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Title: Not "classic," perhaps, but highly entertaining.
Review: The best track on this fun CD is, unfortunately, the least in terms of audio quality--a great live rendition by Elvis and his band of "Baby, Let's Play House" that sounds like it was preserved with a four-dollar cassette recorder on low batteries. Still, it's something to hear, and hear again. The sound quality is much better on the remaining tracks, expecially on the Johnny Cash sides. Everyone, with the exception of the always-stiff Cash, sounds looser in person than on disc, including David Houston, whose "Sugar Sweet" is a potent rockabilly number, even if the singer's sense of 1-2-3-4 is less than potent. Marvel at the ease with with Houston's band stays on the same, off-meter page (though there is one moment of hesitation on the lead guitarist's part). Very pleasant listening.
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