Platinum: A Life in Music

Platinum: A Life in Music
Platinum: A Life in Music
Box set by Elvis Presley
Released	July 15, 1997
Genre	Rock ; Pop ;
Length	4:23:38
Label	RCA
Elvis Presley chronology

Last updated July 22, 2025

Platinum: A Life in Music is a box set by Elvis Presley that chronicles Presley's career from a "unique"^[1] perspective. The box set was reissued in 2017.^[2]

Release

A few months the release of Platinum: A Life in Music, a sequel titled A Touch of Platinum was released.^[3] 5 months after the release of A Touch of Platinum, a second volume was released.^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic (Platinum: A Life in Music)	^[5]
AllMusic (A Touch of Platinum: Volume 1)	^[3]
AllMusic (A Touch of Platinum: Volume 2)	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[7]
MusicHound	1.5/5^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide (Platinum: A Life in Music)	^[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide (A Touch of Platinum: Volume 2)	^[10]

Rolling Stone critic Parke Puterbaugh stated that it "does an exemplary job of charting the evolution of Elvis’ approach to his material" and that "The headline news of Platinum, however — which can be appreciated by fans, scholars, critics and religious fanatics alike — is the inclusion of a newly discovered 1954 demo of the unsigned Elvis singing a lilting wisp of a pop song called 'I'll Never Stand in Your Way.'"^[9] AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it an "alternative history of Elvis' career" and that "Platinum: A Life in Music is targeted at hardcore collectors," and calling it "worthwhile for any serious Elvis collector."^[5]

Track listing

Source:^[2]

Disc one
No.	Title	Tracks in medley	Length
1.	"I'll Never Stand In Your Way"		2:00
2.	"That's All Right" (unspecified take)		2:03
3.	"Blue Moon" (unspecified take)		3:13
4.	"Good Rockin' Tonight"		2:12
5.	"Mystery Train"		2:25
6.	"I Got A Woman" (unspecified take)		2:34
7.	"Heartbreak Hotel" (take 6)		2:15
8.	"I'm Counting On You" (take 13)		2:29
9.	"Shake, Rattle and Roll/Flip, Flop and Fly"		2:09
10.	"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (take 1)		2:21
11.	"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (take 4)		2:47
12.	"Hound Dog"		2:35
13.	"Don't Be Cruel"		2:02
14.	"Rip It Up" (take 14)		2:10
15.	"Love Me Tender"		3:17
16.	"When The Saints Go Marching In"		1:22
17.	"All Shook Up"		1:57
18.	"(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" (take 3)		3:22
19.	"Blueberry Hill"		3:20
20.	"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"		1:46
21.	"Jailhouse Rock"		2:27
22.	"New Orleans"		1:59
23.	"I Need Your Love Tonight" (take 7)		2:01
24.	"A Big Hunk O' Love" (take 4)		2:12
25.	"Bad Nauheim Medley"	I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen/I Will Be True/It's Been So Long Darling/Apron Strings/There's No Tomorrow	4:06

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stuck on You"	2:24
2.	"Fame and Fortune"	2:24
3.	"It's Now or Never"	3:13
4.	"It Feels So Right" (take 3)	2:09
5.	"A Mess of Blues" (take 1)	2:44
6.	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	3:06
7.	"Reconsider Baby"	3:39
8.	"Tonight's So Right for Love" (take 3)	2:15
9.	"His Hand in Mine" (take 2)	3:15
10.	"Milky White Way" (take 3)	2:30
11.	"I'm Comin' Home" (take 3)	2:24
12.	"I Feel So Bad" (take 1)	2:56
13.	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	2:56
14.	"Something Blue" (unspecified take)	3:04
15.	"Return to Sender"	2:05
16.	"Bossa Nova Baby" (take 2)	2:13
17.	"How Great Thou Art" (take 4)	2:54
18.	"Guitar Man" (take 4)	2:25
19.	"You'll Never Walk Alone" (take 2)	3:40
20.	"Oh, How I Love Jesus"	1:36
21.	"Tennessee Waltz"	1:19
22.	"Blowin' In The Wind"	2:04
23.	"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"	1:52
24.	"I'm Beginning To Forget You"	0:53
25.	"After Loving You"	2:25

Disc three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Got a Woman"	1:40
2.	"Tiger Man"	2:45
3.	"When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"	0:35
4.	"Trying to Get to You"	2:56
5.	"If I Can Dream" (take 1)	3:08
6.	"In the Ghetto" (take 3)	3:06
7.	"Suspicious Minds" (take 7)	3:17
8.	"Power Of My Love" (take 3)	2:15
9.	"Baby What You Want Me to Do"	2:18
10.	"10 Words"	2:33
11.	"Johnny B. Goode"	2:03
12.	"Release Me"	1:47
13.	"See See Rider"	3:04
14.	"The Sound of Your Cry"	2:05
15.	"The Sound of Your Cry" (take 3)	3:30
16.	"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"	2:13
17.	"Funny How Time Slips Away"	4:18
18.	"I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water"	4:15
19.	"I Was The One"	1:02
20.	"Cattle Call"	0:25
21.	"Baby Let's Play House"	1:10
22.	"Don't"	1:55
23.	"Money Honey"	1:24
24.	"What’d I Say"	4:46
25.	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	4:12

Disc four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Miracle Of The Rosary" (take 1)	3:51
2.	"He Touched Me" (take 2)	2:36
3.	"Bossom Of Abraham" (take 3)	1:37
4.	"I'll Be Home on Christmas Day" (take 4)	3:48
5.	"For the Good Times" (take 3)	3:13
6.	"Burning Love" (unspecified take)	3:04
7.	"Separate Ways" (take 25)	2:37
8.	"Always on my Mind" (take 2)	2:32
9.	"An American Trilogy"	4:16
10.	"Take Good Care of Her" (take 4)	2:53
11.	"I've Got a Thing About You Baby"	2:20
12.	"Are You Sincere" (take 2)	2:01
13.	"It's Midnight" (take 10)	3:21
14.	"Promised Land" (take 5)	3:21
15.	"Steamroller Blues"	2:50
16.	"And I Love You So" (take 2)	2:13
17.	"T-R-O-U-B-L-E"	3:02
18.	"Danny Doy"	3:53
19.	"Moody Blue" (take 9)	1:02
20.	"Hurt" (take 2)	2:09
21.	"For The Heart" (take 1)	1:10
22.	"Pledging My Love" (take 3)	4:52
23.	"Way Down" (take 2)	3:04
24.	"My Way"	4:46
25.	"(Excerpt From) The Jaycees Speech"

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