Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Wearin' That Loved on Look
2. Only the Strong Survive
3. I'll Hold You in My Heart
4. Long Black Limousine
5. It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin'
6. I'm Movin' On
7. Power of My Love
8. Gentle on My Mind
9. After Loving You
10. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
11. Any Day Now
12. In the Ghetto
13. Mama Liked the Roses
14. Suspicious Minds
15. You'll Think of Me
16. Don't Cry Daddy
17. Fair Is Moving On, The
18. Kentucky Rain
19. Stranger in My Own Home Town
20. Without Love (There Is Nothing)
DISC 2:
1. This Time / I Can't Stop Loving You
2. After Loving You - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
3. Without Love - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
4. I'm Movin' On - (alternate mix & vocal, previously unreleased)
5. From a Jack to a King
6. It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin' - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
7. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
8. Power of My Love - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
9. You'll Think of Me - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
10. I'm a Fool (For Loving You)
11. Do You Know Who I Am?
12. Little Bit of Green, A
13. And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind
14. This Is the Story
15. I'll Be There
16. Hey Jude
17. Rubberneckin'
18. Poor Man's Gold - (previously unreleased, incomplete take)
19. Inherit the Wind
20. My Little Friend
21. Who Am I?
22. Kentucky Rain - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
23. Suspicious Minds - (alternate take)
24. In the Ghetto - (alternate take)
| Details | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals, piano); Tommy Cogbill (guitar, bass); Reggie Young (guitar); John Hughey (steel guitar); Ed Kollis (harmonica); Jackie Thomas (saxophone, trombone); Andrew Lowe, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper (saxophone); R.F. Taylor, Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff (trumpet); Jack Hale, Ed Logan, Gerald Richardson (trombone); K. Adkins (bass trombone); Tony Cason, Joe D'Gerolamo (French horn); Bobby Wood (piano): Bobby Emmons (organ); Mike Leech (bass); Gene Chrisman (drums); Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Millie Kirkham (background vocals).
Producers: Chips Moman, Felton Jarvis.
Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.
Recorded at American Studios, Memphis, Tennessee from January 13-16 & 20-23 and February 17-22, 1969. Includes liner notes by Peter Guralnick.
By the late 1990s, Elvis fans had plenty of reason to bear suspicious minds regarding posthumous Presley collections, the barrel being seemingly scraped dry years earlier. Such reservations are put to rest by even a cursory listen to SUSPICIOUS MINDS. The two-disc collection captures the period just after Elvis' famous "'68 comeback." He was rediscovering his roots and getting gloriously gritty and funky. It would be the king's last hurrah before descending into Vegas showbiz glitz.
These 1969 recordings were all made in Memphis under the sure hand of producer Chips Moman and his eminently soulful Muscle Shoals cohorts. Elvis takes on everything from country ("From a Jack to a King") to churning, gutsy R&B ("Power of My Love") with abandon. Even those already familiar with this material will find reason to cheer in the inclusion of several previously unreleased alternate takes.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...his last great studio recordings....Once more it sounded like he really cared...
Q (07/01/1999)
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