one album you enjoy from begining to end [Archive]

memphis 77

02-05-2007, 11:23 AM

i love to listen to THAT'S THE WAY IT IS[ORIGINAL ] cd from start to finish, and unlike other albums/cd's i don't skip certain tracks like i do on other releases. i know that many consider this to be the most overproduced album that E.P. ever done, but i find the concept[live and studio tracks] to have bin a really great idea, probably one of the first albums to have incorerated the two[correct me if i'm wrong], sure durring the years we had others most notably MOODY BLUE, again another album that i enjoy, but not a cd that i can listen to start to finnish without skipping through the tracks. My really faves on TTWII album would be 20 days and 20 nights[his voice and the back vocals musicianship on this track is pure entertainment, also love the live rendition of I'VE lost you, much enjoyable for me than the studio version or any other version i have heard[even though felton admitted that he overdubbed quite a bit on this track and album for that matter] and of course stranger in the crowd[what a great song], i just wish that over the years he had added alot of differn't tracks to his shows, it would have bin great to hear all kinds of tracks live, like SOLITAIRE, MOODY BLUE[complete and rehersed],three corn patches , i miss you, return to sender, and many others, he sure had alot of great ones to choose from, So what cd is your favorite and why? And what songs would you have liked to have heard live[some really obsquire ones ]

Suspicious Minds

02-05-2007, 11:44 AM

My favourites is;
GI Blues,
Something For Everybody,
Blue Hawaii,
Back In Memphis,
That's The Way It Is and Elvis Country.
I like to play these from start to finish most times.
Of course my choice would change like the weather.(y)

boogie

02-05-2007, 12:06 PM

Today
Elvis Presley Boulevard
Suspicious Minds-Memphis anthology
:wiggle: :wiggle: :wiggle:

poormansgold

02-05-2007, 12:41 PM

I got Few albums I like From Frist To End, one is the "Love Letters From Elvis" I love Heart Of Rome and Life. You can Joy this Album if You like Elvis That Time, Same for "Elvis Now", That's The Way It Is best To listerning To Up to end.
the aloha From Hawaii Same way, I can Go on with is, Elvis Did great Albums That Time (1969 to 1972).
there Albums we don't know about In USA, that's from oversea's releases.

I'm Looking For Import Covers From RCA from UK and Germany and Intay:'(

Tom

Tony Trout

02-05-2007, 12:48 PM

The remastered version of "Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii (http://www.amazon.com/Aloha-Hawaii-Satellite-Elvis-Presley/dp/B00000638B/sr=1-1/qid=1170704776/ref=sr_1_1/105-7155742-6128462?ie=UTF8&s=music)" from 1998 that has the five bonus tracks...I never tire of listening to that CD!!

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Lonniebealestreet

02-05-2007, 01:04 PM

orwell1976

02-05-2007, 01:05 PM

There are quite a few albums that I like from the beginning to the end. I would say:

1950's: ELVIS
1960's: FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS
1970's: FROM ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD MEMPHIS TENNESSEE

elvis himselvis

02-05-2007, 02:20 PM

I love listening to Moody Blue
Also love to listen to Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis

memphis 77

02-05-2007, 02:38 PM

I know it is something of a hodgepodge, and was not commercially a strong follow-up to the Aloha album, but I love from beginning to end the listening experience of...

ELVIS aka "The Fool Album"
July 1973

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Elvis_fool_album.jpg

Side 1
Fool
Where Do I Go From Here
Love Me Love The Life I Lead
It's Still Here
It's Impossible

Side 2
For Lovin' Me
Padre
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
I Will Be True
Don't Think Twice It's All Right

The Boulevard album is probably equally deserving in my mind, but it's already been mentioned. :king:

thanks for posting this is one album i have always passed through, i'll definetly take another listen, i love padre[i know many hate it], thanx again for postin and bringing to mind,thanx to all alot of titles that i will digout and listen to all over again.

moody_ blue

02-05-2007, 03:02 PM

my favo album i listen complete is ofcourse

MOODY BLUE

and than

PROMISED LAND
PRESLEY BOULEVARD
GOOD TIMES

AND THEN THE YOUNGER ALBUMS I LISTEN COMPLETE

G I BLUES
ELVIS IS BACK
THERES ALWAYS ME

(y) :clap:

Lisarose

02-05-2007, 05:19 PM

All Time Favorite - Such a Night,
next is Tomorrow is a Long Time - & I always repeat Fools Fall in Love for my son & I'll Remember You for myself.
Recently bought Elvis - from 1956(?) good one, but not all songs are my favorites.

