#elvis albums

[hooked-on-elvis]

"I Met Her Today" (1961-1965)

Recorded on October 15, 1961 at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville · Release date: July 19, 1965 · Album: Elvis for Everyone! (compilation)

MUSICIANS Guitar: Jerry Kennedy, Scotty Moore. Bass: Bob Moore. Drums: Buddy Harman, D.J. Fontana. Piano & Organ: Floyd Cramer. Saxophone & Clarinet: Boots Randolph. Accordion: Gordon Stoker. Vocals: Millie Kirkham, The Jordanaires.

Illustrative pictures · (1) On Sunday afternoon, July 30, 1961, Elvis appeared at Weeki Wachee Springs Park in Florida, on the west coast where he was then filming "Follow That Dream"; (2) Elvis on movie set Frankie and Johnny June 10, 1965.

RECORDING SESSION · BACKSTORY Soundtrack Recordings for Mirisch Company’s "Follow That Dream" July 2, 1961: RCA’s Studio B, Nashville One thing seemed certain to the Colonel: It made sense to go into the studio for another singles-only session. The June 25 session proved that Elvis and his band could focus their attention better when they were all trying to cut a hit single; increasingly, too, scheduling was becoming a problem, and between the two Mirisch pictures there would only be time to arrange a short session. Once Freddy [Bienstock] understood the Colonel’s goal, he knew exactly where to turn for hit material — to his hot new team, Pomus and Shuman. Having gotten three cuts on the last session was more than enough motivation to propel the songwriters into action. Mort Shuman had a simple formula for writing hits — “Chorus, break, and gimmick” — and the two had noticed that Elvis was drawn to first-person songs; in no time, then, they came up with a stranger’s tale, a gimmick, and a Phil Spector – produced demo. The song, “Night Rider,” was just the kind of rocker Freddy was looking for, and he sent it off to Elvis along with two Tepper and Bennett compositions, “Just For Old Time Sake” and “For The Millionth And The Last Time,” as well as two others (“Ecstasy” and “You Never Talked to Me”) and the promise of “a couple of real strong songs in the next few days.”

RECORDING OF "I MET HER TODAY" Studio Sessions for RCA October 15, 1961: RCA’s Studio B, Nashville The “real strong songs” Freddy had mentioned in his note were two brand-new Don Robertson ballads. Elvis’s careful phrasing suggests that he’d done serious preparation on the first, “Anything That’s Part Of You,” but that didn’t stop him from working hard on it, running through six takes as Floyd Cramer worked to duplicate the slip-note fills Robertson had played on the demo. Years later Elvis would tell audiences that “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” was “probably the saddest song I’ve ever heard,” but he never portrayed abandonment more convincingly than on this cut. Among Elvis’s recorded ballads perhaps the only competition comes from some of the other Robertson songs recorded in 1961 and ’62. The second of his contributions, “I Met Her Today,” told a more hopeful story, but it proved harder to get right. After a promising first take Elvis paused to correct some problems with the song’s challenging octave-and-a half leaps, but as soon as he’d mastered that, band mistakes began to multiply. After twenty takes the group’s concentration had worn thin, and they agreed to stop, leaving take eighteen as the master. But the recording lay unused for four years until RCA resurrected it for Elvis For Everyone.

Excerpts: "Elvis Presley, A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions" by Ernst Jorgensen. Foreword by Peter Guralnick (1998)

LYRICS Don Robertson/Hal Blair I told you that some day If you kept on being untrue Somebody else would come along And release me from you You'll be glad to know now Your fickle world Can have its own way For it finally happened I've met her today I used to think I just couldn't live A day without you In spite of the thousand doubts and tears That you put me through All at once I don't care as much for you I'm sorry to say For now there's another I met her today How I treasured each smile, each kiss You gave to me now and then Well, you needn't be kind to me now Oh no, not ever again Just when the last bit of pride in me was gone Someone heard me pray And sent me my angel I met her today I met her today

[lllsaslll]

The Essential 60's Masters I - CD Box Set

It's here! What a great box set, released in 1993, this thing came with more than I was expecting! Plus the seller included newspaper ads and even the famous 29¢ Elvis stamps released the same year!

