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| Personnel includes Elvis Presley Carl Perkins Jerry Lee Lewis Johnny Cash The Jordanaires The Imperials The Nashville Edition J D Sumner amp The Stamps The Sweet Inspirations Kathy Westmoreland Sherrill Neilsen Compilation producers Ernst Mikael Jorgensen Roger Semon Recorded between 1956 amp 1977 Includes liner notes by Cheryl Thurber Digitally remastered by Dennis Ferrante amp Lene Reidel Audio Remixer Dennis Ferrante Recording information 1957-197 Arrangers Earl Brown Elvis Presley Elvis Presley was and is an American icon a figure whose impact on the pop music world cannot be overestimated Before he became a legend Presley was just a singer albeit one who got the goods by synthesizing the music of his youth blues country music mainstream pop Dean Martin was an early favorite of his and gospel Southern gospel is a intensely rhythmic devotional music and that obviously left a powerful impression on the young Elvis he often sang gospel tunes to warm-up for recording session and concerts This box set exclusively collects the gospel songs old and then new Presley recorded throughout his career including the Million Dollar Quartet session Elvis Jerry Lee Lewis Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash This collection is wildly varied the relaxed party-like informality of the Quartet session it was not originally intended for release and the glossy orchestrated pop of Only Believe seem to be poles apart yet the common ground is the conviction Presley brings to these performances Other high points the almost Baroque choral touches on a gently loping take of Johnny Cash s A Thing Called Love the spare haunting I Asked the Lord and the near-operatic wail of Reach Out to Jesus |
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