Elvis '69 Pt.1: 827 Thomas Street - American Sound Sessions Vinyl & Import CD Set Unboxing
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In the first of a four-part series focussing on Elvis in 1969, I talk about the recording sessions which took place at the American Sound Studio in Memphis in January/February '69 and take a look at various vinyl and CD releases which contain the landmark music produced at those sessions.
Hello Sean, another nice video. The 69 sessions are some of my favorites.
I agree that i never understood why RCA put a photo from VLV on the back of From Memphis. RCA usually packaged the albums terribly i think.
So yes the Memphis Anthology was my go to also back in the early 2000s.
You did a nice presentation my friend. I always look forward to your videos.
Juan
Thanks Juan, your support, as ever, is very much appreciated 👍🏻
About the VLV photo used on the back cover -- RCA & Colonel Parker fooled us back in 1969. Most buyers of that album (at the time) didn't realize that it was a stock photo from the VLV photo session 6 years earlier. Hindsight is always so easy.
Your hooked like me. Just buy it.
This album got me hooked on Elvis. Somehow stumbled on the Long Black Limousine outtakes on UA-cam and his vocal performances recorded alongside the live band are great insights.
Yes definitely, his vocals during that session are jaw-dropping. There's an edge and a rawness that emerged during the 68 Special and continued at American Sound but would never be heard in quite the same way again
No longer BMG 13:22
Yes, I did spot that when I was editing, but then forgot to stick a correction on!
Re-released as the cd unsurpassed masters vol. 2.
Great video. If only they had included Suspicious Minds and Kentucky Rain on From Elvis in Memphis it would have been a much bigger album. Incredibly, the album has not been certified platinum in America, which I find very hard to believe.
Thanks Steve, yes agree that those 2 tracks would have improved it's success, but what would you have left off at their expense? Crazy that it hasn't achieved platinum status in the US!
The final overdubs for "Suspicious Minds" had not yet been completed at the time the "From Elvis in Memphis" was released, and the RCA executives knew they wanted to save those 2 songs for future single releases.
@@Allen-vl7zq I was never a fan of the fad in, fade out gimmick used at the end of Suspicious Minds. An unsuccessful attempt to ape Hey Jude IMHO
@@sincerelyelvispresley ... "unsuccessful"?? Suspicious Minds was a #1 hit on its own merit for Elvis. It would've never been a single or a hit if it had been included first on the From Elvis in Memphis album.
@Allen-vl7zq 🤣 not that the single or, indeed, song itself was unsuccessful, but the attempt to ape The Beatles by fading it out and in again was. Didn't need it
Hi Sean! Your cd of "American Crown Jewels" is surely a copy 22:19 of a bootleg because the original bootleg cd was light blue with pink lettering, and it came with an 8-page booklet featuring a photo inside of Elvis with Barbara McNair and Mahalia Jackson on the movie set of "Change Of Habit".
Hi! That's interesting, thanks for letting me know. The first copy of that I owned was around the mid-2000s and it was the same as the one I have now. The Elvis On CD site lists 3 versions and does say that the first one came with a booklet, but all 3 discs it shows appear to be white and blue
@@sincerelyelvispresley Yep... and the Discogs site shows a label on the cd just like yours. The one on Discogs also shows how the pages appear in the booklet... (if you're interested in taking a look). I like your channel with your calm demeanor, Sean. Thank you for your interesting content. Take care!
@@Allen-vl7zq Thanks so much, I love it when fellow fans bring info and detail to the comments section, it's exactly what I'd hoped for 👍🏻
I really enjoy these series of videos. Very informative.
Thanks so much, really glad you're enjoying them!
Hi Sean, it was great to discover your channel and I have enjoyed all the videos. I think I spent about £200 on books I hadn’t heard of as a result of your recommendations! I recently bought the two big TTWII sets - rehearsals and shows and I’d really be interested to hear your views on TTWII releases. I’ve also just bought the Amiga On Tour set to go with the recent official box and hope you will do something on those as well. I’m in Norfolk so not too far from you?
