Raised On Rock – For Ol’ Times Sake
Edited 31-Aug-1973 Single, Stax Studios Memphis
- Raised On Rock
- For Ol’ Times Sake
Reference: APBO-0088
Side A: Raised On Rock
Recording: July 23, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Author: Mark James
Side B: For Ol’ Time Sake
Recording: July 23, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Author: Tony Joe White
Publication date: September 1, 1973
Released in September 1973, Raised On Rock / For Ol’ Time Sake was the first release to come out of the recording sessions that took place at the legendary Stax studios in Memphis. There is a certain difference between the July sessions (from which these two tracks come) and those made in December 1973. The July sessions, if it had been up to Elvis, would not have taken place, given his personal situation (with his divorce about to be finalised) and artistic situation with a singer who did not have much of an appetite for music.
Raised On Rock was a new composition by Mark James (Suspicious Minds). The title of the composition was very suitable for Elvis and the lyrics were a clear reference to the musical style that Elvis popularised in the mid-50’s. Despite these virtues and also the excellent work of the studio band, there is something wrong with it. The feeling is that it is not worked on (there are no alternative takes showing any other tracks either) and was left half-finished. Elvis’s voice sometimes seems to be muffled.
For the B-side, a great song by composer and singer Tony Joe White (Polk Salad Annie) was used. With a clearly country style, Elvis quickly fell in love with it and did not hesitate to record it, giving it all his soul. The song has so much feeling that Elvis’s voice sometimes seems to break in two, it is a song that transmits loneliness and regret, desperately asking for another chance for old times. This song is a true gem.
Commercially the single sold over 250,000 copies, and reached number 41 on the Billboard charts.
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