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List Price: $19.95 | | Label: Music Video Distributors
Salesrank: 137773
Released: February 21, 2006 |
| Our Price: $10.56 |
| Used Price: $36.23 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Closed-captioned Color DVD NTSC | Starring:
E l v i s P r e s l e y | |
Editorial Review:
This film looks behind the facts and between the lines and attempts to discover Why? and How? Why was Rock n Roll invented in Memphis by a quiet young man with a passion for all types of music? How did the events that led up to that fateful session on 5th
Elvis Presley: The Memphis Flash - Elvis Presley, Sun Records and How it All Began Reviews:
Worthwhile 
2007-08-19 - As I've grown older, I have come to admire Elvis' early music the most, essentially everything that came before "Heartbreak Hotel."
This documentary attempts to go back to Elvis' early years and determine the various elements that came together to produce the phenomenon that hit the world in 1956. There are visits to his homes and schools in Tupelo and Memphis, interviews with his friends and classmates, an overview of the Memphis music scene in the early 50s, and some remarkably intelligent commentary by several music historians who actually know quite a bit about him. All the while, excerpts from his early hits play in the backgroud.
Unfortunately, there are no full performances of those early hits on this dvd, but they are available on Elvis '56 - In the Beginning.
Because "Colonel" Tom Parker (the "Colonel" is an honorific the Bilious Bag of Gas bestowed upon himself) kept pushing Elvis to turn out a lot of music that is mediocre at best, there are relatively few disks available that fully reflect Elvis' remarkable range of talents. The general consensus is that the best of those that do is Elvis - The '68 Comeback Special (Deluxe Edition DVD), although I found it to be scripted and forced.
For those who are interested in learning more about Elvis, Bobbie Ann Mason's brief biography Elvis Presley (Penguin Lives) is excellent.
Memphis Flash
2006-11-10 - I purchased this item as a Christmas gift for my husband so I am unable to give a review at this time. Sorry. W. Cooper
