Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Elvis Presley | ||||
Released | March 1984 | |||
Recorded | January 1969-October 1976 (original version): September 1967 to October 1976 (reissue version) | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 30:08 (original release) 46:00 (reissue) | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Joan Deary | |||
Elvis Presley chronology | ||||
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Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 is the final album in the RCA Golden/Gold Records series by American singer and musician Elvis Presley (which began in 1958), and the only volume in the series to be issued posthumously. The album was released by RCA Records in March 1984 on both LP and compact disc. The album is a compilation of hit singles released between 1968 and 1977. It is the only one of the series not to make the Billboard album chart, "bubbling under" at #207 for two weeks. It was certified Gold on 7/15/1999 by the RIAA.
Content
Gold Records Volume 5 comprises nine Top 40 A-sides along with one b-side, "For the Heart" from 1976. Released more than sixteen years since the previous installment in the series, it covers a span of almost ten years. The first side of the album focused on Elvis' late 1960s comeback-era recordings: "If I Can Dream" was taken from his comeback special, three singles from the American studios sessions "Suspicious Minds", "Kentucky Rain", and "In The Ghetto", and "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" was a soundtrack recording from The Trouble with Girls. The second side contained Elvis' late period singles including "Burning Love" and "Moody Blue". RCA apparently did not base the track selection solely on commercial factors, as two top ten hit singles from this time period, "Don't Cry Daddy" from 1969 and "The Wonder of You" from 1970, were omitted.
Originally recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, RCA Studio C in Hollywood, Western Recorders in Burbank, California, Stax Studio and in The Jungle Room in Memphis, Tennessee. Original recordings produced by Felton Jarvis, Chips Moman, Bones Howe and Billy Strange.
Reissues
RCA reissued the album on July 15, 1997, and added six bonus tracks taken from a three-year span from 1967 to 1970, including three additional Top 40 singles. The original album sequence was largely left intact, though "If I Can Dream" was moved to the end of the disc. RCA's selection of bonus tracks is somewhat puzzling as it features several of Elvis' pre-comeback recordings, rather than 1970s hits; "Always On My Mind", "Promised Land", "Steamroller Blues", "Separate Ways", "Hurt", "T-R-O-U-B-L-E", "I Really Don't Want To Know", and "Until It's Time for You to Go" were among Elvis' top forty hits during the decade. Top 10 hit “The Wonder of You” and “Don’t Cry Daddy” were still not included on the reissued expanded version.
Only "Memories" which was featured on Elvis' comeback special and "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me", a top twenty single in 1970 are consistent with the selection from the original album. Three of the bonus tracks are from soundtrack recordings. "Big Boss Man" and "Guitar Man" were originally released as top 40 singles and as bonus songs on the Clambake album. "Edge of Reality" is from Live a Little, Love a Little (it was also the B-side to "If I Can Dream"). The remaining track, "U.S. Male" was a 1968 single.
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Track listing
Chart positions taken from the Billboard singles chart
Original release
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No. | Z | Song Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Catalogue | Release date | Chart Peak | Time |
1. | "Suspicious Minds" | Mark James | January 22, 1969 | 47-9764 | August 26, 1969 | 1 | 3:28 | |
2. | "Kentucky Rain" | Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard | February 19, 1969 | 47-9791 | January 29, 1970 | 16 | 3:14 | |
3. | "In the Ghetto" | Mac Davis | January 20, 1969 | 47-9741 | April 14, 1969 | 3 | 2:45 | |
4. | "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" | Billy Strange and Mac Davis | October 23, 1968 | 47-9747 | June 17, 1969 | 35 | 3:07 | |
5. | "If I Can Dream" | Walter Earl Brown | June 23, 1968 | 47-9670 | November 5, 1968 | 12 | 3:11 | |
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No. | Z | Song Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Catalogue | Release date | Chart Peak | Time |
1. | "Burning Love" | Dennis Linde | March 28, 1972 | 74-0769 | August 1, 1972 | 2 | 2:50 | |
2. | "If You Talk In Your Sleep" | Red West and Johnny Christopher | December 11, 1973 | APBO 0280 | May 10, 1974 | 17 | 2:34 | |
3. | "For the Heart" | Dennis Linde | February 5, 1976 | PB 10601b | March 12, 1976 | ̶ | 3:22 | |
4. | "Moody Blue" | Mark James | February 4, 1976 | PB 10857 | November 29, 1976 | 31 | 3:22 | |
5. | "Way Down" | Layng Martine Jr. | October 29, 1976 | PB 10998 | June 6, 1977 | 18 | 2:38 | |
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No. | Z | Song Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Catalogue | Release date | Chart Peak | Time |
1. | "Suspicious Minds" | Mark James | January 22, 1969 | 47-9764 | August 26, 1969 | 1 | 3:28 | |
2. | "Kentucky Rain" | Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard | February 19, 1969 | 47-9791 | January 29, 1970 | 16 | 3:14 | |
3. | "In the Ghetto" | Mac Davis | January 20, 1969 | 47-9741 | April 14, 1969 | 3 | 2:45 | |
4. | "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" | Billy Strange and Mac Davis | October 23, 1968 | 47-9747 | June 17, 1969 | 35 | 3:07 | |
5. | "Burning Love" | Dennis Linde | March 28, 1972 | 74-0769 | August 1, 1972 | 2 | 2:50 | |
6. | "If You Talk In Your Sleep" | Red West and Johnny Christopher | December 11, 1973 | APBO 0280 | May 10, 1974 | 17 | 2:34 | |
7. | "For the Heart" | Dennis Linde | February 5, 1976 | PB 10601b | March 12, 1976 | ̶ | 3:22 | |
8. | "Moody Blue" | Mark James | February 4, 1976 | PB 10857 | November 29, 1976 | 31 | 3:22 | |
9. | "Way Down" | Layng Martine Jr. | October 29, 1976 | PB 10998 | June 6, 1977 | 18 | 2:38 | |
10. | "Big Boss Man" | Luther Dixon and Al Smith | September 10, 1967 | 47-9341 | September 26, 1967 | 38 | 2:50 | |
11. | "Guitar Man" | Jerry Reed | September 10, 1967 | 47-9425 | January 9, 1968 | 43 | 2:12 | |
12. | "U.S. Male" | Jerry Reed | January 16, 1968 | 47-9465 | February 28, 1968 | 28 | 2:42 | |
13. | "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" | Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini | June 6, 1970 | 47-9916 | October 6, 1970 | 11 | 2:30 | |
14. | "Edge of Reality" | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | March 7, 1968 | 47-9670b | November 5, 1968 | ̶ | 3:33 | |
15. | "Memories" | Billy Strange and Mac Davis | June 23, 1968 | 47-9731 | February 25, 1969 | 35 | 3:03 | |
16. | "If I Can Dream" | Walter Earl Brown | June 23, 1968 | 47-9670 | November 5, 1968 | 12 | 3:11 |
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References
- ^ Eder, Bruce. Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 5 at AllMusic. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
External links
- Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 at Discogs (list of releases)
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