From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters | ||||
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Released | September 28, 1993 | |||
Recorded | March 1960 – February 1969 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 5:44:14 | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Ernst Mikael Jorgensen Roger Semon | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
MusicHound | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Rough Guides | [5] |
From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters is a five-disc box set compilation of studio master recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley during the decade of the 1960s; it was released in 1993 on RCA Records, catalogue number 66160-2. In its initial long-box release, it included a set of collectable stamps duplicating the record jackets of every Presley LP on RCA Victor, and those of the singles pertinent to this box set. The set also includes a booklet with an extensive session list and discography, as well as a lengthy essay by Peter Guralnick. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 30, 1993, and Platinum on January 6, 2004. This set followed an exhaustive box set of Presley's 1950s output and was followed by a collection of his soundtrack work a more selective box set of his work in the 1970s.
The box comprises every master recording made by Presley during the decade and released in his lifetime, with the exception of those made at sessions for movie soundtracks or for television broadcasts, with one exception in the latter case. The set also excludes Presley's gospel recordings and live performances, but does include songs that had been recorded at non-soundtrack sessions, but which were released on soundtrack albums in order to bring the album running-time to an acceptable length, such as the sessions of May 26 and May 27, 1963. As a result of these criteria, only two of Presely's 1960s original albums are represented in their entirety in the set: Elvis Is Back! and From Elvis in Memphis ; all other Presley albums of the decade, with the exception of two gospel albums, included at least one film-derived recording, or in the case of From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis , live recordings.
The first four discs and the first nine tracks of the fifth disc present the studio masters in chronological session order, with the above noted exceptions. The opening eighteen tracks of the first disc contain Elvis Is Back! and its three attendant chart-topping singles, "Stuck on You", "It's Now or Never", and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", along with their B-sides. The remainder of disc one and discs two and three include the highlights "Surrender", "His Latest Flame", "Little Sister", "Suspicion", "She's Not You", his cover of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is a Long Time", and "U.S. Male". Disc three includes two previously unreleased recordings, an unreleased alternate take, and three unedited masters including a long version of the "Guitar Man" single that segues into "What'd I Say".
Disc four and the first nine tracks of disc five cover the entire released output of the Memphis sessions at American Sound Studio, yielding the albums From Elvis in Memphis and the studio disk of the double album From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis , along with various hit singles including his latter-day signature song, "Suspicious Minds". The remainder of disc five contains nine previously unreleased alternate takes, a version of Chuck Berry's "Memphis Tennessee" from an earlier session, an unreleased recording from the Memphis sessions, an undubbed version of his 1960 #1 hit single "It's Now or Never", and the duet medley of "Love Me Tender" and "Witchcraft" between Presley and Frank Sinatra, broadcast on Sinatra's ABC television special to welcome Elvis home after his service in the army ended by the spring of 1960.
RCA issued two similarly configured companions, a box set for the 1950s and another one for the 1970s. A separate two-disc set surveys highlights from the 1960s soundtracks. The two non-soundtrack studio albums from the 1960s whose contents do not appear on this box, His Hand in Mine and How Great Thou Art , were released in a similar two-disc set for the gospel recordings in 1994, Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances .
The Sinatra/Presley duet was recorded at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida. All other recordings were made in Tennessee at either RCA Studio B in Nashville, or at American Studio in Memphis. Original recordings produced by Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins, Felton Jarvis, and Chips Moman.
Chart positions for LPs from Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; positions for singles from Billboard Pop Singles chart. Certain tracks listed as unreleased on the insert card of the jewel cases are unedited masters of issued tracks; those are indicated with an asterisk and listed with the original issue information for the released master. By late 1968, Billboard discontinued charting B-sides.
