Recorded live in RCA's Studio B in Nashville over the course of an epic five day/night run in June 1970 (with an additional session on September 22), Elvis' performances from those sessions formed the core of three of his most successful studio album releases from the 1970s: Elvis: That's the Way It Is, Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) and Love Letters from Elvis.
Now, for the first time, the master recordings from the 1970 Studio B sessions may be enjoyed together as a single official Elvis album. On From Elvis In Nashville, Presley's studio tracks from the 1970 marathon sessions are presented in pristine audio, newly mixed by acclaimed engineer Matt Ross-Spring (John Prine, Jason Isbell) without the added overdubs or orchestration appearing on earlier releases.
These sessions are widely recognized as among Elvis' best because of the undeniable chemistry between Elvis and his astonishing studio band comprised of multi-instrumentalist Charlie McCoy (whose resume includes Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde On Blonde, John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline as well as work with Paul Simon, Tanya Tucker, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson and many more); bassist Norbert Putnam (Roy Orbison, Al Hirt, Henry Mancini, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, J. J. Cale, Tony Joe White, more); and pianist David Briggs (who's worked with Dean Martin, Joan Baez, Nancy Sinatra, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Tony Joe White, George Harrison, Todd Rundgren, Roy Orbison, The Monkees, J. J. Cale, Kris Kristofferson, Alice Cooper, among others). Known colloquially as the "Nashville Cats," this finely-honed studio ensemble, like Elvis himself, connected the worlds of pop, rock and country music. For the June sessions, Elvis brought in his longtime on-stage guitarist James Burton; Eddie Hinton--who, like Putnam ad Briggs, was part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section--played lead guitar on Elvis' September 22 session. Elvis plays acoustic guitar throughout the June sessions.
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Rock, Folk
Track Listing:
A1 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
A2 Mary In The Morning (Takes 3-4)
A3 Stranger In The Crowd (Take 5)
A4 How The Web Was Woven (Take I)
A5a Got My Mojo Working
A5b Keep Your Hands Off Of It
B1 I've Lost You (Take I)
B2 Patch It Up (Take I)
B3 Just Pretend (Take 2)
B4 Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On
B5 Bridge Over Troubled Water (Rehersal, Take I)
C1 Tomorrow Never Comes (Takes 10-11)
C2 Faded Love (Take 3)
C3 I Really Don't Want To Know
C4 I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
C5 Make The World Go Away
D1 Funny How Time Slips Away
D2 Faded Love (Rehearsal Country Version)
D3 The Fool
D4 A Hundred Years From Now (Take I)
D5 Little Cabin On The Hill (Take I)
D6 There Goes My Everything (Take I)
D7 I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
