Friday, January 03, 2014

January 03 - The Perfect Elvis Presley Chart Collection

Sony Music released the 20 CD box “The Perfect Elvis Presley Soundtrack Collection”. The box contains 17 original remastered soundtracks and 3 new remastered soundtrack compilations “Jailhouse Rock” (rare South Africa release), “Follow That Dream” (compilation from “Flaming Star”, “Follow That Dream” and “Kid Galahad”) and 'Viva Las Vegas'. Each CD is presented in an individual replica mini vinyl replica with a replica LP cover and housed in a handy cube box with a booklet. 

The set:
Loving You (1957), Jailhouse Rock, King Creole (1958), G.I. Blues (1960), Follow That Dream, Blue Hawaii (1961), Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), It Happened At The World's Fair (1963), Fun In Acapulco (1963), Kissin' Cousins (1964), Viva Las Vegas, Roustabout (1964), Girl Happy (1965), Harum Scarum (1965), Frankie And Johnny (1966), Paradise Hawaiian Style (1966), Spinout (1966), Double Trouble (1967), Clambake (1967), Speedway (1968) 

New Year Charts

The Billboard charts for the week ending January 11, 2014:
  • 'It's Christmas Time' drops from 41 to 114 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for w/e 11th January, 2014. It also drops from 5 to 14 on the Catalog Album Chart and drops from 12 to 13 on the Holiday Album Chart.
  • 'The Classic Christmas Album' drops from 93 to 159 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart; drops from 16 to 25 on the Top Country Album Chart and drops from 78 to 130 on the Current Album Chart.
  • 'Merry Christmas, Love Elvis' drops from 23 to 35 on the Top Country Album Chart. It drops from 29 to 38 on the Holiday Album Chart and drops from 100 to 184 on the Current Album Chart.
  • 'Blue Christmas' (Single) rises from 18 to 16 on the Holiday Digital Songs Chart; remains at 17 on the Holiday 100 Singles Chart and remains at 16 on the Holiday Airplay Chart.
  • 'Here Comes Santa Claus' drops from 51 to 63 on the Holiday 100 Singles Chart. 
  • 'He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley' (Vols. 1 and 2) rises from 19 to 18 on the Top Music Video Sales Chart. 
  • 'Elvis Lives' rises from 21 to 20 on the Top Music Video Sales Chart.
Charts
  • The CD “The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs” dropped from #14 to #43 on the UK album chart with 6,193 copies sold. 
  • The DVD “The King Of Rock ’n’ Roll” dropped from #29 to #34 on the Australian Music DVD chart. 
(Source: Amazon / FECC / Brian Quinn)