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Artist:Elvis Presley
Title:Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
Label:  RCA Victor
Country:Canada
Catalogue:LPM-3921
Date:Jan 1968
Format:Mono LP
Genre:Rock & Roll
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 4 Own
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
A1Elvis PresleyLove LettersRate
A2Elvis PresleyWitchcraftRate
A3Elvis PresleyIt Hurts MeRate
A4Elvis PresleyWhat'd I SayRate
A5Elvis PresleyPlease Don't Drag That String AroundRate
A6Elvis PresleyIndescribably BlueRate
B1Elvis PresleyYou're The Devil In DisguiseRate
B2Elvis PresleyLonely ManRate
B3Elvis PresleyA Mess Of BluesRate
B4Elvis PresleyAsk MeRate
B5Elvis PresleyAin't That Loving You BabyRate
B6Elvis PresleyJust Tell Her Jim Said HelloRate


Notes

Also released on stereo LSP-3921

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Phantom Gtowner
5th Oct 2018
 Review
On the surface, Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 might not be as strong as the first three volumes. It features mostly newer material than Volume 3 (roughly 1963 thru 1966 although not exclusively), but it also contains at least three older B sides which were left off the earlier Gold Records LP’s. Many of these recordings aren’t as well known as the ones on the first three LP’s of this series and to some people, like me for instance, they just might be a more interesting listen. A few tunes like "Please Don't Drag That String Around" and "It Hurts Me" were B sides and might have been a little bit ignored although here they sound almost essential. The former, and flip side of “Devil In Disguise”, features The Jordanaires “bopping” and with the same sax sound that made “Return To Sender” so memorable. There’s an assortment of styles from ballads like “Love Letters”, “Ask Me” and “Indescribably Blue” to all out rockers such as “Witchcraft” and “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby”. “Indescribably Blue” in particular, is a somewhat lesser known work but nonetheless a lovely performance even if the vocal arrangement might be a little over the top. I think my favorite is “A Mess Of Blues”, the 1960 B side of “It’s Now Or Never”. If I had my way, it would have been the A side.

Unfortunately for many of us today, when we think of Elvis, we don’t think about the things that made him so very special in the first place. Instead we reflect on that bloated Las Vegas Elvis with his outlandish costumes, prescription pills, shooting handguns at his TV screen and the 10,000 ice cream bars in his bedside fridge. We’ve all had a good chuckle. I’m saying it’s time to forget all that, pretend it didn’t happen and concentrate the good things. He is such a good vocalist that even when he does mediocre material, like he did on many of those God awful soundtrack LP’s and a certain portion of his 1970’s work, he can still make it competent, if not good. To turn nothing into something is a gift only a few singers are blessed with. The King might be dead but we needn’t bury him yet. He has left a lot of good listening for those of us still in the world of the living.

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Bill Fick
19th Oct 2014
 Yes, this & "Speedway" (both from '68) are his 2 rarest mono LP's, both go for tons more money than the stereo versions. I have a US mono pressing of this also...
 
 
23skidoo
19th Oct 2014
 The mono version of this LP (even in the Canadian pressing, which I have) is apparently worth quite a bit of money according to all of the Elvis price guides.
 

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