seems Time-Life has stopped producing the series, which is a shame (somebody call Ted Turner, or at least Rick and Bubba).