Gospel Train [Remastered] - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Advantages: 87 songs
Disadvantages: None that I could see

...This is an amazing box collection and along with Elvis Presley you also have input from Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Jordanaires, The Imperials, The Nashville Edition, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, The Sweet Inspirations, Kathy Westmoreland, Sherrill Neilsen. The compilation producers were Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon and it was recorded between 1956 & 1977. The box set also includes liner notes by Cheryl Thurber. As with mainy things nowadays it was digitally remastered by Dennis Ferrante & Lene Reidel. *********MY OPINION************ I have to say that I have been an avid fan of Elvis from an early age. I have always loved the gospel aspect of his career. I have many many CD's of his, but when I bought this set I was really pleasantly surprised. It has such an amazing array of songs. I would definately... Read review

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Advantages: Original, musically ambitious, light-hearted
Disadvantages: Confusing, misunderstood, indulgent

...of B-sides and a limited-release A-side. All three are instantly forgettable. *** So, twenty seven years later, what are we to make of the Stranglers' monster child? The Gospel According to the Meninblack is an oddity that is difficult to categorize. Critics and fans alike didn't really know what to make of it. It was an example of how the band, right from the start, refused to bow to expectations. What we can now say is that the album was, musically, way ahead of its time. Listening to the digitally-remastered tracks, it is surprising just how modern they sound; more surprising still when we remember that despite the band's wide use of synthesizers, studio technology in 1980 was still essentially in the Stone Age. Perhaps the best thing a modern listener can do is ignore the concept and concentrate on the songs. Packaging... Read review

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Advantages: Elvis Presley singing some wonderful music
Disadvantages: The tracks have been released and re-released many times over the years

...People often recall Elvis Presley as the early rock 'n' roller in the mid-1950s, or the less rocking star of some (sometimes) decidedly dodgy movies from the 1960s, or as the Las Vegas singer of the 1970s. One style of music which straddles all of these time periods though is gospel. Elvis was always a great lover of gospel music, and often spent hours singing this type of music with his backing singers in his own private time. Elvis' record company, BMG, have spent the last 29 years (since his death) repackaging his recorded material, and still release many CDs each year, collecting together already released material and unreleased material from the archives (this unreleased music is often distributed through their specialist Elvis label FTD - short for 'Follow That Dream' which was the title of one of Elvis' movies from the 1960s... Read review

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