In March this year, Sony Music’s catalog division, Legacy Recordings will release The Album Collection,a limited edition 60CD Elvis Presley box set commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the release of Elvis Presley, The King’sfirst album for RCA…This set is similar, but more lavish, than the acclaimed Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash boxes issued in the last few years and comprises57 Elvisalbums originallyreleased on RCA from 1956-1977 as well as three new discs of raritiesfrom the ‘50s, ‘60sand ‘70s respectively.Of course, manyof Elvis’s long-playershave beenexpanded and repackaged for Legacy Editions, themed box sets and the like over the years, but his 57 original LPs–studio and live albums, compilations ofnon-album singles, film soundtracks, and even budget albums with hard-to-find material–havebeen reissued only sparingly during the digital era. The Album Collectionpresents– for the first time, in many cases–Elvis’s official, original albums as they were first released.Legacy Recordings...
