Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden is a live musical album recorded by American singer and musician Elvis Presley and released in June 1972 by RCA Records peaking on the charts in July 1972. Recorded at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on Saturday June 10, 1972, the concert, and the subsequent album, were promoted as being Presley's first live concerts in the Big Apple since the 1950s. It was certified Gold on August 4, 1972, Platinum on May 20, 1988, 2x Platinum on March 27, 1992 and 3x Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA. Along with Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite it ranked as the top 1970's RCA live album by Elvis Presley.
Despite the lengthy track listing, the release was only a single disc, and the record was released only a week after the concert itself. Elvis' very next album would also be a live recording featuring many of the same songs: Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite. On November 13, 2012, RCA/Legacy re-released the live concert album on two vinyl discs in the same format as Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite and Elvis In Concert live concert albums.
The concert included on this album was the evening show. An afternoon performance was also recorded, but except for a performance of "I Can't Stop Loving You" which appeared in the 1977 compilation, Welcome to My World, it remained unreleased until the 1990s when it was issued as An Afternoon in the Garden.
Drummer Ronnie Tutt claimed in an interview in 2009 for the BBC documentary Elvis in Vegas that Colonel Tom Parker sped up the mixes so that more tracks could be on the album, increasing his publishing royalties. Tutt's account has never been proven as factual.
In 2013, RCA/Legacy, through HDTracks.com, released a high-resolution remastering of the concert in 24-bit/96 kHz.
Video As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Track listing
Maps As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Personnel
- James Burton - lead guitar
- John Wilkinson - rhythm guitar
- Ronnie Tutt - drums
- Jerry Scheff - bass
- Glen D. Hardin - piano
- The Sweet Inspirations (Estelle Brown, Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith) - background vocals
- Kathy Westmoreland - background vocals
- J.D. Sumner & The Stamps (Ed Enoch, Bill Baize, Richard Sterban, Donnie Sumner) - background vocals
- Joe Guercio - conductor
- The Joe Malin Orchestra
- A&R/Producers: Harry Jenkins, Joan Deary, Felton Jarvis
- Al Pachuki and Dick Baxter - recording engineers
- Dick Baxter and Larry Schnapf - mastering and supervision
References
External links
- As Recorded at Madison Square Garden at Discogs (list of releases)
- Elvis at Madison Square Garden
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