Who ever puts these Elvis sets together Could do a better job then what they are doing for the money that they are asking I think Elvis deserves better and so does the fans
Hi Ed, received my pre-ordered Elvis Memphis CD Boxset on Friday 9th August 2024 in the UK, and absolutely love it❤. Yes most of Elvis's songs is available on other CDs but it keeps Elvis's legacy alive😊. Elvis👑 Memphis CD boxset is currently number 1 on Amazon's UK Classic British Rock. The vinyl edition is at no 15 😍❤.
Hey Ed! Congratulations on the awesome pickups. Disappointing of course on the Vinyl artwork. Dam generic white inner sleeves. 😆😆☝️🫠. Mine should be arriving tomorrow the CD Box Set and was confirmed just before from shopgraceland for the red exclusively vinyl, oo yeaah! 🤣 TCB ⚡️⚡️😎
That has to be the worst gatefold I've ever seen. Photo of a STREET??? Don't these people know Elvis's fans only want pictures of ELVIS?? Thanks Ed for saving me some money.
It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on the CD box too Ed. The clarity is faultless but to me, the 1969 tracks sound a little flat without the vocal backings. If anyone hasn't bought the 'Memphis' CD box set, I would simply enjoy the previous RCA / Sony Legacy releases. Albums like 'Way Down in The Jungle Room' are much better options. Also very strange that so many studio tracks inc' 'Love Song of The Year', 'I'll Be There' and 'Mr Songman' aren't featured on the CD set... Perhaps just focusing on highlights from the 1974 concert might have been a better option if RCA were short of space; to allow for the inclusion of the missing masters.
It is indeed outrageous a 2 LP set cost nearly $40 in US. These are pressed in Mexico in factories with cheaper labor and cheaper material, but at least this came with poly lined sleeves instead of cheaper paper ones. Concerning the CD set, I'm glad they finally changed it to upload pockets and 2 fold out panels, so that we won't need a bowling alley to open it wide 😅
Here in the Netherlands the 2 Lp cost 45 euro's and the 5 cd boxset cost 70 euro's, 1 dollar is about 1,10 euro. So yeah, Elvis is the new Milk cow everywhere. That is why i never will buy something from Graceland. And besides that, at some places it's a huge difference as well, for example the 3 cd 1 blu-ray aloha boxset at one place here 35 euro at another place you pay 70 euro's. I think we all get ripped off as fans. It is really discusting.
It’ll be cool if they did the same concept with a album called Nashville, Starting with his early back from the army years all the way up to the back in Nashville sessions
Hey Ed!. I’m In the UK. I pre ordered the 5 cd set from Amazon here, arrived today. I can tell you, the cd box is way better, nice booklet with great pictures, and 2 wallets that house the discs, I’m not sure what the conversation in price is, but my cd set was £31 free shipping. 79:99 converts to £69, thats almost double the uk price. What’s going on with that ??
Thanks for opening the LP. As I suspected it was nothing to see..so it goes in the closet with the rest. Waiting for the Graceland copy. Tomorrow I’ll open the CD. Think it’s gonna Elvis RAW. Which is great
Thanks, Ed for sharing this with us. It’s a shame they can’t give us picture sleeves. Oh well, waiting too for the Red Vinyl from Graceland . I’m sure we will all enjoy this great new release with a different sound. TCB⚡️
Though I like the look of designed inner sleeves, I've exchange more LPs than I can count because of damaged vinyl surfaces from the discs rubbing against the paper or card stock. I'm happy to see these have plastic inner sleeves.
Thanks for the reviews. Why they stopped the inner sleeves is beyond us by spoiling us before. A bit slack by not adding Elvis in the gatefold? If i was in the graphic design department at bmg sony I’d demand top pics!😮
Ed i just got the cd set, i would have preferred the cover shot on the vinyl to the one used on the cd box! The booklet is nice but these watered down cardboard inners feel cheap, compared to the excellent cd sets from the past! Enjoy the music👍
Interesting to see, I ordered mine when in preorder price and in my country LP was 33€ and CD boxset 28€! I wonder why the boxset is at that price in the US 😮 Of course now that it’s been released costs more but doesn’t reach that US price. As for the inner sleeves, at least they have the plastic inner layer and are not just paper as we have encountered in other releases 🤷🏻♀️ I read different opinions about the sound in comment section... I guess I’ll find out! Thanks for TCB⚡️take care
@@HenkNuwolt- Masterpiece? Really!! It’s got tracks on it that should not have been and others that should have been but are not. Out of all the annual mainstream releases that we have had over the last few years, this is definitely the weakest.
