Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2
| Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 | ||||
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| Released | January 8, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | July 5, 1954–January 14, 1973 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 26:38 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
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Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 is a compilation album featuring recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. As with the first volume of the series, issued in 1974, the collection was a mixture of previously released and never-before-released recordings.
The album was certified Gold on October 25, 1977 and Platinum and 2× Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA.[1]
Content
[edit]In this second volume of the Presley Legendary Performer series, RCA released for the first time "Harbor Lights", a ballad Presley recorded during his first session for Sun Records in July, 1954. This marked the first time since 1965 that RCA had released any unissued recordings from the Sun Records archives. Other previously unreleased material on the album included an alternate take of Presley's 1956 hit "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You", several previously unissued performances from the 1968 NBC TV special, the song "A Cane and a High Starched Collar" (the RCA 8 track tape version had a false start to this song) from the soundtrack of the 1960 film Flaming Star, and Presley's 1960 recording of "Such a Night" (the 8 track tape version had several false starts to this song). A pair of previously unreleased interview recordings were also included on this album.
The Legendary Performer series would continue with Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 3, which was released in 1978.
As with A Legendary Performer, Volume 1, BMG's 1989 cd release cut out some of the tracks from the original LP. Missing from the cd version is "the Interview With Jay Thompson", "Blue Christmas", "A Cane and a High Starched Collar", and "Presentation of Award (1961)."
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Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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| 1. | "Harbor Lights" (previously unreleased Sun master) | Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams | July 5, 1954 | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Interview with Elvis: Jay Thompson" | April 9, 1956 | 3:34 | |
| 3. | "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (previously unreleased alternate take) | Ira Kosloff, George Mysels | April 11, 1956 | 2:40 |
| 4. | "Blue Suede Shoes" (previously unreleased live version) | Carl Perkins | June 27, 1968 | 1:37 |
| 5. | "Blue Christmas" | Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson | September 5, 1957 | 2:30 |
| 6. | "Jailhouse Rock" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | June 14, 1957 | 2:25 |
| 7. | "It's Now or Never" | Eduardo di Capua, Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder | April 3, 1960 | 3:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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| 1. | "A Cane and a High Starched Collar" (previously unreleased) | Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett | August 12, 1960 | 2:40 |
| 2. | "Presentation of Awards to Elvis" | March 25, 1961 | 1:24 | |
| 3. | "Blue Hawaii" (previously unreleased live version) | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | January 14, 1973 | 2:29 |
| 4. | "Such a Night" | Lincoln Chase | April 4, 1960 | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" (previously unreleased live version) | Jimmy Reed | June 27, 1968 | 1:44 |
| 6. | "How Great Thou Art" | Stuart K. Hine | May 25, 1966 | 2:58 |
| 7. | "If I Can Dream" | Walter Earl Brown | June 30, 1968 | 3:14 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 at Discogs (list of releases)
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