Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters

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Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters
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ReleasedOctober 10, 1995 (1995-10-10)
RecordedFebruary 1970 – June 1977
Genre Rock
Length6:12:11
Label RCA Records
Producer Ernst Mikael Jorgensen
Roger Semon
Elvis Presley chronology
Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II
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Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters
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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 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.

Contents

Contents

The first two discs present the A and b sides of every single released in the United States by Presley during the decade, with the following exceptions: "Kentucky Rain" backed with "My Little Friend," and the b-side to "The Wonder of You," "Mama Liked the Roses," recorded in the 1960s; the gospel single "He Touched Me" b/w "Bosom of Abraham," and the gospel b-sides respectively to the singles "Life" and "If You Talk in Your Sleep," "Only Believe" and "Help Me," all four tracks already included on his first gospel compilation; and "Merry Christmas Baby" b/w "O Come All Ye Faithful", although the album version of the single can be found on disc four. His final two singles issued posthumously, the #22 "My Way" b/w "America the Beautiful" from November 1977, and "Unchained Melody" b/w "Softly As I Leave You" from February 1978, are also not included, although "Unchained Melody" is on the fifth disc, and versions of "My Way" and "Softly As I Leave You" are also on other discs in the set. Of the 23 American singles on these discs, 19 made the Top 40, with "The Wonder of You" and "Burning Love" also making the top ten. Included as well are four tracks issued at 45 rpm in Great Britain only: the top ten single "I Just Can't Help Believin'" b/w "How the Web Was Woven", the A-side "Green Green Grass of Home", and "Loving Arms", the British flip side to "My Boy." In the U.S., both sides of the British "I Just Can't Help Believin'" single had appeared as two LP tracks on That's the Way It Is , "Loving Arms" on Good Times , and "Green Grass" on Today .

Discs three and four compile studio tracks from various albums, with ten previously unreleased recordings or alternate takes. All but five of the 23 tracks on disc three originate from a single series of sessions, held over four days during June 1970, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. Facsimiles of the albums That's the Way It Is and "Elvis Country" can be assembled from tracks on this box, with the bulk of the two albums on this disc. Disc four continues highlights from 1971 through Presley's final studio session, at home in Graceland on October 30, 1976. It includes two songs by Bob Dylan, "I Shall Be Released" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", and a master studio take of the Sinatra signature song, "My Way."

The fifth disc approximates a Presley stage show typical to the era, taken mostly from shows in 1970 and 1972, with 21 songs running to about an hour. Eleven of the concert tracks are previously unreleased, "Reconsider Baby" and "I'll Remember You" originating from the matinee show at Madison Square Garden issued later in 1997 on An Afternoon in the Garden . The disc does not open, as Presley shows often did, with the introduction to Strauss' tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra , played by the backing orchestra to announce the entrance of Elvis. The rock and roll instrumental support consists of the TCB Band, in addition to Presley's usual coterie of back-up vocalists, and the orchestra led by Joe Guercio. The final five songs present a "rehearsal" for the show, deriving from informal recordings made at actual rehearsals at RCA Studios in Hollywood in preparation for Elvis: That's the Way It Is and for a summer 1974 engagement in Las Vegas.

RCA Records issued two similarly configured box set companions, one for the 1950s, and another for the 1960s, the former his complete known masters from that decade, and the latter set chronicling his non-soundtrack/non-gospel recordings from the second decade of his career. Additional two-disc sets featuring his complete gospel recordings and selections from his soundtracks were also issued under this series. Unlike the first two decades collections, however, the compilers of Walk a Mile in My Shoes chose not to collect every studio recording Presley made during his final decade, choosing to focus on the singles, a sampling of "studio highlights" and an example of his live work.

Professional studio recordings made at RCA Studio B in Nashville, RCA Studio C in Hollywood, Stax Studio in Memphis, and in the Jungle Room at Graceland. Live recordings from The International Hotel in Las Vegas, Madison Square Garden in New York City, the H.I.C. Arena in Honolulu, and the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Original recordings produced by Felton Jarvis. "Are You Sincere" recorded at Elvis' home in Palm Springs, California, and produced by Presley.