The packaging is beautiful but sadly the mixing mistakes made on the American 69 disc are terrible . Reggie Young’s out of sync guitar on suspicious minds been the worst culprit ,,, also mixing mistakes on any day now and don’t cry daddy. The quality control on this is non existent
Sorry, Ed. That was kind of a bummer....I feel your pain, sir. Oh and that shirt you have on....Holy Macaroni it's *a-ma-zing!!!* That's my kind of shirt! I've seen some real bad stuff out there but that...that hits me right in my 70's era rabid KING fan heart! 😂😎 💯 👑 ✨️ *T⚡️C⚡️B* ✨️ 👑
I think the gatefold sleeve is excellent, and doesn't look underwhelming to me at all. I will pass on the cd set, since there are several errors on it. For instance the guitar of Reggie young is slightly out of sync on Suspicious Minds. The piano is in the wrong channel of It keeps right on a hurtin'. And a digital glitch on Any Day now.I could pick it up for only € 54,95, but I don't need these mistakes. Besides that ,all of this material has been released before, also most (if not all!) undubbed masters on the classic album series of FTD.
I’ve never known anybody complain about everything released on ELViS It’s all about the music if you don’t. Think you are going to like it don’t buy it
First off, There ARE “overdubs” included on some of the material, but Sony is telling us otherwise. So disappointed with this release, how can you screw up the ‘69 Memphis sessions like this. The list is too long, but there’s plenty more. 😮
@@1962Jivatone exactly! If people would take the time to listen to one song from this boxset and then go to listen to any of the other releases of the same song they would realize how bad this is.
@@the_music_hall I read so many comments about ( not on UA-cam) how good this boxset really is.Matt Ross-Spang is an American Grammy award winning record producer, engineer, and mixer and that is exactly what i hear when listening to this boxset.
@@1962Jivatone I'm really not going to waste my time on you, I can't talk to you about what I think this boxset, because then you will criticize it again, and I really have better things to do thank god. I LOVE THIS BOXSET !.
Surely you did not expect anything but plain inner sleeves. The whole vinyl release smacks of cheapness. And $80 for the CD set is a complete rip off - the 32 page booklet is hardly worth having considering 6 pages are devoted to track listings and credits. But hey, Sony know the fans will buy it on autopilot, moan about it and then wait for the next one and the cycle will,get repeated once again.
Hi Ed. Yeah on Suspicious Minds the hi hat on drums was off-putting for me it sounded too far ahead and don’t cry daddy track again didn’t sound right at all !! I didn’t like the mix didnt like the Overdub of Elvis’s voice on top of the other voice !! It’s like they were trying to take it to another level just doesn’t sound great at all !! But again that’s my opinion who are the Elvis would’ve thought ?
That's a bit of a rip off its the same here in Ireland and has the inner should have something that's not good they seam to lose interest in the fans that are putting money into these pocket but well done pal
No Ed it's not worth $80, for the most part the mixes are awful. Elvis sounds flat and is over taken by instrumentation on a good portion of the mixes.
How can Elvis sound flat?. Did he sound flat on the original versions?, no. These are the exact same versions with the overdubs removed, so how can he sound flat?, I don’t think Elvis ever sang flat in his life!
@@Pauls_Archive Elvis original recordings are not flat, this mix is flat. Two different things. The recordings on the boxset have some of the overdubs removed BUT they mixed (changed them) by emphasizing instrumentations over Elvis. Elvis voice should be predominant when listening but other instrumentation levels are too high or over emphasized in these remixed recordings.
