Valley Of Echoes

December 21, 2025January 30, 2026 / TY / 4 Comments

You’re traveling through a curious dimension of ideas . . . the edge of reality.

“Where Nothing’s Real” (Artwork created for The Mystery Train with assistance from ChatGPT)

The Elvis Odyssey

Part IV: Valley of Echoes

It is a time of transition. Fresh from two years of military service, Elvis Presley has returned to the top of the music world, his voice more powerful than ever.

As the industry begins to shift, however, a quiet threat emerges. Lucrative movie deals bring steady success, but at the cost of creative fire.

For loyal fans, glimpses of the dwindling spark that once ignited almost every recording can still shine through. . . .

Listen along on Spotify.

#145 I’m Comin’ Home (1961)
Something For Everybody
Nashville, TN

This song. Wow, just wow. Give me a second, I need to turn the jukebox up again.

I’ve loved “I’m Comin’ Home” since first hearing it in 1987. Floyd Cramer’s magnificent piano absolutely drives this one. The song takes interesting lyrical turns between an almost blues quality and a hopeful note.

This stretch of three songs–“I’m Comin’ Home” through “I Want You With Me”–is another of my favorite sequences in The Elvis Odyssey. All three were recorded in March 1961 at RCA’s Nashville studio.

#146 I Feel So Bad (1961)
I Feel So Bad (Single)
Nashville, TN

“I Feel So Bad” peaks at #5.

In the stereo version of “I Feel So Bad,” listen out for the sax of Boots Randolph moving from left to center in the midst of his solo. This was reportedly due to Elvis being so enthralled by Randolph’s performance that he walked over to him, causing the sax to be picked up through his vocal microphone.

#147 I Want You With Me (1961)
Something For Everybody
Nashville, TN

More Cramer goodness on piano here. That man could play! You’ll hear him on many songs in today’s segment of The Elvis Odyssey. Elvis was blessed to be able to surround himself with top-notch musicians for most of his recordings.

#148 No More (1961)
Blue Hawaii
Hollywood, CA

As Elvis soundtrack albums go, Blue Hawaii is certainly one of the better ones. It is cohesive and has several great songs.

#149 Can’t Help Falling In Love (1961)
Blue Hawaii
Hollywood, CA

“Can’t Help Falling In Love” peaks at #2.

#150 Rock-A-Hula Baby (1961)
Blue Hawaii
Hollywood, CA

After recording the Blue Hawaii soundtrack in Hollywood, Elvis arrives in Hawaii. Before location shooting begins, he performs a benefit concert for the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, which gives the long-stalled tribute to fallen heroes the final push it needs after more than a decade of fundraising struggles.

#151 His Latest Flame (1961)
His Latest Flame (Single)
Nashville, TN

“His Latest Flame” peaks at #4.

#152 Little Sister (1961)
His Latest Flame (Single)
Nashville, TN

“Little Sister” peaks at #5.

#153 Follow That Dream (1961)
C’mon Everybody
Nashville, TN

#154 Good Luck Charm (1961)
Good Luck Charm (Single)
Nashville, TN

“Good Luck Charm” earns Elvis a number one hit.

#155 Night Rider (1961)
Pot Luck With Elvis
Nashville, TN

“Night Rider” is yet another stellar Elvis album cut that should have been a single.

#156 King Of The Whole Wide World (Alternate-1961)
Return Of The Rocker¹⁶
Hollywood, CA M7-Take 4 [unedited master]

This extended version of “King Of The Whole Wide World” included the full Randolph sax solo that was unfortunately truncated in the released master.^16A Randolph was another key session player from this period that featured on a number of highlights from this timeframe.

#157 You’ll Be Gone (1962)
Do The Clam (Single)
Nashville, TN

I’m not saying that “You’ll Be Gone” would have lit up the charts when it was finally released in 1965, but surely it would have made a better A-Side than “Do The Clam” from the Girl Happy movie? Of course, that would have gone against the approach of Elvis’ manager, Tom Parker, to let the music sell the movies and the movies sell the music.

#158 Suspicion (1962)
Pot Luck With Elvis
Nashville, TN

#159 She’s Not You (1962)
She’s Not You (Single)
Nashville, TN

“She’s Not You” peaks at #5.

#160 Return To Sender (1962)
Return To Sender (Single)
Hollywood, CA

“Return To Sender” peaks at #2.

Elvis: “I’d like to do something someday where I feel that I’ve really done a good job as an actor in a certain type role, but I feel that it comes with time and a little living and a few years behind you. I think that, really. I think that it will come, eventually. That’s my goal.”^AF

#161 Bossa Nova Baby (1963)
Bossa Nova Baby (Single)
Hollywood, CA

“Bossa Nova Baby” peaks at #8.

#162 Devil In Disguise (1963)
Devil In Disguise (Single)
Nashville, TN

“Devil In Disguise” peaks at #2.

#163 Witchcraft (1963)
Bossa Nova Baby (Single)
Nashville, TN

#164 Long Lonely Highway (1963)
I’m Yours (Single)
Nashville, TN

Elvis: “[My mother] never really wanted anything, anything fancy. She just stayed the same all the way through the whole thing. I wish–there’s a lot of things happened since she passed away that I wish she could have been around to see that would’ve made her very happy and very proud, but that’s life. I can’t help it.”^AG

#165 Viva Las Vegas (1963)
Viva Las Vegas (Single)^16B
Hollywood, CA

“Viva Las Vegas” is a stone-cold Elvis classic.

#166 It Hurts Me (Alternate-1964)
Kissin’ Cousins (Single-Italy)^16C
Nashville, TN [master, alternate mix]

From “It Hurts Me”: “If you ever tell him you’re through, I’ll be waiting for you. Waiting to hold you so tight. Waiting to kiss you goodnight. Yes, darling, if I had someone like you.”

Elvis is now averaging three movies a year. His music begins to take a backseat to those demands. Other than three songs recorded in January 1964, including “It Hurts Me,” 1964-1965 consists only of movie soundtrack sessions for Roustabout, Girl Happy, Harum Scarum, Frankie and Johnny, and Paradise, Hawaiian Style.¹⁷

Meanwhile, the Beatles arrive in America and begin the “British Invasion” with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964.

