{"product_id":"a_date_with_elvis","title":"A Date With Elvis","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Date with Elvis is a 1959 compilation album released by RCA Victor while Elvis Presley was serving in the U.S. Army, designed to keep new material on the market during his recording hiatus. Running just under 23 minutes, it gathers ten tracks recorded between 1954 and 1957, combining early Sun sides with later soundtrack and RCA cuts to offer a compact snapshot of his transition from raw rockabilly upstart to Hollywood‑bound star. The original tracklist includes “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” “Baby Let’s Play House,” “Milkcow Blues Boogie,” and “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” from the Sun era alongside movie‑associated songs like “Young and Beautiful,” “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care,” “We’re Gonna Move,” “I Want to Be Free,” and “Don’t Leave Me Now.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusically, the album highlights Presley’s versatility within a tight frame: the Sun recordings capture his early slap‑back‑echoed rockabilly attack and willingness to rough up country and blues tunes, while the later tracks lean toward smoother, more polished balladry and mid‑tempo pop drawn from films such as Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. Critics have long noted that, even by 1950s standards, its brevity and recycled content mark it as a label‑driven stopgap rather than a carefully curated artistic statement. Yet the album has enduring appeal to collectors and fans for its sequencing, its original 1960 calendar‑sleeve packaging, and the way it condenses a crucial phase of Elvis’s early career—from Sun’s raw edge to RCA’s more orchestrated sheen—into a small but vivid listening experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album - Coloured Vinyl","offer_id":53284892999994,"sku":"37558","price":47.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-04-07_at_12.33.50_PM.jpeg?v=1779309433","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/a_date_with_elvis","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}