Elvis Presley is more recognized for his contributions to rock n’ roll rather than country music, but like gospel, his country roots were no secret and remained a vital component of his music right up until his untimely death. Elvis started out singing gospel and country and changed country music forever when he became popular in the fifties with his rock'n'roll music. There's a saying - you can take the singer out of the country but you can't take the country out of the singer, and Elvis recorded a lot of country songs throughout his career.

This is a double-disc set With an amazing 51 songs which begins with his first country recording in 1954 of "It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You" made at Sun studios months before he actually began recording for the Sun label.

Elvis brings his own style to some old classics such as Eddy Arnold's "It's a Sin," Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart," and his boyhood favorite "Old Shep." His rocking 1958 cover of Hank Snow's hit "A Fool Such As I" made the song an Elvis standard. Not that he drew from the past alone, he also recorded more contemporary fare like Porter Wagoner's "Green, Green Grass of Home," a 1967 hit version of Jerry Reed's "Guitar Man," Eddie Rabbitt's "Kentucky Rain," and even the Pointer Sisters' "Fairytale." There’s also a beautiful version of Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away". While everything here's been released before, it's a well-conceived overview of Elvis' best country recordings.

If you're an Elvis fan and a fan of country music this compilation of country recordings will be a welcome addition to your music collection.

Tracklist:

   * It Wouldn't Be the Same without You
   * Blue Moon of Kentucky
   * I Love You Because
   * Just Because
   * I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
   * I Forgot to Remember to Forget
   * I'm Counting on You
   * How Do You Think I Feel
   * How's the World Treating You?
   * Old Shep
   * Your Cheatin' Heart
   * A Fool Such as I
   * There's Always Me
   * It's a Sin
   * Guitar Man
   * Just Call Me Lonesome
   * You Don't Know Me
   * After Loving You
   * Long Black Limousine
   * I'm Movin' On
   * I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
   * From a Jack to a King
   * Kentucky Rain
   * It Keeps Right on A-hurtin'
   * If I'm a Fool (For Loving You)
   * Release Me
   * Funny How Time Slips Away
   * Little Cabin on the Hill
   * There Goes My Everything
   * I Really Don't Want to Know
   * Tomorrow Never Comes
   * Faded Love
   * Make the World Go Away
   * Help Me Make It Through the Night
   * For the Good Times
   * Always on My Mind
   * You Gave Me a Mountain
   * I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
   * Welcome to My World
   * Take Good Care of Her
   * It's Midnight
   * You Asked Me To
   * Loving Arms
   * Talk about the Good Times
   * There's a Honky Tonk Angel
   * Fairytale
   * Green Green Grass of Home
   * Susan When She Tried
   * T-R-O-U-B-L-E
   * She Thinks I Still Care
   * He'll Have to Go