Elvis: “At a certain stage, I had no say-so in it. I didn’t have final approval of the script, which means I couldn’t say, ‘This is not good for me.’ . . . I don’t think anybody was consciously trying to harm me. It was just Hollywood’s image of me was wrong, and I knew it, and I couldn’t say anything about it. I couldn’t do anything about it.^AH

#167 Run On (1966)
How Great Thou Art
Nashville, TN

In 1966, Elvis’ passion for music finally begins to re-emerge with the recording of How Great Thou Art, a gospel album that earns him his first Grammy Award.

Elvis: “Gospel is really what we grew up with, more than anything else.”^AI

#168 In The Garden (1966)
How Great Thou Art
Nashville, TN

#169 Indescribably Blue (1966)
Indescribably Blue (Single)
Nashville, TN

“Indescribably Blue” is one of those midnight brooding Elvis songs, in the vein of “Blue Moon” or “Mystery Train.”

On May 1, 1967, 32-year-old Elvis marries Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas, shortly before her 22nd birthday.

#170 You Don’t Know Me (1967)
Elvis Sings Guitar Man
Nashville, TN

#171 Speedway (1967)
Speedway
Hollywood, CA

Elvis: “I was doing a lot of pictures close together. And the pictures got very similar. A lot of them got very similar. If something was successful, they’d try to re-create it the next time around. So, I’d read the first four or five pages, and I knew it was just a different name with twelve new songs in it. The songs were mediocre in most cases. You can’t get good songs.”^AJ

#172 Suppose (Alternate-1967)
Double Features: Easy Come, Easy Go/Speedway
Hollywood, CA Take 1

#173 Guitar Man (1967)
Clambake
Nashville, TN

When no one can duplicate rising country star Jerry Reed’s original guitar style for Elvis’ cover of his “Guitar Man,” producer Felton Jarvis calls in Reed himself, who then plays in a couple of Elvis sessions.

#174 Mine (1967)
Speedway
Nashville, TN

#175 High Heel Sneakers (1967)
Guitar Man (Single)
Nashville, TN

With “High Heel Sneakers,” we hear a hint of the raw, bluesy voice that Elvis will spotlight in his 1968 television special.

#176 Singing Tree (1967)
Clambake
Nashville, TN

#177 You’ll Never Walk Alone (Alternate-1967)
A Life In Music
Nashville, TN Take 2

“You’ll Never Walk Alone” features Elvis on the piano, and in this alternate take he just won’t let the song go. A beautiful performance. While “You’ll Never Walk Alone” is technically a non-secular song, Elvis transforms it into a spiritual song of inspiration.

#178 All I Needed Was The Rain (1967)
Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star And Others
Nashville, TN

Elvis: “I was never indifferent [about the movies]. I was so concerned until that’s all I talked about. It worried me sick. . . . It was nobody’s fault except maybe my own. I didn’t know what to do. I just felt I was obligated very heavy at times to things I didn’t fully believe in, and that was very difficult.”^AK

#179 Stay Away (1968)
US Male (Single)
Nashville, TN

On February 1, 1968, Lisa Marie Presley is born in Memphis to Priscilla and Elvis.

#180 Wonderful World (1968)
Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star And Others
Hollywood, CA

From “Wonderful World”: “Heaven is found right here on the Earth. It surrounds us in wonderful things all around in this wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world.”

#181 Edge Of Reality (Alternate-1968)
Double Features: Live A Little, Love A Little / Charro / The Trouble With Girls / Change Of Habit
Hollywood, CA [unedited master]

Elvis: “So, I had thought they would try to get a new property for me or give me a chance to show some kind of acting ability or do a very interesting story, but it did not change. It did not change. And so I became very discouraged. They couldn’t have paid me no amount of money in the world to make me feel any self-satisfaction inside.”^AL

#182 A Little Less Conversation (Alternate-1968)
Memories
Hollywood, CA Take 2 [acetate version]¹⁸

Recorded for the movie Live A Little, Love A Little, the single version of “A Little Less Conversation” barely makes it into the top 70.

With Elvis’ movies and records no longer attracting the audiences they once did, no one is sure how an upcoming television special devoted to the star will turn out.

Elvis Presley will return in The Elvis Odyssey Part V: Electric Dawn.

Assorted Rambles

¹⁶Return Of The Rocker (1986) was the first Elvis album I ever personally owned. I was 11-years-old. It obviously influenced me for I realized just now that all 12 songs on that compilation made The Elvis Odyssey. Not even That’s The Way It Is, another favorite album of mine, can say that.

Return Of The Rocker is another well-edited and sequenced release from the Gregg Geller era. It really is a perfect compilation of the 1960-1963 timeframe for Elvis, managing to blend his soundtrack and non-soundtrack recordings in an effective way.

While Ernst Jorgensen’s much broader ELVIS: From Nashville To Memphis – The Essential 60s Masters I (1994) was revelatory in that it resurrected tons of Elvis’ non-soundtrack recordings from being filler cuts on albums otherwise devoted to often poor movie tunes, it also can feel a bit antiseptic. Intersperse the tracks of ELVIS: Command Performances – The Essential 60s Masters II into the former’s sequence, though, for quite a different and improved listening experience. Adhering so strictly to the 5-CD format established by the ’50s set was a detriment to both the ’60s and ’70s sets.↩︎

^16AThough I don’t know that it was really publicized at the time, Return Of The Rocker actually featured the debut of this extended master of “King Of The Whole Wide World” with the full concluding sax solo by Randolph. The standard version fades way too early and always sounds incomplete to me. Unfortunately, Spotify had only the standard master and an inferior outtake to choose from so I went with the standard master on that variant of this playlist.↩︎

^16BDecember 21, 2025 Original Text and Footnote: The fact that a stone-cold Elvis classic like “Viva Las Vegas” was apparently released as a B-Side to an inferior cover of a Ray Charles tune [“What’d I Say”] boggles my mind.

