Elvis i Stax-studierne
12. maj 2013
Der er åbenbart ingen ende på udgivelser med Elvis Presley. Selv om hans karriere er dokumenterert i detaljer på en lang række, flotte bokssæt, så er der stadigvæk noget af hente på arkivreolerne.
Til august udsender RCA Legacy således en 3-cd-boks med indspilninger, som Elvis foretog i de legendariske Stax Studier på McLemore Avenue i Elvis’ hjemby Memphis. Nogle af indspilningerne finder man på udgivelserne  Raised On Rock/For Ol’ Times Sake (1973), Good Times (1974), and Promised Land (1975). Den nye udgivelse, som Elvis-eksperten Ernest Mikael Jørgensen har været med til at lave, omfatter revl og krat af, hvad Elvis indspillede dengang i halvfjerdserne i “Soulsville USA”, som studierne populært blev kaldt. Her er en oversigt:
CD 1: The R&B and Country Sessions – The Outtakes:
  I Got A Feelin’ In My Body – Take 1
  Find Out What’s Happening – Takes 8-7
  Promised Land – Take 4
  For Ol’ Times Sake – Take 4
  I’ve Got A Thing About You, Babe – Take 14
  It’s Midnight – Take 7
  If You Talk In Your Sleep – Take 5
  Loving Arms – Take 2
  You Asked Me To – Take 3A
  Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues – Take 8
  Talk About The Good Times – Take 3
  There’s A Honky Tonk Angel – Take 1
  She Wears My Ring – Take 8
  Three Corn Patches – Take 14
   I Got A Feelin’ In My Body – Take 4
  If You Don’t Come Back – Take 3
  Promised Land – Take 5
CD 2: The Pop Sessions – The Outtakes (Tracks 1-10) / The July 1973 Masters (Tracks 11-20):
  Mr. Songman – Take 2
  Your Love’s Been a Long Time Coming – Take 4
  Spanish Eyes – Take 2
  Take Good Care Of Her – Takes 1,2,3
  It’s Diff’rent Now (unfinished recording)
  Thinking About You – Take 4
  My Boy – Take 1
  Girl of Mine – Take 9
  Love Song of the Year – Take 1
  If That Isn’t Love – Take 1
  Raised on Rock (Hot 100 #41, Country #42)
  For Ol’ Time Sake (charts same as Track 11)
  I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby (Hot 100 #39, Country #4)
  Take Good Care of Her (charts same as Track 13)
  If You Don’t Come Back
  Three Corn Patches
  Girl of Mine
  Just a Little Bit
  Find Out What’s Happening
  Sweet Angeline
CD 3: The December 1973 Masters
  Promised Land (Hot 100 #14, Country #9)
  It’s Midnight (charts same as track 1)
  If You Talk In Your Sleep (Hot 100 #17, Country #6)
  Help Me (charts same as Track 3)
  My Boy (Hot 100 #20, Country #14)
  Thinking About You (charts same as Track 5)
  Mr. Songman (Hot 100 #35, Country #11)
  I Got A Feelin’ In My Body
  Loving Arms
  Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues
  You Asked Me To
  There’s A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In)
  Talk About The Good Times
  She Wears My Ring
  Your Love’s Been a Long Time Coming
  Love Song of the Year
  Spanish Eyes
  If That Isn’t Love
