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The four-CD box-set Platinum was released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Elvis’s death. While much of the material here is made up of familiar hits, there are also 77 unreleased performances spread over the set. Of course, unreleased doesn’t necessarily mean better. The original versions of “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Rip It Up,” and “That’s All Right” are so firmly embedded as the foundations of rock & roll that the new versions here add little luster. But what makes Pl (more…)