Re: [bomp] Elvis etc.

["Immortal Porpoises" <immortalporpoises@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And "If I Can Dream," the greatest gospel/social consciousness anthem of its
generation, possibly of all time.

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Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 6:18 AM
Subject: [bomp] Elvis etc.


>
> In a message dated 9/4/07 5:04:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes:
>
> > I  was thinking of the recordings around the comeback
> > special,  especially
> > "Suspicious Minds," "Kentucky Rain" and "Burning
> >  Love" (I think that was a
> > bit later, though). In a way, it was the  same thing
> > he always did, mixing
> > country and R&B, except  the country and R&B (or
> > soul) was updated.
> >
> Very true.  The quality of his recordings had been
> going up even before the comeback  special, e.g. "Big
> Boss Man" and "US Male" - those were recorded in  '67
> but released in '68. Elvis must have sensed the poor
> quality of most  of his mid sixties work and gotten a
> clue even before the TV  special....
>
>
>
>
> Also, and importantly, after all those years of making rushed trips to the
> recording studios between his hectic movie shooting schedule, to quickly
apply
> vocals to hastily-recorded backing tracks of lame songs written for the
> films, those early 1969 sessions (by which time his movie career was just
about
> winding down) were the first time in years Elvis had ample time to really
work
> with his musicians and producers on finding the right songs, and the right
> approach/arrangements for the songs, and put proper thought and care into
the
> records he was releasing.
>
>
>
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