From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley

• 1 Wearin' That Loved On Look 02:46
• 2 Only the Strong Survive 02:42
• 3 I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) 04:32
• 4 Long Black Limousine 03:38
• 5 It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' 02:36
• 6 I'm Movin' On 02:52
• 7 Power of My Love 02:36
• 8 Gentle On My Mind 03:21
• 9 After Loving You 03:05
• 10 True Love Travels On a Gravel Road 02:38
• 11 Any Day Now 02:59
• 12 In the Ghetto 02:45
• Total Runtime 36:30

Info for From Elvis In Memphis

One month after Elvis' 1968 Comeback Special aired on national television, Presley made the most artistically successful recordings of his later career. In January and February of 1969, he held sessions at American Studios in Memphis. Presley was reportedly worried that his recording career was finished, that he had been displaced by newcomers such as the Beatles. Perhaps goaded on by this perception, Presley reached new heights during the American sessions.

The material he chose was impassioned, gritty, and bluesy, the complete opposite of the movie songs he had sung for most of the previous decade. A slight case of laryngitis actually improved his performances, lending his voice an appropriate roughness. Many of the best recordings from these sessions appear on "From Elvis In Memphis", including the hit 'In the Ghetto.' "From Elvis In Memphis" demonstrates how thoroughly Presley could remake a song to suit his talents, especially on the country standards 'Long Black Limousine' and 'I'll Hold You In My Heart,' which he transforms into R&B screamers. This is intense, heartfelt, adult music, much like the blues Presley loved as a kid on Beale Street.

„After a 14-year absence from Memphis, Elvis Presley returned to cut what was certainly his greatest album (or, at least, a tie effort with his RCA debut LP from early 1956). The fact that From Elvis in Memphis came out as well as it did is something of a surprise, in retrospect -- Presley had a backlog of songs he genuinely liked that he wanted to record and had heard some newer soul material that also attracted him, and none of it resembled the material that he'd been cutting since his last non-soundtrack album, six years earlier. And he'd just come off of the NBC television special which, although a lot of work, had led him to the realization that he could be as exciting and vital a performer in 1969 as he'd been a dozen years before. And for what was practically the last time, the singer cut his manager, Tom Parker, out of the equation, turning himself over to producer Chips Moman. The result was one of the greatest white soul albums (and one of the greatest soul albums) ever cut, with brief but considerable forays into country, pop, and blues as well. Presley sounds rejuvenated artistically throughout the dozen cuts off the original album, and he's supported by the best playing and backup singing of his entire recording history.“ (Bruce Eder, AMG)

Elvis Presley, vocals, guitar, piano
Ed Kollis, harmonica
John Hughey, pedal steel guitar (on 'In the Ghetto')
Reggie Young, electric guitar
Dan Penn, electric guitar
Bobby Wood, piano
Bobby Emmons, organ
Tommy Cogbill, bass
Mike Leech, bass
Gene Chrisman, drums
Glen Spreen, String and horn arrangements
Wayne Jackson, trumpets
Dick Steff, trumpets
R.F. Taylor, trumpets
Ed Logan, trombones
Jack Hale, trombones
Gerald Richardson, trombones
Tony Cason, French horns
Joe D'Gerolamo, French horns
Andrew Love, saxophones
Jackie Thomas, saxophones
Glen Spreen, saxophones
J.P. Luper, saxophones
Joe Babcock, backing vocals
Dolores Edgin, backing vocals
Mary Greene, backing vocals
Charlie Hodge, backing vocals
Ginger Holladay, backing vocals
Mary Holladay, backing vocals
Millie Kirkham, backing vocals
Ronnie Milsap, backing vocals
Sonja Montgomery, backing vocals
June Page, backing vocals
Susan Pilkington, backing vocals
Sandy Posey, backing vocals
Donna Thatcher, backing vocals
Hurschel Wiginton, backing vocals

Recorded January–February 1969 at Studio American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee
Produced by Chips Moman, Felton Jarvis

Digitally remastered



Ranked #190 in Rolling Stone's 'The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time'

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