As Recorded at Madison Square Garden

Elvis: as Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Live album by Elvis Presley
Released June 18, 1972
Recorded June 10, 1972
Venue Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
Genre Rock
Length 52:30
Label RCA Records
Elvis Presley chronology
He Touched Me
(1972)		 Elvis: as Recorded at Madison Square Garden
(1972)		 Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC[2]
MusicHound[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Rough Guides[5]

Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden is a live album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in June 1972 by RCA Records. It peaked on the Top 200 US Billboard albums chart on August 26, 1972. Recorded at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on Saturday June 10, 1972, the concert, and the subsequent album, were promoted as being Presley's first live concerts in the Big Apple since the 1950s.

The album was certified Gold on August 4, 1972, Platinum on May 20, 1988, 2x Platinum on March 27, 1992 and 3x Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA.[6] Along with Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite it ranked as the top 1970's RCA live album by Elvis Presley.

Content

Despite the lengthy track listing, the release was only a single disc, and the record was released only a week after the concert itself. Elvis' very next album would also be a live recording featuring many of the same songs: Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite.

The concert included on this album was the evening show. An afternoon performance was also recorded, but except for a performance of "I Can't Stop Loving You" which appeared in the 1977 compilation, Welcome to My World, it remained unreleased until the 1990s when it was issued as An Afternoon in the Garden.

Drummer Ronnie Tutt claimed in an interview in 2009 for the BBC documentary Elvis in Vegas that Colonel Tom Parker sped up the mixes so that more tracks could be on the album, increasing his publishing royalties. Tutt's account has never been proven as factual.[7]

Reissues

On November 13, 2012, RCA/Legacy re-released the live concert album on two vinyl discs in the same format as Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite and Elvis In Concert live concert albums. In 2013, RCA/Legacy, through HDTracks.com, released a high-resolution remastering of the concert in 24-bit/96 kHz.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Also Sprach Zarathustra" (introduction; theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)Richard Strauss1:06
2."That's All Right"Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup2:14
3."Proud Mary"John Fogerty2:35
4."Never Been to Spain"Hoyt Axton3:36
5."You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"Pino Donaggio, Simon Napier-Bell, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham2:03
6."You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil4:11
7."Polk Salad Annie"Tony Joe White2:57
8."Love Me"Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller1:38
9."All Shook Up"Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley1:04
10."Heartbreak Hotel"Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley1:44
11."(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Don't Be Cruel" (medley)Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe / Otis Blackwell1:50
12."Love Me Tender"Vera Matson, Elvis Presley1:38
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Impossible Dream"Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh2:35
2."Introductions by Elvis"—1:27
3."Hound Dog"Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller1:55
4."Suspicious Minds"Mark James4:23
5."For the Good Times"Kris Kristofferson3:03
6."An American Trilogy"Mickey Newbury4:28
7."Funny How Time Slips Away"Willie Nelson2:41
8."I Can't Stop Loving You"Don Gibson2:37
9."Can't Help Falling in Love"Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss2:34
10."End Theme"—0:55

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Elvis Presley As Recorded at Madison Square Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Elvis Presley (Consumer Guide Reviews)". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 892. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ↑ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. pp. 147–48. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
  6. ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=As+Recorded+at+Madison+Square+Garden#search_section
  7. ↑ Ronnie Tutt (01-03-2010). Elvis in Vegas (Television program). United Kingdom: BBC. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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