Since I own and play Elvis Worldwide Gold Award Hits Volume 1, I clearly need to have the four disk box set of Elvis' B-sides as well. My theory is that the A-side is the conscious side of the music, but the B-sides express the inner workings of an artist. Both sets are in Mono, which is a must for me regarding songs in the 1950s and 1960s. There are famous Elvis cuts here, such as "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" (wasn't this an A-side) and (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" but it's the songs I don't know that's the fun treasure hunt here. Oddly enough I don't think there is such a thing as a bad Elvis record. Of course, there are the masterpieces, and then there are the 'others,' but in truth, he never gave a bad performance in a recording. As mentioned playing the entire 4 album set is a trip to the artist's subconscious. There is always that feeling of regret that Elvis should have worked with David Bowie, or other producers and arrangers. Alas, that obviously didn't happen. Still, this is a very impressive collection of music. Another highlight of the packaging is the inner sleeves show all the Elvis releases on RCA at the time of 1971, the release of this box set.
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