From Elvis in Memphis

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Description: The success of the Christmas television special and its attendant LP the previous year reestablished Presley as a force in American popular music, after being lost for years in the 1960s making films that little represented his true interests or capabilities. It was during the making of that special that he remarked to its producer Steve Binder that he would "never sing another song that I don't believe in, I'm never going to make another movie that I don't believe in." Presley would never again make another musical-comedy-travelogue of the Blue Hawaii / Girls! Girls! Girls! formula, and decided rather than his usual c The success of the Christmas television special and its attendant LP the previous year reestablished Presley as a force in American popular music, after being lost for years in the 1960s making films that little represented his true interests or capabilities. It was during the making of that special that he remarked to its producer Steve Binder that he would "never sing another song that I don't believe in, I'm never going to make another movie that I don't believe in." Presley would never again make another musical-comedy-travelogue of the Blue Hawaii / Girls! Girls! Girls! formula, and decided rather than his usual crew of musicians in his usual settings of Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California or RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, to do his new album back home in Memphis.

During the 1940s and 1950s, Memphis thrived as a center for both blues and gospel. In the fourteen years since Presley last recorded in Memphis for Sun Records, the town had evolved into a nexus for the strain of music forged as a fusion of those two influences, soul music, the home of Stax Records, Hi Records, and American Sound Studio. Made aware of the latter studio by Memphis Mafia regular Marty Lacker, Presley chose American Sound, started by songwriter and session guitarist Chips Moman, who had assembled a group of house session musicians well-versed in the same kinds of music familiar to Presley: blues, gospel, country, and soul.

For a time, the usual publishing disputes came to the fore, Freddy Bienstock attempting to gain control of "Suspicious Minds" away from Moman, and Felton Jarvis telling Moman that there would be no producer credit and subsequent royalties, just like on any other Presley LP. To the latter, Moman responded to Presley's management and company representatives with "don't ever come back to this studio again," and to the former, Presley himself put his foot down, announcing that he wouldn't let publishing disputes interfere with recording a song he liked. Presley recorded songs regardless of publishing income for these sesssions, but he never did return again to American Sound. ... (more)

Manufacturer: RCA Records
Release date: 17 June 1969
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0078636793221 UPC: 078636793221

Tags: 1969 (2), Rock (1), Soul (1), Country (1), Pop (1), Elvis Presley (1), Blue-Eyed Soul (1), R N' B (1)

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100 Greatest American Albums of All Time (100 music items)

"Hippie era chomped by lion King Elvis’s 1968 TV comeback restored his priapic glory and mocked his silly movies. Then, in a little Memphis studio with no one watching, he let rip. He sang like a wild animal with a wounded heart — so rough and raw, he made Otis Redding sound calculating. Standout tracks: “Power of My Love,” “After Loving You”"

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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 music items)

"“Elvis died the day he went in the army,” said John Lennon. He was wrong, and here’s why. This terribly masterful blend of gospel, soul and R&B could have been made only in Tennessee. The King was back in rude health. Standout track: “Only the Strong Survive” "

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