Friday, May 23, 2025
May 23 - Alien at Graceland
Thursday, May 22, 2025
May 21 - Teasing Some More
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Review - Jailhouse Rock LP
The warden threw a party in the county jail, and you’re all invited, according to the press release. Let’s give this album a spin and see if it is a criminally good release … or if the producers need to be sent to jail for messing with a classic!
Design
Where the design of the ‘Piger! Piger! Piger!’ soundtrack was a variation of the original LP, the design for this new release follows the label’s 2023 design for their version of the ‘Blue Hawaii’ soundtrack.
And I can only say that designer Søren Karstensen deserves a “get out of jail free” card again. The gatefold cover is a beauty! He turned well-known photographic elements from the movie into drawings which together form an attractive and well-balanced picture.
Inside is a coffee table with pictures from the movie and a copy of The Middlehaven Herald newspaper containing the liner notes and recording information.
Content
The musical part of the LP is newly created Stereo Mixes by the label’s favorite engineer, Anthony Stuchbury. We have praised his mixes plenty of times, and he doesn’t disappoint here either. In part, that's because the album contains mixes previously available on his ‘Essential 50’s Master’s box set, released here by “popular demand,” but also because he has added some nice surprises for the audio freaks out there.
New here is the Stereo Version of the Movie Version of ‘Treat Me Nice’, and as technology evolves, Stuchbury has created new mixes of ‘Baby I Don’t Care’ and ‘Good Rockin’ Tonight’.
The latter is the engineer’s favorite because, for the first time, he was able to do what until now only Peter Jackson’s team (that worked on the Beatles' material) was able to do, separate the acoustic guitar so it can really shine. Compared to ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ - kind-of the same type of song - it is indeed higher in the mix, so you can hear that he had more instruments to play with.
Overall it is an album that demand to be played loud! So, here too, no reason to send someone to jail.
The Verdict
Warden Henrik Knudsen, the “executive producer” of this ‘Jailhouse Rock’ party album, delivered together with his team. This is a great-looking and great-sounding LP of the soundtrack that should have been released back in 1958; it would have been a classic album in 50’s Rock and Roll history.
Fortunately, that has been corrected 2025 style, with a touch of authenticity in both the design and the presentation of the upgraded audio. So if you always wanted to add a full 'Jailhouse Rock' album to your collection, this edition is certainly worth considering.
The album is available from the >>> Memphis Mansion webshop.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
May 20 - The Harum Scarum Sessions
Outtakes: Shake That Tambourine (Take 2001 - 2008) - Shake That Tambourine (Take 2009 - 2011) - Shake That Tambourine (Take 2012 - 2017) - Shake That Tambourine (Take 2018 - 2019) - Shake That Tambourine (Take 2020 - 2024) - Shake That Tambourine (Take 2025) - Shake That Tambourine (Take 2026 - 2027)
CD 3 - Outtakes: Golden Coins (Take 2081 - 2082) - Golden Coins (Take 2083) - Golden Coins (Take 2084 - 2088) - Golden Coins (Splice Of Take 2088 And 2083 / Master) - Animal Instinct (Take 2089 - 2091) - Animal Instinct (Take 2092) - Animal Instinct (Take 2093) - Animal Instinct (Take 2094 / Master) - Harem Holiday (Take 2095 - 2096) - Harem Holiday (Vocal Replacement Of 2096 / Unedited Master) - Go East, Young Man (Track: Take 2097 - 2098) - Go East, Young Man (Track: Take 2099) - Go East, Young Man (Vocal Overdub To Take 2099 / Master) - Mirage (Track: Take 2100 - 2104) - Mirage (Vocal Overdub To 2104 / Master).
Original 1965 Stereo Album Masters: Harem Holiday - My Desert Serenade - Go East, Young Man - Mirage - Kismet - Shake That Tambourine - Hey Little Girl - Golden Coins - So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise) - Animal Instinct - Wisdom Of The Ages.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
May 19 - Elvis Site Off-line (Updated)
Saturday, May 17, 2025
May 17 - Norwegian Vinyl
May 17 - Charts May 2025 - Week 3 (Updated)

Friday, May 16, 2025
May 16 - Jailhouse Rock

Thursday, May 15, 2025
May 15 - Fans and Fences
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
May 14 - Elvis Forever
Publicity stated: There's something electric about hearing these live cuts pressed onto a lovely glossy picture disc. It's not just nostalgia, it's the grit and spontaneity of a performer who, even in the twilight of his career - these were recorded in 1974 and 1976 - could still bring a room to its knees. The energy is raw, the crowd reactions are real and the band behind him lock and step. These versions feel lived-in.
'Steamroller Blues' grinds forward with swagger, while 'Trying to Get to You' and 'You Gave Me a Mountain' cut deep with emotional weight. 'Hound Dog' still hits like a shot of adrenaline. The medley of 'Teddy Bear' and 'Don't Be Cruel' feels tossed off in the best way, like a quick smile to the audience before getting serious again.