Southern Nights (Southern Nights - Elvis Presley)

Member Name: vernonpresley

Product:	Southern Nights - Elvis Presley
Date:	06/12/08 (15 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Some fantastic performances

Disadvantages: None

During the 1970s Elvis Presley gave over 1000 live performances, many of them featuring the same songs. The reason for the similarity of the material was due to ease of rehearsal, and also because Elvis was quite bored and didn't want to spend lots of time working up lots of new material.

This is not to say that there are not rare performances of songs which Elvis didn't sing live very often however. This CD from the Elvis Presley specialist record label FTD is an attempt to collect together a range of songs which he performed less often, and to present them as a kind of alternative concert.

This concept really works. It is quite a treat, after hearing the same songs in the same order over and over again on lots of CDs, to hear the variety of material here. My favourite songs are BIG BOSS MAN and IT'S MIDNIGHT, although it's hard to choose as there are a great number of fantastic performances on this CD. I highly recommend this CD to any Elvis fans out there.

Tracklist
1: That's All Right
2: It's Now Or Never
3: Help Me
4: Steamroller Blues
5: Heartbreak Hotel
6: Release Me
7: Polk Salad Annie
8: I'll Remember You
9: Little Darlin'
10: Bridge Over Troubled Water
11: Trying To Get To You
12: You Gave Me A Mountain
13: Help Me Make It Through The Night
14: Fairytale
15: Jambalaya
16: Big Boss Man
17: It's Midnight
18: Promised Land
19: Trouble
20: T.R.O.U.B.L.E
21: Hawaiian Wedding Song
22: Blue Suede Shoes
23: For The Good Times
24: I Can't Stop Loving You
25: I'm Leavin'

Summary: Southern Nights