The album hit number 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock and roll album ever to do so. This was the first Elvis RCA album, the one with the iconic front cover later mirrored by The Clash, and the album that is frequently cited in any ‘classic’ album list. Take it as read that, if it comes to making a purchase, you will be buying the re-issues containing extra tracks. Here, I discuss the historical and musical importance of the original Elvis albums as they were issued. The reissues now include the hit records, B-sides and extra tracks recorded at the same sessions. I shall be taking the original releases in order. Note well that this is the original release. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)ġ0. So here is my very brief guide to the Elvis albums as they were issued.Ġ9. I think I've earned a view on the music of Elvis Presley.
I was a fanatic, so I stuck with Elvis, album after album. Many must have been drawn in by the decent material only to hear some ghastly musical misconception alongside it, never to go near Elvis again. It was a counter-productive strategy that destroyed Elvis' music and reputation in the long-run. Instead of issuing his best material in one definitive album, the management padded the music out, with the result that Elvis’ very best songs went on albums alongside his worst songs. Elvis was effectively competing against himself. Buying Elvis albums was a treacherous experience for the unwary. It soon became obvious how we fans were being taken for a ride. You get one album, and there’s always another, or others, to go lusting after. Elvis is the desire that is never satisfied. It is noticeable how many of Elvis’ albums contained promotions of other albums, often in multiple. I still have my vinyl collection and wouldn’t be parted from it. To the management, Elvis’ music was just product and his fans were just pockets to be emptied. As time goes by, and the fanaticism fades a little, you come to realize the brutality of the mercenary approach that was taken to Elvis, his ability, his music, and his fans. I spent most of my young years obsessing over which was the next Elvis album I needed to buy. My mother was an Elvis fan, so the entire family was or at least those members that weren’t didn’t dare let on. So I am really writing the musical autobiography of Elvis as a singing and recording artist. These have since been reissued with added tracks. The albums I discuss here refer, in the first instance, to those that were released in Elvis' lifetime. I have written a guide elsewhere, referring to the albums as they are now available. In the second place, what follows is not really a guide, either, in that I shall be discussing the Elvis albums as they were released, their impact as well as importance with respect to Elvis' own musical profile. I write specifically about the enjoyment of putting together my Elvis collection elsewhere. In the first place, the reference to my Elvis album collection is redundant because, of course, I have these albums. I originally entitled this piece 'A Guide to the Music of Elvis Presley through a tour of my Elvis album collection.' I changed the title for a number of reasons. The Albums of Elvis Presley in Order of Release
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