I say “apparently” because some sources list “Viva Las Vegas” as the A-Side, but I’m going by Ernst Jorgensen’s definitive Elvis Presley: A Life In Music – The Complete Recording Sessions from 1998 for this kind of information. However, I have discovered in life that “definitive” does not always mean “perfect.”

January 19, 2026 Update: Neal Umphred of Elvis: A Touch of Gold pointed me to a scan of the single’s RCA listing notice hosted on Keith Flynn’s Elvis Presley Pages site that indicates “Viva Las Vegas” was the intended A-Side. I’ve accordingly updated the reference above. Thank you to Neal and Keith!↩︎

^16CWhen “It Hurts Me” was first released as a single in Italy, it sounded quite different from its U.S. counterpart. It turned out that solely the left channel from the stereo recording had been accidentally used for the mono version in Italy, rather than including the right channel as well. This had the distinct advantage of leaving out the Jordanaires, which makes it my go-to version of the song. Though I had to use the standard version on the Spotify playlist, the standard version actually would not have made The Elvis Odyssey and we would have jumped from 1963 to 1966. ↩︎

¹⁷1964-1965 was the true nadir of Elvis’ career. Though The Elvis Odyssey is essentially a career-spanning retrospective, it is, admittedly, a bit of a cheat. It is most noticeable here in the “valley.” We skip more than 95% of 1964 and 100% of 1965. I could have included a couple of those songs, I suppose. Despite how bad the movie and most of the tunes are, there are actually two or three good songs on the Paradise, Hawaiian Style album, for instance. But are they better than any of the 200 songs of The Elvis Odyssey? Not to me, anyway. At least not at this time in my life when I am compiling this list.

The problem with skipping all of these low points, though, is that it makes the slow comeback a little less noticeable when playing through. A false impression could be given listening to the tracks the way I have arranged them here that Elvis was solid throughout the 1960s. The thing to keep in mind, though, is that these are the fleeting “glimpses” of his old creative fire that will soon be returning in force. Whereas this 1961–March 1968 stretch produced a whopping 43% of his lifetime studio masters, I’ve cherrypicked to such a degree that this timeframe represents only 19% of the tracks of The Elvis Odyssey.↩︎

¹⁸When first released in 1998, this backup acetate recording of “A Little Less Conversation” was reported to be an unused vocal from a remake of the song dropped from Elvis’ 1968 television special. The previously unreleased performance soon took on a life of its own far beyond the original single. It was included in the remake of Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and became the theme song to the television series Las Vegas (2003-2008). It has also shown up in multiple other projects.

In 2002, most notably, the track was remixed by DJ and producer Junkie XL (JXL) for a Nike commercial and later released as a single that topped the charts in multiple countries. While the remix reached only #50 in the US, its inclusion on ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits (2002) helped propel that compilation to the top of the US album charts.

Though it is often still wrongly associated with the June 1968 recordings for the television special, the acetate recording of “A Little Less Conversation” was later revealed to be take 2 from the original March 1968 studio session, whereas the single master had been take 16 from the same date. I have to say, Take 2 has a heck of a lot more bite to it than Take 16 or even Take 10, the version used on the Almost In Love (1970) album. It is unfortunate that the blander takes were chosen for release during his lifetime.↩︎

Sources for Elvis Quotes

^AFca. September 1962, Interview, Hollywood, CA↩︎

^AGca. September 1962, Interview, Hollywood, CA↩︎

^AHca. July 1972 Interview↩︎

^AIca. July 1972 Interview↩︎

^AJca. July 1972 Interview↩︎

^AKca. July 1972 Interview↩︎

^ALca. July 1972 Interview↩︎

“But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31

Endless Twilight

November 30, 2025January 30, 2026 / TY / 1 Comment

You’re wandering in an amazing land of imagination . . . the edge of reality.

“Only Memories” (Artwork created for The Mystery Train with assistance from ChatGPT)

You awaken back in the Mystery Train Diner. As I welcome you over to the Conductor’s table again, you realize it wasn’t a dream. It was all real.

“When our story ended last time, Elvis was back on top,” I say. “His compelling work from June 1968 to August 1970 is rivaled only by his stunning output from 1955 to 1957. And after a stretch like that, well, even Elvis can’t run the whole race wide open. Maybe losing speed was bound to happen.”

Disappointed, you point out that Elvis still had seven years to go.

“Oh, don’t get me wrong, we have plenty more ’70s songs in the jukebox. Some of them will hold their own against even his peak work. However, after August 1970, something was different,” I contend.

I snap my fingers and the jukebox begins to play again.

The Elvis Odyssey

Part II: Endless Twilight

After completing his third stint at the International Hotel and a brief concert tour, his first since 1957, Elvis Presley’s grueling schedule sends him back to Nashville to finish a country album and record another single. The session is quick, and his mood is darker. . . .

Listen along on Spotify.

#49 Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Alternate-1970)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Nashville, TN [master, alternate mix]

Elvis’ studio take on “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” is impressive and provides a unique interpretation of the song first recorded by Big Maybelle in 1955 but best known for Jerry Lee Lewis’ 1957 version for Sun Records. Elvis’ live versions of this one tend to be throwaways, but this studio version is a solid rocker despite being used for the Elvis Country album.⁸

After all, it’s not just country, it’s Elvis country. There’s a difference.

Elvis: “Country music was always a part of the influence on my type of music, anyway. It’s a combination of country music and gospel and rhythm & blues all combined is what it really was. As a child, I was influenced by all that. . . .

“I liked all different types of music when I was a child. Of course, the Grand Ole Opry was the first thing I ever heard, probably, but I liked the blues, and I liked the gospel music, gospel quartets, and all that.”^H

In January 1971, the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (the Jaycees) award Elvis as one of the ten “Outstanding Young Men of the Nation” for 1970. Other recipients for 1970 include Dr. Mario Capecchi, biophysicist, and Thomas I. Atkins, politician and civil rights activist. Elvis is so honored by the civic award that he accepts it in person and gives a heartfelt speech.

Elvis: “When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream that I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times.

“These gentlemen over here, it is these type people who care, who are dedicated. You realize that it is . . . possible that they might be building the Kingdom of Heaven. It’s not too far-fetched from reality.

“I’d like to say that I learned very early in life that ‘Without a song, the day would never end. Without a song, a man ain’t got a friend. Without a song, the road would never bend. Without a song.’ So, I keep singing a song.”^I

#50 Early Morning Rain (1971)
Elvis Now
Nashville, TN

After a fourth engagement at the International Hotel, Elvis is back at RCA’s Nashville studio in March 1971. This time, the goal of what is planned to be another marathon session is to create a number of singles and three albums, including his third Gospel LP and his second Christmas LP.⁹ Elvis initially leans toward making a folk album, but the concept never fully materializes.

Elvis’ version of “Early Morning Rain” is one of those tracks where the sound of his voice is simply soothing. I remember a local DJ “discovering” this song back in the 1990s when he picked up a copy of Elvis Now at a used record shop and played the song back-to-back on his weekly radio show the first night and then featured it for multiple weeks in a row.

Though suffering a severe cold, Elvis records four masters during the first night of the session, but is hospitalized the following day for a recurring glaucoma issue. The rest of the March session is eventually cancelled. He returns to Nashville in May and records over 30 more masters.

While many of the performances are strong, the underlying material is lacking at times compared to 1969 and 1970.

#51 I Shall Be Released (Informal-1971)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Nashville, TN

#52 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Informal-1971)
Our Memories Of Elvis: Volume 2 – More Of The Pure Elvis Sound
Nashville, TN Take 1 [extended master, alternate mix]

#53 Amazing Grace (Alternate-1971)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Nashville, TN Take 2

In this alternate take of “Amazing Grace,” Elvis and the musicians add a bluesy feel. Unfortunately, his producer suggests they back it off so the official master, though beautiful in its own right, sounds much more conventional.

#54 I’ve Got Confidence (1971)
He Touched Me
Nashville, TN

#55 Lead Me, Guide Me (1971)
He Touched Me
Nashville, TN

#56 I’m Leavin’ (1971)
I’m Leavin’ (Single)
Nashville, TN

#57 It’s Only Love (Alternate-1971)
Elvis Aron Presley
Nashville, TN Take 10 [master, alternate mix]

#58 It’s Still Here (Alternate-1971)
Elvis Aron Presley
Nashville, TN Take 5 [master, alternate edit]

I first heard “It’s Still Here” on the 1988 compilation album Elvis In Nashville. Not only did I appreciate the heartache of the lyrics, but I also loved that it featured Elvis on piano.

In June, Elvis returns to the Nashville studio. In the course of three nights, he records a half dozen more gospel masters and even takes a stab at Frank Sinatra’s signature hit “My Way” before leaving the studio in frustration. He never records in Nashville again.

Nevertheless, the gospel album, He Touched Me, goes on to earn Elvis his second Grammy Award.

Elvis: “Once you get involved in this racket, this business, your life is public, really.”^J

#59 Burning Love (1972)
Burning Love (Single)
Hollywood, CA

Now formally separated from his wife, Elvis arrives at RCA’s Hollywood studio in March 1972 for a short but productive recording session. His focus and energy are on songs of love lost, so friends and bandmates must goad him into recording the upbeat “Burning Love.”

Peaking at number two, the song becomes his most successful since “Suspicious Minds.” “Burning Love” proves to be his 38th top ten hit in 16 years. Rather than release the cut as part of a regular Elvis album, RCA reserves it for a budget compilation consisting primarily of old movie tunes.

I can only imagine how confused potential new fans were who bought the album on the strength of “Burning Love,” and the move, in my opinion, undoubtedly impacted future record sales.

#60 Separate Ways (1972)
Separate Ways (Single)
Hollywood, CA

Written by Elvis’ friend and bodyguard Red West, “Separate Ways” is one of the love-lost songs that commands the singer’s attention during the Hollywood session.

Though released together as a single, “Separate Ways” and “Always On My Mind” from the session are also relegated to yet another budget album of otherwise old songs.

From “Separate Ways”: “Someday when she’s older, maybe she will understand why her mom and dad are not together. The tears that she will cry when I have to say goodbye will tear at my heart forever.”

Pass me that napkin, will ya? My cheeseburger must have some really strong onions.

#61 For The Good Times (1972)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Hollywood, CA

Elvis: “I’m in a publishing firm, but I’ll take songs from anywhere or from anybody if they’re good. It doesn’t have to be in my company, it could be just completely an unknown person, and just anybody that writes a song, if they can get it to me and if it’s good, I’ll do it.”^K

After the session ends, Elvis and company stick around for a couple more days to rehearse for their April tour as well as run through a staged recording session for the benefit of MGM’s cameras that have arrived to film a new documentary, Elvis On Tour.

#62 Young And Beautiful (Rehearsal-1972)
Elvis On Tour
March 31, Hollywood, CA [alternate mix]

This surprise run through of “Young And Beautiful” from 1957’s Jailhouse Rock was a highlight of FTD’s 2004 album Elvis On Tour: The Rehearsals. I expected it to be a one-liner or tossed off, but Elvis actually does a serious, full version of the song.

#63 Always On My Mind (Remake-1972)
Elvis On Tour
March 30, Hollywood, CA Take 3 Master [alternate mix]

As part of the staged session for MGM, Elvis remakes “Always On My Mind,” the master version of which he had just recorded the night before.

This version of “Always On My Mind” is even better than the master, as it sounds a little less country. This same take is later used as the basis for a slight remix on the This Is Elvis soundtrack (1981), the version that first drew my attention to this incredible performance.

#64 Johnny B. Goode (Alternate-1972)
Elvis On Tour
March 30, Hollywood, CA Take 3 Master [alternate mix]

Elvis: “Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle. . . . I really can’t criticize anybody in the entertainment field. I think there’s room for everybody, and I hate to criticize another performer.”^L

Including his Vegas stints and multiple tours, Elvis performs 165 concerts in 1972. RCA records shows during his winter engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton (formerly the International), his April tour, and his June shows at Madison Garden. RCA captures so much live material that most of it remains unreleased for decades to come.