Hi, great to hear from you, and happy and a tad guilty at the same time - happy that I've been able to introduce you to some new things, but guilty that it's hit your bank balance quite so heavily, but hopefully worth it 🙂 The TTWII episodes are recorded and will air in September. I'll definitely be taking about the Amiga set when I get to 1972, which on the current schedule will probably be uploaded around October time. We love Norfolk, it's about 55 miles from us to Hunstanton, in fact we often talk of retiring to the Norfolk coast!
Great collection, Sean. I seem to remember reading that RCA only had the photos that Parker gave them for the sleeves, and he didn't give them that many. Perhaps that's why the Viva Las Vegas-era photo appears on the back cover of From Elvis in Memphis.
Thanks David 👍🏻 The rear of the album would have looked so much more relevant to the time period had they chosen a shot from the photo session used on the Suspicious Minds single cover. Parker, what can you say?
Hi David! Surely several photos from June of '68 were available that would've worked better than a 6 yr. old pic. Oh well... At the time, not many fans were complaining anyway. They were too busy enjoying the music on the LP.
@Allen-vl7zq Yeah, but these days we love to complain, don't we? it's almost a hobby in itself 🤣
Great video , I really wish Elvis had carried on like this , he was pushed to perform which he wanted and loved . You are correct it is Elvis at his best ,Shak was slightly different in Elvis wasn't in a great place personally but here he was . I'm looking forward to the new Memphis 5 disc that's coming out .
Loved the stuff you have , I have a lot of it but it's always good to hear what others think about it
Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed 👍🏻 Hopefully I can drop at least one thing in each time that not everyone will be familiar with, well that's the plan anyway! I'm looking forward to the Memphis set too, although some of the inclusions and ommissions are pretty baffling. Hey Jude and Mama Liked The Roses over A Little Bit Of Green and And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind? Not the way I'd have gone for sure!
@@sincerelyelvispresley Mama Liked the Roses was a great choice to be the single flip side to The Wonder of You... in my opinion. I would imagine that the song really touched Elvis' heart when he recorded it.
One very fine episode!! 🎶👌
Thank you kindly, my friend!
Big question why was Stranger in My Home Town not included on From Elvis in Memphis.
Very good point, but is there a track you would have dropped to be able to include it?
@@sincerelyelvispresley True Loves Travel on a Gravel Road or Keeps Right On a Hurtin'
Good shout, the latter for me
Simple answer -- Because the RCA Victor executives knew they were gonna release two full albums of Elvis' January/February Memphis sessions, so they wanted to save an uptempo/rhythm song (Stranger in My Own Home Town) for the second album... "Back in Memphis", which was originally part of the 2-LP set "From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis". The "From Elvis in Memphis" album already contained 4 uptempo/rhythm tracks... Wearin' That Loved On Look ; I'm Movin' On ; Power of My Love ; After Loving You
Thank for this video around the American Sound studio sessions, loved it ⚡️ TCB from Holland, Kees
Thank you Kees, great to know you enjoyed it! TCB!
Good stuff Sean. Really enjoy your reviews. I , like you, love the American Sound Sessions & wish he had returned to record more with Chips. Looking forward to the next video 👍
Thanks v much, glad you enjoyed it and appreciate the support. Sadly, the majority of Elvis's career is littered with 'what ifs', and most stem from Parker's greed and paranoia
Great video, as usual👍 I look forward to these every week. Keep up the great work. The 1969 session were/are some of his greatest work. Sublime!!
Thanks so much, I appreciate the support 👍🏻
There's also a bootleg called The other side of Memphis.
Just had a quick look, that looks like a good one. Bilko put out some good stuff in the day 👍🏻
Yes, Bilko did indeed. From the Netherlands. 😸
American sound 1969 on Spotify : it's was a SONY product only, at the time, only intended for streaming.
@woodycat7385 that clears that up then! Thanks, I hadn’t realised that was the case, it was released a year or so before I started collecting again, and I'd just assumed it was some kind of odd anomaly
@@sincerelyelvispresley Maybe you know, ELVIS LIVE 1969 SET is also on Spotify. 👀