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Recorded live in RCA's Studio B in Nashville over the course of an epic five day/night run in June 1970 (with an additional session on September 22), Elvis' performances from those sessions formed the core of three of his most successful studio album releases from the 1970s: Elvis: That's the Way It Is, Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) and Love Letters from Elvis. - Now, for the first time, the master recordings from the 1970 Studio B sessions may be enjoyed together as a single official Elvis album. On From Elvis In Nashville, Presley's studio tracks from the 1970 marathon sessions are presented in pristine audio, newly mixed by acclaimed engineer Matt Ross-Spring (John Prine, Jason Isbell) without the added overdubs or orchestration appearing on earlier releases. - At the close of the 1960s, Elvis Presley, the atomic-powered singer of the 1950s, put his stamp on the rock revolution decade, reestablishing himself as a musical and cultural force to be reckoned with. His electrifying Elvis '68 Comeback special made television history and his long-awaited return to non-soundtrack recordings--captured at Chip Moman's American Sound Studio in Memphis, January-February 1969--yielded major chart hits including "In The Ghetto," "Don't Cry Daddy," "Kentucky Rain," and "Suspicious Minds" (Elvis' final #1 single) and well as a pair of acclaimed 1969 album releases, From Elvis In Memphis and the studio/concert hybrid From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis. From Elvis In Nashville serves as a mirror and companion to his earlier Memphis recordings, bringing fresh fire, exuberance, humor and emotional resonance to the Studio B sessions. - For his first recordings of the 1970s, Elvis revisited the blueprint that made his American Sound sessions so successful. Because he hated doing overdubs, he wanted to cut loose live in the studio with a band in sync with his sensibility. Freed from obligations to music publishers, Elvis was able to pick and record songs that were contemporary, relevant and meaningful to him, from covers--including his transcendent interpretation of "Bridge Over Trouble Water"--to the epic material then powering his Las Vegas residencies and return to live performing. (In 1970 alone, Elvis performed two-month-long engagements at the International, playing two shows a night.) - If the American Sound recordings in Memphis opened the door for Elvis' return to the stage and top of the charts, his next recordings--the fabled 1970 Marathon Sessions--would lay the groundwork for another revolution in pop music. Under the direction of producer Felton Jarvis, Elvis joined forces with one of the most potent studio ensembles ever assembled to create an often underrated chapter in Presley's rich legacy. Working with the fabled "Nashville Cats" for his first album of 1970, Elvis Presley connected to a circle of contemporary musicians that included Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, George Harrison and others. - In June 1970, Elvis--who'd upended country music radio in the 1950s when he introduced rock 'n' roll music to the mainstream--returned to RCA Studio B to create a new sound for a new decade. From 1958-1971, Elvis recorded more than 200 tracks at Studio B, beginning with five songs--including "A Fool Such As I"-- before shipping off to Germany with the US Army in September 1958; he recorded Elvis Is Back!, his first post-army album, at Studio B in March-April 1960. For his 1970 Nashville sessions, Elvis was able to handpick his own repertoire and, delve into the rich variety of American music in his marrow, combining elements of bluegrass, honky tonk, Western swing and the rockabilly he'd virtually invented with contemporary pop, ballads and epic showstoppers. Bringing a fresh and vital new approach to pop and country music, Elvis' performances on From Elvis In Nashville presaged and encompassed emerging trends from countrypolitan and Americana to outlaw country. - These sessions are widely recognized as amon

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Record LabelSony Legacy, Snyl

UPC0194397594126

eBay Product ID (ePID)6046098239

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2020

GenreRock

ArtistElvis Presley

Release TitleFrom Elvis in Nashville

Dimensions

Item Height0.78 in

Item Weight0.78 lb

Item Length8.27 in

Item Width8.14 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs4

Number of Tracks74

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

TracksOpening Jam (Mystery Train), Twenty Days and Twenty Nights, I've Lost You, I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago, The Sound of Your Cry, The Fool, A Hundred Years from Now, Little Cabin on the Hill, Cindy Cindy, Bridge Over Troubled Water, How the Web Was Woven, Got My Mojo Working/ Keep Your Hands Off of It, It's Your Baby You Rock It, Stranger in the Crowd, I'll Never Know, Mary in the Morning, It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing), You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Just Pretend, This Is Our Dance, Life, Heart of Rome, When I'm Over You, I Really Don't Want to Know, Faded Love, Tomorrow Never Comes, The Next Step Is Love, Make the World Go Away, Funny How Time Slips Away, I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water, Love Letters, There Goes My Everything, If I Were You, Only Believe, Sylvia, Patch It Up, Snowbird, Where Did Theygo Lord, Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' on, Rags to Riches, Jam 2 (Tiger Man), I've Lost You -Take 1, The Next Step Is Love -Takes 3-6, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me -Rehearsal, Patch It Up -Take 1, Twenty Days Andtwenty Nights -Takes 56 ; 8, How the Web Was Woven -Take 1, Mary Inthe Morning -Takes 3-4, Just Pretend -Takes 1-2, Stranger in the Crowd -Takes 1-5, Bridge Over Troubled Water -Rehearsal Take 1, Patch It Up -Take 9, The Sound Ofyour Cry -Take 3, Where Did They Go Lord -Takes 2-3, Rags to Riches -Take 2, Jam 3 (I Didn't Make It on Playing Guitar), Faded Love -Rehearsal (Country Version), The Fool -Take 1, A Hundred Years from Now -Take 1, Little Cabin on the Hill -Take 1, Tomorrow Never Comes -Takes 10-11, Snowbird -Take 1, Faded Love -Take 3, It's Your Baby You Rock It -Take, There Goes My Everything -Take 1, Love Letters -Take 1, If I Were You-Take 5, Heart of Rome -Take 1, Cindy Cindy -Take 1, I'll Never Know -Take 3, Sylvia -Take 9, It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing) -Takes 1-2, Only Believe -Take 3, Life -Take

NotesFour CD edition. Includes 40 undubbed, newly mixed recordings plus two discs of rare/unreleased outtakes. Now, for the first time, the master recordings from the 1970 Studio B sessions may be enjoyed together as a single official Elvis album. On From Elvis In Nashville, Presley's studio tracks from the 1970 marathon sessions are presented in pristine audio, newly mixed by acclaimed engineer Matt Ross-Spring (John Prine, Jason Isbell) without the added overdubs or orchestration appearing on earlier releases. For his first recordings of the 1970s, Elvis revisited the blueprint that made his American Sound sessions so successful. Because he hated doing overdubs, he wanted to cut loose live in the studio with a band in sync with his sensibility. Freed from obligations to music publishers, Elvis was able to pick and record songs that were contemporary, relevant and meaningful to him, from covers-including his transcendent interpretation of "Bridge Over Trouble Water"-to the epic material then powering his Las Vegas residencies and return to live performing.

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From Elvis in Nashville by Elvis Presley (CD, 2020)