I am a fan of the rockabilly swing Elvis of the Sun Years, and the Louisiana Heyride Years, and the early RCA(like Heartbreak Hotel, I Got A Woman, and Hound Dog). However the only truly essential Elvis album you NEED, other then the Sun recordings and early Elvis, is this Blue Hawaii soundtrack. Elvis is accompanied by Hawaiian steel guitars, ukuleles, and it is as hep as can be. This cd is perfect not only for great Luau Parties, but it's great background music for any respectible lounge album collector. This cd swings too like on "Rocka Hula" "Beach Boy Blues"(a real blues) and "Almost Always True", man this is as close as Elvis ever got to swingin' like Bobby Darin. Exellent cd all the way through, even "Itp Eats"!!!