Title: The Long Lost Home Recordings

Label: Memory Records

Date: ?

Sound Quality: * + / * * * * * +

Content Rating: * * * / * * * * * +

Tracks: 1.As Long As I Have You 2.Wild In The Country 3.Do Not Disturb 4.Hard Knock 5.In Your Arms 6.I Really Don't Want To Know 7.I Need Your Love Tonight 8.Get A Job 9.How Great Thou Art 10.Fame And Fortune 11.Steamroller Blues 12.Tonight (unknown) 13.Mystery Train 14.That's When Your Heartaches Begin 15.Pocketful Of Rainbows 16.Shoopin' Around 17.Love Me 18.Moonlight Swim 19.Doing The Best I Can 20.Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 21.We Call On Him 22.The Walls Have Ears 23.They Remind Me Too Much Of You 24.Tutti Frutti 25.Separate Ways 26.Spanish Eyes 27.Johnny B. Goode 28.It's Over Bonus tracks: 29.Moonlight Swim (with vocal overdubb) 30.A part of the original tape before audio restoration.

Package: Not the best one, but quite in the style of Memory Records - some small photographs and nice liner notes.

Review: It is very hard to be objective when talking about this release. Right at the time of the release of this CD there's been a lot of talk about the real content of this CD. There were statements that this is not Elvis singing, but an impersonator in fact. On the other hand, Pavel Cernocky is a very respectable man and it's hard to believe that he'd release this recordings not being sure that this is Elvis.

I'd prefer to stay in the middle of the two positions - I can't say for sure whether this is or is not Elvis, because of the terrible sound quality. In some places the voice really seems to be Elvis', in others - doesn't.

Talking about the content - it is really hard to believe that Elvis would sing songs like Do Not Disturb at home. On the other hand, if you believe that this is Elvis on record - you have to be happy to hear such rarities :-)

Anyway, as a conclusion I can only say that this release is for hard-core fans only, because the sound quality is bad and the content is doubtful. It's up to every owner of this CD to make his/her decision if this is Elvis or not.

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