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Elvis Presley: The Sun Sessions |
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Genre: Rockabilly |
Dates: 1954 |
This, cats and kittens, is the skinny Elvis, the hungry Elvis, the visionary Elvis—the Elvis whose ghost still haunts us. Nope, he didn't invent rock and roll, but he had a heart and mind so liberated he didn't see why a poor white kid couldn't sing everything he loved, as he does here: black blues, R&B, and vocal group ballads, white country, swing, bluegrass, and pop, black and white gospel. As such, he was an excellent American, and when, after crowding the audiences of those musics together (a public school of the turntable), he also vaulted from eating lard sandwiches for lunch to handing out Cadillacs to his help, he became the American Dream. You know the rest, as they say, but if you think that means his achievement doesn't count, you're in denial. None of the monster hits are here, but the monster hits don't get within shouting distance of the steaming "Mystery Train," the clarion "Good Rockin' Tonight," the scorching "Tryin' to Get to You," the salacious "Baby, Let's Play House," the ethereal "Blue Moon." As a special bonus for you scholars, the alternate takes capture the studio epiphany that changed the world.
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Playlist: 1. That's All Right |
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