...And Everyone Should Get This Album

This album is a satisfying winner that at first glance just seems to be a hodge-podge of left-overs drawn from 4 sources, but somehow it works. From the Sun days you have "Tomorrow Night" that was overdubbed with extra instrumentation shortly before this album's release (hey, I thought they only did this when the artist was already dead!) and it works beautifully. From the early RCA days you have the playfull Your Cheating Heart and the gutsy When It Rains, It Really Pours. From the post-army, early 60's Nashville days you have an excellent homage to Chuck Berry and the King's home town: the lively Memphis Tennessee, plus 3 other varied tunes that also showcase the country-flavoured piano of Floyd Cramer. And lastly, you get 5 movie soundtrack songs where Elvis manages not to embarrass himself. Far from it, the passionate Summer Kisses, Winter Tears is a joy. When I first heard this song many years ago I wondered if it was derived from an Asian pop song. I was even in a Chinese restaurant once and I heard an instrumental version of this song playing for dinner music. Forget Me Never and In My Way are sincere solo folk guitar crooners. Sound Advice is a happy-go-lucky, toe-tappin', finger-snappin', whistlin' throw-away and that leaves just Santa Lucia. All I can say about this song is that if you belong to the F.B.I. (Full-Blooded Italians) you'd probably love the fact that Elvis sang this song for you.

Over all, this is a fine album even though there is no mega-hit on it like Jailhouse Rock or Suspicious Minds. But if you've already got all the hits but need more Elvis (doesn't everybody?) this CD would make an excellent choice.

Great Album

I've had this album since 1965 and Love how Evis can go from a country ballad upbeat "Your Cheatin' Heart" to a very Bluesy up tempo "When it rains it really pours". The Ballads of "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears & Tomorrow night", show the true vocal range Elvis had in the center of his career and never lost it. My most favorite song on this album is "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers", and a very close second is "Sound Advise" Truly a great walk back to the SIXTYS, as a true artist and great talented singer. ENJOY

THE BEST!

This was the first album (yes album) I ever got. It was a Christmas present one year. So every song is very special to me and has a lot of memories. Elvis is one of my favorites anyone especailly at that time in his career. It is a great album.