The King Of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters CD Set 5 compact discs CD's

Description

Item comes brand new still shrink wrap sealed. Some wear from storage and handling on outside packaging. Great Elvis collectible item with 5 compact discs for a total of 5 hours and 36 minutes of THE KING Of ROCK and ROLL and his 1950's music.
Product details:
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer :
No
Product Dimensions :
6.1 x 12.3 x 2 inches; 2 Pounds
Manufacturer :
BMG / RCA
Original Release Date :
2005
Run time :
5 hours and 36 minutes
Date First Available :
December 7, 2006
Label :
BMG / RCA
ASIN :
B000002WMH
Number of discs :
5
Elvis Aaron Presley
(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known simply as
Elvis
, was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultral icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "The King".
Presley was born in Tupelo Mississippi,
and relocated to Memphis Tennessee,
with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records
with producer Sam Phillips,
who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music
to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black,
was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music
and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D J Fontana
joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor
acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll
l
. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
Presley is the best selling music artist of all time. He was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, R&B adult
contemporary, and gospel. He won three Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. He holds the records for the most RIAA
certified Gold
and Platinum albums. In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
.
This five-disc set was the first release in BMG's effort to present Elvis's recorded legacy in a manner befitting the most important musical artist of his time. The strategy was simple--showcase, in chronological order, remastered versions of the King's 1950s output, from his sessions with Sam Phillips at Sun Studios (where they arguably invented the very notion of rock & roll) through his 1958 Army induction. Not everything Elvis recorded in the '50s was great (just as not everything he recorded in Hollywood was rotten), but there are dozens of tracks here that, quite simply, can make a bad day seem all that much better. Which surely still makes him the king of something. Suffice it to say this is one box set that lives up to its title. --Bill Holdship