Mega Elvis: The Essential Collection

~ Release by Elvis Presley (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 That's All Right
1:56
2 Heartbreak Hotel
3.75 2:09
3 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
2:40
4 Hound Dog
3.65 2:15
5 Don't Be Cruel
4 2:02
6 Love Me Tender
3.8 2:42
7 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
3 1:46
8 Jailhouse Rock
5 2:27
9 It's Now or Never
3:15
10 Are You Lonesome Tonight
3 3:07
11 G.I. Blues
2:38
12 Blue Hawaii
2:34
13 Good Luck Charm
2:24
14 If I Can Dream
3:11
15 In the Ghetto
4.35 2:46
16 Suspicious Minds
4:29
17 I've Lost You
3:55
18 Bridge Over Troubled Water
4:29
19 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
2:30
20 Burning Love
2:50
21 Always on My Mind
3 3:39
22 An American Trilogy
4:08
23 I'll Remember You
2:27
24 How Great Thou Art
3:29
25 Moody Blue
2:51
26 My Way
3:43
27 Can't Help Falling in Love
3.65 3:00

Credits

CD 1

additional lyricist:
Stuart K. Hine (1931 – 1949) (track 24)
additional performer:
The Jordanaires (tracks 4–5, 7, 10, 27)
additional writer:
Vera Matson (1956) (track 6)
Elvis Presley (1956) (track 6)
arranger:
Paul Anka (track 26)
Mickey Newbury (track 22)
assistant engineer:
Dan Milazzo (tracks 2, 4–7, 10, 27)
Claudius Mittendorfer (tracks 2, 4–7, 10, 27)
background vocals:
J.D. Sumner & The Stamps (track 21)
composer:
Earl Brown (composer and arranger) (track 14)
Pino Donaggio (Italian composer) (track 19)
Claude François (track 26)
Lou Handman (track 10)
Mark James (Francis Rodney Zambon, composer of "Suspicious Minds") (track 16)
Kui Lee (track 23)
Vito Pallavicini (track 19)
Jacques Revaux (track 26)
Mike Stoller (tracks 4, 8)
Eduardo di Capua (track 9)
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (track 1)
Mac Davis (track 15)
Dennis Linde (track 20)
George R. Poulton (1861) (track 6)
Stuart K. Hine (1931 – 1949) (track 24)
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (1969) (track 18)
engineer:
Ray Bardani (tracks 2, 4–7, 10, 27)
lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (tracks 2, 4–5, 7, 10, 21, 27)
Elvis Presley (1956-09-01) (track 6)
lyricist:
Earl Brown (composer and arranger) (track 14)
Wally Gold (track 9)
Mark James (Francis Rodney Zambon, composer of "Suspicious Minds") (track 16)
Kui Lee (track 23)
Aaron Schroeder (50s/60s US songwriter) (track 9)
Paul Anka (track 26)
Carl Gustav Boberg (track 24)
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (track 1)
Mac Davis (track 15)
Jerry Leiber (tracks 4, 8)
Dennis Linde (track 20)
Simon Napier-Bell (track 19)
Mickey Newbury (track 22)
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (track 18)
Roy Turk (track 10)
Vicki Wickham (track 19)
Ken Darby (1956) (track 6)
mastering:
Ted Jensen (American mastering engineer) (tracks 2, 4–5)
George Marino (tracks 10, 27)
mixer:
Ray Bardani (tracks 10, 27)
David Bendeth (tracks 10, 27)
translator:
Stuart K. Hine (1931 – 1949) (track 24)
vocals:
Ben Speer (track 2)
Lena Brock "Mom" Speer (track 2)
Gordon Stoker (track 2)
Jon Dodson (1956-09-01) (track 6)
Charles Prescott (1956-09-01) (track 6)
Rad Robinson (1956-09-01) (track 6)
writer:
Mae Boren Axton (track 2)
Otis Blackwell (track 5)
Alan Blaikley (track 17)
Johnny Christopher (Guitarist) (track 21)
Luigi Creatore (track 27)
Thomas Durden (track 2)
Wally Gold (track 13)
Ken Howard (English songwriter, one half of the songwrting team Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley, author and television director) (track 17)
Mark James (Francis Rodney Zambon, composer of "Suspicious Minds") (track 21)
Ira Kosloff (track 3)
Bernie Lowe (track 7)
Kal Mann (track 7)
Maurice Mysels (track 3)
Hugo Peretti (track 27)
Ralph Rainger (track 12)
Leo Robin (track 12)
Aaron Schroeder (50s/60s US songwriter) (track 13)
Wayne Carson Thompson (track 21)
George David Weiss (track 27)
Elvis Presley (tracks 2, 5)
phonographic copyright by:
BMG Entertainment (1972) (track 21)
publisher:
ABG EPE Gladys Music (track 27)
B-n-B Music Inc. (track 15)
Belwin Mills Music Ltd. (track 2)
Bike Music (track 21)
Budde Songs Inc. (track 21)
Carlin Music Corporation (track 27)
EMI Music Publishing (Hong Kong) Ltd. (track 21)
Elvis Presley Music (track 5)
Gladys Music (Joachim Jean Aberbach) (track 27)
Gladys Music Elvis Presley Enterprises LLC (track 27)
Gladys Music Inc. (track 15)
Intersong (German publisher) (track 27)
Jerry Leiber Music (track 8)
Jeune Musique Éditions (track 26)
Lovolar Music (track 21)
Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP) (track 8)
Pattern Music Ltd (track 18)
Paul Simon Music (track 18)
Peermusic (S.E. Asia) Ltd. (track 21)
