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Title: If only...
Review: Issued twenty years after his death, this splendid collection of early Elvis hits leaves me furious and in awe. Furious that he let all the glorious earthiness, the sublime brilliance of his voice slip away to pop pap. Sure, the whole mob around him didn't help; the colonel, the Memphis Mafia, the Vegas soul-suckers. But, ultimately it was Elvis' life to ru8in and ruin it he did.I am in awe of that voice and the innate ability he had to use it in the best possible manner.If only it could have stayed the way it was.A brilliant first album for anyone without Elvis material or for sonmeone who thinks those first few years were the best.
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