@@the_music_hall Great assessment and I completely agree. I’m so disappointed, along with many others, that it’s almost unlistenable. I’m sticking with the FTD versions (and the originals), of the iconic sessions. 😊
Ed, my good brother I am a huge Elvis fan and my top 3 Elvis albums are 50,000,000 fans, Debut from 56, and how great thou art, what is your top 3 Elvis albums???🔥
Who ever puts these Elvis sets together Could do a better job then what they are doing for the money that they are asking I think Elvis deserves better and so does the fans
Money money but we are addicted so be it
U r DEAF 4 sure
@@nickmele9968 get a life
Get your ears cleaned would be a better option
@@nickmele9968 Go listen to ABBA would be my advise.
Hi Ed, received my pre-ordered Elvis Memphis CD Boxset on Friday 9th August 2024 in the UK, and absolutely love it❤. Yes most of Elvis's songs is available on other CDs but it keeps Elvis's legacy alive😊. Elvis👑 Memphis CD boxset is currently number 1 on Amazon's UK Classic British Rock. The vinyl edition is at no 15 😍❤.
Waste of money
Great pick ups Ed it helps Elvis keep selling ❤.
Gracious, $40 for an album of songs I've already got.
I can't do it for the album and probably not the CD's but I'm not a collector.
Same here.
Hey Ed!
Congratulations on the awesome pickups. Disappointing of course on the Vinyl artwork. Dam generic white inner sleeves. 😆😆☝️🫠.
Mine should be arriving tomorrow the CD Box Set and was confirmed just before from shopgraceland for the red exclusively vinyl, oo yeaah! 🤣
TCB ⚡️⚡️😎
Thanks Ed but another pass for me. To my ears i bought the Legacy Editions and they are excellent!
That has to be the worst gatefold I've ever seen. Photo of a STREET??? Don't these people know Elvis's fans only want pictures of ELVIS?? Thanks Ed for saving me some money.
It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on the CD box too Ed. The clarity is faultless but to me, the 1969 tracks sound a little flat without the vocal backings. If anyone hasn't bought the 'Memphis' CD box set, I would simply enjoy the previous RCA / Sony Legacy releases. Albums like 'Way Down in The Jungle Room' are much better options. Also very strange that so many studio tracks inc' 'Love Song of The Year', 'I'll Be There' and 'Mr Songman' aren't featured on the CD set... Perhaps just focusing on highlights from the 1974 concert might have been a better option if RCA were short of space; to allow for the inclusion of the missing masters.
Lost opportunity not put the side A label with the Sun logo.
It is indeed outrageous a 2 LP set cost nearly $40 in US. These are pressed in Mexico in factories with cheaper labor and cheaper material, but at least this came with poly lined sleeves instead of cheaper paper ones. Concerning the CD set, I'm glad they finally changed it to upload pockets and 2 fold out panels, so that we won't need a bowling alley to open it wide 😅
Here in the Netherlands the 2 Lp cost 45 euro's and the 5 cd boxset cost 70 euro's, 1 dollar is about 1,10 euro. So yeah, Elvis is the new Milk cow everywhere. That is why i never will buy something from Graceland. And besides that, at some places it's a huge difference as well, for example the 3 cd 1 blu-ray aloha boxset at one place here 35 euro at another place you pay 70 euro's. I think we all get ripped off as fans. It is really discusting.
It’ll be cool if they did the same concept with a album called Nashville, Starting with his early back from the army years all the way up to the back in Nashville sessions
Amazon literally just dropped them off 5 minutes ago. Praise be, they actually packed everything well and together. ⚡️
Hey Ed!. I’m In the UK. I pre ordered the 5 cd set from Amazon here, arrived today. I can tell you, the cd box is way better, nice booklet with great pictures, and 2 wallets that house the discs,
I’m not sure what the conversation in price is, but my cd set was £31 free shipping. 79:99 converts to £69, thats almost double the uk price. What’s going on with that ??
