ELVIS: A LEGENDARY PERFORMER VOL.1
Edited 01-Jan-1974. Album, Sun Studios – RCA Studios Nashville – Radio Recorders – NBC Studios,Burbank
- Elvis Sails
- Don’t Be Cruel
- Love Me Tender
- Heartbreak Hotel
- I Love You Because
- Peace In The Valley
- That’s All Right (Mama)
- Can’t Help Falling In Love
- Love Me (from Elvis TV special)
- (Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I
- Elvis Sails (Elvis’ Farewell to His Fans)
- Tryin’ To Get To You (from Elvis TV special)
- Are You Lonesome Tonight (from Elvis TV special)
- Tonight’s All Right for Love (previously unreleased track from G.I. Blues)
Information
“Elvis: A Legendary Performer Vol.1” was released in January 1974. RCA Records was finally free to release Elvis’ pre-1973 catalog material, which it had acquired a year earlier, in whatever way it saw fit. And it did. RCA’s goal under Joan Deary was to establish Elvis as the most important artist of all time. The way to achieve this was initially through the Legendary Performer project, which featured previously unreleased material (alternate takes, interviews, and previously unreleased live tracks) and a well-crafted album design and content and memorabilia that could be read and viewed. All of this made this series a very desirable product for fans.
These releases showed how, without Colonel Parker’s interference, great things could be done, and at the same time, it was a faithful vision of the difference between RCA’s products and the releases that RCA made under Colonel Parker’s supervision.
Commercially this LP “Elvis: A Legendary Performer Vol.1” reached number 43 on the charts, but the most important thing was the initial sales of 750,000 copies, an inconceivable amount for that time (with the exception of the LP Aloha From Hawaii) and which showed the way forward. “A Legendary Performer Vol. 1” is currently classified by the RIAA as double platinum.
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