Lonniebealestreet

02-05-2007, 05:57 PM

thanks for posting this is one album i have always passed through, i'll definetly take another listen, i love padre[i know many hate it], thanx again for postin and bringing to mind,thanx to all alot of titles that i will digout and listen to all over again.
Cool, you're welcome. Hope you enjoy it even half as much as I do on your next listen.

moody blue, you mentioned Good Times. That's probably my #3 for me, followed by Elvis Country and TTWII.

Tommy

02-05-2007, 06:26 PM

memphis 77

02-05-2007, 06:45 PM

ELVIS PRESLEY

Blue Suede Shoes
I'm Counting on You
I Got a Woman
One-Sided Love Affair
I Love You Because
Just Because

Tutti Frutti
Tryin' to Get to You
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
Blue Moon
Money Honey

alot that you listed i passed on , i'm definetly going to pull out the 5o's masters, and give it another listen, all 5 from begining to end, it's to bad because many cd's i get i just listen to a few tracks and shelve them, many never get played again[believe it or not i never listened to all the cd's from this boxset, i just went through some of them, and like i said shelved them] , i've got alot of listening to do this week [just hope my wife can hold out]

Tommy

02-05-2007, 06:48 PM

alot that you listed i passed on , i'm definetly going to pull out the 5o's masters, and give it another listen, all 5 from begining to end, it's to bad because many cd's i get i just listen to a few tracks and shelve them, many never get played again[believe it or not i never listened to all the cd's from this boxset, i just went through some of them, and like i said shelved them] , i've got alot of listening to do this week [just hope my wife can hold out]

Glad you like them!(y) You're wife will make it:lol:

memphis 77

02-05-2007, 06:52 PM

Glad you like them!(y) You're wife will make it:lol:
she has no choice.Agreat opourtunity to go shopping i guess.

moody_ blue

02-06-2007, 04:50 AM

they are all fantastic albums lonnie
but thats the way it is ilisten complete to
but elvis country long time no hear
think im gonna do that now :hmm:

Trisi

02-06-2007, 05:38 AM

Elvis Presley
Elvis
Elvis Is Back
TTWII
Talk About the Good times
Raised on rock
Today

jadedragon61

02-06-2007, 06:04 AM

Ok, my "desert island" pick is: TTWII.

The whole album not only rocks, but also works an entire range of styles an emotions.

JerryNodak

02-06-2007, 06:23 AM

The original version of "Pot Luck".

iamhekev

02-06-2007, 06:23 AM

HIS HAND IN MINE FTD(y)

KPM

02-06-2007, 01:36 PM

From Elvis in Memphis-TTWII-From Memphis to Vegas, From Vegas to Memphis.

nashville cat

02-06-2007, 01:46 PM

My first reaction to this thread was to say That's the Way It Is, but honestly I have suffered burnout by a couple of the cover tunes like "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling".

After much more thought, my honest answer would be Promised Land. It is not my favorite EP album, but it is one that I can listen to every track and not have the urge to skip anything. That includes "Mr Songman". :)

From the 60's the much underrated Something For Everybody gets my vote.

memphis 77

02-06-2007, 02:48 PM

The original version of "Pot Luck".

yes i agree a great album, favorite such an easy question, and kiss me quick, night rider, etc,, quite a few good ones thanx for reminding me.

Sheila

02-06-2007, 05:21 PM

I like from start to finish is...
"That's the way it is"(y) (y)
"Elvis is Back!"(y)
"The Jungle Room sessions" (FTD cd)(y) (y) (y) (y)
"From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis,Tennessee"(y) (y) (y)
They are great to listen...Almost all of them I listen through, except some of the movies that I don't.
Sheila.

hounddog

02-06-2007, 05:34 PM

Extended version of Elvis on Stage Feb 1970.

rockin

02-06-2007, 06:14 PM

I think the 70's are filled with albums that are wonderful from beginning to end

thats the way it it
Elvis Country
Today
Good Times
Elvis Presley Blvd

Cant wait for the FTD label to expand these beauties in their classic editions

Raised on Rock

02-06-2007, 07:06 PM

About the ones I can lisent without skip not even one track:

Elvis At Sun (yes well this is not an original album but this is one CD I can hear without skipin none)
Elvis Presley (yep E.P. first album, second is great but theres a couple I got to skip)
King Creole
Golden Records Vol 1
Golden Records Vol2
Elvis is Back
G.I. Blues
Golden Records Vol 3 (its all right to chose among greatest hits? hehe)
How Great Thou Art (Well only in the mood of course)
Back in Memphis (Although From Elvis in Memphis has far superior tracks there are two boomers on that one so I have to run for the remote and skip them, I regret I can't mention that one)
Elvis Country
Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Raised on Rock (well what did you expect, and if you say you don't like it well mind your own...)
Promised Land
Reconsider Baby (An '87 release that has to be rereleasad an upgraded.)
Heart And Soul
Elvis '56
Elvis Great COuntry Songs

Well those were a lot, Im such and Elvis fan with no criteria.

jadedragon61

02-06-2007, 07:47 PM

Elvis In Memphis must be included! That album has a sense of unity that most of the others don't - and it just plain ROCKS.

Lonniebealestreet

02-06-2007, 08:52 PM

Jerry (and memphis), I thought I was one of the few who relished Pot Luck as a secret, guilty pleasure. OK, it's not that out there. :lol:

But for whatever reason in the last six months maybe I've given that a lot more play than probably anything else from the sixties. I really like it, and I really like my LP. It's a 1977 reissue and its sound is about as good as any record I have.

Love that Nashville Sound. On this subject, about a month ago I acquired a sealed copy of the Elvis In Nashville album, and I haven't opened it yet. I have some albums that I bought sealed and will probably never open, but I'll likely tear into this one soon for a couple of reasons. First, it's not some really old LP (1988) that needs to be preserved like that and secondly, the tracklisting is killer.

I Got A Woman
A Big Hunk O' Love
Working On The Building
Judy
Anything That's Part Of You
Night Rider
Where No One Stands Alone
Guitar Man
Little Cabin Home On The Hill
It's Your Baby, You Rock It
Early Mornin' Rain
It's Still Here
I, John

Studio B is a tour you should take if you ever get the chance.

Sorry to digress.

JDD

02-06-2007, 10:11 PM

My Favorite to this day is still my first and that was "Promised Land". I like it from start to finish.

Armond

02-07-2007, 03:30 AM

One album I enjoy from beginning to end is the obscure RCA release, Always On My Mind. I especially like the additional back up vocals on "Solitaire" featured on this CD.

nashville cat

02-07-2007, 06:38 AM

One album I enjoy from beginning to end is the obscure RCA release, Always On My Mind. I especially like the additional back up vocals on "Solitaire" featured on this CD.

Funny you should mention that. I was just thinking about that album the other day. I used to have the purple vinyl version of that as a kid. Honestly, I probably didn't appreciate all those ballads like I should have at the time, but looking back, that was a really good selection of tracks.

boogie

02-07-2007, 12:15 PM

i forgot one,
"He Touched Me"

nabelt24

02-07-2007, 12:18 PM

Elvis In Memphis must be included! That album has a sense of unity that most of the others don't - and it just plain ROCKS.

I agree TOTALY here! What a fantastic album! The sound, song choices, Elvis' vocals... all incredible and very enjoyable from start to finish!

Jungleroom76

02-07-2007, 02:46 PM

Love that Nashville Sound. On this subject, about a month ago I acquired a sealed copy of the Elvis In Nashville album, and I haven't opened it yet. I have some albums that I bought sealed and will probably never open, but I'll likely tear into this one soon for a couple of reasons. First, it's not some really old LP (1988) that needs to be preserved like that and secondly, the tracklisting is killer.

You know the collector in me is going to tell you NOT to open that ELVIS IN NASHVILLE LP buddy....it's been out of print for YEARS and is worth a few bucks, even though it is only 19 years old! ;)

Nice to hear that you are still adding to your vinyl collection...can't wait to hear about some of your other recent acquisitions!! (y)

TCB!
Mike

Jungleroom76

02-07-2007, 02:48 PM

I know I've mentioned this before in many other threads, but the one album that I personally enjoy from beginning to end is the TODAY album!!

It is just such a great mix of different genres of music....from good ol' fashioned rock n' roll (T-R-O-U-B-L-E) to blues (SHAKE A HAND) to great covers (GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME, I CAN HELP) to country (SUSAN WHEN SHE TRIED) to ballads (AND I LOVE YOU SO) to great original songs (BRINGIN' IT BACK, PIECES OF MY LIFE, WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE)....this album has it all for me!!! (y)

TCB!
Mike

nashville cat

02-07-2007, 03:21 PM

Lonniebealestreet

02-08-2007, 07:06 AM

boogie, great call on He Touched Me.