The gatefold is underwhelming…but I’m betting the LPs are nice! Nice video Ed! 👍🏻
Thanks for opening the LP. As I suspected it was nothing to see..so it goes in the closet with the rest. Waiting for the Graceland copy. Tomorrow I’ll open the CD. Think it’s gonna Elvis RAW. Which is great
Hi ED hope have lots of fun play great album ELVIS MEMPHIS 2-LP take care my friend
Thanks, Ed for sharing this with us. It’s a shame they can’t give us picture sleeves. Oh well, waiting too for the Red Vinyl from Graceland . I’m sure we will all enjoy this great new release with a different sound. TCB⚡️
Though I like the look of designed inner sleeves, I've exchange more LPs than I can count because of damaged vinyl surfaces from the discs rubbing against the paper or card stock. I'm happy to see these have plastic inner sleeves.
Thanks for the reviews. Why they stopped the inner sleeves is beyond us by spoiling us before. A bit slack by not adding Elvis in the gatefold? If i was in the graphic design department at bmg sony I’d demand top pics!😮
Ed i just got the cd set, i would have preferred the cover shot on the vinyl to the one used on the cd box! The booklet is nice but these watered down cardboard inners feel cheap, compared to the excellent cd sets from the past! Enjoy the music👍
I knew we weren’t going to get decorative inner sleeves 🙂
Interesting to see, I ordered mine when in preorder price and in my country LP was 33€ and CD boxset 28€! I wonder why the boxset is at that price in the US 😮 Of course now that it’s been released costs more but doesn’t reach that US price.
As for the inner sleeves, at least they have the plastic inner layer and are not just paper as we have encountered in other releases 🤷🏻♀️
I read different opinions about the sound in comment section... I guess I’ll find out!
Thanks for TCB⚡️take care
It is ONE album containing two LP records.
We are all greatful of the new release…. Including the one that sounds acoustic of ‘don’t cry daddy’…. Very emotional ❣️one example Ed
very nice my friend but i am getting the cds et my friend.... great video
The cd box set well worth it
Yess ! proud to own this masterpiece
At $80, you must be joking.
@@HenkNuwolt- Masterpiece? Really!! It’s got tracks on it that should not have been and others that should have been but are not. Out of all the annual mainstream releases that we have had over the last few years, this is definitely the weakest.
The packaging is beautiful but sadly the mixing mistakes made on the American 69 disc are terrible . Reggie Young’s out of sync guitar on suspicious minds been the worst culprit ,,, also mixing mistakes on any day now and don’t cry daddy. The quality control on this is non existent
Love the vids
Sorry, Ed. That was kind of a bummer....I feel your pain, sir.
Oh and that shirt you have on....Holy Macaroni it's *a-ma-zing!!!* That's my kind of shirt! I've seen some real bad stuff out there but that...that hits me right in my 70's era rabid KING fan heart! 😂😎 💯
👑 ✨️ *T⚡️C⚡️B* ✨️ 👑
I've listened to the whole thing already and its amazing!!!
@@jasoncastor8535 you opened it?
@@nickmele9968No, he listened to it by holding his ear to the sleeve 😂
You’re easily pleased then.
@@doep as long as the sleeve is not damaged
I think the gatefold sleeve is excellent, and doesn't look underwhelming to me at all.
I will pass on the cd set, since there are several errors on it. For instance the guitar of Reggie young is slightly out of sync on Suspicious Minds. The piano is in the wrong channel of It keeps right on a hurtin'. And a digital glitch on Any Day now.I could pick it up for only € 54,95, but I don't need these mistakes. Besides that ,all of this material has been released before, also most (if not all!) undubbed masters on the classic album series of FTD.
Nice preview! Mine should be here today or Monday.
Really great Ed !
I am going to get mine only on CD
Hi Ed, very cool
Please do a review on the vinyl.
Need to know what you think
Thank you in advance
Blessings
Would have been cool if each label matched what was out during the time of the original releases. Sun label 1st side etc.
Gatefold sucks. Don't even know if I'm getting it
I’ve never known anybody complain about everything released on ELViS
It’s all about the music if you don’t. Think you are going to like it don’t buy it
First off, There ARE “overdubs” included on some of the material, but Sony is telling us otherwise.
So disappointed with this release, how can you screw up the ‘69 Memphis sessions like this. The list is too long, but there’s plenty more. 😮
HUHHH ?? are u fo real??? un r no expert that is for SURE .... piece off advice for u : just SHUT *PP
@@1962Jivatone exactly! If people would take the time to listen to one song from this boxset and then go to listen to any of the other releases of the same song they would realize how bad this is.
