ELVIS PRESLEY “GOOD TIMES”
Good Times. Edited 19-Mar-1974. Album, Stax Studios Memphis
- My Boy
- Loving Arms
- Spanish Eyes
- She Wears My Ring
- If That Isn’t Love
- Take Good Care Of Her
- Talk About The Good Times
- I Got A Feelin’ In My Body
- I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby
- Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues
“Good Times” was released in March 1974. It is the second LP from the recordings Elvis Presley made at Stax Studios in Memphis. In December 1973, Elvis Presley returned to Stax Studios for another recording session, mainly to fulfill his contractual obligations. Elvis Presley really went to the studio with a musical appetite and in a better mood than in July. At the same time, they were also looking for material with better quality and suitable for recording (not all the material was like that, but it improved).
“Good Times” substantially improves on its predecessor “Raised On Rock” containing very good songs such as Loving Arms, I Got A Feelin’ In My Body, My Boy or Good Times Charlie’s Got The Blues, but Elvis’ LPs still had three main problems: The first was the choice of songs that was not homogeneous and weakened the album as a whole. The second was the poor production, which was not what Elvis Presley and his way of recording needed. The songs lost freshness and depth, being trapped in layers of string and wind instruments, and in some cases unnecessary choirs. And the third was the poor promotion of these releases. There was no publicity at the radio or press level for these releases, causing low sales and promotion of the artist.
Commercially the album reached number 90 on the Billboard charts and initial sales did not exceed 200,000 copies.
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