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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Bmg / Elvis
Salesrank: 5178
Released: September 19, 2006 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Complete Million Dollar Quartet Track Listing:
1. Instrumental - Elvis Presley,
2. Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley, Presley, Elvis
3. Jingle Bells - Elvis Presley,
4. White Christmas - Elvis Presley, Berlin, Irving
5. Reconsider Baby - Elvis Presley, Fulsom, Lowell
6. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley, Presley, Elvis
7. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley, Presley, Elvis
8. Paralyzed - Elvis Presley, Presley, Elvis
9. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley, Presley, Elvis
10. There's No Place Like Home - Elvis Presley, Payne, John Howard
11. When the Saints Go Marchin' In - Elvis Presley, Traditional
12. Softly and Tenderly - Elvis Presley, Traditional
13. Just a Little Talk with Jesus - Elvis Presley, Derricks, Cleavant
14. Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley - Elvis Presley, Traditional
15. I Shall Not Be Moved - Elvis Presley, Traditional
16. Peace in the Valley - Elvis Presley, Dorsey, Thomas A.
17. Down by the Riverside - Elvis Presley, Traditional
18. I'm with a Crowd But So Alone - Elvis Presley, Tubb, Ernest
19. Farther Along - Elvis Presley, Traditional
20. Blessed Jesus (Hold My Hand) - Elvis Presley, Traditional
21. On the Jericho Road - Elvis Presley, Traditional
22. I Just Can't Make It by Myself - Elvis Presley, Brewster, Herbert
23. Little Cabin Home on the Hill - Elvis Presley, Monroe, Bill
24. I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling - Elvis Presley, Monroe, Bill
25. Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong - Elvis Presley, Monroe, Bill
26. Keeper of the Key (Carl Lead) - Elvis Presley, Stewart, Beverly
27. Don't Forbid Me - Elvis Presley, Singleton, Charles
28. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Elvis Presley, Berry, Chuck
29. Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Elvis Presley, Hunter, Ivory Joe
30. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Elvis Presley, Berry, Chuck
31. Don't Forbid Me - Elvis Presley, Singleton, Charles
32. You Belong to My Heart - Elvis Presley, Gilbert, Ray
33. Is It So Strange - Elvis Presley, Young, Faron
34. That's When Your Heartaches Begin - Elvis Presley, Hill, Billy [1]
35. I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye - Elvis Presley, Snow, Hank
36. Crazy Arms - Elvis Presley, Mooney, Ralph
37. That's My Desire - Elvis Presley, Loveday, Carroll
38. End of the Road - Elvis Presley, Lewis, Jerry Lee
39. Black Bottom Stomp - Elvis Presley, Joseph, Morton Ferd
40. You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven - Elvis Presley, Autry, Gene
41. Elvis Says Goodybe - Elvis Presley,
Editorial Review:
Fifty years after a 21-year-old Elvis Presley first shook the world comes a reissue of the famed Million Dollar Quartet recording, the off-the-cuff Sun Records jam session where Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash joined Presley for a loose-jointed romp through 46 songs. Except that's not quite right--Cash either put down his part off-mic or rolled out his big baritone-bass when the tape wasn't rolling (the more likely explanation). So that, as Colin Escott writes in his liner notes, technically makes this a $750,000 Trio. And while this new edition is billed as the "complete" quartet--since 12 more minutes surfaced on a tape of superior sound quality found in Elvis's private collection, and the session is now in its right sequence--it obviously isn't the whole thing. (The 12 extra minutes are essentially four short instrumentals and "Reconsider Baby" at the start, as well as bits and pieces at different points throughout the CD.) But what survives is nevertheless fascinating, of course, not only for the historical record but for the fervor the three bring to a handful of spirituals (their finest moment) and how young Presley--who is already recording for RCA, and has just been dropped by Sun--presents himself. His new notoriety brings out a cocky charm, as he devotes much of these renditions of "Don't Be Cruel" and "Paralyzed" to an imitation of Jackie Wilson imitating him (Elvis knows Wilson only as one of Billy Ward's Dominoes), and boasting that Pat Boone recorded a song that Elvis wouldn't even audition. This fly-on-the-wall voyeurism should appeal to any student of rock 'n' roll history. But serious Elvisphiles will especially enjoy hearing Presley talk about the seeds of recording "That's When Your Heartaches Begin," mimic Hank Snow on "I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye," and express bemused ire over Faron Young, who had sent him a song ("Is It So Strange") he hoped Elvis would record. "He didn't want to give me none of it--he wanted it all, you know," Elvis says with a chuckle, supposedly referring to the publishing/writing credit, something Elvis's manager, the iron-fisted Colonel Tom Parker, demanded. As the trio moves through a plethora of material--Christmas songs, gospel, blues, R&B, country, pop, Dixieland, cowboy, and bluegrass--they become the hammer, anvil, and steel, forging a new form of music. What you have here, then, is no less than the sound of it, taking shape. --Alanna Nash
The Complete Million Dollar Quartet Reviews:
falls short 
2008-08-07 - I don't think elvis meant this cd to be released. Elvis is an exceptional entertainer and this cd falls very short of his usual recordings. There are songs listed here that are really just short converations and I was hoping to hear him sing the whole song. I would not buy this cd if I was thinking I was getting 47 songs. This cd is really disappointing and I'm surprised that it's on the market.
Great Million Dollar Quartet 
2008-07-18 - Love Elvis and this jam session with Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis is a must for any fan.
Million Dollar Quartet 
2008-04-28 - My husband really likes this CD. We had originally heard about it at Sun Studios in Memphis and it is everything they said it was.
Million Dollars Worth of Joy
2008-04-02 - I recommend this disc to those who love the early roots of Rock n' Roll as it was in the early 50's. Also, to anyone who wants to hear gospel music sung well and with spirit. Elvis' gifts are demonstrated on this recording better than on the polished and highly edited recordings we commonly hear. These guys were having a great time and it comes across in each tract. Their rendition of Lonesome Valley will dust off the cobwebs in the most cynical soul.
It's Like Being in The Studio with The King and the Killer!!
2008-01-27 - Just a fantastic CD!!! Hearing Elvis, Jerry Lee, Carl and Johnny in the studio, is like being a fly on the wall during this infamous session. The banter and the Spirituals were really moving. HIGHly recommended!!
