Presse -Roots and Covers Of Elvis Presley Bear Family Records BCD17760 (74min)
Bear Family comes out with 28 songs that Elvis Presley recorded but were not his from the beginning. The recordings that already existed are good enough to be enjoyed by Elvis Presley fans too. Helmut Radermacher, editor of Golden Boy Elvis magazine, has written the well-illustrated, highly informative text (38 pages) of the CD cover. The songs were published by Elvis in 1967-1969, when he was at his best.
The booklet is very richly illustrated.

Presse -Here we are lured out on the dance floor by 31 finger-snap friendly numbers from 1948-
1963. It's a nice mix of well-known as well as lesser-known artists and tunes, mostly at medium tempo or slower, and no lush rock tunes to bend to. Perhaps mainly intended to be inviting to so-called printers (something I have not had the opportunity to test).
In any case, there is a lot of fun and swinging music on offer. In the blues/R&B area, Wynonie Harris does a good job in “Bring it back”, Dinah Washington sings well to a big band in “Is you is or is you ain't...” and Ruth Brown gives fine versions of “Why don't you do right” and the pleasant “I don't know”.

Presse -The world of love, serenity and violence is clearly unassailable (abilly).
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Even Dr. Kinsey's famous report on sexual behavior in the 1950s is covered by Big Duke Henderson ('Hey Dr. Kinsey') and Stomp Gordon ('What's Her Wimsy Dr. Kinsey').

Presse -THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT! VOL. 49 Neben bekannten Künstlern, die vor allem das breite Publikum bedienten, versuchte das in New York ansässige Columbia-Label, auch in Sachen Country und Rockabilly einen Fuß in die Tür zu bringen. Versorgte Stars wie Carl Perkins, Johnny Horton und Rose Ma-ddox mit neuen Plattenverträgen, gab aber auch jungen Musikern wie Wally Hughes, David Frizzell, Bill Craddock und Ronnie Self die Chance, ihre Singles bei einem Major zu veröffentlichen.
Klasse Mischung, die auch Volume 49 der Bear-Family-Reihe THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT! zu einer hörenswerten und bestens dokumentierten Rückschau macht.

Presse -The fact that the discussion about “the wolf” has been around for much longer than its reintroduction to our forests shows ON THE PROWL WITH THE WOLF, the jam-packed compilation that features such diverse musicians as Elvis Presley (”Wolf Call“), Leon Payne (”Im A Lone Wolf"), Sam The Sham & The.

Presse - The album opens with the oldest recording in the set, Bring It Back, by post-war R&B star Wynonie Harris, recorded in 1952. Listening to the following songs, you can't help but think of the famous song Fever, presented here by Little Caesar and The Romans from 1961. In such a set, of course, Elvis Presley could not be missing in the song Relax from the movie It Happened At The World's Fair. The closing track on the album, Help Me Sonny Boy Williamson II, will be music to the ears of every blues fan. It is attributed to Williamson, Willie Dixon and Ralph Bass, but according to some sources it is based on the composition Green Onions by Booker T. and the MG's.

Presse - The album is an excellent presentation of the region's diverse musical styles. Choé does not pretend to be a true overview of the music (which would certainly include more Latin and Native American music), but it is a surprisingly original mix. With the exception of Tom T. Hall's She Gave Her Heart to Jethro and the classic trucker's ballad Phantom 309, all songs are original songs by artists living in New Mexico, written between 1970 and 2022.

Press - track by Ike Turner (She Made My Blood Run Cold, with a doo-woop choir and vocals by pianist Clayton Love), Nashville rockabilly by Dave Rich (Chicken House) and the stratospheric falsetto of Donnie Elbert with Wild Child on Deluxe. So roll out the carpet and once dinner is over, offer your guests a little session of dancing, bop, twist or blues, not forgetting to snap your fingers!

Press -The icing on the cake includes obscure recordings by artists such as Merle Kilgore, Eddie Banks and Barbara McNair, while the socially critical country/folk song “Sixteen Tons” is represented twice: once in the 1955 hit version by Tennessee Ernie Ford and once by The Platters. Rock'n'roll, doo wop and ballads complete the excursion into the 1950s and early 1960s. The 38-page booklet, which contains a lot of discographic details, is also visually tastefully presented. The sound is, as usual with Bear Family, great.