Elvis - Elvis Presley

The King himself, Elvis Presley. I've actually been playing a lot of vinyl lately. But I haven't been posting. Don't ask me why, I mean this computer is right next to my turntable setup. Track three just started, "When my blue moon turns to gold again". I don't think I've heard this dong very much. As a matter of fact I think I've only heard it on this album and have only spun this album about three times including today. But I like it. Its a longing yet fun sound and I dig that. This album titled, "Elvis", is obviously self titled. It says in the top corner "Stereo effect reprocessed from monophonic". I'm curious, what that did to the original sound. How did they take something recording in mono and reproduce it in stereo?  

So Monophonic refers to Monophony a musical style employing a single melodic line without accompaniment. It goes on to explain that may be a single single or instrument. I guess that translates to recorded Elvis by himself and added the music later? But that doesn't jive, I don't think it means what I thought it did. Anyhow.

I try to use discogs for all my reference material. For one thing, it is an awesome site all about music. Another is you can build and maintain a collection of your music, and not just, hey I have this Elvis album, no no no. It is as specific to be by issue year, whether its mono or stereo, who produced it, what country it was released in, just tons of detail. Some people may never care to look into that kind of info, but at the same time there are those who are curious what release they have, maybe they have something worth a few bucks, maybe they have something that made it all the way from another continent. What story is behind that physical media. I love all types of formats (including digital), but what kind of story is behind your record, or cassette for that matter. Why did someone write there name on it. Maybe you bought one that had someone's notes or something written on the inside. Maybe its just a plain old album or tape, you never know. But I'm starting to appreciate physical media more than digital. Maybe its because I can remember dancing in may aunt's den to Michael Jackson's Thriller album on her huge record player / console, country top type table thing. Maybe its a phase, but as much as I love music, I doubt I'll ever get rid of my stereo equipment and record collection (I just bought a matching Fisher Tape Deck to my Fisher Receiver, tried to get a nice Fisher direct drive turn table, but that fell through. I still have my beginner Audio Technica Turntable AT-LP60BK). 

But more on this record. The Album, "Elvis", has a total of twelve tracks. There are six on each side and this is a single LP. 

Side A consists of:

1. Rip it Up

2. Love Me (My most favorite song from Elvis because of the movie Heartbreak Hotel)

3. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again

4. Long Tall Sally

5. First In Line

6. Paralyzed

Side B has the following:

1. So Glad You're Mine

2. Old Shep

3. Ready Teddy (Another fun song performed on Heartbreak Hotel)

4. Anyplace is Paradice (currently playing as I type this)

5. How's the World Treating You

6. How Do You Think I Feel

If there is another that sounds the way Elvis sounds and can honestly be considered not a copy cat I don't know of him/her. I'm not talking in just voice, but musical performance as a whole. You put Elvis on and that feeling just comes around. Good Ole times... I doubt I could put it into words. If you don't find yourself singing or at the very least humming and/or swaying along to an Elvis song, you're not really paying attention or we can't be friends. For instance, "How's the world treating you", is currently playing, don't remember ever hearing it but I was automatically humming to it.

Bottom line is, this is a good record to put on ANYTIME. Perfect background music, but don't be afraid to crank it up and belt out the lyrics when alone or feeling silly with someone.