@@1962Jivatone This boxset is amazing and i am proud to add this to my collection. You really do not know what you are talking about.
@@the_music_hall I read so many comments about ( not on UA-cam) how good this boxset really is.Matt Ross-Spang is an American Grammy award winning record producer, engineer, and mixer and that is exactly what i hear when listening to this boxset.
@@1962Jivatone I'm really not going to waste my time on you, I can't talk to you about what I think this boxset, because then you will criticize it again, and I really have better things to do thank god. I LOVE THIS BOXSET !.
Damn…packaging kind of sucks. What is it with the plain white sleeves lately?! Cheers 😎🙏😊❤️👍
What no LIMITED EDITION Ed? 😂😂😂
Why would it be? It’s for regular retail customers. 😊
@@FrankieLovesElvis Hi, Ed loves Limited Editions.
$77 for the vinyl in Australia.
Why do they have non-Memphis photos on the cover?
I should buy the CD box set. Is it worth it?
Yes. The album was disappointing
Hey Ed - what’s the track listing ? Great pickups TCB ⚡️
Surely you did not expect anything but plain inner sleeves. The whole vinyl release smacks of cheapness. And $80 for the CD set is a complete rip off - the 32 page booklet is hardly worth having considering 6 pages are devoted to track listings and credits. But hey, Sony know the fans will buy it on autopilot, moan about it and then wait for the next one and the cycle will,get repeated once again.
I haven't received my copy yet I listen to it on Spotify what's up with don't cry Daddy what did they do to it
Sounds as it was recorded originally, this mix really sounds AMAZING
@@HenkNuwoltGeez, you must clean your ears 👂. 😅
@@FrankieLovesElvis You are really sad guy, i cannot believe guys like u r for real... blow it out off your rear end !!
@@FrankieLovesElvis No the other way around....GEEZZ....sad guy
@@HenkNuwolt Stop the baloney girlfriend. You may need a suction cup rather than Q-Tips. 😆😆😆
Would like to hear a review of the sound quality
Just listen to it, like i am doing right now... AMAZING !!!!!!
Why the hell is side A in mono only when all the other sides are in stereo ? That's very weird !
All the songs on side A were recorded in mono. All remaining songs were recorded in stereo.
@@TheKingsCourt1972 Ah I see ! I bet it's the songs from the 1950's on side A then. Thanks for the info Ed !
Hi Ed. Yeah on Suspicious Minds the hi hat on drums was off-putting for me it sounded too far ahead and don’t cry daddy track again didn’t sound right at all !! I didn’t like the mix didnt like the Overdub of Elvis’s voice on top of the other voice !! It’s like they were trying to take it to another level just doesn’t sound great at all !! But again that’s my opinion who are the Elvis would’ve thought ?
That's a bit of a rip off its the same here in Ireland and has the inner should have something that's not good they seam to lose interest in the fans that are putting money into these pocket but well done pal
No Ed it's not worth $80, for the most part the mixes are awful. Elvis sounds flat and is over taken by instrumentation on a good portion of the mixes.
How can Elvis sound flat?. Did he sound flat on the original versions?, no. These are the exact same versions with the overdubs removed, so how can he sound flat?,
I don’t think Elvis ever sang flat in his life!
@@Pauls_ArchiveThere ARE overdubs included on a majority of the material. If you’re familiar with this material, then you should know. 😊
@@FrankieLovesElvis U point being ?
@@Pauls_Archive Elvis original recordings are not flat, this mix is flat. Two different things. The recordings on the boxset have some of the overdubs removed BUT they mixed (changed them) by emphasizing instrumentations over Elvis. Elvis voice should be predominant when listening but other instrumentation levels are too high or over emphasized in these remixed recordings.
@@the_music_hall Great assessment and I completely agree. I’m so disappointed, along with many others, that it’s almost unlistenable.
I’m sticking with the FTD versions (and the originals), of the iconic sessions. 😊
Ed, my good brother I am a huge Elvis fan and my top 3 Elvis albums are 50,000,000 fans, Debut from 56, and how great thou art, what is your top 3 Elvis albums???🔥