Track | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time | Recorded | Release Date | Catalogue | Original LP Issue | Chart Peak |
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1. | Make Me Know It | Otis Blackwell | 2:31 | 1960-03-20 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
2. | Soldier Boy | David Jones and Theodore Williams Jr. | 1:55 | 1960-03-20 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
3. | Stuck on You | Aaron Schroeder and J. Leslie McFarland | 2:18 | 1960-03-20 | 1960-03-23 | 47-7740 | #1 | |
4. | Fame and Fortune | Fred Wise and Ben Weisman | 2:30 | 1960-03-20 | 1960-03-23 | 47-7740b | #17 | |
5. | A Mess of Blues | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:39 | 1960-03-20 | 1960-07-05 | 47-7777b | #32 | |
6. | It Feels So Right | Fred Wise and Ben Weisman | 2:31 | 1960-03-20 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
7. | Fever | Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport), Eddie Cooley | 2:58 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
8. | Like a Baby | Jesse Stone | 2:24 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
9. | It's Now or Never | Eduardo di Capua, Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold | 3:15 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-07-05 | 47-7777 | #1 | |
10. | The Girl of My Best Friend | Beverly Ross and Sam Bobrick | 2:21 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
11. | Dirty, Dirty Feeling | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:12 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
12. | Thrill of Your Love | Stan Kesler | 2:38 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
13. | I Gotta Know | Paul Evans and Matt Williams | 2:15 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-11-01 | 47-7810b | #20 | |
14. | Such a Night | Lincoln Chase | 2:15 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
15. | Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Lou Handman and Roy Turk | 3:05 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-11-01 | 47-7810 | #1 | |
16. | Girl Next Door Went A-Walking | Bill Rice and Thomas Wayne | 2:24 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
17. | I Will Be Home Again | Bennie Benjamin, Raymond Leveen, Lou Singer | 2:28 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
18. | Reconsider Baby | Lowell Fulson | 3:39 | 1960-04-03 | 1960-04-08 | LSP 2231 | Elvis Is Back! | #2 |
19. | Surrender | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 1:51 | 1960-10-30 | 1961-02-07 | 47-7850 | #1 | |
20. | I'm Comin' Home | Charlie Rich | 2:20 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
21. | Gently | Murray Wisell and Edward Lisbona | 2:15 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
22. | In Your Arms | Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold | 1:50 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
23. | Give Me the Right | Fred Wise and Norman Blagman | 2:32 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
24. | I Feel So Bad | Chuck Willis | 2:53 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-05-02 | 47-7880 | #5 | |
25. | It's a Sin | Fred Rose and Zeb Turner | 2:39 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
26. | I Want You With Me | Woody Harris | 2:13 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
27. | There's Always Me | Don Robertson | 2:16 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
Track | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time | Recorded | Release Date | Catalogue | Original LP Issue | Chart Peak |
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1. | Starting Today | Don Robertson | 2:03 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
2. | Sentimental Me | James T. Morehead, James Cassin | 2:31 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
3. | Judy | Teddy Redell | 2:10 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
4. | Put the Blame on Me | Fred Wise, Kay Twomey and Norman Blagman | 1:57 | 1961-03-12 | 1961-06-17 | LSP 2370 | Something for Everybody | #1 |
5. | Kiss Me Quick | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:46 | 1961-06-25 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
6. | That's Someone You Never Forget | Red West and Elvis Presley | 2:47 | 1961-06-25 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
7. | I'm Yours | Hal Blair and Don Robertson | 2:21 | 1961-06-25 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
8. | (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:07 | 1961-06-25 | 1961-08-08 | 47-7908 | #4 | |
9. | Little Sister | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:30 | 1961-06-25 | 1961-08-08 | 47-7908b | #5 | |
10. | For the Millionth and the Last Time | Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper | 2:05 | 1961-10-15 | 1965-08-10 | LSP 3450 | Elvis for Everyone | #10 |
11. | Good Luck Charm | Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold | 2:23 | 1961-10-15 | 1962-02-27 | 47-7992 | #1 | |
12. | Anything That's Part of You | Don Robertson | 2:04 | 1961-10-15 | 1962-02-27 | 47-7992b | #31 | |
13. | I Met Her Today | Hal Blair and Don Robertson | 2:42 | 1961-10-15 | 1965-08-10 | LSP 3450 | Elvis for Everyone | #10 |
14. | Night Rider | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:08 | 1961-10-15 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
15. | Something Blue | Paul Evans and Al Byron | 2:57 | 1962-03-18 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
16. | Gonna Get Back Home Somehow | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:27 | 1962-03-18 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
17. | (Such an) Easy Question | Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott | 2:18 | 1962-03-18 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
18. | Fountain of Love | Bill Giant and Jeff Lewis | 2:12 | 1962-03-18 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
19. | Just for Old Time Sake | Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper | 2:08 | 1962-03-18 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
20. | You'll Be Gone | Red West, Charlie Hodge, Elvis Presley | 2:23 | 1962-03-18 | 1965-02-09 | 47-8500b | ||
21. | I Feel That I've Known You Forever | Doc Pomus, Alan Jeffreys | 1:39 | 1962-03-19 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
22. | Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 1:51 | 1962-03-19 | 1962-07-17 | 47-8041b | #55 | |
23. | Suspicion | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:34 | 1962-03-19 | 1962-06-05 | LSP 2523 | Pot Luck with Elvis | #4 |
24. | She's Not You | Doc Pomus, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 2:08 | 1962-03-19 | 1962-07-17 | 47-8041 | #5 | |
25. | Echoes of Love | Bob Roberts and Paddy McMains | 2:38 | 1963-05-26 | 1964-04-02 | LSP 2894 | Kissin' Cousins | #6 |
26. | Please Don't Drag That String Around | Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott | 1:53 | 1963-05-26 | 1963-06-18 | 47-8188b | ||
27. | (You're the) Devil in Disguise | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant and Florence Kaye | 2:20 | 1963-05-26 | 1963-06-18 | 47-8188 | #3 | |
28. | Never Ending | Buddy Kaye and Philip Springer | 1:57 | 1963-05-26 | 1964-07-14 | 47-8400b | ||
29. | What Now, What Next, Where To | Hal Blair and Don Robertson | 1:56 | 1963-05-26 | 1967-06-01 | LSP 3787 | Double Trouble | #3 |
30. | Witchcraft | Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King | 2:17 | 1963-05-26 | 1963-10-01 | 47-8243b | #32 | |
31. | Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers | Dory Jones and Ollie Jones | 1:47 | 1963-05-26 | 1965-08-10 | LSP 3450 | Elvis for Everyone | #10 |
32. | Love Me Tonight | Don Robertson | 2:00 | 1963-05-26 | 1963-11-01 | LSP 2756 | Fun in Acapulco | #3 |
Track | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time | Recorded | Release Date | Catalogue | Original LP Issue | Chart Peak |
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1. | (It's a) Long Lonely Highway | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:20 | 1963-05-27 | 1964-04-02 | LSP 2894 | Kissin' Cousins | #6 |
2. | Western Union | Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper | 2:09 | 1963-05-27 | 1968-05-01 | LSP 3989 | Speedway | #82 |
3. | Slowly but Surely | Sid Wayne and Ben Weisman | 2:13 | 1963-05-27 | 1963-11-01 | LSP 2756 | Fun in Acapulco | #3 |
4. | Blue River | Paul Evans and Fred Tobias | 1:32 | 1963-05-27 | 1965-12-03 | 47-8740b | #95 | |
5. | Memphis, Tennessee | Chuck Berry | 2:08 | 1964-01-12 | 1965-08-10 | LSP 3450 | Elvis for Everyone | #10 |
6. | Ask Me | Domenico Modugno, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye, Bill Giant | 2:05 | 1964-01-12 | 1964-09-22 | 47-8840 | #12 | |
7. | It Hurts Me | Joy Byers and Charlie Daniels | 2:27 | 1964-01-12 | 1964-02-10 | 47-8307b | #29 | |
8. | Down in the Alley | Jesse Stone | 2:48 | 1966-05-25 | 1966-10-31 | LSP 3702 | Spinout | #18 |
9. | Tomorrow Is a Long Time | Bob Dylan | 5:20 | 1966-05-25 | 1966-10-31 | LSP 3702 | Spinout | #18 |
10. | Love Letters | Edward Heyman and Victor Young | 2:50 | 1966-05-26 | 1966-06-08 | 47-8870 | #19 | |
11. | Beyond the Reef | Jack Pitman | 3:03 | 1966-05-26 | previously unreleased | |||
12. | Come What May | Frank Tableporter | 1:58 | 1966-05-28 | unreleased alternate take | |||
13. | Fools Fall in Love | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:04 | 1966-05-28 | 1967-01-10 | 47-9056b | ||
