Album Club
31-03-2014, 23:05
Tim has chosen this week's album and you have to wonder what would have happened if this one had never been released. Thanks a lot Tim.
Please enter into the discussion if you wish to vote, and listen to the entire album before commenting.
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956)
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This is a slight departure from my normal Album Club selections, which in the main have been new music and mostly bands/artists I have never seen played in Spinning Today, to try and introduce something new.
This time it's an all time classic and highly regarding as one of the most important records in music history - Elvis Presley's first album, which is really nothing more than a covers album. Like him or not, Elvis is one of the most influential artists of all time and a cultural icon. With more No. 1 chart albums to his name than most artists ever release! Elvis whilst alive really was 'The King' to a huge section of society.
Elvis and The Beatles are the biggest selling music artists of all time with claimed sales individually of over 600 Million each, Michael Jackson in third place is ranked with 400 Million claimed sales. I was first introduced to Elvis by an older step-brother who was literally obsessed with him. I was too young to know what was going on or take any real interest, but his music and songs clearly struck a chord as I have many of them still stuck in my head and it gives me great pleasure to listen to them after so many years. I even still know a lot of the lyrics when I hear songs like Jailhouse Rock and Suspicious Minds playing and can sing along.
This multi-million selling eponymous début album literally catapulted an unknown artist to legendary superstar status. Recorded in Mono between 1954 and 1956 at two locations, Nashville and New York. Its a mix of Blues, Rock n' Roll, Country and Rockabilly and was released by RCA Victor Records in March 1956. The album is ranked 56 in the Rolling Stone top 500 of all time and the cover is 40th in the 100 best covers of all time. It really is a classic and I personally think every record collection should have a copy - if you only ever buy one Elvis album, this I think should be the one. My step-brother still has the original release which is a little dog-eared now and he never plays it, just keeps it and plays the CD instead. Imagine the impact this would have made in 1956, just over 10 years since the end of WW2 and when you put the needle down on the vinyl you got Blue Suede Shoes! It must have been startling for the youth of the time and some say it changed the face of modern music overnight.
Enjoy.
The album - Elvis Presley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley_%28album%29)
Elvis Presley - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley)
Please enter into the discussion if you wish to vote, and listen to the entire album before commenting.
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mTxK3OaRL.jpg
spotify:album:7GXP5OhYyPVLmcVfO9Iqin
This is a slight departure from my normal Album Club selections, which in the main have been new music and mostly bands/artists I have never seen played in Spinning Today, to try and introduce something new.
This time it's an all time classic and highly regarding as one of the most important records in music history - Elvis Presley's first album, which is really nothing more than a covers album. Like him or not, Elvis is one of the most influential artists of all time and a cultural icon. With more No. 1 chart albums to his name than most artists ever release! Elvis whilst alive really was 'The King' to a huge section of society.
Elvis and The Beatles are the biggest selling music artists of all time with claimed sales individually of over 600 Million each, Michael Jackson in third place is ranked with 400 Million claimed sales. I was first introduced to Elvis by an older step-brother who was literally obsessed with him. I was too young to know what was going on or take any real interest, but his music and songs clearly struck a chord as I have many of them still stuck in my head and it gives me great pleasure to listen to them after so many years. I even still know a lot of the lyrics when I hear songs like Jailhouse Rock and Suspicious Minds playing and can sing along.
This multi-million selling eponymous début album literally catapulted an unknown artist to legendary superstar status. Recorded in Mono between 1954 and 1956 at two locations, Nashville and New York. Its a mix of Blues, Rock n' Roll, Country and Rockabilly and was released by RCA Victor Records in March 1956. The album is ranked 56 in the Rolling Stone top 500 of all time and the cover is 40th in the 100 best covers of all time. It really is a classic and I personally think every record collection should have a copy - if you only ever buy one Elvis album, this I think should be the one. My step-brother still has the original release which is a little dog-eared now and he never plays it, just keeps it and plays the CD instead. Imagine the impact this would have made in 1956, just over 10 years since the end of WW2 and when you put the needle down on the vinyl you got Blue Suede Shoes! It must have been startling for the youth of the time and some say it changed the face of modern music overnight.
Enjoy.
The album - Elvis Presley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley_%28album%29)
Elvis Presley - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley)