Elvis Presley – From Elvis In Nashville (2020) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Elvis Presley‘s 1970 sessions in Nashville are gathered for release in a new four-CD set, From Elvis in Nashville.

The King’s first recordings of the 1970s saw him cut loose live in the studio with a band in sync with his sensibility. Recorded live in RCA’s Studio B in Nashville over the course of a five day/night run in June (there was also an additional session on 22 September), Elvis’ performances from those sessions formed the core of the albums Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old) and Love Letters from Elvis.

Elvis Presley’s legendary 1970 marathon sessions in Nashville are among the King’s last shining moments. The sessions would notably lead to albums like Elvis: That’s the Way It is, Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old) and Love Letters from Elvis but would also mark the advent of a pop-sounding country rock which influenced numerous wannabe-cowboys (a style which would nevertheless fizzle out before the end of the 70s). For the session’s 50th anniversary, the songs are all reunited in a never-before-heard unaltered version that omits layers of overdubbing and supplementary orchestrations. Matt Ross-Spring (who has worked with John Prine, Jason Isbell and Margo Price) provides a radiant mixing here. Some rarities and previously unreleased material like the covers of Willie Nelson’s Funny How Time Slips Away and Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge over Troubled Water are including as an additional bonus. Here is an Elvis on the rise once again after his marvellous 1968 Comeback Special and the masterpiece From Elvis in Memphis released the year later… In the famous studio B of Nashville’s RCA studios (which was all-familiar to Presley) for five days in June (an additional session took place on the 22nd of September), the King is surrounded by multi-instrumentalist Charlie McCoy, bassist Norbert Putnam, pianist David Briggs, and his legendary stage guitarist James Burton (and his demonic solo on I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water !) and former Muscle Shoals member Eddie Hinton. In short, the band are loyal virtuosos and five-star session men who bring a great sense of confidence to the record as they magnify the King’s great voice. These marathon sessions mix country songs with rock and a dash of soul. All compositions are chosen by Elvis himself. Live in the studio, his singing is godlike, and Ross-Spring’s flawless mixing brings a sense of modernity to the general sound of these seances. There’s no need to be an expert on the King to appreciate the value of these 4 and a half hours of lively and pure music. An essential. – Marc Zisman

Tracklist

1. Elvis Presley – Opening Jam (Mystery Train)
2. Elvis Presley – Twenty Days and Twenty Nights
3. Elvis Presley – I’ve Lost You
4. Elvis Presley – I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
5. Elvis Presley – The Sound of Your Cry
6. Elvis Presley – The Fool
7. Elvis Presley – A Hundred Years from Now
8. Elvis Presley – Little Cabin On the Hill
9. Elvis Presley – Cindy, Cindy
10. Elvis Presley – Bridge Over Troubled Water
11. Elvis Presley – How the Web Was Woven
12. Elvis Presley – Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off of It
13. Elvis Presley – It’s Your Baby, You Rock It
14. Elvis Presley – Stranger In the Crowd
15. Elvis Presley – I’ll Never Know
16. Elvis Presley – Mary In the Morning
17. Elvis Presley – It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing)
18. Elvis Presley – You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
19. Elvis Presley – Just Pretend
20. Elvis Presley – This Is Our Dance
21. Elvis Presley – Life
22. Elvis Presley – Heart of Rome
23. Elvis Presley – When I’m Over You
24. Elvis Presley – I Really Don’t Want to Know
25. Elvis Presley – Faded Love
26. Elvis Presley – Tomorrow Never Comes
27. Elvis Presley – The Next Step Is Love
28. Elvis Presley – Make the World Go Away
29. Elvis Presley – Funny How Time Slips Away
30. Elvis Presley – I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
31. Elvis Presley – Love Letters
32. Elvis Presley – There Goes My Everything
33. Elvis Presley – If I Were You
34. Elvis Presley – Only Believe
35. Elvis Presley – Sylvia
36. Elvis Presley – Patch It Up
37. Elvis Presley – Snowbird
38. Elvis Presley – Where Did They Go, Lord
39. Elvis Presley – Whole Lot-ta Shakin’ Goin’ On
40. Elvis Presley – Rags to Riches
41. Elvis Presley – Jam 2 (Tiger Man)
42. Elvis Presley – I’ve Lost You (Take 1)
43. Elvis Presley – The Next Step Is Love (Takes 3-6)
44. Elvis Presley – You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (Rehearsal)
45. Elvis Presley – Patch It Up (Take 1)
46. Elvis Presley – Twenty Days and Twenty Nights (Takes 5,6 & 8)
47. Elvis Presley – How the Web Was Woven (Take 1)
48. Elvis Presley – Mary In the Morning (Takes 3-4)
49. Elvis Presley – Just Pretend (Takes 1-2)
50. Elvis Presley – Stranger In the Crowd (Takes 1-5)
51. Elvis Presley – Bridge Over Troubled Water (Rehearsal, Take 1)
52. Elvis Presley – Patch It Up (Take 9)
53. Elvis Presley – The Sound of Your Cry (Take 3)
54. Elvis Presley – Where Did They Go, Lord (Takes 2-3)
55. Elvis Presley – Rags to Riches (Take 2)
56. Elvis Presley – Jam 3 (I Didn’t Make It On Playing Guitar)
57. Elvis Presley – Faded Love (Rehearsal, Country Version)
58. Elvis Presley – The Fool (Take 1)
59. Elvis Presley – A Hundred Years from Now (Take 1)
60. Elvis Presley – Little Cabin On the Hill (Take 1)
61. Elvis Presley – Tomorrow Never Comes (Takes 10-11)
62. Elvis Presley – Snowbird (Take 1)
63. Elvis Presley – Faded Love (Take 3)
64. Elvis Presley – It’s Your Baby, You Rock It (Take 3)
65. Elvis Presley – There Goes My Everything (Take 1)
66. Elvis Presley – Love Letters (Take 1)
67. Elvis Presley – If I Were You (Take 5)
68. Elvis Presley – Heart of Rome (Take 1)
69. Elvis Presley – Cindy, Cindy (Take 1)
70. Elvis Presley – I’ll Never Know (Take 3)
71. Elvis Presley – Sylvia (Take 9)
72. Elvis Presley – It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing) (Takes 1-2)
73. Elvis Presley – Only Believe (Take 3)
74. Elvis Presley – Life (Take 2)