Time sure has slipped away since my last post. In the course of many wonderful blessings currently going on in my life, I have been listening to plenty of Elvis Presley music even if I haven’t been writing.

I enjoy making music playlists, and I created a series of them recently that I call Elvis Reconfigured. The concept for these was, what if The Powers That Be had taken more care when compiling and sequencing albums of Elvis’ non-soundtrack studio work from 1969 to 1976?

I was happy with most of the results, so I thought I’d share the track-listings with you. Incidentally, I attempted something similar for the rest of his master recordings, but it just didn’t work out. So, there won’t be a Part 2 to this post. However, feel free to suggest your own alternates in the comments below!

Blessings,
TY

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We’re traveling into an amazing land whose borders are only that of imagination. Look! There’s the station up ahead. Our next stop . . . the edge of reality.

Through the lens of time, submitted for your consideration are the following albums from the later years of The Memphis Flash.

Back In Memphis (Recorded 1969)
Side A

1. Stranger In My Own Home Town
2. Power Of My Love
3. My Little Friend
4. I’ll Be There
5. Any Day Now
6. Suspicious Minds

Side B

1. Wearin’ That Loved-On Look
2. Do You Know Who I Am
3. After Loving You
4. Rubberneckin’
5. In The Ghetto
6. Hey Jude

Elvis Country: Walking In The Rain (1969)
Side A

1. Gentle On My Mind
2. Only The Strong Survive
3. Kentucky Rain
4. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’
5. Don’t Cry Daddy
6. I’m Movin’ On

Side B

1. Long Black Limousine
2. You’ll Think Of Me
3. Inherit The Wind
4. If I’m A Fool
5. Mama Liked The Roses
6. The Fair Is Moving On

Elvis Now: Stranger In The Crowd (1970)
Side A

1. Stranger In The Crowd
2. I’ve Lost You
3. How The Web Was Woven
4. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
5. Sylvia
6. The Sound Of Your Cry

Side B

1. Patch It Up
2. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights
3. Just Pretend
4. The Next Step Is Love
5. Mary In The Morning
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Heart & Soul mix)

Tomorrow Never Comes: Elvis Country – Volume 2 (1970)
Side A

1. The Fool
2. Little Cabin Home On The Hill
3. Tomorrow Never Comes
4. Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
5. Funny How Time Slips Away
6. I Really Don’t Want To Know

Side B

1. It’s Your Baby, You Rock It
2. Faded Love
3. Snowbird
4. There Goes My Everything
5. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
6. Make The World Go Away

Still Here (1971)
Side A

1. Early Morning Rain
2. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
3. It’s Only Love
4. Help Me Make It Through The Night
5. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
6. Until It’s Time For You To Go

Side B

1. I’m Leavin’
2. For Lovin’ Me
3. It’s Still Here
4. I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
5. I Will Be True
6. We Can Make The Morning

Home On Christmas Day (1971)
Side A

1. O Come All Ye Faithful
2. The First Noel
3. On A Snowy Christmas Night
4. If I Get Home On Christmas Day
5. The Wonderful World Of Christmas
6. Winter Wonderland

Side B

1. Silver Bells
2. It Won’t Seem Like Christmas
3. Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees
4. I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day (Remake)
5. Merry Christmas Baby

Amazing Grace (1970-1971)
Side A

1. I’ve Got Confidence
2. Seeing Is Believing
3. He Touched Me
4. Put Your Hand In The Hand
5. Lead Me, Guide Me
6. Bosom Of Abraham

Side B

1. Only Believe
2. I, John
3. Life
4. Amazing Grace (Take 2)
5. I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
6. An Evening Prayer

Burning Love (1970-1972)
Side A

1. Burning Love
2. Separate Ways
3. Love Me, Love The Life I Lead
4. Where Do I Go From Here
5. Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off Of It
6. Rags To Riches

Side B

1. It’s A Matter Of Time
2. Heart Of Rome
3. Where Did They Go, Lord
4. I’ll Never Know
5. Fool
6. Always On My Mind

Promised Land (1973)
Side A

1. Promised Land
2. Lovin’ Arms
3. I’ve Got A Thing About You, Baby
4. You Asked Me To
5. If You Talk In Your Sleep
6. For Ol’ Times Sake

Side B

1. Thinking About You
2. It’s Midnight
3. Help Me
4. My Boy
5. Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues
6. Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming

Bringing It Back (1973, 1975)
Side A

1. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
2. Love Song Of The Year
3. There’s A Honky Tonk Angel
4. Fairytale
5. Are You Sincere
6. Bringing It Back

Side B

1. And I Love You So
2. Sweet Angeline
3. Pieces Of My Life
4. Mr. Songman
5. Green, Green Grass Of Home
6. Shake A Hand

Moody Blue: From Elvis At Graceland (1976)
Side A

1. For The Heart
2. Solitaire
3. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
4. She Thinks I Still Care (Take 2B)
5. Danny Boy
6. Way Down

Side B

1. Hurt
2. Never Again
3. It’s Easy For You
4. Moody Blue
5. He’ll Have To Go
6. Pledging My Love

The music never ends on . . . the edge of reality.

[With apologies to Serling.]

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“Blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NLT