14. | Indescribably Blue | Darrell Glenn | 2:47 | 1966-06-10 | 1967-01-10 | 47-9056 | #33 | |
15. | I'll Remember You* | Kui Lee | 4:05 | 1966-06-10 | 1966-10-31 | LSP 3702 | Spinout | #18 |
16. | If Every Day Was Like Christmas | Red West | 2:42 | 1966-06-10 | 1966-11-15 | 47-8950 | ||
17. | Suppose | Sylvia Dee and George Goehring | 3:01 | 1967-03-20 | previously unreleased | |||
18. | Guitar Man / What'd I Say* | Jerry Reed / Ray Charles | 2:57 | 1967-09-10 | 1968-01-09 | 47-9425 | #43 | |
19. | Big Boss Man | Luther Dixon and Al Smith | 2:50 | 1967-09-10 | 1967-09-26 | 47-9341 | #38 | |
20. | Mine | Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper | 2:35 | 1967-09-10 | 1968-05-01 | LSP 3989 | Speedway | #82 |
21. | Just Call Me Lonesome | Rex Griffin | 2:05 | 1967-09-10 | 1967-10-10 | LSP 3893 | Clambake | #40 |
22. | Hi-Heel Sneakers* | Robert Higginbotham | 4:46 | 1967-09-11 | 1968-01-09 | 47-9425b | ||
23. | You Don't Know Me | Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold | 2:27 | 1967-09-11 | 1967-09-26 | 47-9341b | #44 | |
24. | Singing Tree | A. L. Owens and A.C. Solberg | 2:17 | 1967-09-11 | 1967-10-10 | LSP 3893 | Clambake | #40 |
25. | Too Much Monkey Business | Chuck Berry | 2:29 | 1968-01-15 | 1968-10 | PRS 279 | Elvis Sings Flaming Star | |
26. | U.S. Male | Jerry Reed | 2:42 | 1968-01-16 | 1968-02-28 | 47-9465 | #28 |
Track | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time | Recorded | Release Date | Catalogue | Original LP Issue | Chart Peak |
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1. | Long Black Limousine | Bobby George, Vern Stovall | 3:37 | 1969-01-13 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
2. | This Is the Story | Calvin Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow | 2:28 | 1969-01-13 | 1969-11 | LSP 6020 | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | #12 |
3. | Wearin' That Loved-On Look | A. L. Owens, Dallas Frazier | 2:44 | 1969-01-13 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
4. | You'll Think of Me | Mort Shuman | 3:58 | 1969-01-14 | 1969-08-26 | 47-9764b | ||
5. | A Little Bit of Green | Calvin Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow | 3:21 | 1969-01-14 | 1969-11 | LSP 6020 | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | #12 |
6. | Gentle on My Mind | John Hartford | 3:20 | 1969-01-14 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
7. | I'm Moving On | Hank Snow | 2:52 | 1969-01-14 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
8. | Don't Cry Daddy | Mac Davis | 2:46 | 1969-01-15 | 1969-11-11 | 47-9768 | #6 | |
9. | Inherit the Wind | Eddie Rabbitt | 2:56 | 1969-01-15 | 1969-11 | LSP 6020 | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | #12 |
10. | Mama Liked the Roses | Johnny Christopher | 2:47 | 1969-01-15 | 1970-04-20 | 47-9835b | ||
11. | My Little Friend | Shirl Milete | 2:43 | 1969-01-16 | 1970-01-29 | 47-9791b | ||
12. | In the Ghetto | Mac Davis | 2:45 | 1969-01-20 | 1969-04-14 | 47-9741 | From Elvis in Memphis | #3 |
13. | Rubberneckin' | Dory Jones, Bunny Warren | 2:09 | 1969-01-20 | 1969-11-11 | 47-9768b | ||
14. | From a Jack to a King | Ned Miller | 2:23 | 1969-01-21 | 1969-11 | LSP 6020 | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | #12 |
15. | Hey Jude | John Lennon and Paul McCartney | 4:29 | 1969-01-21 | 1972-02-20 | LSP 4671 | Elvis Now | #43 |
16. | Without Love (There Is Nothing) | Danny Small | 2:51 | 1969-01-22 | 1969-11 | LSP 6020 | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | #12 |
17. | I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) | Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton, Thomas Dilbeck | 4:32 | 1969-01-22 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
18. | I'll Be There | Bobby Darin | 2:21 | 1969-01-22 | 1970-04 | CAS 2408 | Let's Be Friends | #105 |
19. | Suspicious Minds | Mark James | 3:28 | 1969-01-22 | 1969-08-26 | 47-9764 | #1 | |
20. | True Love Travels on a Gravel Road | Dallas Frazier and A. L. Owens | 2:37 | 1969-02-17 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
21. | Stranger in My Own Home Town | Percy Mayfield | 4:23 | 1969-02-17 | 1969-11 | LSP 6020 | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | #12 |
22. | And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind | Neil Diamond | 3:08 | 1969-02-17 | 1969-11 | LSP 6020 | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | #12 |
23. | Power of My Love | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | 2:34 | 1969-02-18 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
Track | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time | Recorded | Release Date | Catalogue | Original LP Issue | Chart Peak |
