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A 3-in-1 release

A Fan | VA | 08/31/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a collection of three Elvis Presley albums from the early 1970s, Burning Love and Hits From His Movies, Separate Ways, and You'll Never Walk Alone. This is an excellent collection if you do not already own the individual releases.



Burning Love was one of Elvis' best recordings period. In order to be able to release several albums a year, Elvis' management had started packaging his new singles with some of his old songs releasing them as a "new" album. While it may have been a way to make a fast buck, Elvis' new material deserved better and should have been packaged with other new songs and treated as a major release, rather than a budget release. While the song Burning Love went all the way to number 2 on the Billboard singles chart and number 1 on the rival Cashbox chart, the album only managed to climb to 22 on the album chart. Elvis had enough new material at the time to put out a high-quality new album that probably would have done much better on the chart. As it was, they pretty much wasted his biggest hit of the 1970s by putting it on an album with a bunch of dated material.



Separate Ways was a budget release from 1972. This is actually not a bad album. The new single included here was Separate Ways / Always On My Mind. Separate Ways was a top 20 hit in the US while the flip side, Always On My Mind was the hit overseas. Also included were some nice up-tempo songs from the 1960's, Sentimental Me, What Now, What Next, Where To?, and I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell. To show you how far back they would reach for a song, it includes Old Shep which was a minor hit in 1956 and another 1950's song Is It So Strange. By the time this album was released, those songs were showing their age and were out of place on an early 70's release. It is no wonder that the album only managed to climb to 46 on the US album chart, though it would eventually sell more than a million copies and be certified PLATINUM.



You'll Never Walk Alone was a budget collection of some of Elvis' mellow Gospel songs. The only uptempo song is "Sing You Children". This album was originally released in 1971 and was a minor hit on the Billboard album chart peaking at 69, but over the years it has sold more than 3 million copies and been certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. This CD includes two songs that made the Billboard singles chart, "Peace in the Valley" (which was a Top 40 hit in 1957) and "You'll Never Walk Alone" (which peaked at number 90 in 1968).

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Elvis tapes they use to sell at Truck stops...now on CD!

G. Harper | Georgia | 09/12/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I had bought all 3 of these releases in the 80's at Truck stops where thye were sold (and I guess in record stores too).

I played these exact titles many many many times, loves them back then, still as fresh now!

The mixes on the songs are different at times, separate ways is much more a basic mix than on other Elvis releases.

Great songs, now all 3 tapes on 1 CD.....what a deal!

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Elvis Presley Triple Feature

Ramsey Anne Hodges | 05/17/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A great way to get 3 albums in one pack. Great music and of course some of Elvis best especially the gospel album great 3 pack would recommend this one to everyone.



Anne"