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Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters [Box set]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (28 Mar 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: CMG
  • ASIN: B004LR5K0I
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,937 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. The Wonder Of You
2. I've Lost You
3. The Next Step Is Love
4. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
See all 23 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Always On My Mind
2. Fool
3. Steamroller Blues
4. Raised On Rock
See all 24 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights
2. I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
3. The Fool
4. A Hundred Years From Now
See all 23 tracks on this disc
Disc: 4
1. Merry Christmas Baby
2. I Shall Be Released (Informal Recording)
3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
4. It's Still Here (Original Unedited Version Ending With Felton Jarvis Talking)
See all 23 tracks on this disc
Disc: 5
1. See See Rider
2. Men With Broken Hearts
3. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
4. Polk Salad Annie
See all 27 tracks on this disc

Product Description

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Elvis Presley's music in the 1970s is often dismissed as the bombastic, half-hearted hack work of an overweight, pill-addicted, badly dressed has-been. In the liner notes to this five-CD set, Dave Marsh argues that Presley, in fact, created a more impressive body of work in the '70s than almost any other pop act. And the music on this massive anthology backs Marsh up. Stripping away all the garish live recordings and album filler, the package concentrates on a core of 120 songs--the A- and B-sides of every single Presley recorded in the '70s, 46 other studio tracks (including 13 previously unreleased performances), and 27 live tracks (including another 13 unreleased tracks)--that feature a still-magnificent singer collaborating with one of the funkiest bands of its time. This body of work certainly doesn't match Presley's breakthroughs in the '50s, nor does it equal the achievements of Al Green, Neil Young, and Van Morrison in the '70s, but it does stack up well against the work of Bob Dylan and the ex-Beatles in the same decade.

Even in his laziest moments, Presley was a master of intonation and phrasing, delivering his rich baritone with a disarming naturalness. And when he caught a spark from his great T.C.B. Band (anchored by guitarist James Burton and drummer Ron Tutt), Presley could still out-sing anyone in American pop. You can hear it here on inspired versions of Tony Joe White's "Polk Salad Annie," Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," Muddy Waters' "Got My Mojo Working," Wayne Carson's "Always on My Mind," Chuck Berry's "Promised Land," Paul McCartney's "Lady Madonna," Percy Mayfield's "Stranger in My Own Hometown," Dennis Linde's "Burning Love," and Joe South's "Walk a Mile in My Shoes." --Geoffrey Himes

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This rare box-set is packaged in a DVD sized ecolbook, the width of a normal CD.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Peter Durward Harris #1 HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
You will rarely get two people to agree about the merits of the music Elvis recorded in the seventies. Even if they agree about it being patchy, they will invariably disagree about which tracks are good and which are bad. In compiling this set, a clear attempt has been made to pick out the best, but it is inevitable that you (like me) will think that some tracks should have been excluded to make may for others that were omitted. In that context, this is a brilliant compilation.

The first two CD's are filled with hit singles based on both British and American charts. This explains the inclusion of Green green grass of home, a minor British hit. The compilers didn't have to decide what to include - the public had decided on these tracks in the seventies via their purchases. Tracks that had been recorded in the sixties are to be found on the equivalent sixties boxed set. Even if it was the seventies when they became hits, you won't find them here. So these two CD's include all the seventies hits that Elvis actually recorded in the seventies, most notably The wonder of you, Its only love, Burning love, Always on my mind, Promised land, Trouble, Moody blue and Way down.

The third and fourth CD's include studio highlights, while the final CD contains live highlights. It is the selection of songs here that is subjective, but I enjoy everything that has been included. There are tracks I would have liked included that weren't, but I solved that problem by buying CD's that had those tracks on. And therein lies the strength of this set - you get all the hits and a lot of other great music, but you don't have to buy all the rubbish to get them.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
This is a grat collection of Elvis's seventies recordings, the five C.D.s actually seem too short, as the energy packed performances fly by. True it is a different kind of energy to that displayed on his fiftys work, here he can sound a bit compalcent, like he doesn't even have to try, but his band is funky and well, he is Elvis, when he gets it right he sounds inspired. And this set hits all the right spots, given that his recorded seventies legacy could easily fill 15 C.Ds. If you buy this, you wont regret it (unless of course you subsequently need the money for a life saving operation), even then you'll enjoy you're last days more. Enjoy.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
This set was given to me by a friend, who tried to convince that Elvis still counted as a singer long after "suspicious minds". He has succeeded. Thoug I am not an avid Elvis Fan (unlike my friend) this 5 cd set surprised me positively time and time again.

First, its show the wide array of songs Elvis could sing. Country, gospel pop and rock it's all there. Many of the songs are highlights of the 70's studio albums and great in their own right as the show Elvis on top of his singing. Unlike Sinatra, singing came natural to Elvis & he proves he can cover any ground blindfolded and running. A great voice, well recorded.
Some of the songs lyrics may appear non-engaging - though bearing in mind his personal tragedies (losing Priscilla and Lisa Marie) this changes somewhat and many of these songs become much more personal.

But the most stunning and the one cd I play most is the fifth CD, entirely consisting of live performances. Here Elvis rocks and is loaded with energy. The band is giving a top performance as well. This CD just shows what the world has missed since. Elvis is by no means the fat singer with a slurred voice, but a stage animal, easily beating soem of the tacky or static performances of some of greatest rock'n'roll bands of the world. A truly rocking experience - and it still impresses.

If you like Elvis, and don't want to delve deep into his records of the 70's buy this one. If you want an introduction to Elvis beyond "that's allright mama" , " king creole" and the like - this is the set.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fantastic
Fabulous 5 disc set. the disc storage could have been thought out a little better but still excellent value and quality discs
Published 1 month ago by Simon
Thank you very muuuch !
Bought for my husband for valentines day as he was after Elvis hits of the 70s
After subjecting us lesser Elvis fans to it on a 3. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sarah F
Elvis At His Best
Great songs lots of favourites. Well worth purchasing. I loved it and would say buy it you will enjoy it.
Published 3 months ago by D. J. Frost
lots of tracks good value but many poor ones too.
there are many tracks on this set that are good, but some very poor ones that shouldn't have been included. Read more
Published 4 months ago by John R. Bryan
Walk a mile in my shoes
Know all the songs and it's great to get this set. Some great ballads in there with the occasional return to his roots.
Published 7 months ago by Paddles O'Maddles
The Concert Years
This Box set is a must for Elvis Fans,A new Decade From The Wonder Of You, to Always on my mind to the last concerts when his Voice was just as majestic, in the Powerful emotions... Read more
Published 7 months ago by crispin
The Best
Elvis made great records in the 50's, 60's and 70,s and even today with some great re-mixs but i like Elvis live in the 70's most of all. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mark Greenley
CD's bending!
Five stars for the music. Minus one for the packaging.

Never have I had so much trouble getting a CD out of it's case. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. S. Naylor
great songs
i bought the full size elvis 50's and 60's boxes some time ago these cost about £40 each.
i wanted the 70's box but never got round to ordering it until now. Read more
Published 10 months ago by G. V. Best
Uh Huh!!!!!
One of the best sessions I have ever heard, being a fan of 70's Elvis... This set is fantastic and at a great price too
Published 10 months ago by B Elvis H
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