Yet Elvis Presley was far more than "Hound Dog", "Love me tender", "In the Ghetto" or "Suspicious Minds". The more than 50 albums, which he published in 1956-1977, can be roughly divided into three career stages: There are the early, clearly defined rock and roll albums to about 1960-61. And secondly, the final years from 1968, stylistically very different, emerged with large band ensembles, in the elaborate pop / rock / ballad albums and in whom he had the greatest stage presence. Which of these two periods in Presley's work was better, can not be answered universally valid, important and influential were both. But in between, there should generally be consensus certainly the weakest phase was in Presley's life's work. The so-called "film-phase", in which he gave no concerts and films turned like an assembly line. And to the movies just recorded the soundtrack albums.
In itself, a perfectly normal way of working in the pop music of the 60s; the Beatles produced films and did the music for it, of course, itself ("Help!" and "A Hard Days Night" for example, were albums that were to fully hear in movies with the same title), just stood there, the music at the center and the songs were not written a screenplay around! Cliff Richard also worked with the aid of the vehicle film, but he also is not nearly as sprawling as Elvis Presley.
About 30 films turned Elvis 1957-1968 and delivered to 17 complete soundtrack albums from (1962-1969 he published, apart from a gospel album, absolutely no "normal" studio album, which was not the appendix of any film) ; some were even EP's released (so-called mini-albums with mostly 6 titles) that in the box published here summarized in part to a CD, some with bonus tracks for full albums inflated also been integrated with; recently there have been to the movies due to the barely perceptible success (moviegoers as record sales) then usually no more album.
The films were largely light fare and the albums, except for a few exceptions, also usually plenty of unnecessary. You went initially quite ambitious to work, the musical accoutrement degenerated more and more experienced producing the meter. Too often tipped the songs into the pop-like and were insignificant filler Wallpaper for sound naive, colorful screen images. But just not all! On each of these albums, you can find (a few times more, often safely few) real musical gems.
This to buy 20 albums at a price of 7-8 euros or more, sat passionate fandom and principled enthusiasm, perhaps analgesia, for everything ahead of what has something to do with Elvis. Otherwise would be inadvisable and clearly on the years before and after that point. Especially since were about half of the completely assembled here 20 film albums out of print for years and hardly get below 25 euros per CD.
Especially about despite the frailty in the artistic substance of most albums in this box, convinced highest rating. For the price of just about 1.60 per album (at the time of writing the review the Box kostetet 31.99) worth discovering all! Because just a few but often also totally untypical songs can be found at any of these discs, which should not miss one - Basic enthusiasm for the music of Elvis Presley, of course.
Despite the extremely low price, the design of the box is valuable and loving. The albums stuck in stable card sleeves in the original LP-style and are complemented by an approximately 40seitiges booklet with all relevant information about each of the albums; all together in a sturdy carton with removable cover -. creative and feel so identical to the published in August 2012. Box "20 Original Album", which included a non-selection of 20 regular studio and live albums Conceptually make this new "The Perfect Soundtrack Collection Elvis Presley" considerably more sense because it combines all the albums of a theme. The two appeared even after this period depicted here and in many discographies declared as a soundtrack albums were on the one hand a live album for TV special ("Elvis: NBC Special", 1968), which Presley einleutete an amazing comeback; and a regular basically studio album ("That's The Way It Is", 1970) to the same time an equally named documentary film appeared in the album of course, plays a central role. Soundtracks to movies like everyone here in the box, and so they were not missing cope.
