Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Wearin' That Loved On Look
2. Only The Strong Survive
3. I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)
4. Long Black Limousine
5. It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'
6. I'm Movin' On
7. Power Of My Love
8. Gentle On My Mind
9. After Loving You
10. True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
11. Any Day Now
12. In The Ghetto
13. I'll be there
14. Hey Jude
15. If I'm a fool (for loving you)
16. Who am I ?

Disc 2:

1. Inherit The Wind
2. This Is The Story
3. Stranger In My Own Home Town
4. Little Bit Of Green,
5. And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind
6. Do You Know Who I Am
7. From A Jack To A King
8. The Fair's Moving On
9. You'll Think Of Me
10. Without Love (There Is Nothing)
11. In the ghetto
12. Any Day now
13. The Fair's Moving On
14. Suspicious minds
15. You'll Think Of Me
16. Don't cry daddy
17. Rubberneckin'
18. Kentucky rain
19. My Little friend
20. Mama liked the roses

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2764 in Music
• Released on: 2009-07-27
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .32 pounds

CD Description
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 of1969, 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". FROMELVIS IN MEMPHIS demonstrates how thoroughly Presley could remake a song to suit his talents, especially on the countrystandards "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.

Customer Reviews

A Journey Back to 1969
This two-disc version of `From Elvis In Memphis' collects together the `From Elvis In Memphis' and `Back In Memphis' albums, both of which were derived from Elvis's celebrated 1969 recording sessions in Memphis. Leftovers and singles taped at those sessions are also included. I won't appraise the musical merits of these songs because they have been eulogised already by many people. Instead, I'll address if it's worth upgrading the previous inclusive Memphis 1969 compilation, the double CD set `Suspicious Minds'. Despite my misgivings when this latest project was first announced, it is phenomenally good. The sound is very classy, yet the rawness and emotionality that underpinned the greatness of the original album are somehow enhanced. The overall timbre is crystal clear yet full of warmth. But what tingles the spine the most is the detail now plainly audible in Elvis' voice - I've never before heard him sounding so evocative, so nuanced and so engaged on these recordings. I can think of no other CD set that better illustrates the point that, just as good instruments are useless in isolation, state-of-the-art sound technology only has a value when the engineers operating it are musically adept. The technicians who prepared this new set have truly picked up on the honesty, humanity and simplicity in the music, and have brilliantly brought those key elements to the fore. Closing the final disc with the singles means that the set ends on a run of mostly good songs. Some of the mono single mixes are very distinctive particularly `Kentucky Rain', its ending shorn of overdubbed strings - I'd not heard it in this form since dispensing with the old UK vinyl compilation `Hits of the 70s' half a lifetime ago. The FEIM Legacy Edition doesn't contain the out-takes found on the `Suspicious Minds' set nor its informal fragments. But this is easily one of the most intelligent and tasteful remastering jobs I have ever heard, the enormity of Elvis's talent is plain for anyone to hear, and I would urge all his fans to check it out for themselves. His singing is unbelievable.

A Feast Of Elvis!
Elvis Presley's 1969 triumph - FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS 2-CD gets the SONY LEGACY treatment culminating in a total smorgasboard of treats for the listener -- from the R&B clout of "Wearin' That Loved On Look" with gorgeous gospel piano, to the majestic, gospel soul of "Long Black Limousine" the quality never drops on this superb release sounding all the better for its stunning audio upgrade.

More standouts are the blues power of "Power Of My Love," side two's bluesy romp - "Stranger In My Hometown" and "From A Jack To A King's" obvious sing-a-long charm. Additionally there's wonderful sitar on "You'll Think Of Me."

The CD finishes with 10 classic Presley singles all recorded in mono: "Suspicious Minds," "Kentucky Rain," "Rubberneckin" and "Don't Cry Daddy" - there's to many highlights to mention here but definitely something for everyone in a classic 2-CD package.

Memphis Magic
This CD is an essential purchase you get the complete 'Elvis In Memphis' and 'Back In Memphis' albums in the original running orders plus the titles that they left behind as a bonus and also the singles from these sessions with the original mono mixes as released in the late sixties, the mono mixes alone are worth the price of this album and they have all been newly remastered. Elvis at his best, buy it !!!