Purpose

After the success of his television special in 1968, the album From Elvis in Memphis and the chart-topping single "Suspicious Minds" in 1969, Presley stopped making motion pictures, which had become central to his public identity in the 1960s, and concentrated on making music. During the course of the 1970s, in addition to the aforementioned singles, 41 Presley albums appeared in the U.S. prior to his death: seven new compilations from RCA, including The Sun Sessions ; nine compilations on the budget RCA Camden label, including an altered reissue of the 1957 Christmas album; two additional compilations on the bargain-bin Pickwick label; four more reissues; six concert documents, including Having Fun with Elvis on Stage and the posthumous Elvis in Concert ; and thirteen original albums of new material, with one Christmas LP and one gospel LP among them.

As seen from the chart positions in the discography, public reaction to Presley's output during this period was mixed, in part owing to the sheer volume of released items. Unlike the fifties box, Walk a Mile in My Shoes cherry-picks the material in three sections – commercial singles, choice album cuts, and live performance. Winnowing down the selections argues for the continued vitality of Presley's work in this period. As stated by Marsh in the liner notes:

Elvis' Seventies music has been picked at and picked over, issued and reissued, discussed, dissected, distorted, displayed, and dismissed. But it's only now, gathered into one place, that it kind of makes you gulp a bit to realize how productive he was in the last six years of his life...Certainly, Elvis' albums lack the structural integrity of some other artists recording in this period – which is one reason a box set such as this can in fact present a clearer picture of his music than weeding through all his discs one by one. [5]

Track listing

Chart positions for albums from the Billboard 200; positions for singles from the Billboard Hot 100, except where noted. Certain tracks listed as unreleased on the insert card of the jewel cases are unedited masters of issued tracks, or without later overdubs; those are indicated with an asterisk and listed with the original issue information for the released master.

Disc one: The Singles

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueChart Peak
1. The Wonder of You Baker Knight 2:341970-02-181970-04-2047-9835#9
2. I've Lost You Alan Blaikley and Ken Howard 3:301970-06-041970-07-1447–9873#32
3. The Next Step Is Love Paul Evans and Paul Parnes3:311970-06-071970-07-1447-9873b
4. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini 2:301970-06-061970-10-0647–9916#11
5. Patch It Up Eddie Rabbitt and Rory Bourke 3:081970-06-081970-10-0647-9916b
6. I Really Don't Want to Know Howard Barnes and Don Robertson 2:541970-06-071970-12-0847–9960#21
7. There Goes My Everything Dallas Frazier 2:581970-06-081970-12-0847-9960b
8. Rags to Riches Richard Adler and Jerry Ross 1:541970-09-221971-02-0347–9980#33
9.Where Did They Go, Lord Dallas Frazier and A.L. "Doodle" Owens 2:271970-09-221971-02-0347-9980b
10. Life Shirl Milete3:101970-06-061971-05-2547–9985#53
11. I'm Leavin' Michael Jarrett and Sonny Charles 3:511971-05-201971-06-2247–9998#36
12.Heart of Rome Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard, Geoff Stephens 2:531970-06-061971-06-2247-9998b
13. It's Only Love Mark James and Steve Tyrell 2:411971-05-201971-09-2148–1017#51
14. The Sound of Your Cry Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye 3:171970-06-041971-09-2148-1017b
15. I Just Can't Help Believin' Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann 4:341970-08-111971-112158 UK #6
16. How the Web Was Woven David Most and Clive Westlake 3:251970-06-051971-112158b
17. Until It's Time for You to Go Buffy Sainte-Marie 2:171971-05-171972-01-0474–0619#40
18. We Can Make the Morning Jay Ramsey 3:541971-05-201972-01-0474-0619b
19. An American Trilogy Mickey Newbury 4:301972-02-161972-04-0474–0672#66
20. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Ewan MacColl 3:421971-03-151972-04-0474-0672b
21. Burning Love Dennis Linde 2:501972-03-281972-08-0174–0769#2
22. It's a Matter of Time Clive Westlake 3:021972-03-291972-08-0174-0769b
23. Separate Ways Red West and Richard Mainegra2:361972-03-271972-10-3174–0815#20

