Way Down In The Jungle Room Review

Nothing on way down in the jungle room approaches the kineticism of elvis first single 1954 s that s alright mama the late night throwaway that altered the course of american culture.

Way down in the jungle room review.

Way down in the jungle room is more than just yet another repackaging of the king s work instead showing how vital a performer presley remained right up to the end. Disc one contains all the masters whilst disc. Even toward the end presley remained a compelling rocker delivering the goods on way down moody blue for the heart and a memorable interpretation of johnny ace s pledging my love nicely remastered with a second disc of undubbed alternate takes way down in the jungle room is a valuable work from an artist whose musical. It includes all the masters and many outtakes from the jungle room sessions that took place from february 2 8 and october 29 30 1976 at the den of graceland elvis home in memphis tn.

5 0 out of 5 stars way down in the jungle room appropriate the first and last recordings of elvis were mastered in memphis via sun recordings. The cleverly titled way down in the jungle room is another elvis session anthology from rca legacy that was conceived in the style of 2013 s critically acclaimed elvis at stax. Way down in the jungle room shines a light on elvis presley s final recording sessions which took place at graceland. Way down in the jungle room captures all of the officially recorded output from the sessions 2 8 february and 28 30 october 1976 while adding outtakes from the era.

Reviewed in the united kingdom on 4 november 2016. The critics have often way down in the jungle room shines a light on elvis presley s final recording sessions which took place at graceland. The critics have often savaged elvis s later output but hopefully this recording will correct that.