Let Yourself Go - Elvis Presley

As any Elvis fan would know, Elvis had a spell out of the limelight and this ended with the 1968 TV comeback special, the music on this special was so good that the critics that Elvis had gained from his time away from music making rubbish films, quickly got off his back. The album Let yourself go features many of the tracks from this comeback special as well as clips from the rehearsals and alternate takes of many of the kings best tracks such as "Guitar man", "big boss man" and one of my all time Elvis favourites "If I can dream". This album differs slightly from most Elvis albums in that I often say that even non ...  Read the complete review

In 1968 Elvis Presley filmed a television special which would prove to be his 'comeback' after a series of increasingly mediocre movies. The musical material featured on this TV special was of such a high quality that critics and fans felt that Elvis had redeemed himself. There have been lots of different CDs released over the years featuring music recorded for this TV special, both in performance and rehearsal. This particular release, entitled LET YOURSELF GO - THE MAKING OF 'ELVIS': THE COMEBACK SPECIAL, comes from the specialist Elvis record label FTD and features previously unreleased outtakes and rehearsals tracks. There is some fantastic ...  Read the complete review