Disc two: The Singles

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueChart Peak
1. Always on My Mind Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson 3:371972-03-291972-10-3174-0815b
2. Fool Carl Sigman and James Last 3:301972-03-281973-03-0474-0910b
3. Steamroller Blues James Taylor 3:041973-01-141973-03-0474–0910#17
4. Raised on Rock Mark James 2:381973-07-231973-09-22APBO 0088#41
5. For Ol' Times Sake Tony Joe White 3:361973-07-231973-09-22APBO 0088b
6. I've Got a Thing About You Baby Tony Joe White 2:201973-07-221974-01-11APBO 0196#39
7. Take Good Care of Her Arthur Kent and Edward C. Warren2:511973-07-211974-01-11APBO 0196b
8. If You Talk in Your Sleep Red West and Johnny Christopher 2:341973-12-111974-05-10APBO 0280#17
9. Promised Land Chuck Berry 2:551973-12-151974-09-27PB 10074#14
10. It's Midnight Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Chesnut 3:211973-12-101974-09-27PB 10074b
11. My Boy Bill Martin, Jean-Pierre Bourtrayre, Phil Coulter, Claude Francois 3:191973-12-131975-01-04PB 10191#20
12. Loving Arms Tom Jans 2:501973-12-131974-102548b
13. T-R-O-U-B-L-E Jerry Chesnut and Steve Tyrell 3:021975-03-111975-04-22PB 10278#35
14.Mr. SongmanDonnie Sumner2:071973-12-121975-04-23PB 10278b
15. Bringing It Back Gregg Gordon3:001975-03-121975-09-30PB 10401#65
16. Pieces of My Life Troy Seals 4:031975-03-121975-09-30PB 10401b
17. Green Green Grass of Home Curly Putman 3:351975-03-101975-112635 UK #29
18. Thinking About You Tim Baty3:001973-12-121975-01-04PB 10191b
19. Hurt Jimmie Crane and Al Jacobs2:061976-02-051976-03-12PB 10601#28
20. For the Heart Dennis Linde 3:221976-02-051976-03-12PB 10601b
21. Moody Blue Mark James 3:221976-02-041976-11-29PB 10857#31
22. She Thinks I Still Care Dickey Lee 3:511976-02-021976-11-29PB 10857b
23. Way Down Layng Martine Jr. 2:381976-10-291977-06-06PB 10998#18
24. Pledging My Love Don Robey and Ferdinand Washington2:501976-10-291977-06-06PB 10998b

