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MojoSep 14, 2016The alternative takes are uniformly excellent, with studio chat, and even a stray telephone interrupting Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall. Above all, In The Jungle Room revels once again how superb his voice remained to the very end. [Oct 2016, p.110]
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Aug 12, 2016With the forensic detail one would expect from the Elvis reissue programme, Way Down In The Jungle Room is the most complete and comprehensive collection of Presley’s final studio recordings ever assembled in one anthology; and very necessary it is too.
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Aug 12, 2016Way Down in the Jungle Room includes the material from From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee and Moody Blue, and a second disc of outtakes and alternate versions to create the definitive document of this often overlooked period in Presley's career.
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Aug 12, 2016At times he nodded toward mainstream trends. “Way Down” soars like a jetliner; “Moody Blue” co-opts every soft, hazy sound of AM pop in the mid-’70s. But the striking thing about Way Down in the Jungle Room is how it stays true to all the music Presley claimed as his own in ’68.
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Aug 12, 2016While all of the material collected here is impressive, there is nothing new for collectors.
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Aug 12, 2016A chance to eavesdrop on a troubled performer pulling himself together for a final sprint at artistry. A second disc of outtakes--featuring muttered wisecracks, false starts, and a couple promising alternate arrangements--adds background atmosphere but is mostly of historical interest.