#65 Never Been To Spain (Live-1972)¹⁰
Elvis On Tour
April 10, Richmond, VA

#66 You Gave Me A Mountain (Live-1972)
Elvis On Tour
April 10, Richmond, VA

#67 It’s Over (Live-1972)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
February 17 Dinner Show, Las Vegas, NV

#68 I Can’t Stop Loving You (Live-1972)
Elvis On Tour
April 10, Richmond, VA

#69 How Great Thou Art (Live-1972)
Elvis On Tour
April 9 Evening Show, Hampton Roads, VA

While MGM/Turner released this incredible live version of “How Great Thou Art” on the Elvis: The Lost Performances videotape back in 1992, RCA/BMG/Sony only first made it available in an audio release in 2022.

#70 It’s Impossible (Live-1972)
Elvis (Fool)
February 16 Midnight Show, Las Vegas, NV

I first heard “It’s Impossible” when a DJ spun it at a local restaurant that has long since closed (an inspiration for the Mystery Train Diner). I remember it felt amazing at that time to hear a “new” Elvis live song, as I (quite wrongly, I might add) thought I had heard them all by then. All these years later, I still haven’t heard ’em all.

In January 1973, Elvis arrives in Hawaii shortly after his 38th birthday. He’s there not to vacation but to deliver a live benefit concert that will be broadcast live via satellite to select countries.¹¹

His last television special, 1968’s ELVIS, had closed with “If I Can Dream,” a “message” song written especially for Elvis and the show. Performed with passion by Elvis, it had been a bold musical statement on the tragic national events of that year while still maintaining hope for a better future. For the Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii special, however, there would be no such risks. In fact, no original songs were commissioned for the special at all.

Elvis: “It’s a great privilege to do this satellite program, and I’m going to do my best, and all the people that work with me, to do a good show, which is pure entertainment–no messages and no this and that–just to try to make people happy for that one hour that it comes across. If we do that, then, I think we’ve done our jobs.”^M

#71 What Now My Love (Live-1973)
Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite
January 14, Honolulu, HI

From “What Now My Love”: “No one would care, no one would cry, if I should live or die.”

#72 I’ll Remember You (Live-1973)
Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (2022 FTD Edition)
January 14, Honolulu, HI [master, alternate mix]

#73 A Big Hunk O’ Love (Live-1973)
Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite
January 14, Honolulu, HI

After the satellite show, Elvis returns to Las Vegas for his normal routine at the Hilton. In June and December, he records at Stax Studio in Memphis.

#74 Promised Land (Alternate-1973)
Promised Land (2011 FTD Edition)
Memphis, TN Take 6 [undubbed master]

I can still remember the first time I heard the Promised Land album. I was in 7th grade and borrowed it from my brother’s record collection. Due to the title, I thought it was a gospel album. I sure was in for a surprise when I dropped the needle and Elvis rocked into “Promised Land.” It remains one of my all-time favorite Elvis albums.

#75 It’s Midnight (Alternate-1973)
Memphis
Memphis, TN Take 19 [undubbed master]

#76 For Ol’ Times Sake (1973)
Raised On Rock (Single)
Memphis, TN

#77 You Asked Me To (1973)
Promised Land
Memphis, TN

#78 I’ve Got A Thing About You, Baby (Alternate-1973)
Memphis
Memphis, TN Take 15 [undubbed master]

#79 Lovin’ Arms (1973)
Good Times
Memphis, TN

#80 Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues (Alternate-1973)
Memphis
Memphis, TN Take 9 [undubbed/unedited master]

In October, Elvis’ divorce from Priscilla is finalized.

From “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”: “You know my heart keeps telling me, ‘You’re not a kid at 33. Play around you’ll lose your wife. You play too long, you’ll lose your life.'”

#81 Thinking About You (1973)
My Boy (Single)
Memphis, TN

#82 Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming (Alternate-1973)
Rhythm And Country
Memphis, TN Take 4

Though Elvis does not record in the studio in 1974, RCA does capture a live album on March 20, Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis. A powerful rendition of “How Great Thou Art” on that album secures Elvis his third and final Grammy.

#83 Shake A Hand (1975)
Today
Hollywood, CA

In March 1975, Elvis returns to RCA’s Hollywood studio and efficiently records an entire album, Today.

#84 Bringing It Back (1975)
Bringing It Back (Single)
Hollywood, CA

#85 America The Beautiful (Live-1975)¹²
Holiday Season In Vegas
December 13 Midnight Show, Las Vegas, NV [undubbed master]

In anticipation of the 1976 U.S. bicentennial, Elvis begins trying out “America the Beautiful” in his live shows during 1975.

#86 For The Heart (Alternate-1976)
Memphis
Graceland, Memphis, TN [master, alternate mix]

With Elvis ever more reluctant to enter the studio, RCA takes the unusual step in 1976 of bringing equipment to Graceland to establish a temporary recording studio in Elvis’ den. Elvis records there in February and October.

Wasted as a B-Side to “Hurt,” “For The Heart” is one of those overlooked Elvis numbers that should be a real classic. I love both the master and this stripped-down mix released on last year’s Memphis boxed set. It was a real struggle to choose one over the other. I went with this one for now. Next week, I might swap the master back into the jukebox, though.

Elvis: “I suppose the most important thing in a person’s life is happiness. I mean, not worldly things because, gee whiz, you can have cars, you can have money, you can have a fabulous home, you can have everything. If you’re not happy, what have you got?”^M1

#87 Solitaire (Alternate-1976)
Memphis
Graceland, Memphis, TN Take 11 [undubbed master]

From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee is a dark, depressing album, but I have loved it since first hearing it as a teen. I consider it one of Elvis’ greatest achievements in terms of albums. “Solitaire” really stands out and this undubbed version from the 2024 Memphis set somehow makes it even better.

Elvis: “The image is one thing, and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image.”^N

#88 She Thinks I Still Care (Alternate-1976)
Way Down In The Jungle Room
Graceland, Memphis, TN Take 2B

This slightly faster take on “She Thinks I Still Care” first surfaced as the underlying source of a remix on the 1980 Guitar Man album. Its first release in pure form on the 1995 Walk A Mile In My Shoes boxed set proved that it should have been chosen as the master for the Moody Blue album.