Disc three: Studio Highlights 1970–1971

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal IssueChart Peak
1.Twenty Days and Twenty NightsScott Weisman and Clive Westlake 3:151970-06-041970-11-11LSP 4445 That's the Way It Is #21
2.I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years AgoTraditional3:281970-06-041972-02-20LSP 4460 Elvis Now #43
3. The Fool Naomi Ford and Lee Hazlewood 2:241970-06-041971-01-02LSP 4671 "Elvis Country" #12
4.A Hundred Years from Now Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs 1:401970-06-04previously unreleased
5.Little Cabin on the Hill Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt 1:471970-06-041971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
6. Cindy, Cindy Dolores Fuller, Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman 2:311970-06-041971-06-16LSP 4530 Love Letters from Elvis #33
7. Bridge over Troubled Water Paul Simon 4:291970-06-051970-11-11LSP 4445 That's the Way It Is #21
8. Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off of It Preston Foster, Elvis Presley4:341970-06-051971-06-16LSP 4530 Love Letters from Elvis #33
9.It's Your Baby, You Rock ItShirl Milete and Nora Fowler2:591970-06-051971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
10. Stranger in the Crowd Winfield Scott 3:471970-06-051970-11-11LSP 4445 That's the Way It Is #21
11. Mary in the Morning Johnny Cymbal and Michael Rashkow 4:111970-06-051970-11-11LSP 4445 That's the Way It Is #21
12.It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)Shorty Hall, Alice Joy Merritt, Neal Merritt2:461970-06-061971-06-16LSP 4530 Love Letters from Elvis #33
13. Just Pretend Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett 4:021970-06-061970-11-11LSP 4445 That's the Way It Is #21
14. Faded Love* Bob Wills and Johnnie Lee Wills 4:061970-06-071971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
15. Tomorrow Never Comes* Johnny Bond and Ernest Tubb 4:041970-06-071971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
16. Make the World Go Away Hank Cochran 3:351970-06-071971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
17. Funny How Time Slips Away Willie Nelson 4:191970-06-071971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
18. I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water*Joe Babcock4:571970-06-071971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
19. Snowbird Gene MacLellan 2:041970-09-221971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
20. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Dave "Curly" Williams and Sunny David3:021970-09-221971-01-02LSP 4460 "Elvis Country" #12
21. Amazing Grace*Traditional3:261971-03-151972-04-03LSP 4690 He Touched Me #79
22.(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me Gordon Lightfoot 2:081971-03-151973-07-16APL1 0283 Elvis #52
23. Lady Madonna John Lennon and Paul McCartney 1:201971-05-17previously unreleased

Disc four: Studio Highlights 1971–1976

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal IssueChart Peak
1. Merry Christmas, Baby Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore 5:431971-05-151971-10-20LSP 4579 Wonderful World of Christmas
2. I Shall Be Released Bob Dylan 0:481971-05-20previously unreleased
3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right* Bob Dylan 4:001971-05-161973-07-16APL1 0283 Elvis #52
4.It's Still Here* Ivory Joe Hunter 3:291971-05-191973-07-16APL1 0283 Elvis #52
5. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen*Thomas P. Westendorf2:281971-05-191973-07-16APL1 0283 Elvis #52
6.I Will Be True Ivory Joe Hunter 2:341971-05-191973-07-16APL1 0283 Elvis #52
7. My Way Paul Anka, Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux 4:321971-06-10previously unreleased
8. For the Good Times Kris Kristofferson 3:111972-03-27previously unreleased
9. Just a Little Bit Ralph Bass, Buster Brown, John Thornton, Fats Washington2:311973-07-221973-10-01APL1 0388 Raised on Rock #50
10.It's Diff'rent Now Clive Westlake 2:311973-07-21previously unreleased
11. Are You Sincere Wayne Walker 1:591973-09-231973-10-01APL1 0388 Raised on Rock #50
12. I Got a Feelin' in My Body Dennis Linde 3:331973-12-101974-03-20CPL1 0475 Good Times #90
13. You Asked Me To Waylon Jennings and Billy Joe Shaver 2:521973-12-111975-01-08APL1 0873 Promised Land #47
14. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues Danny O'Keefe 3:121973-12-131974-03-20CPL1 0475 Good Times #90
15.Talk About the Good Times Jerry Reed Hubbard 2:361973-12-141974-03-20CPL1 0475 Good Times #90
16. Tiger Man Joe Hill Louis and Sam Phillips (under the pseudonym Sam Burns)3:051975-03-11previously unreleased
17. I Can Help Billy Swan 4:021975-03-101975-05-07APL1 1039 Today #57
18.Susan When She Tried Don Reid 2:161975-03-111975-05-07APL1 1039 Today #57
19. Shake a Hand Joe Morris 3:481975-03-111975-05-07APL1 1039 Today #57
20. She Thinks I Still Care Dickey Lee 3:261976-02-02unreleased alternate take
21. Danny Boy Frederick Weatherly 3:561976-02-051976-04-20APL1 1506 From Elvis Presley Boulevard #41
22.Love Coming Down Jerry Chesnut 3:061976-02-061976-04-20APL1 1506 From Elvis Presley Boulevard #41
23. He'll Have to Go Joe Allison and Audrey Allison4:301976-10-301977-07-19AFL1 2428 Moody Blue #3