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1. | After Loving You | Johnny Lantz, Eddie Miller | 3:05 | 1969-02-18 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
2. | Do You Know Who I Am? | Bobby Russell | 2:47 | 1969-02-18 | 1969-11 | LSP 6020 | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | #12 |
3. | Kentucky Rain | Eddie Rabbitt, Dick Heard | 3:14 | 1969-02-19 | 1970-01-29 | 47-9791 | #16 | |
4. | Only the Strong Survive | Jerry Butler, Leon Huff, Kenny Gamble | 2:40 | 1969-02-19 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
5. | It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' | Johnny Tillotson | 2:36 | 1969-02-20 | 1969-06-17 | LSP 4155 | From Elvis in Memphis | #13 |
6. | Any Day Now | Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard | 2:58 | 1969-02-20 | 1969-04-14 | 47-9741b | From Elvis in Memphis | |
7. | If I'm a Fool (For Loving You) | Stan Kesler | 2:43 | 1969-02-20 | 1970-04 | CAS 2408 | Let's Be Friends | #105 |
8. | The Fair Is Moving On | Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett | 3:07 | 1969-02-21 | 1969-06-17 | 47-9747b | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | |
9. | Who Am I? | Charles Rusty Goodman | 2:07 | 1969-02-22 | 1971-03-22 | CALX 2472 | You'll Never Walk Alone | #69 |
10. | This Time / I Can't Stop Loving You | Chips Moman / Don Gibson | 3:50 | 1969-02-17 | previously unreleased | |||
11. | In the Ghetto | Mac Davis | 2:46 | 1969-01-20 | previously unreleased take | |||
12. | Suspicious Minds | Mark James | 3:14 | 1969-01-22 | previously unreleased take | |||
13. | Kentucky Rain | Eddie Rabbitt, Dick Heard | 3:10 | 1969-02-19 | previously unreleased take | |||
14. | Big Boss Man | Luther Dixon, Al Smith | 3:36 | 1967-09-10 | previously unreleased take | |||
15. | Down in the Alley | Jesse Stone | 3:11 | 1966-05-25 | previously unreleased take | |||
16. | Memphis, Tennessee | Chuck Berry | 2:12 | 1963-05-27 | previously unreleased | |||
17. | I'm Yours | Hal Blair, Don Robertson | 2:17 | 1961-06-25 | previously unreleased take | |||
18. | (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | 2:00 | 1961-06-25 | previously unreleased take | |||
19. | That's Someone You Never Forget | Red West, Elvis Presley | 2:38 | 1961-06-25 | previously unreleased take | |||
20. | Surrender | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | 1:50 | 1960-10-30 | previously unreleased take | |||
21. | It's Now or Never | Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold | 3:14 | 1960-04-03 | previously unreleased version | |||
22. | Love Me Tender / Witchcraft | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley / Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh | 1:42 | 1960-03-26 | previously unreleased |
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Pot Luck with Elvis is the seventh studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2523, in May 18, 1962. Recording sessions took place on March 22, 1961, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, and on June 25 and October 15, 1961, and March 18 and March 19, 1962, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top LP's chart.
From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis is the tenth studio album and the second live album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. It was released on October 14, 1969, by RCA Records. It is a double album: the first album, titled In Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, contains the live recordings of Presley's hits at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada, while the second album, titled Back in Memphis, contains entirely new material recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis. The album peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard 200, and was certified Gold on December 13, 1969, by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters is a five-disc box set compilation of the complete known studio master recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley during the decade of the 1950s. Issued in 1992 by RCA Records, catalog number 66050-2, it was soon followed by similar box sets covering Presley's musical output in the 1960s and 1970s. This set's initial long-box release included a set of collectible stamps duplicating the record jackets from every Presley LP on RCA Victor, every single that had a picture sleeve, and most of his EP releases. The set includes a booklet with an extensive session list and discography, and a lengthy essay by Peter Guralnick. It peaked at #159 on the album chart and was certified a gold record on August 7, 1992, by the RIAA. Further certifications were for platinum on November 20, 1992, and for double platinum on July 30, 2002.