Like nashville's hesitation on naming Today because of Shake A Hand (and I'm with you on that), Good Times is right up there among my favorites. But She Wears My Ring and to some degree If That Isn't Love keep it from being my #1 or #2.

Mike...well, there is a collector in me too, as you know, but on the subject of the Nashville LP he is currently losing the arm wrestling match to the fan/audiophile in me who likes using these vinyl goodies the way nature intended. :)

(Not that many other recent acquisitions to speak of, I don't think, though we haven't had that conversation in a while, so I dunno.)

Jungleroom76

02-08-2007, 12:24 PM

Mike...well, there is a collector in me too, as you know, but on the subject of the Nashville LP he is currently losing the arm wrestling match to the fan/audiophile in me who likes using these vinyl goodies the way nature intended. :)

(Not that many other recent acquisitions to speak of, I don't think, though we haven't had that conversation in a while, so I dunno.)

Well pal....that is why eBay was created...just for people like you to run out and buy a second copy of the Nashville LP, so that you can have one to listen to and enjoy, while keeping another one sealed for your retirement savings!! ;)

And you are right....we haven't had that recent acquisitions conversation in a while....perhaps we ought to try and correct that one of these days!! (y)

TCB!
Mike

Jungleroom76

02-08-2007, 12:26 PM

I am a big TODAY fan too. The only song that misses the mark on there for me personally is "Shake A Hand" - I usually skip that one because it's a little repetitive for my tastes.

I agree with you NASHVILLE CAT that "Shake A Hand" can be a bit repetitive....but for me, it's just another way for me to show newer Elvis fans that the rumors of his artistic demise in the mid to late 70's is GREATLY exaggerated....he could still sink his teeth into a great blues song like "Shake A Hand" even in 1975!!! (y)

TCB!
Mike

Jungleroom76

02-08-2007, 12:30 PM

Like nashville's hesitation on naming Today because of Shake A Hand (and I'm with you on that), Good Times is right up there among my favorites. But She Wears My Ring and to some degree If That Isn't Love keep it from being my #1 or #2.

Right there with you on that one pal!! (y)

GOOD TIMES is a fine album, but SHE WEARS MY RING and IF THAT ISN'T LOVE are 2 of my lesser favorites, hence the reason I couldn't name that album as my favorite from beginning to end!!

I know earlier in this thread, you mentioned the ELVIS (FOOL) album....I'm pretty much in the same boat on that one as I am on GOOD TIMES....definitely a fine album in my opinion, despite the so-called hodge podge of material on it...but I WILL BE TRUE and I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN, while fine songs for sure, just aren't personal favorites of mine! :'(

TCB!
Mike

nabelt24

02-09-2007, 12:19 AM

One's just not enough for me! Here are my favorites I can listen to from begining to end...

Lonniebealestreet

02-09-2007, 07:39 AM

...the ELVIS (FOOL) album...definitely a fine album in my opinion...but I WILL BE TRUE and I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN, while fine songs for sure, just aren't personal favorites of mine!
Well we certainly differ on that. It's Still Here along with the above two tracks you just mentioned rank very high on my list, for their individual merits as well as thinking of them in terms of a session within a session.

Just imagine that scene at Studio B. First of all you've got Elvis being the last guy to call it quits, with essentially all of the band having gone home. Wait a second, what decade are we in--the 50s? 60s? No, it's May 19, 1971.

So the man is left to his own devices and without others there to influence his song selection, he chose songs that meant a lot to him, in spite of their not having serious hit potential. Was Felton going to tell him to sing something else? Of course not. Not simply because Elvis was Elvis but because here was the artist singing songs that he really felt, which I believe really came through in those performances. Was Felton going to do something about the fact that his playing the piano and singing at the same time did not make for an ideal recording technically speaking? No, for the same reason.

I can see that studio dimly lit that morning with Elvis sitting at his favorite piano, A Steinway & Sons that the studio would not sell to him at any price, belting those songs out. And although the atmosphere was different, there was probably a similar vibe in the air as when 11 years prior in that same room he recorded Are You Lonesome Tonight, with only a solitary candle burning.

Again, all this addresses more about the session than the songs themselves, but they were a result of the above. Even if I were not to picture all that when I hear those songs, I would still think they are very fine performances.

