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Summary: Music not gossip
Review: This book is for people who really care about the making of Elvis's music. The authors go into detail about the origin of songs and how they were recorded. I particulary enjoyed the musician credits - finding out who played what on the records. Even Elvis played guitar and/or piano on selected numbers. Also, because of this book and and Mr. Jorgensen's previous edition I learned that singers and musicians go through multiple takes to complete a recording. Marvelous writing!
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Summary: 5 for Content; 1 for Poor book production
Review: This is a must have book for any Elvis fan. Unfortunately, the paperback version is a poor cousin of the original hardback. First, the paperback was produced from the same proofs as the hardback, but on smaller stock. As a result many pictures - and a few captions - have been cropped; this is quite irritating. In addition, the binding is awful. After only a few weeks perusing it, the pages in my copy began to fall out. The publishers should not have allowed this to happen to such a superb reference work.I hate to harp on the production values, because I do love what Jorgensen has done here, but advise you to order the hardback instead.
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Summary: Remembering 'The King'
Review: This is a very informative references book about Elvis. I was wanting to find a good book on Elvis Presley and this was the best one that I saw. I can tell that it was a book of passion for the people who worked on it.
There are not as many pictures as I would have liked ( I love picture books. ) However, it is very interesting and one of the better materials I have found about the man.
The writers are also not afraid of showing Elvis's downward spiral during the last few years of his life.
Like Buddy Holly and John Lennon. A lot of people still believe that Elvis left this Earth too soon.
But the good thing though is that we still have his music and memories. That still make people happy even to day and I hope they still will. In the future.
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Summary: Great reference book
Review: This is an amazing and exhaustive look at Elvis' recording sessions. Lots of great detail and anecdotes as well as references to in-studio comments by Elvis, producers and musicians. Ernst Jorgensen is obviously a fan, but he has the ability to look at the music objectively. By the way, this book is not titled "Elvis Fashion: A Life in Music" as Amazon lists it. It's "Elvis Presley: A Life in Music." Strange typo, great book. Buy it.
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