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters is a five-disc box set compilation of the recorded work of Elvis Presley during the decade of the 1970s. It was released in 1995 by RCA Records, catalog number 66670-2, following similar box sets that covered his musical output in the 1950s and both his non-soundtrack and soundtrack work of the 1960s. This set's initial long-box release included a set of collectable stamps duplicating the record jackets of the LP albums on which the tracks in the box set were originally released by RCA. It also includes a booklet with an extensive session list and discography, as well as a lengthy essay by Dave Marsh, some of it excerpted from his 1982 book on Presley. The box set was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 15, 1999.
Elvis 56 is a compilation album of studio master recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley made during 1956, released by RCA Records in 1996. The original sessions took place at RCA Studios in Nashville and New York, and at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
Loving You is the first soundtrack album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. It was released by RCA Victor in mono, LPM 1515, in June 1957 to accompany his film, Loving You (1957). Recording sessions took place on January 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1957, at the Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage, and on January 12, 13, 19, and February 23 and 24, 1957, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. These are the first sessions where Steve Sholes is officially listed as producer. It spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It was certified Gold on April 9, 1968 by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Jailhouse Rock is an EP by American singer Elvis Presley, featuring songs from the movie of the same name. It was released by RCA Victor, with catalogue EPA 4114, on October 30, 1957. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on April 30 and May 3, 1957, with an additional session at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Soundstage in Hollywood on May 9 for "Don't Leave Me Now". It peaked at #1 on the newly inaugurated Billboard EP chart where it remained at #1 for 28 weeks. The EP album was the best selling EP album of 1958 according to Billboard.
Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II is a two-disc compilation of studio master recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley during the decade of the 1960s, released in 1995 on RCA Records, catalogue number 66601-2. It also includes a booklet with session details and an essay by Susan M. Doll.
Blue Hawaii is the fourth soundtrack album by the American singer Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2426, on October 20, 1961. It is the soundtrack to the 1961 film of the same name starring Presley. In the United States, the album spent 20 weeks at the number one slot and 39 weeks in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Pop LPs chart. It was certified Gold on December 21, 1961, Platinum and 2× Platinum on March 27, 1992, and 3× Platinum on July 30, 2002, by the Recording Industry Association of America. In the UK, the album spent 18 weeks at no. 1 on the Record Retailers (RR) album chart. On the US Top Pop Albums chart, Blue Hawaii is second only to the soundtrack of West Side Story as the most successful soundtrack album of the 1960s.
Suspicious Minds: The Memphis 1969 Anthology is a two-disc compilation of Elvis Presley's studio recordings at American Sound Studio during the winter of 1969, released in 1999, RCA 67677-2. This set features all of the master recordings made by Presley that would eventually feature on multiple singles as well as the albums From Elvis in Memphis and the studio disk of From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis. Original recordings produced by Chips Moman and Felton Jarvis.
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances is a two-disc compilation of studio master recordings by Elvis Presley, released in 1994 on RCA Records and certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 15, 1999. The release also includes a booklet with session details and an essay by Charles Wolfe.
Fun in Acapulco is the seventh soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2756, in November 1963. It is the soundtrack to the 1963 film of the same name starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on January 22 and 23 and February 27, 1963; and at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 26 and 28, 1963. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.
Kissin' Cousins is the eighth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2894, in April 1964. It is the soundtrack to the 1964 film of the same name starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 26 and 27, and September 29 and 30, 1963. It peaked at number six on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The album was certified Gold on March 27, 1992 by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Viva Las Vegas is an EP by American singer Elvis Presley, containing four songs from the 1964 motion picture, Viva Las Vegas. It was released by RCA Victor in May 1964 to coincide with the film's premiere. The soundtrack EP made the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 92, the lowest-charting release of Presley's career to this point. RCA had not released a Presley EP single in two years; given the format's decreasing popularity in the United States and the disappointing chart performance of Viva Las Vegas, the company would only issue two more for the remainder of Presley's career.