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Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits | 
| Artist: Elvis Presley
Label: RCA
Category: Music
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 600
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 078636807928
UPC: 078636807928
EAN: 0078636807928
ASIN: B00006AG5N
Release Date: September 23, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Heartbreak Hotel | | • | Don't Be Cruel | | • | Hound Dog | | • | Love Me Tender | | • | Too Much | | • | All Shook Up | | • | (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear | | • | Jailhouse Rock | | • | Don't | | • | Hard Headed Woman | | • | One Night | | • | (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I | | • | A Big Hunk O' Love | | • | Stuck On You | | • | It's Now Or Never | | • | Are You Lonesome Tonight? | | • | Wooden Heart | | • | Surrender | | • | (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame | | • | Can't Help Falling In Love | | • | Good Luck Charm | | • | She's Not You | | • | Return To Sender | | • | (You're The) Devil In Disguise | | • | Crying In The Chapel | | • | In The Ghetto | | • | Suspicious Minds | | • | The Wonder Of You | | • | Burning Love | | • | Way Down | | • | A Little Less Conversation (Junkie XL Remix) (Bonus Tracks) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Heralded in the UK by an ultra-cool remix by JXL, IElvis: 30 #1 Hits/I is one of the most succinct packages of Presley's best work ever released. Based on the idea of the Beatles I1/i album, this compilation includes all 31 Elvis singles that have been number one in either the US or the UK.p Set in roughly chronological order, the collection begins with his first hit, the swaggering "Heartbreak Hotel". Despite digital remastering it still sounds nearly half a century old when compared to his most recent (and posthumous) hit "A Little Less Conversation", but it remains a timeless classic for new generations to discover. Most people--young or old--will know of or be able to hum a few bars from most of the songs here. Many a karaoke singer will have had a stab at "Love Me Tender" or "Suspicious Minds"; others will have heard a family member brutally crooning their way through "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" or "It's Now or Never".p Twenty-five years after Elvis's untimely death, younger generations have become accustomed to the image of Presley as a tragic icon of comedy excess, remembering him for garish jump-suits, trademark shades and a thick black quiff. IElvis: 30 #1 Hits/I will remind many that he was the King for a very good reason. --IDavid Trueman/I
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 The King Remastered For The Digital Age September 29, 2002
Mr. John Dodd (London, UK)
37 out of 40 found this review helpful
Never before has an Elvis album been remastered with such care. BMG has found the original masters and session tapes of 30 songs which made the top of the pop charts in the US and the UK between 1956 and 1977, remixed and remastered them, and added the JXL remix which recently topped the charts in fourteen countries. Similar to the ground-breaking Beatles Number Ones album in that Elvis' greatest songs aren't included if they didn't get to No.1, this therefore excludes songs like 'That's All Right', 'If I Can Dream' and 'Always On My Mind'. But it does include great songs like 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Don't Be Cruel' and 'Suspicious Minds', all remastered to perfection. Some songs have sounded rather flat in the past, paarticularly 'Hound Dog', where they didn't have the master tape at hand, but now they've found it in a vault and used it for the first time since 1956.Two songs are noticably different, in that they've used a different version for this release. 'A Fool Such As I' is a different, earlier take of the song, and 'The Wonder Of You' is an undubbed version from an evening Vegas show, here replacing the overdubbed version recorded at the afternoon show the same day. Both lack the finesse of the master versions, but add to the collectability of the CD.These are the greatest hits of the worlds greatest entertainer ever. Therefore this has got to be the greatest album ever released by anyone, and should be in everyone's collection, along with 'The Sun Collection', 'Elvis Is Back' and 'From Elvis In Memphis'. Buy it now.
ELV1S will always be the K1NG September 24, 2002
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
The 31 songs on this album do not neccessarily give a complete picture of the enormous talent of the greatest recording artist of all time, but they are better than anything anyone else has to offer. All these songs are classics, many have already sold tens of millions of copies as singles and on albums. pWith this cd there is the added bonus of the songs being remastered from the origonal tapes so that the sound quality is excellent. You can really hear ELV1S' voice crisp and clear, much better than on any earlier cd. It is almost like hearing the K1NG for the first time.pIf you are an ELV1S fan then you have probably already decided to buy this album. If you are not yet a fan, listen to this cd. You will quickly realise why the Legend lives on.
Long live the King! December 14, 2002
21 out of 24 found this review helpful
When JXL remixed the '68 hit 'A Little Less Conversation' and got it to number one, it brought Elvis to a whole new generation of fans, including me. My parents are both Elvis fans and I've grown up with his music, but I bought this cd for myself, and to all young fans - it shows why Elvis is the King!brMost of the hits are from the 50's and early 60's, and the infamous tracks 'Heartbeak Hotel', 'Hound dog' and 'All Shook Up' are featured, as well as some lesser-known ones like 'too much' and 'hard headed woman'. What is great about this cd is that it shows Elvis' versatality - no other artist (not even Jacko, who many kids today think is better than Elvis, as if!) could change from rock (Jailhouse rock, burning love) to beautiful ballads (love me tender, don't, can't help falling in love) to gospel (crying in the chapel). brThis cd also features 'suspicious minds' which puts Gareth Gates' recent cover to shame. And for newer or younger fans, the sleeve includes information on each track. Once you have this cd, you will want more. And remember:brBefore anyone did anything, Elvis did Everything!
As from the original master tapes September 14, 2002
T. Gude (Cleethorpes, UK)
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
This CD is well worth the wait and money.brYou are just not getting thirty one classic Elvis tracks but you are getting to hear Elvis as he was in the studio.brThe guys who have produced this for BMG and EPE have gone back to the original master reels which some of them have not been opened for forty years. The sound is rumoured to be the best ever on any Elvis release. Reproduced at there own studios in New York , lovingly transferred to digital tape.brFor the first time ever you can close your eyes and think that Elvis is in the same room.brIf you have these songs already , still purchase this disc because you won`t have versions like these.
Mind Blowing!! September 25, 2002
J. WHITE (Notts, England)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I think my title says it all, really, if you ever buy a single elvis cd make it this one as it is perfect in every way. The 50's tracks the sound is crystal clear and yet still keep there classic sound, such as All Shook Up and Hound Dog. The 60's tracks is where you start to hear sounds you've never heard before on previous elvis best of's on songs such as His Latest Flame, In The Ghetto and Suspicious Minds, well basically all of them. The 70's tracks, well thats a different thing all together, Burning Love has never, ever sounded so good!! Every single track has improved, really thay are so much better!! Even if you have another Elvis compilation it will not come close to the qulity of this album, and at over 79 minutes long, fantastic.
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