News - 08/01/2015

Elvis Presley's 80th birthday celebrations: reissues and a new website

Elvis Presley's 80th birthday celebrations: reissues and a new website

Today - January 8, 2015 - Elvis Presley would have turned 80: so Legacy Recordings launched a yearlong celebration of the King's music for modern-day Elvis fans. The first up instalment is the release of "The Complete '60s Albums Collection Vol. 1" (which is now out on iTunes): the collection highlights all the albums Presley recorded between 1960 and 1965, with newly mastered sound for the digital medium.
"The Complete '60s Albums Collection Vol. 1" includes "Elvis Is Back", "G.I. Blues", "His Hand In Mine", "Something for Everybody", "Blue Hawaii", "Pot Luck", "Girls! Girls! Girls!", "It Happened at the World's Fair", "Elvis' Golden Records Vol. 3", "Fun in Acapulco", "Kissin' Cousins", "Roustabout", "Girl Happy", "Elvis for Everyone" and "Harum Scarum".

Then right on January 8 a totally new website called ElvisTheMusic.com has been launched; it features a huge online database of all things Elvis.

Moreover Legacy Recordings is partenring with Spotify to reveal its own official music collection, the "#Elvis80: The Fan Favorites Playlist". The label is also planning a new project coming this summer that - according to a press release - "features Elvis like he has never been heard before". More releases will follow during 2015.


 

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