Disc five: The Elvis Presley Show

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal IssueChart Peak
1. See See Rider Traditional2:231970-02-181970-06-23LSP 4362 On Stage: February 1970 #13
2. Men with Broken Hearts Hank Williams 0:311970-08-11previously unreleased
3. Walk A Mile In My Shoes Joe South 2:571970-02-191970-06-23LSP 4362 On Stage: February 1970 #13
4. Polk Salad Annie Tony Joe White 4:461970-02-181970-06-23LSP 4362 On Stage: February 1970 #13
5. Let It Be Me Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë 3:281970-02-171970-06-23LSP 4362 On Stage: February 1970 #13
6. Proud Mary John Fogerty 2:301970-02-161970-06-23LSP 4362 On Stage: February 1970 #13
7. Something George Harrison 3:401970-08-11previously unreleased
8. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector 4:231970-08-121970-11-11LSP 4445 That's the Way It Is #21
9. Heartbreak Hotel Mae Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley1:411970-08-11previously unreleased
10. I Was the One Aaron Schroeder, Claude DeMetrius, Hal Blair, Bill Peppers1:191970-08-12previously unreleased
11. One Night Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman1:471970-08-11previously unreleased
12. Never Been to Spain Hoyt Axton 3:281972-02-16previously unreleased
13. You Gave Me a Mountain Marty Robbins 3:151972-02-16previously unreleased
14. It's Impossible Armando Manzanero and Sid Wayne 2:521972-02-161973-07-16APL1 0283 Elvis #52
15. A Big Hunk o' Love Aaron Schroeder and Sidney Wyche 2:021972-02-16previously unreleased
16. It's Over Jimmie F. Rodgers 2:201972-02-17previously unreleased
17. The Impossible Dream Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh 2:291972-02-171978-02AFL1 2772 He Walks Beside Me #113
18. Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulsom 2:411972-06-10previously unreleased
19. I'll Remember You Kui Lee 2:351972-06-10previously unreleased
20. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams 2:151973-01-141973-02-04VPSX 6089 Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite #1
21. Suspicious Minds Mark James 4:291973-01-141973-02-04VPSX 6089 Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite #1
22. Unchained Melody Alex North and Hy Zaret 2:271977-04-241977-07-19AFL1 2428 Moody Blue #3
23. The Twelfth of Never Jay Livingston and Paul Francis Webster 2:391974-08-16unreleased rehearsal
24. Softly As I Leave You Giorgio Calabrese, Antonio deVita and Hal Shaper 2:141974-08-16unreleased rehearsal
25. Allá en el Rancho Grande Silvano Ramos, Del Moral, Urange2:041970-07-15unreleased rehearsal
26. Froggy Went A-Courting Traditional2:151970-07-29unreleased rehearsal
27.Stranger in My Own Home Town Percy Mayfield 4:371970-07-24unreleased rehearsal

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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 more selective box set of his work in the 1970s.

<i>Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II</i> 1995 compilation album by Elvis Presley

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.

<i>Suspicious Minds</i> (album) 1999 compilation album by Elvis Presley

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.

<i>Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances</i> 1994 compilation album by Elvis Presley

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.

<i>Fun in Acapulco</i> (soundtrack) 1963 soundtrack album by Elvis Presley

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.

<i>Clambake</i> (soundtrack) 1967 soundtrack album by Elvis Presley

Clambake is the sixteenth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3893, in October 1967. It is the soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name starring Presley. He entered RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee on February 21, 1967, for recording sessions for his twenty-fifth film. Supplemental material sessions took place on September 10 and 11, 1967. It peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200.

References

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  5. Marsh, Dave, Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters insert booklet, p. 5 and p.32