Elvis Presley - His Ultimate Collection - Vinyl Record 180g Import

Twenty-one songs, eighteen years, and no attempt at chronology — this Sony collection simply pulls the hits and lets them sit next to each other. It works better than it should. "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" catch Presley in 1956, twenty-one years old and rewriting what a pop single could sound like. "It's Now or Never," built on the melody of "O Sole Mio," became his biggest-selling single worldwide. "Wooden Heart" borrows a German folk tune from the G.I. Blues soundtrack years, when the films were paying better than the records.

Then come the two that matter most to anyone arguing for late Elvis: "In the Ghetto" and "Suspicious Minds," both cut in 1969 at American Sound Studio in Memphis with Chips Moman — the sessions that pulled him out of Hollywood and back into a recording booth that counted. "My Boy," from 1974, closes it out. The sleeve keeps things warm and simple: a smiling Elvis in a pale blue shirt, caught early in the sixties.

Sony Music, 180-gram vinyl, European pressing. Twenty-one tracks spanning 1956 to 1974.

Side A:
1. It's Now Or Never
2. Such A Night
3. Surrender
4. In The Ghetto
5. Suspicious Minds
6. Don't Be Cruel
7. She's Not You
8. Bossa Nova Baby
9. Kiss Me Quick
10. Love Me Tender

Side B:
1. (You're The) Devil In Disguise
2. Wooden Heart
3. Good Luck Charm
4. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
5. Return To Sender
6. Crying In The Chapel
7. Jailhouse Rock
8. Stuck On You
9. Hound Dog
10. Little Sister
11. My Boy