Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis

Live album by

Elvis Presley

Released

July 1974

Recorded

March 20, 1974

Venue

Mid-South Coliseum
Memphis, Tennessee

Genre

Rock, gospel

Length

41:57

Label

RCA Victor

Elvis Presley chronology

Good Times
(1974)

Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis
(1974)

Having Fun with Elvis on Stage
(1974)

Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis is a live album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in July 1974.^[1] It was recorded on March 20 of the same year at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, Presley's hometown. The cover features a photograph of Presley's home, Graceland.

Presley earned his third Grammy Award for this album's performance of "How Great Thou Art" (he had previously won for the album of the same title). The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 15, 1999.

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The album was recorded on the same day as his Good Times album was released. Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis was Presley's fifth live album in less than five years and the last to be issued in his lifetime.

In the United States, Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis topped Cashbox's Country album chart, reached number 2 on Billboard's Country chart, and reached the top 40 of the Top LPs & Tape listings (now known as the Billboard 200). It was Presley's last album to reach the top 40 until Moody Blue in 1977. Although the live album was not a major commercial success, it did produce the singer's third and final Grammy Award winner, "How Great Thou Art", which won for best inspirational performance. Two other gospel songs, "Why Me Lord" and "Help Me", are given an inspired performance. Another highlight is the Sun years classic "Trying to Get to You", a favorite live choice of Presley's, which suggested that he still had the power to belt it out when he chose to.

The live recording of "Let Me Be There" from this album was later used as filler on Presley's final studio album, Moody Blue. It was also issued as a promotional single in 1974, with the same song on both sides (mono and stereo).

Reissues

In 2004, FTD Records re-released Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis containing the entire concert, which had included performances of songs such as "Suspicious Minds" and "Polk Salad Annie" that had been omitted from the 1974 LP to avoid repetition with Presley's previous live albums. Moreover, unconvincing fake audience reactions, added in post-production, blighted the 1974 mix but these were stripped off by FTD. On March 17, 2014, close to the 40th anniversary of the concert, Sony/RCA Legacy re-released the album as a two-CD set. Disc one corresponds with the FTD version, in that it features the complete show from the Mid-South Coliseum. The second disc consists of a near-identical concert recorded at the Richmond Coliseum just two days earlier; as it had a similar setlist, this show is known as the "test run" for the Memphis concert, but was recorded only in mono. Disc two also includes several recently rediscovered studio rehearsal recordings from August 1974. On release, the two-CD set re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 74.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Mojo (2014 reissue)	^[3]
MusicHound	^[4]
Rough Guides	^[5]

Track listing

Original LP release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"See See Rider"	Traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley	3:03
2.	"Medley: "I Got A Woman" / "Amen"	Ray Charles, Renald Richard	4:45
3.	"Love Me"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	1:50
4.	"Trying to Get to You"	Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton	2:02
5.	"Medley: "Long Tall Sally" / "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" "Mama Don't Dance" / "Flip, Flop and Fly" / "Jailhouse Rock" / "Hound Dog"	Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Penniman / Dave "Curlee" Williams, Sunny David / Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina / Jesse Stone, Lou Willie Turner / Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	3:32
6.	"Why Me Lord?"	Kris Kristofferson	2:50
7.	"How Great Thou Art"	Stuart K. Hine	3:44

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Medley: Blueberry Hill" "I Can't Stop Loving You"	Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock Don Gibson	2:59
2.	"Help Me"	Larry Gatlin	2:42
3.	"An American Trilogy"	Mickey Newbury	3:57
4.	"Let Me Be There"	John Rostill	3:33
5.	"My Baby Left Me"	Arthur Crudup	2:22
6.	"Lawdy Miss Clawdy"	Lloyd Price	2:14
7.	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore	1:36
8.	"Closing Vamp"	—	0:47

Follow That Dream reissue

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Also sprach Zarathustra" (previously unissued)
2.	"See See Rider"
3.	"Medley: I Got A Woman / Amen"
4.	"Love Me"
5.	"Tryin' To Get To You"
6.	"All Shook Up" (previously unissued)
7.	"Steamroller Blues" (previously unissued)
8.	"Medley: Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel" (previously unissued)
9.	"Love Me Tender" (previously unissued)
10.	"Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Mama Don't Dance / Flip, Flop and Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog"
11.	"Fever" (previously unissued)
12.	"Polk Salad Annie" (previously unissued)
13.	"Why Me Lord"

No.	Title	Length
14.	"How Great Thou Art"
15.	"Suspicious Minds" (previously unissued)
16.	"Introductions" (previously unissued)
17.	"Medley: Blueberry Hill / I Can't Stop Loving You"
18.	"Help Me"
19.	"An American Trilogy"
20.	"Let Me Be There"
21.	"My Baby Left Me"
22.	"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"
23.	"Funny How Time Slips Away" (previously unissued)
24.	"Can't Help Falling In Love"
25.	"Closing Vamp"

2014 reissue

Disc 1

Same as Follow That Dream 2004 issue

Disc 2

Tracks 1-22 recorded live in Richmond and previously issued on FTD label's "Forty Eight Hours To Memphis" release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Also Sprach Zarathustra"
2.	"See See Rider"
3.	"Medley: I Got a Woman / Amen"
4.	"Love Me"
5.	"Tryin' to Get to You"
6.	"All Shook Up"
7.	"Steamroller Blues"
8.	"Medley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel"
9.	"Love Me Tender"
10.	"Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Mama Don't Dance / Flip, Flop and Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog"
11.	"Fever"
12.	"Polk Salad Annie"
13.	"Why Me Lord"

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Suspicious Minds"
15.	"Introductions"
16.	"I Can't Stop Loving You"
17.	"Help Me"
18.	"An American Trilogy"
19.	"Let Me Be There"
20.	"Funny How Time Slips Away"
21.	"Can't Help Falling in Love"
22.	"Closing Vamp"
23.	"Down in the Alley" (previously unissued rehearsal)
24.	"Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (previously unissued rehearsal)
25.	"Softly As I Leave You" (previously unissued rehearsal)
26.	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (previously unissued rehearsal)
27.	"The Twelfth of Never" (previously unissued rehearsal)

Personnel

Elvis Presley - vocals, acoustic guitar, executive producer
James Burton - lead guitar
Charlie Hodge - acoustic guitar, backing vocals
John Wilkinson - rhythm guitar
Glen D. Hardin - piano
J.D. Sumner and the Stamps - backing vocals
Kathy Westmoreland - backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations - backing vocals
Duke Bardwell - bass guitar
Ronnie Tutt - drums

Technical

Gus Mossler, Larry Schnapf, Mike Moran, Ronnie Olson - engineers

References

^ "1970s discography".
^ link
^ Dellar, Fred (April 2014). "Elvis Presley Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis". Mojo. p. 107. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 892. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
^ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 150. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.

External links

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Studio albums	Elvis Presley Elvis (1956 album) Elvis' Christmas Album Elvis Is Back! His Hand in Mine Something for Everybody Pot Luck How Great Thou Art From Elvis in Memphis From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis That's the Way It Is Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) Love Letters from Elvis Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas Elvis Now He Touched Me Elvis (1973 album) Raised on Rock / For Ol' Times Sake Good Times Promised Land Today From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee Moody Blue
Soundtrack albums	Loving You King Creole G.I. Blues Blue Hawaii Girls! Girls! Girls! It Happened at the World's Fair Fun in Acapulco Kissin' Cousins Roustabout Girl Happy Harum Scarum Frankie and Johnny Paradise Hawaiian Style Spinout Double Trouble Clambake Speedway Viva Elvis Elvis Presley: The Searcher
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