The two Olivia Newton-John hit songs, “If You Love Me” and “Let Me Be There,” are average at best. “Little Darlin” may have been one of the worst songs that Elvis ever recorded and is the ultimate throwaway. “It’s Easy For You” is another song that feels uninspired.
Two pure country songs find Elvis giving strong vocal performances. “She Thinks I Still Care” finds Elvis invested as he vocally polishes George Jones’ rough original. “He’ll Have To Go,” originally sung by Jim Reeves, is probably the last song ever recorded by Elvis Presley in the studio. Elvis’ vocal tone is similar to Reeves and he performs a nice deep vocal that brings this song to life.
All in all, Moody Blue is an album with some very good tracks but is kept from being an excellent album by a few less than stellar performances. It remains an essential Elvis Presley release due to the fact that it was the last album released during his lifetime.
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1 - nina
Actually, the Moody Blue album was originally released on blue vinyl as a numbered edition.
They had just switched to regular black vinyl when Elvis died, so they quickly switched back to the blue.
Black was resumed after the second round of blue was over.
The rarest and most valueable are naturally the short period of black vinyl between the 2 blue runs
2 - Mike Smith
Hey i have a perfect condition 1977 Elvise moody blue (blue) record.The sleve that it is in is still in wonderful condition, even the paper cover too. I would like to know how much it is worth? It has sentamential value,my garndmother had it put a way for at least 30 years, until se recently pased. Please let me know something. Mike Smith