When I get the chance I'd like to scan in some of the images and extras and share them here 🖤

[arealtrashact]

Were they animals, that music could move them so ?

[vintagepresley]

Guysssssssssss.

This album is so beautiful! 😭😭

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you're nobody 'til everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard!

[doomedbythenarrator]

every word i've got is foreign to me - on losing languages

hozier, butchered tongue // mine // w. s. merwin, losing a language // john elvis smelcer, the poet // hozier, foreigners god

[myvinylplaylist]

Elvis Presley: Pure Gold (1975)

RCA Records

[throwbackgaylor]

june 18, 2019 | five years ago

taylor spoke to elvis duran on why she decided to be more political, a sentiment echoed in ‘tolerate it’

“I don’t just tolerate the way you are; I celebrate the way you are” / “I know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it”

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Study of Clouds with a Sunset Near Rome – Simon Denis // promotional poster for the film King Creole – unknown artist // Storm Clouds – Albert Bierstadt // Elvis Presley Live with Scotty Moore and Bill Black – unknown photographer // Clouds Over the Sea – Ivan Aivazovsky // Elvis Presley Perfroming in Aloha from Hawaii – RCA Records // Momentary – Jake Wesley Rogers

[musicboys]

Elvis Presley, Official Album, Charlton, 1950s.

[hooked-on-elvis]

"Let's Forget About the Stars" (1968/1970)

Album: "Let's Be Friends". Release date: April 1970.

This was one of the two songs Elvis recorded which were both supposed to be featured in the 1969 Western movie "Charro!" but it remained unused. In addition to the unused track, he recorded on the same day (in October 1968) the title-track "Charro!", the only one actually featured in the movie (as the opening song) released on March 12, 1969 (USA).

Soundtrack recordings for National General’s "Charro!" Rhythm group repairs and a full orchestra backing were recorded on November 25–27; Elvis probably overdubbed his vocal at the rhythm group sessions. The vocal master of “Let’s Forget About The Stars” (1055) is take 5.

THE RECORD SESSION October 15, 1968: Samuel Goldwyn Studio, Hollywood Elvis reported to work on his next motion picture: Charro!, a serious Western with no musical interludes, which would offer Elvis a chance to concentrate on acting. The studio eventually hired arranger-producer Hugo Montenegro to produce two songs in conjunction with the film, although only one, the title cut, actually made it to the screen.

Excerpt: "Elvis Presley: A Life in Music" by Ernst Jorgensen (1998)

Credits (album sleeves pictures): Wikipedia/Discogs

RELEASE "Let's Forget About the Stars" was released in the compilation album "Let's Be Friends" by RCA Records on the RCA Camden budget label in April 1970. "Let's Be Friends" collects mostly unreleased songs recorded for Presley film soundtracks. Source: Wikipedia

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LYRICS If you let the stars keep telling you Who to love and not to love You may never find contentment for your heart You could go unloved forever and darling that means never Surrender to love, let's forget about the stars You say that stars have promised you true love ten thousand times But here you are with a broken heart and mind I can tell you want to love me from the beating in your heart Surrender to love, let's forget about the stars Let's forget about the stars, come follow me my dove To a world just like the world that you've been dreaming of Let's not wait too long for something might go wrong Surrender to love, let's forget about the stars Let's forget about the stars Let's forget about the stars Let's forget about the stars

Lyrics: Arthur Leo Owens (A. L. Owens)

[kawaiiwitchy]

Album haul from today! ❤️ I think the last album might be signed by Linda 😱

[vintagepromotions]

Poster for 'Every Man Has A Woman', a tribute album to Yoko Ono for her 50th birthday (1984). Artwork by George Corsillo.

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it's always a pain in the ass to do one of those hour-plus drives where 95% of it is just on some backwood country highway where you pass nothing but grass and cows and horses, BUT with how twitchy and easily distracted i am, i gotta admit it's pretty nice to just sit down and focus on something that isn't all that hard to do for such an extended period of time. pretty therapeutic and also probably the longest i ever go without checking my phone LOL

[youchangedmedean]

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Right Kinda Trouble (New Song) & That’s All Right (Elvis Cover) Radio Company Nashville, 19th December 2022

[myvinylplaylist]

Elvis Presley: From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976)

RCA Records