#89 Moody Blue (Alternate-1976)
Memphis
Graceland, Memphis, TN Take 10 [undubbed/unedited master]

#90 Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain¹³ (Alternate-1976)
Memphis
Graceland, Memphis, TN Take 5 [undubbed/unedited master]

#91 Unchained Melody (Live-1977)
Moody Blue
April 24, Ann Arbor, MI

#92 Pledging My Love (1976)
Way Down (Single)
Graceland, Memphis, TN

#93 Way Down (1976)
Way Down (Single)
Graceland, Memphis, TN

Elvis’ final single, his 100th, is Way Down/Pledging My Love.

Elvis: “What do I look at myself as? . . . As a human being, really, who has been very, extremely fortunate in so many ways. . . .

“I’ve experienced a lot of the different phases in life. I’ve experienced happiness and loneliness, the wealthy side of life, the average side of life–not having anything, but not knowing what it’s like to have anything–and tragedy . . . like losing my mother while I was in the Army. . . .

“I look at myself strictly as a human being who’s, like I said, been very lucky, but whose life–I have blood running through my veins–can be snuffed out in just a matter of seconds, not as anything supernatural or better than any other human being.”^O

#94 My Way (Live-1977)
My Way (Single)
June 21, 1977, Rapid City, SD

Elvis: “Until we meet you again, may God bless you. Adiós.”^P

Elvis performs his last concert on June 26, 1977, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The 42-year-old has the next six weeks off and then is scheduled to leave for another concert tour on August 16. He spends the downtime at Graceland, much of it with his 9-year-old daughter, Lisa Marie.

The next tour is never to be. Sometime on the morning of Tuesday, August 16, Elvis Presley dies alone at Graceland.

In the twilight glow, the music never ends.

Neither does our story.

Elvis Presley will return in The Elvis Odyssey Part III: Storming The Mountain.

Assorted Rambles

⁸An extended edit of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” is available on some albums. Elvis sounds nearly manic after where the song traditionally fades, and I don’t like the longer version nearly as much. Sometimes less is more.↩︎

⁹I love Christmas music, especially by Elvis, so don’t take their exclusion thus far to mean anything other than I’m saving seasonal favorites to spotlight in the jukebox in a future post.↩︎

¹⁰This next stretch of songs in The Elvis Odyssey represents some of my personal favorites of live recordings from this year. However, you could reasonably swap in whatever 1972 versions of these songs you prefer, as just about all of them are strong. No need to use these exact versions.↩︎

¹¹An entire mythology has built up around Aloha From Hawaii that I will not spend much time debunking. The special, though a ratings success, was not watched live by billions of people even when including the many countries that showed it on tape delay. In the US, NBC did not even air Aloha From Hawaii until April 4, which was over 11 weeks after Elvis performed the concert and 2 months after the accompanying live album hit record stores. During the Aloha concert, Elvis appears rather subdued and nervous at first, but eventually loosens up in the second half of the program, from which all of The Elvis Odyssey selections are drawn.↩︎

¹²This performance of “America The Beautiful,” captured directly from the soundboard rather than as a formal recording, was released as the flipside to “My Way,” the first Elvis single after his death. While I remember hearing his records before his death, these are the first two Elvis songs I can specifically remember, so I include “America The Beautiful” here for that reason alone.↩︎

¹³The whole reason I first got to hear From Elvis Presley Boulevard was because Mom bought the album for “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.” She had recently heard that this, along with “Unchained Melody,” was one of the last songs he ever sang on the morning of his death. Of course, the actual moment was not recorded. It was just Elvis rehearsing at the piano. No one knew it would be the last time.↩︎

Sources for Elvis Quotes

^HFebruary 27, 1970, Press Conference, Houston, TX↩︎

^IJanuary 16, 1971, Acceptance Speech, Memphis, TN↩︎

^Jca. September 1962, Interview, Hollywood, CA↩︎

^KJune 9, 1972, Press Conference, New York, NY↩︎

^LJune 9, 1972, Press Conference, New York, NY↩︎

^MNovember 20, 1972, Press Conference, Honolulu, HI↩︎

^M1ca. Late 1956 Phone Interview with “Buddy”↩︎

^NJune 9, 1972, Press Conference, New York, NY↩︎

^Oca. September 1962, Interview, Hollywood, CA↩︎

^PJune 19, 1977, Concert, Omaha, NE↩︎

“My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever.”
Psalm 73:26

Ramblings

December 31, 2023January 25, 2026 / TY / 1 Comment

One of our annual traditions this time of year on The Mystery Train Blog is that I make note of the fact that I haven’t posted in many months.

Indeed, it has been many months since I posted. Outside of a quick tribute to Elvis Presley in August, my last real post here was in April! I did have a seemingly strong start to 2023 as I began (but never finished) a multi-part review series of Sony’s then-new Elvis On Tour set. I also examined two more Elvis movies.

In the Elvis world, 2023 will be remembered with sadness due to the loss of Lisa Marie Presley on January 12. Nearly a year later, I still find it hard to believe. On a brighter note, Lisa’s daughter, Riley Keough, seems to have risen to the occasion as far as taking up the Presley mantle. Her mom would be proud.

A few tidbits when it comes to Elvis news since I last posted. While reviewing the top-notch Elvis On Tour set back in the first few months of 2023, I kept thinking, “If only Madison Square Garden would get a similar treatment.” I thought it would never happen, since that event had already been revisited as recently as 2012 with Sony’s excellent Prince From Another Planet set. Wow, did I underestimate the Elvis re-release machine. Indeed, the FTD collectors label for Elvis fans released new mixes of the Madison Square Garden concerts not long after I had that very thought.

On the main Sony label, a set containing new mixes of the 1973 Aloha From Hawaii concerts and related material on 3 CDs as well as a Blu-ray version of that event were also released. Sony’s 2023 Aloha From Hawaii release was slightly controversial, though, and rightly so.

