Gli album di Elvis Presley dal titolo "Golden Records" coprono un periodo di circa 26 anni: i primi due volumi erano focalizzati sugli inizi della sua carriera, i volumi 3 e 4 sugli anni '60 ed il volume 5, postumo, raccontava la sua musica dalla fine degli anni '60 fino agli anni '70.
Molti fans di Elvis hanno iniziato la loro collezione acquistando questi album.
Questo box da 5 CD include un libretto di 20 pagine e, per quanto riguarda le canzoni, si ascoltano solamente versioni rare. Le canzoni sono le stesse, ma offrono una diversa esperienza di ascolto.
CD 1:
Hound Dog
Loving You (Fast Movie Version Take 9 & 10 Stereo / KX)
All Shook Up (Master / Count In & Dialogue)
Heartbreak Hotel (Take 5)
Jailhouse Rock (Take 3 & 4)
Love Me (28.10.1956 Ed Sullivan Show)
Too Much (06.01.1957 Ed Sullivan Show)
Don’t Be Cruel
That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (Take 1)
Teddy Bear (Electronic Stereo Version)
Love Me Tender (Stereo Master)
Treat Me Nice (First Movie Version Take 8 & 9 / 2003)
Anyway You Want Me (Master Less Reverb)
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 17)
Heartbreak Hotel (Take 6)
Jailhouse Rock (Composite Master)
Loving You (Slow Movie Version Take 5 / HZ)
That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (Take 6)
Treat Me Nice (Second Movie Version 2008 - Take 7)
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 16 - 1981 Overdub Version For "This Is Elvis")
CD 2:
I Need Your Love Tonight (Take 3 & 4)
Don’t (Take 7 / Count In)
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (Undubbed Master)
My Wish Came True (Master / Count In)
I Got Stung (Take 20)
One Night Of Sin
A Big Hunk O’ Love (Take 1)
I Beg Of You (Take 1)
A Fool Such As I (Take 2 & 3)
Doncha’ Think It’s Time (Take 40)
I Need Your Love Tonight (Take 14)
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
Don’t
I Got Stung (Take 11)
A Big Hunk O’ Love (Take 2)
I Beg Of You (Take 6)
A Fool Such As I (Take 5)
Doncha’ Think It’s Time (Take 47)
One Night (27.06.1968 6.00pm Sitdown Show - 1981 Overdub Version For The "I Was The One"-Album)
CD 3:
It’s Now Or Never (Take 1)
Stuck On You (Take 1)
Fame And Fortune (Take 2)
I Gotta Know (Take 1 & 2)
Surrender (Take 2)
I Feel So Bad (Take 1)
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Take 5)
His Latest Flame (Take 4)
Little Sister (Take 6)
Good Luck Charm (Take 1)
Anything That’s Part Of You (Take 1)
She’s Not You (Take 1)
It’s Now Or Never (Take 4)
Stuck On You (Take 2)
Fame And Fortune (Take 15)
I Gotta Know (No Backing Vocals)
Surrender (Take 6)
His Latest Flame (Take 6)
Little Sister (Take 9)
Anything That’s Part Of You (Take 5)
She’s Not You (Take 2)
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Home Recording)
CD 4:
Love Letters (1966 / Take 7)
Witchcraft (Take 1)
It Hurts Me (Take 1)
What’d I Say (Take 1 & 2)
Please Don’t Drag That String Around (Take 5)
Indescribably Blue (Vocal Overdub Take 1)
Devil In Disguise (Take 5 & 6)
Lonely Man (Take 9 / Record Version)
A Mess Of Blues (Take 1)
Ask Me (Take 6)
Ain’t That Loving You Baby (Take 1 - Medium Tempo)
Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello (Take 5)
Love Letters (1966 / Take 8)
Witchcraft (Take 2)
It Hurts Me (Mono Master / No Backing Vocals)
Devil In Disguise (Take 3)
Ask Me (Take 4)
Ain’t That Loving You Baby (Take 11 / Fast Version)
Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello (Take 1 / Slow Version)
CD 5:
Suspicious Minds (Undubbed Master)
Kentucky Rain (Take 9)
In The Ghetto (Take 1)
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (Undubbed Movie Master)
If I Can Dream (Vocal Overdub Take 1 & 2)
Burning Love (Take 4)
If You Talk In Your Sleep (Early Dubbed Master)
For The Heart (Undubbed Master)
Moody Blue (Take 3)
Way Down (Take 2A)
Suspicious Minds (21.08.1969 M/S)
Kentucky Rain (23.02.1970)
Burning Love (14.04.1972 / Stereo)
Moody Blue (21.02.1977)
In The Ghetto (1980 Overdub Version / No Backup)
If You Talk In Your Sleep (1980 Overdub Version / Early Mix)
For The Heart (Take 5B)
Way Down (Take 2C)
If I Can Dream (Vocal Overdub Take 3)
Source: ElvisDaybyDay