Elvis As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Live album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedJune 1972
RecordedJune 10, 1972
VenueMadison Square Garden
New York City, New York
GenreRock
Length52:30
LabelRCA Victor
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(1972) 		Elvis As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
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(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[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 late June 1972 by RCA Records. It peaked at No. 11 on the Top 200 US Billboard albums chart on September 9, 1972.[6] Recorded at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on Saturday June 10, 1972,[7] 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, double-Platinum on March 27, 1992, and triple-Platinum on July 15, 1999, by the RIAA.[8] Along with Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite it ranked as one of the best selling live albums of the 1970s.

Content

The entire set was issued on a single LP, and appeared at retail in swift fashion, about three weeks after the concert. Elvis' subsequent full-priced album would be another complete live concert recording -- with some song repetition -- this time in Honolulu: Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite.

The concert included on the 1972 New York album was the evening show on June 10. RCA Records also captured the afternoon performance, but except for "I Can't Stop Loving You," which appeared on the 1977 compilation, Welcome to My World, and "I'll Remember You" and "Reconsider Baby" on 1983's Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 3, the entire set remained unreleased until 1997's An Afternoon in the Garden.

Interestingly, 1970s Presley drummer Ronnie Tutt wrongly claimed in a 2009 interview for the BBC documentary Elvis in Vegas that Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager, sped up the mixes so that more tracks could be on the 1972 live album, increasing the publishing royalties.[9]

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."Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra" (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."Medley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Don't Be Cruel"Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe / Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley1:50
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 (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  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. ^ "Elvis chart history". Billboard.
  7. ^ "1970s discography".
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  9. ^ Ronnie Tutt (3 January 2010). Elvis in Vegas (Television program). United Kingdom: BBC.

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