Elvis CD & Vinyl

THE MEMPHIS RECORD
(US) RCA 6221-1-R (LP)
(US) RCA 6221-2-R (CD)
Released: March 1987

Record One Side 1:
Stranger In My Own Home Town
Power Of My Love
Only The Strong Survive
Any Day Now
Suspicious Minds (Original Unextended Undubbed Master)

Record One Side 2:
Long Black Limousine
Wearin' That Loved On Look
I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)
After Loving You
Rubberneckin'
I'm Movin' On

Record Two Side 3:
Gentle On My Mind
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'
You'll Think Of Me
Mama Liked The Roses
Don't Cry Daddy

Record Two Side 4:
In The Ghetto
Fair's Moving On
Inherit The Wind (Vocal Overdub #1)
Kentucky Rain
Without Love (There Is Nothing)
Who Am I

Brief History : The Memphis Record was RCA's first serious effort to assemble the highlights of what is usually called Elvis Presley's comeback, but which, arguably, could be considered the best album sessions of his career. For the first time since the middle to late '50s, he went into the studio without "Colonel" Tom Parker, his manager, in control of the repertoire, and cut songs because they were good and he liked them, without regard for whether Elvis' business half had an interest in the publishing.

The result was one of the greatest white R&B albums ever done, filled from beginning to end with some of the best work of Elvis' career: "Suspicious Minds," "Kentucky Rain," and "In the Ghetto" became hit singles and speak for themselves, but "Any Day Now," "Stranger in My Home Town," "Long Black Limousine," and "Only the Strong Survive," among the other cuts here, are the equal of anything he ever recorded in musical excellence, excitement, and intensity. This material, some of which was originally divided up between two separate LPs, From Elvis in Memphis and Back In Memphis.

Details : Gatefold 1987 Release
Front Cover : Title across top. Photo of Elvis from his NBC comeback special. Catalogue number top right.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis from the movie The Trouble With Girls. Catalogue number top left. Printed in USA bottom right.
Label : Black dog near top. Flexible vinyl.
Side 1 : Record 1 Catalogue Number under Side 1.
Side 2 : Record 1 Catalogue Number under Side 2.
Side 3 : Record 2 Catalogue Number under Side 3.
Side 4 : Record 2 Catalogue Number under Side 4.
Pressing Plant : Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc. Shelbyville, Indiana. (Ref Discogs)

Matrix Number Side 1 : 6221 - 1 - R - A - 4 JA EMW
(Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 2 : 6221 - 1 - R - B - 4 JA EMW
(Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 3 : 6221 - 1 - R - C - 10 JA
(Hand Etched) A1 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 4 : 6221 - 1 - R - D - 10
(Hand Etched) A1 (Machine Stamped)

*NOTE*Both records are translucent brown. Insert advertises 5 Elvis albums. It measures 11 x 8 1/2 inch. Catalogue number listed twice on label lines 3 & 4. Label variation. 'Emw' signature in cursive script, indicates it was pressed at Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc. Shelbyville, Indiana. Nipper is level with title "The Memphis Record".

THE TOP TEN HITS
(US) RCA 6383-1-R (LP)
(US) RCA 6383-2-R (CD)
Released: June 1987
CD1
Heartbreak Hotel
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Hound Dog
Don't Be Cruel
Love Me Tender
Love Me
Too Much
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear
Jailhouse Rock
Don't
I Beg Of You
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
Hard Headed Woman
One Night
I Got Stung
Fool Such As I
I Need Your Love Tonight
Big Hunk O' Love
CD2
Stuck On You
It's Now Or Never
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Surrender
I Feel So Bad
Little Sister
His Latest Flame
Can't Help Falling In Love
Good Luck Charm
She's Not You
Return To Sender
Devil In Disguise
Bossa Nova Baby
Crying In The Chapel
In The Ghetto
Suspicious Minds
Don't Cry Daddy
Wonder Of You
Burning Love