The set also contains five previously unreleased selections, and the two discs present the studio masters in chronological session order.ĭisc one contains the entirety of his two albums released respectively in 19, His Hand In Mine and How Great Thou Art.
The contents of all three gospel albums Presley released in his lifetime are included, while other songs had appeared on singles, an extended play single, and other albums. The set, catalogued as number 66421-2, comprises recordings of gospel music made by Presley during his career. The release also includes a booklet with session details and an essay by Charles Wolfe. RCA issued a box set for the complete non-gospel songs that were not recorded at soundtrack sessions during the decade, From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters, and released a similar two-disc set for the gospel recordings in 1994, Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances.Īmazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances is a two-disc compilation of -60 tracks-studio master recordings by Elvis Presley, released in 1994 on RCA Records and certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 15, 1999. "Wooden Heart" had also been released as the flipside to a reissue of "Blue Christmas" eleven months earlier. Blues, and peaked at #14 on the singles chart. "Puppet on a String" appeared as a single seven months after the release of the Girl Happy soundtrack, backed with "Wooden Heart" from G.I. The songs "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "Rock-A-Hula Baby" were released as, respectively, the A-side and B-side of a single following the release of the Blue Hawaii album, and went to #2 and #23 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.
Two previously unreleased masters appear: a version of the Eddy Arnold song "You Don't Know Me" recorded during the sessions for the movie Clambake and an alternate take of the song "Follow That Dream" as the stereo master for the original has been lost, and the compilers opted not to use the surviving mono master. The two discs present the studio masters in rough chronological session order. All of Elvis' movies are represented by at least one song in this set with the exception of Tickle Me, its EP soundtrack consisting of five previously issued studio recordings, all of which were included on the box set first volume of the Essential '60s Masters. These recordings were originally released in a variety of formats: LPs, EPs, and as sides of a single, and during the 1960s soundtrack songs appeared on 15 full-length long-playing albums, five EPs, and numerous singles. The set comprises a selection of recordings made by Presley during the decade specifically at a session for the soundtrack of a feature film, of which Presley made 27 during the 1960s. It also includes a booklet with session details and an essay by Susan M. Information on the two cd’s follow below:Ĭommand Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II is a two-disc -62 tracks- compilation of studio master recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley during the decade of the 1960s, released in 1995 on RCA Records, catalogue number 66601-2. 10 Elvis Presley (1956) ~ 1.These Vintage Elvis NOS CD’s – Elvis Command Performances & Elvis Presley Amazing Grace are in near mint condition one is in the original shrink wrap and have never been opened. But if you're curious, his best-selling compilation was the 1958 release of Elvis' Golden Records, which moved six million units. In this roundup of 10 highest-grossing releases, every effort was made to stick to figures associated with original issues. RELATED: The 10 Richest Female Pop Singersĭistorting that tally is a plethora of greatest hits packages (including several released posthumously) which easily make up more than a third of his discography. Before his death in 1977 at the age of 42, Presley's name was on roughly 100 albums (most of them compilations) which sold an unprecedented 139 million copies. One of them, That's Alright, received radio attention and the rest is history.Īnd so began the legacy of Elvis Presley, who eventually became the undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll with chart-topping hits like Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Suspicious Minds and dozens of others. Seeing some potential, he persuaded the young man to lay down vocal tracks to songs others had written. Watching him work in the studio was the owner, Sam Phillips, who was curious about the would-be performer. In 1954, an electric company employee dropped into a Memphis-based recording studio to record a song he had written.