Presley, Elvis: Memphis (Vinyl 2xLP)

RCA Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Memphis, the definitive and first fully comprehensive collection of Elvis Presley’s hometown recordings, on Friday August 9. Over 111 tracks, Memphis captures Presley from his earliest sessions at Sun Studio - which occurred 70 years ago this Summer - to his final recordings in Graceland’s Jungle Room.

Along the way, the Bluff City serves as both home and muse to Presley, playing a pivotal role in the dramatic arc of his artistry as he finds creative rebirth at American Sound in 1969, overcomes personal struggles at Stax in 1973, and brings his most extravagant and spellbinding live show to the Mid-South Coliseum in 1974.

Produced by noted Elvis authority Ernst Jørgensen, with rare archival material and new liner notes by GRAMMY-winning music historian Robert Gordon, Memphis gives fresh insight into the bond between Elvis and his eternal home. With the exception of the Sun recordings, all tracks on Memphis were newly mixed by four-time GRAMMY-winner Matt Ross-Spang at Southern Grooves in Memphis, with overdubs stripped away - leaving the listener with only what Elvis heard live in the studio.

With this intimacy, new revelations abound - from Elvis’ intuitive chemistry with “The Memphis Boys” at American, to the subtle way he builds his vocal phrasing around his backing singers in the Stax sessions, or the palpable joy he brings to his final sessions in the Jungle Room. Through it all, the listener is standing next to Elvis - hearing exactly what he is hearing. This 2-LP highlight collection of songs taken from the comprehensive Memphis release features newly mixed versions of select recordings, pure and without overdubs.

Taking listeners through the many recordings Elvis had done while in Memphis, this 2LP set collects songs recorded at SUN Records, American Studio and Stax sessions, his 1974 hometown show and his last recordings in Graceland.

1. That’s All Right
   
2. Blue Moon Kentucky
   
3. Good Rockin’ Tonight
   
4. Baby, Let’s Play House
   
5. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
   
6. Mystery Train
7. In The Ghetto
8. You’ll Think of Me
   
9. Don’t Cry Daddy
   
10. I’m Movin’ On
    
11. Any Day Now
    
12. Suspicious Minds
13. Promised Land
    
14. If You Talk in Your Sleep
    
15. Take Good Care of Her
    
16. Raised on Rock
    
17. It’s Midnight
    
18. Your Love’s Been a Long Time Coming
19. For the Heart
    
20. Hurt
    
21. Way Down
    
22. Danny Boy
    
23. Moody Blue
24. How Great Thou Art