Rose Bridge Music (track 21)
Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd. (track 21)
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (track 21)
Sebanine Music (track 21)
Shalimar Music Corp. (track 5)
Shapiro Bernstein (track 26)
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (track 26)
Sony/ATV Songs LLC (tracks 2, 8)
Spanka Music (track 26)
Special Rider Music (track 1)
St. Louis Music Corp. (track 1)
Thankyou Music Ltd. (track 24)
Unichappell Music, Inc. (track 1)
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) (track 18)
Warner Chappell Music France (track 26)
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (track 26)
ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (– 2017-03-31) (track 26)
Elvis Presley Music (1956 –) (track 6)
株式会社ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (2017-04-01 –) (track 26)
remasters:
Love Me Tender (legacy edition remaster) by Elvis Presley (track 6)
sampled by:
Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in My Soul by The KLF (track 15)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 1) (track 2)
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 11) (track 5)
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 26) (track 7)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 45) (track 2)
cover recording of:
Always on My Mind (track 21)
An American Trilogy (track 22)
Blue Hawaii (track 12)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (track 18)
Burning Love (track 20)
I'll Remember You (track 23)
I've Lost You (track 17)
My Way (Frank Sinatra song) (track 26)
Suspicious Minds (track 16)
That’s All Right (track 1)
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (track 19)
Hound Dog (1956-07-02) (track 4)
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1960-04-03) (track 10)
later parody versions:
Cut-Rate Hotel (track 2)
Die! Heartbreak Hotel (track 2)
Don't Be Fooled (track 5)
Found God (track 4)
H.B. Hotel (track 2)
Jail Got Rocked (track 8)
Wise Men Still (track 27)
later translated parody versions:
Ana geht no (track 15)
Bullhouse Rock (track 8)
In the Jura-Ghetto (track 15)
later translated versions:
Bist du einsam heut' Nacht? (track 10)
Blå Hawaii (track 12)
Comment ne pas être amoureux de vous ? (French translation transl) (track 27)
El rock de la cárcel (track 8)
Estima'm tendrament (track 6)
Gå min äskling (Love Me Tender) (track 6)
Im Getto (track 15)
Ist schon gut (track 1)
MY WAY (Japanese Version of My Way) (track 26)
Mit dir leben! (track 6)
Puente sobre aguas turbulentas (track 18)
Rio Das Inquietas Águas (Bridge Over Troubled Waters) (track 18)
Sempre t'he tingut present (track 21)
Silta yli synkän virran (track 18)
Som en bro över mörka vatten (track 18)
Todo irá bien (Spanish translation) (track 27)
Wie mei Herzschlag (track 21)
Wie my Härzschlag (track 21)
Zuchthaus Rock (track 8)
¿Estás sola esta noche? (spanish translation of Are You Lonesome Tonight?) (track 10)
À l'hôtel des cœurs brisés (track 2)
Är du ensam i kväll (track 10)
佛跳牆 (track 5)
好きにならずにいられない (“Can’t Help Falling in Love” Japanese version) (track 27)
常在我心間 (track 21)
情難再續 (track 10)
我的方向 (track 26)
明日に架ける橋 (track 18)
木屋區 (track 15)
監獄ロック (track 8)
later versions:
Sois pas cruel (track 5)
recording of:
G.I. Blues (track 11)
Good Luck Charm (track 13)
How Great Thou Art (Hine's version) (track 24)
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (track 3)
If I Can Dream (track 14)
It’s Now or Never (track 9)
Jailhouse Rock (track 8)
Heartbreak Hotel (1956-01-10) (track 2)
Don’t Be Cruel (1956-07-02) (track 5)
Love Me Tender (1956-09-01) (track 6)
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (1957-01-15 – 1957-01-18) (track 7)
Can’t Help Falling in Love (1961-03-23) (track 27)
In the Ghetto (1969-01-21) (track 15)
referred to in medleys:
Do You Remember (Stars on 45) (track 1)
Teddy Bear / Too Much (Medley) (track 7)
Mix 2: The Birdie Song / Hound Dog / The Look / Oops Upside Your Head / Turtle Power / Brown Girl in the Ring / Angel Face (track 4)
Mix 4: All Shook Up / Great Balls of Fire / Don’t Be Cruel / See You Later, Alligator / Let’s Twist Again / Rock Around the Clock / Hound Dog (reprise) (tracks 4–5)
Raggarkungen (tracks 2, 7)
The Elvis Medley: Jailhouse Rock/Teddy Bear/Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel/Burning Love/Suspicious Minds (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 16, 20)
Swing the Mood (tracks 4, 8)
translated version of:
Comme d’habitude (track 26)
Io che non vivo (senza te) (track 19)
O store Gud (track 24)
version of:
Aura Lea (track 6)
’O sole mio (track 9)