But to each his own, Mike. ;)

Check out the studio. (http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/multimedia-360.aspx?cid=355)

http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/multimedia-360.aspx?cid=355

nashville cat

02-09-2007, 07:53 AM

That was such a beautiful description! That makes me see those songs in a completely new light. When Elvis was left to follow his own instincts and creativity there was always magic. Those songs are so intimate and heartfelt. I must confess I am not crazy about "Kathleen" as a song, but there's no doubt Elvis gives it a very tender reading. I also think it would have been better released without the overblown string arrangement.

Lonniebealestreet

02-09-2007, 02:05 PM

Hey, thanks nashville! Agreed: the undubbed versions of these songs make for the best listen.

IMO Kathleen is a simple and beautiful old Irish song that is given a very nice treatment by Elvis--tender, as you put it.

Menwithbrokenhearts

02-09-2007, 11:18 PM

My favorites of the albums released during Elvis' lifetime are

Today
The Fool Album
Elvis is BAck
From Elvis in Memphis
GI Blues
Moody Blue
Aloha
MSG

ForeverTheKing

02-10-2007, 12:19 AM

There are too many for me :D :P

Some of the albums I like listening are:

ELVIS PRESLEY
FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS
PROMISED LAND
VIVA LAS VEGAS and HARUM SCARUM SOUNDTRACKS
TTWII
ELVIS COUNTRY
HE TOUCHED ME
ALOHA FROM HAWAII
FROM ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
ELVIS IN CONCERT

Jumpsuit Junkie

02-10-2007, 06:52 PM

My personal favourite has to be the Memphis Session on FTD! Where do you start with an album with so many clasics with alternative takes?

Suspicious Minds - Undubbed
In The Ghetto - Undubbed

If you thought the originals were good then listen to the pure voice without all the clutter (y)

Any Day Now
Long Black Limousine
Power Of My Love
Kentucky Rain........ the list just goes on and on......

I can listen to this from start to finish day after day and never get tired (If I do....... I listen to the three disk set of TTWII)

amzietamzie

02-11-2007, 11:40 AM

There are many albums I absolutely adore...

However, I think if I had to choose one that I love totally from start to finish, then maybe Promised Land.... I've found myself listening to that album on loop for hours at a time, loving every single song.

But then again, TTWII, From Elvis In Memphis, On Stage, Aloha and others I also love listening to.

Trev1

02-11-2007, 01:37 PM

Trev1

02-11-2007, 01:40 PM

I never seen Elvis as an albums person....for me "His Hand In Mine" is his best :hmm:

maxiefields

02-11-2007, 03:57 PM

For me it has to be King Creole,Classic soundtrack

Jungleroom76

02-22-2007, 02:27 PM

Well we certainly differ on that. It's Still Here along with the above two tracks you just mentioned rank very high on my list, for their individual merits as well as thinking of them in terms of a session within a session.

Just imagine that scene at Studio B. First of all you've got Elvis being the last guy to call it quits, with essentially all of the band having gone home. Wait a second, what decade are we in--the 50s? 60s? No, it's May 19, 1971.

So the man is left to his own devices and without others there to influence his song selection, he chose songs that meant a lot to him, in spite of their not having serious hit potential. Was Felton going to tell him to sing something else? Of course not. Not simply because Elvis was Elvis but because here was the artist singing songs that he really felt, which I believe really came through in those performances. Was Felton going to do something about the fact that his playing the piano and singing at the same time did not make for an ideal recording technically speaking? No, for the same reason.

I can see that studio dimly lit that morning with Elvis sitting at his favorite piano, A Steinway & Sons that the studio would not sell to him at any price, belting those songs out. And although the atmosphere was different, there was probably a similar vibe in the air as when 11 years prior in that same room he recorded Are You Lonesome Tonight, with only a solitary candle burning.

Again, all this addresses more about the session than the songs themselves, but they were a result of the above. Even if I were not to picture all that when I hear those songs, I would still think they are very fine performances.

But to each his own, Mike. ;)

Check out the studio. (http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/multimedia-360.aspx?cid=355)

http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/multimedia-360.aspx?cid=355

Well.... :hmm:

Since you put it that way, I guess I'll have to go back and give those songs a listen again (haven't listened to those in a while) and use your description to "set the mood" so to speak, and perhaps give myself a greater appreciation for those songs after all!! ;)

TCB!
Mike