Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Elvis Presley: Young Man With the Big Beat - When He Was Still Dangerous and Sexy
Elvis Presley: Young Man With the Big Beat
RCA/Legacy, five CDs, $85. In the span of one pivotal year, a Southern rockabilly singer became the biggest star on the planet. This set, titled after a poster campaign for his first album, chronicles Presley’s explosive rise in 1956 with his complete RCA studio master recordings, live cuts, outtakes from New York, Nashville and Memphis, interviews and an 80-page book with rare photos, documents and a richly detailed timeline
Don’t Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes and other hits are here, as well as a previously unreleased concert in Shreveport, La., remasters of four songs performed at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, and segments of his candid “The Truth About Me” monologue.More:
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