Elvis Presley - Elvis #1 Singles (2006) {20CD Deluxe Collector's Box Set, Limited Edition, Remastered}

For the first time ever, all of Elvis' US #1 singles are available in a deluxe limited edition numbered box set. Includes all of Elvis' 21 # 1US hits on 20 singles with the original B sides. Each single includes the original 45 rpm single artwork anda poster with coverart for all 20 singles. All boxs are numbered authenticity.

RCA Records introduced the 45 record format in 1949, but it took six years for the seven-inch, two-sided single to gain popularity. And, coincidentally, it was soon after Elvis Presley signed with the label and released "Heartbreak Hotel," the first of his 21 chart-topping hits over the next 16 years. To celebrate the half-century since that hip-quaking debut, this tidy box set repackages every song–with its original B-side–on 20 CD singles, each designed to look like a 45 record and tucked into a colorful cardboard picture sleeve that closely replicates the original single. Elvis rocks ("All Shook Up," "Jailhouse Rock") and croons ("Love Me Tender," "Teddy Bear") through the early years, all chronicled with dates and credits in an accompanying booklet, and reinvents himself for late-‘60s hits ("In the Ghetto," "Burning Love" and the still-fresh "Suspicious Minds"). Grouped with such star power, the B-sides could get overlooked. But mostly undiscovered jewels like "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" (1957), "Lonely Man" (1961) and "Any Day Now" (1969) provide bonus tracks to casual fans of the King, and remind his greatest devotees that the Elvis legacy looms far deeper than his #1 singles.

~ Scott Holter

CD replicas of original singles and EPs from the '50s and '60s have been a hot item in collectors' circles since the latter half of the '90s, yet they remain a rather bewildering item to a wider audience. After all, for listeners who don't fetishize original packaging – the photo sleeves, the shifting logos on the label – it's hard to grasp the purpose of a set that contains 40 songs spread out over 20 discs, as they are on Elvis #1 Singles, a set that rounds up 20 of the King's chart-topping hits and serves them up as two-track CDs, complete with original B-sides and artwork. This, to put it mildly, doesn't make for easy listening: most of the CDs clock in at roughly four to five minutes, which means even a full five-disc multi-disc player would need to be reloaded after 20-25 minutes. But listening isn't the point of sets like these: nostalgia is, and on that level this set is a success. Each of the individual sleeves is appealing – occasionally, there are some subtle differences from the original artwork (these changes are acknowledged in the liner notes, where it's stated that legal reasons necessitated these changes), but the graphics are bright and the cardboard sleeves, while not thick, feel relatively sturdy. There's a booklet with a solid essay by Colin Escott, plus original release and chart information for all 20 singles, and there's a bonus poster of all 20 pictures sleeves as well. So, as packaging, Elvis #1 Singles is very good, filling all the basic requirements of this kind of collector-bait set, even if it doesn't quite wind up as an outright home run: frankly, there's not enough variety in the individual single artwork – it's almost all portraits of Elvis, either smiling or serious – to make this a truly noteworthy set for those who aren't already die-hard Elvis fans. But there are plenty of those diehards out there – both in America, where this set was released, and in the U.K., where a series of CD single reissues was so successful in 2005 that it inspired this 2006 box – and those diehards looking for creative repackaging to justifying buying the same hits yet again will find this an attractive set.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

Track List CD01 - Heartbreak Hotel (754472MJ1):

01. Heartbreak Hotel 2:10
02. I Was The One 2:32

Released January 27, 1956. 8 weeks at #1.


Track List CD02 - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (754472MJ2):

01. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 2:42
02. My Baby Left Me 2:12

Released on May 4, 1956. 1 week at #1.


Track List CD03 - Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog (Double A-Side) (754472MJ3):

01. Don't Be Cruel 2:05
02. Hound Dog 2:15

Released on July 13, 1956. 11 weeks at #1.


Track List CD04 - Love Me Tender (754472MJ4):

01. Love Me Tender 2:45
02. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) 2:13

Released on September 28, 1956. 5 weeks at #1.


Track List CD05 - Too Much (754472MJ5):

01. Too Much 2:35
02. Playing For Keeps 2:52

Released on January 4, 1957. 3 weeks at #1.


Track List CD06 - All Shook Up (754472MJ6):

01. All Shook Up 2:00
02. That's When Your Heartaches Begin 3:22

Released on March 22, 1957. 9 weeks at #1.


Track List CD07 - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (754472MJ7):

01. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 1:49
02. Loving You 2:13

Released on June 11, 1957. 7 weeks at #1.


Track List CD08 - Jailhouse Rock (754472MJ8):

01. Jailhouse Rock 2:37
02. Treat Me Nice 2:11

Released on September 24, 1957. 7 weeks at #1.


Track List CD09 - Don't (754472MJ9):

01. Don't 2:51
02. I Beg Of You 1:53

Released on January 7, 1958. 5 weeks at #1.


Track List CD10 - Hard Headed Woman (754472MJ10):

01. Hard Headed Woman 1:57
02. Don't Ask Me Why 2:06

Released on June 10, 1958. 2 weeks at #1.


Track List CD11 - A Big Hunk O' Love (754472MJ11):

01. A Big Hunk O' Love 2:15
02. My Wish Came True 2:35

Released on June 23, 1959. 2 weeks at #1.


Track List CD12 - Stuck On You (754472MJ12):

01. Stuck On You 2:21
02. Fame And Fortune 2:30

Released on March 23, 1960. 4 weeks at #1.


Track List CD13 - It's Now Or Never (754472MJ13):

01. It's Now Or Never 3:17
02. A Mess Of Blues 2:40

Released on July 5, 1960. 5 weeks at #1.


Track List CD14 - Are You Lonesome Tonight? (754472MJ14):

01. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 3:09
02. I Gotta Know 2:14

Released on November 2, 1960. 6 weeks at #1.


Track List CD15 - Surrender (754472MJ15):

01. Surrender 1:56
02. Lonely Man 2:46

Released on February 7, 1961. 2 weeks at #1.


Track List CD16 - Good Luck Charm (754472MJ16):

01. Good Luck Charm 2:28
02. Anything That's Part Of You 2:04

Released on February 27, 1962. 2 weeks at #1.


Track List CD17 - Return To Sender (754472MJ17):

01. Return To Sender 2:09
02. Where Do You Come From 2:08

Released on October 2, 1962. 1 week at #1 (Cash Box Top Singles Chart only.)


Track List CD18 - In The Ghetto (754472MJ18):

01. In The Ghetto 2:48
02. Any Day Now 2:59

Released on April 14, 1969. 1 week at #1 (Cash Box Top Singles Chart only.)


Track List CD19 - Suspicious Minds (754472MJ19):

01. Suspicious Minds 4:33
02. You'll Think Of Me 4:00

Released on August 26, 1969. 1 week at #1.


Track List CD20 - Burning Love (754472MJ20):

01. Burning Love 2:53
02. It's A Matter Of Time 3:03

Released on August 1, 1972. 1 week at #1 (Cash Box Top Singles Chart only.)