FTD only a year before had already released 2 of the 3 CDs of new mixes at a premium price. The remaining CD of the 2022 FTD set used a vintage 2013 Sony mix – meaning that, Blu-ray aside, fans that already bought the 2022 FTD set but wanted all of the new mixes would still have to buy the 2023 Sony set for the 1 CD. Why Elvis’ music catalog continues to be treated in this haphazard manner is beyond me. Incompetence? Contempt? Greed? A little of all of these? Your guess is as good as mine.

While I originally intended not to touch Sony’s 2023 Aloha set until after I had listened to the “new” As Recorded At Madison Square Garden, I couldn’t help but watch the Aloha From Hawaii Blu-ray the night of August 16. I wanted to experience it as a fan rather than as a writer, so I did not take any notes or watch it from a critical or analytical perspective. I just sat back and immersed myself in the shows again. As I’ve mentioned many times on here, my mom was a first-generation Elvis fan who first started listening to him in 1956 when she was 12. For her, 1973’s Aloha From The Hawaii was the absolute pinnacle of Elvis. I miss seeing her watch it.

Elvis Presley conquers the world during the 1973 ELVIS: ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE television special (NBC)

As for that FTD Madison Square Garden set, I still haven’t even opened it. So, I’m looking forward to listening to it in 2024.

There is also word that Baz Luhrmann, director of 2022’s very successful ELVIS movie, might be assembling a re-edit of “lost” footage from documentaries Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (1970) and Elvis On Tour (1972) – possibly as a streaming series à la Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back (2021). While intriguing, when it comes to any Warner Brothers project involving Elvis, I will believe it when I see it. I am very cautiously optimistic.

I still have a couple of posts to go in that review of Elvis On Tour. Will I ever finish them? I am not sure. Maybe. I will surely continue my re-watch of Elvis’ movies, Lord willing. My goal is to cover at least three Elvis movies in 2024. There is also at least one new-to-me book I would like to feature in a future post.

2023 has been a year full of blessings for me – more than I could ever begin to list here. Know that I count those of you who take the time to read my infrequent ramblings here to be among those blessings.

Thank you for reading. May your 2024 be full of joy.

“I pray that God, the Source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13

Tragedy

January 13, 2023January 25, 2026 / TY / 2 Comments

I don’t know what to write. Friends, as you’ve probably heard by now, Lisa Marie Presley died unexpectedly yesterday. I still can’t believe it. Her father in 1977 died too young (42). Her only son, Benjamin Keough, died far too young in 2020 (27) – before his life even really got started. And now Lisa is gone too soon, too, less than 3 weeks shy of her 55th birthday.

Lisa Marie Presley: February 1, 1968—January 12, 2023 (Photo Credit: Harpo, 2005)

I started writing about Elvis Presley back in 1992, and I was writing about his beloved daughter Lisa Marie way back then, too. I wrote in 1992 about the birth of Benjamin for The Elvis Beat, a fan newsletter with a minuscule circulation that I published in paper format. I wrote about the first time she addressed her father’s fans in 1993. I wrote that year also about how she was pursuing a music career (it would be another decade before her debut album, To Whom It May Concern). I wrote about her marriage to Michael Jackson in 1994. I wrote about her divorce from Jackson in 1996.

Years later, here on The Mystery Train, I wrote in 2010 about Lisa Marie leading the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation, which she helped reinvigorate.

In 2013, over on Kees Mouwen’s Elvis Day By Day site, I wrote about Lisa Marie’s third (and now final) album, Storm & Grace. I also wrote in that same piece about her favorite Elvis songs. Her favorite was 1970’s “Just Pretend,” an album track that, at least outside of the Elvis world, is a deep cut. I consider it one of his masterpieces as well.

For Lisa, here it is.

“Just Pretend,” studio version, That’s The Way It Is | Credit: Elvis Presley – Topic channel (YouTube)

“Yes, I’ll come flying to you again. All the crying is through. I will hold you and love you again, but, until then, we’ll just pretend.”
–From “Just Pretend” by Guy Fletcher & Doug Flett; Elvis Presley song, 1970

She no longer has to pretend.

I’m praying for Lisa’s daughters, her mom, and everyone else who loved her.

I still don’t know what to write.

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
Revelation 21:4

“Where No One Stands Alone,” Elvis Presley & Lisa Marie Presley, 2018 | Credit: Elvis Presley channel (YouTube)

Double Post: A Trip Down 2012/Top Ten Elvis News Stories of 2012 (So Far…)

June 24, 2012August 25, 2020 / TY / 4 Comments

Welcome to a special, super-sized edition of The Mystery Train Blog. This double post features a guest piece by Kees of the Elvis Day By Day blog, as well as an entry by me. This is also going out simultaneously on the Elvis Day By Day blog, marking the first formal collaboration between our two sites. Kees, take it away. –Ty

A Trip Down 2012

by Kees, Elvis Day By Day blog

One of the big pros of the world wide web is that it brings people together. Through our blogs, Ty and I met and decided to look back at some of the highlights of the 35th anniversary year. This year, I blogged over 150 posts, often with multiple news items in each one. That means the Elvis world is very much alive. Picking a top 10 wasn’t easy, so I picked ten items that stuck with me as a fan and listed them chronologically.

January 08 – Cool

Some highlights are very simple, on this day the French Elvis My Happiness fan club announced the release of the book Le Jour Ou Elvis Chante A Paris. Although my French isn’t good enough to read the book, I was stunned by the cool image on the promotional CD that came with it. That’s one cool dude.

January 26 – For God And Country

For God And Country set 3764 Blvd. Publishing announced the release of the deluxe book, CD, and later vinyl set For God And Country. I really like this ‘last’ concert Elvis Presley performed as a ‘rocker’ and blame the Colonel for not professionally recording it.

The label met stiff competition when the UK-based Memphis Recording Service released the same 1961 Hawaiian concert a few months later. Fan reactions were both positive and negative (beautiful book, mixed on the remastering of the sound). The 3764 Blvd. edition is still set for release this summer, this time facing competition from plans of the official Follow That Dream collectors label.

