This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Many aspects of Elvis Presley’s life and career may be open to debate, but there’s no doubt about one aspect of his legacy: He remains the king of repackaging.
More than 20 years after going to that big Graceland in the sky, the collections just keep on coming. Or, in the case of A Canadian Tribute, coming back. This high-concept comp — his hits from 1957 (the year he played Canada), supplemented with Elvis tracks written by Canadians — was first issued on vinyl in 1978. Now, since even Presley fans presumably have CD players, it debuts on disc. Along with the oldies and goodies (All Shook Up, Teddy Bear), there’s the illuminating (a 20-minute, lighthearted press conference from his Vancouver show, and two other period interviews) and the downright freakish (Elvis covering Snowbird, Put Your Hand In The Hand and Gordon Lightfoot’s Early Morning Rain). If that doesn’t leave you all shook up, nothing will.