February 06 – #1

Elvis Presley album Speaking of cool covers, the cover of Elvis Presley’s debut album topped Shortlist.com‘s 50 Coolest Albums of All Time list. Besides calling the cover ‘iconic’ and taking note of classic hits such as “Blue Suede Shoes,” the Shortlist refers to John Lennon’s quote, “Before Elvis there was nothing,” and describes “the boy from Tupelo, MS” as a catalyst for rock ‘n’ roll. I can’t agree more with the website. I have this album hanging on my wall, and it never bores me. It is very energetic.

March 27 – Welcome Home Elvis

Welcome Home Elvis book The Follow That Dream collectors label has recently branched out with other parties for their releases. The first one with the Behind The Image team didn’t work out, and neither did the Fashion For A King book with the Norwegian Flaming Star fan club, as it was filled with grammatical errors. However, with the Welcome Home Elvis book, the Danish / Norwegian team came back with a bang presenting a really cool King in a very cool book. With these books, I always have to think back on Ger Riff’s book. Wouldn’t it be great if the Follow that Dream label teamed with the master himself?

April 02 – Almost April Fool

Blue Suede Fakes I kind of felt like a fool for not noticing that the previous announcement of the auction of a pair of blue suede shoes, said to be signed by Elvis Presley in 1956, were not the right ones. The two pairs of shoes on the images that I posted with the article were not the same type of shoes. It would have been a great April Fools’ Day joke if it had been planned just one day earlier.

April 16 – Bootleg Elvis

Bootleg Elvis book The book Bootleg Elvis was first mentioned on the For Elvis CD Collectors forum in 2011. In April of this year, the five collectors behind the book sent out the first official press release. Besides Ernst Jorgensen’s SUN book, this is the #2 book on my really-need-to-buy-this-year list. I know there are a lot of Elvis Presley bootlegs around, for I’ve collected quite a few of them. Being from the younger generation, though, my collection consists mainly of CDs. This book will hopefully give me a look into Elvis bootlegging history on vinyl. I’ll probably find some nice items to look for.

April 23 – Finally FTD Information

FTD World book One of the things the Follow That Dream label lacked from day one is information: on releases, planning, ship dates, and, most important of all, background in accompanying booklets. The label bought the official Follow That Dream URL and has the foremost Elvis Presley expert, Ernst Jorgensen, as the producer heading the team, so what is holding them up?

A lot of fans volunteered to step in, and the Japanese Elvis For Sound Fans Only fan club actually did. I don’t have their book on the first 111 FTD releases, but it deserves a spot on this list for their initiative! I’ll have to find a copy to see what the book covers. For now, I can do with the review from The Elvis Information Network.

May 06 – A Trip Down Memory Lane

Graceland book The Boxcar release Graceland Through The Years: 1957–1977 was first announced four years ago in an interview on the Elvis Information Network website. On this day, the label showed the result of four years of work.

I must say, I’m really looking forward to this one. I have the official EPE book, and I walked the grounds of Graceland in person over ten years ago. I expect this book to be a well-documented trip down memory lane.

May 16 – The Work Of A Man From Denmark

May 15, 2012 marks the day of the first real glimpse into the actual FTD SUN release. The Official UK Elvis Presley fan club beat the official announcement of the release of A Boy From Tupelo by one day. Speaking of days, I’m counting the days until I hold this five-kilo Holy Grail of the Elvis world in my hands. I’ve always had a real soft spot for the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, and now I can experience it as complete as it will probably ever get.

May 26 – Volume Five

The fifth volume in The Elvis Files book series from the Norwegian Flaming Star fan club was released. The series documents Elvis Presley’s life and achievements in a very informative and well illustrated manner. It is a bit overhyped, has some flaws, and seems to simply collect some of the material from the internet. Still, there is nothing Elvis that compares to this body of work, so it stands out as the “Illustrated Biography” of Elvis Presley. The fifth volume documents the years 1969 and 1970, when Elvis became king of the whole wide world again. Besides the first six years of his public life, these years are the most iconic.

Back to you Ty!

Elvis Presley Enterprises and fans help raise $85,000 in Super Bowl benefit

February 10, 2011March 13, 2016 / TY

One of the stories I’ve enjoyed covering most here on The Mystery Train is Elvis Presley Enterprise’s Super Bowl watch party, held February 6 on the front lawn of Graceland. At $500 a ticket, the catered event benefited St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The day also featured Elvis-style football games on the lawn and a silent auction of sports and Elvis items. According to St. Jude, this ultimate Super Bowl party raised nearly $85,000.

As I mentioned Monday, Elvis’ rendition of “That’s All Right” could briefly be heard in the background during the Super Bowl TV broadcast while it played over stadium loudspeakers. I wondered at the time if those partying at Graceland picked up on this.

I decided to contact Elvis Presley Enterprises and find out. It turns out that the attendees did indeed hear Elvis during the game. “We also got emails from fans around the world who also heard the music clip being played,” said Alicia Dean, Media Assistant for EPE.

Dean also cleared up another one of my questions about the event. EPE’s original announcement stated that it was “only the second time an event has been held on the lawn, or anywhere on the property, since Elvis’ passing” (“Super Bowl Watch Party at Graceland to Benefit St. Jude” — Elvis.com). According to Dean, the first event was a party benefiting the TJ Martell Foundation on Ocotober 7, 1994, which was the day before the Elvis Aaron Presley: The Tribute concert at the Pyramid.

Elvis Aaron Presley: The Tribute was a live, pay-per-view television event featuring various music stars performing Elvis songs, including Faith Hill, Chris Isaak, Michael Hutchence, and Cher. It also resulted in the album It’s Now Or Never: The Tribute To Elvis, which contained a few of the songs from the show. Some footage of the concert also appeared in the December 1994 ABC TV special Elvis: The Tribute, hosted by John Stamos.

In life, Elvis always gave time and money to good causes, and EPE has done a terrific job of continuing that tradition over the years since his death. Many of Elvis’ fans have also continued in that spirit as well. As I’ve mentioned before, one organization worth checking out is the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation, which is run by Lisa Marie Presley and the rest of the EPE management team and includes projects such as Presley Place.

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