From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters

From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters is a five-disc box set compilation of studio master recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley during the decade of the 1960s; it was released in 1993 on RCA Records, catalogue number 66160-2. In its initial long-box release, it included a set of collectable stamps duplicating the record jackets of every Presley LP on RCA Victor, and those of the singles pertinent to this box set. The set also includes a booklet with an extensive session list and discography, as well as a lengthy essay by Peter Guralnick. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 30, 1993, and Platinum on January 6, 2004. This set followed an exhaustive box set of Presley's 1950s output and was followed by a more selective box set of his work in the 1970s.

From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters
Box set by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1993
RecordedMarch 1960 – February 1969
GenreRock
Length5:44:14
LabelRCA Records
ProducerErnst Mikael Jorgensen
Roger Semon
Elvis Presley chronology
The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters
(1992)
From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters
(1993)
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Rough Guides[5]

Contents

The box comprises every master recording made by Presley during the decade and released in his lifetime, with the exception of those made at sessions for movie soundtracks or for television broadcasts, with one exception in the latter case. The set also excludes Presley's gospel recordings and live performances, but does include songs that had been recorded at non-soundtrack sessions, but which were released on soundtrack albums in order to bring the album running-time to an acceptable length, such as the sessions of May 26 and May 27, 1963. As a result of these criteria, only two of Presely's 1960s original albums are represented in their entirety in the set: Elvis Is Back! and From Elvis in Memphis; all other Presley albums of the decade, with the exception of two gospel albums, included at least one film-derived recording, or in the case of From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis, live recordings.

The first four discs and the first nine tracks of the fifth disc present the studio masters in chronological session order, with the above noted exceptions. The opening eighteen tracks of the first disc contain Elvis Is Back! and its three attendant chart-topping singles: "Stuck on You," "It's Now or Never," and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?;" along with their b-sides. The remainder of disc one and discs two and three include the highlights "Surrender," His Latest Flame," "Little Sister," "Suspicion," "She's Not You," his cover of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is a Long Time," and "U.S. Male." Disc three includes two previously unreleased recordings, an unreleased alternate take, and three unedited masters including a long version of the "Guitar Man" single that segues into "What'd I Say."

Disc four and the first nine tracks of disc five cover the entire released output of the Memphis sessions at American Sound Studio, yielding the albums From Elvis in Memphis and the studio disk of the double album From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis, along with various hit singles including his latter-day signature song, "Suspicious Minds." The remainder of disc five contains nine previously unreleased alternate takes, a version of Chuck Berry's "Memphis Tennessee" from an earlier session, an unreleased recording from the Memphis sessions, an undubbed version of his 1960 #1 hit single "It's Now or Never," and the duet medley of "Love Me Tender" and "Witchcraft" between Presley and Frank Sinatra, broadcast on Sinatra's ABC television special to welcome Elvis home after his service in the army ended by the spring of 1960.

RCA issued two similarly configured companions, a box set for the 1950s and another one for the 1970s. A separate two-disc set surveys highlights from the 1960s soundtracks. The two non-soundtrack studio albums from the 1960s whose contents do not appear on this box, His Hand in Mine and How Great Thou Art, were released in a similar two-disc set for the gospel recordings in 1994, Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances.

The Sinatra/Presley duet was recorded at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida. All other recordings were made in Tennessee at either RCA Studio B in Nashville, or at American Studio in Memphis. Original recordings produced by Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins, Felton Jarvis, and Chips Moman.

Track listing

Chart positions for LPs from Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; positions for singles from Billboard Pop Singles chart. Certain tracks listed as unreleased on the insert card of the jewel cases are unedited masters of issued tracks; those are indicated with an asterisk and listed with the original issue information for the released master. By late 1968, Billboard discontinued charting B-sides.

Disc one

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1.Make Me Know ItOtis Blackwell2:311960-03-201960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
2.Soldier BoyDavid Jones and Theodore Williams Jr.1:551960-03-201960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
3.Stuck on YouAaron Schroeder and S. Leslie McFarland2:181960-03-201960-03-2347-7740#1
4.Fame and FortuneFred Wise and Ben Weisman2:301960-03-201960-03-2347-7740b#17
5.A Mess of BluesDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:391960-03-201960-07-0547-7777b#32
6.It Feels So RightFred Wise and Ben Weisman2:311960-03-201960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
7.FeverOtis Blackwell as John Davenport and Eddie Cooley2:581960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
8.Like A BabyJesse Stone2:241960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
9.It's Now or NeverEduardo di Capua, Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold3:151960-04-031960-07-0547-7777#1
10.The Girl of My Best FriendBeverly Ross and Sam Bobrick2:211960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
11.Dirty Dirty FeelingJerry Leiber and Mike Stoller2:121960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
12.Thrill of Your LoveStan Kesler2:381960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
13.I Gotta KnowPaul Evans and Matt Williams2:151960-04-031960-11-0147-7810b#20
14.Such a NightLincoln Chase2:151960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
15.Are You Lonesome Tonight?Lou Handman and Roy Turk3:051960-04-031960-11-0147-7810#1
16.Girl Next Door Went A-WalkingBill Rise and Thomas Wayne2:241960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
17.I Will Be Home AgainBennie Benjamin, Raymond Leveen, Lou Singer2:281960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
18.Reconsider BabyLowell Fulson3:391960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231Elvis Is Back!#2
19.SurrenderDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman1:511960-10-301961-02-0747-7850#1
20.I'm Comin' HomeCharlie Rich2:201961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
21.GentlyMurray Wisell and Edward Lisbona2:151961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
22.In Your ArmsAaron Schroeder and Wally Gold1:501961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
23.Give Me the RightFred Wise and Norman Blagman2:321961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
24.I Feel So BadChuck Willis2:531961-03-121961-05-0247-7880#5
25.It's a SinFred Rose and Zeb Turner2:391961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
26.I Want You With MeWoody Harris2:131961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
27.There's Always MeDon Robertson2:161961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1

Disc two

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1.Starting TodayDon Robertson2:031961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
2.Sentimental MeJames T. Morehead and James Cassin2:311961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
3.JudyTeddy Redell2:101961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
4.Put the Blame On MeFred Wise, Kay Twomey, Norman Blagman1:571961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370Something for Everybody#1
5.Kiss Me QuickDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:461961-06-251962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
6.That's Someone You Never ForgetRed West and Elvis Presley2:471961-06-251962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
7.I'm YoursHal Blair and Don Robertson2:211961-06-251962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
8.(Marie's the Name) His Latest FlameDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:071961-06-251961-08-0847-7908#4
9.Little SisterDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:301961-06-251961-08-0847-7908b#5
10.For the Millionth and Last TimeRoy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper2:051961-10-151965-08-10LSP 3450Elvis for Everyone#10
11.Good Luck CharmAaron Schroeder and Wally Gold2:231961-10-151962-02-2747-7992#1
12.Anything That's Part of YouDon Robertson2:041961-10-151962-02-2747-7992b#31
13.I Met Her TodayHal Blair and Don Robertson2:421961-10-151965-08-10LSP 3450Elvis for Everyone#10
14.Night RiderDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:081961-10-151962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
15.Something BluePaul Evans and Al Byron2:571962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
16.Gonna Get Back Home SomehowDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:271962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
17.(Such An) Easy QuestionOtis Blackwell and Winfield Scott2:181962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
18.Fountain of LoveBill Giant and Jeff Lewis2:121962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
19.Just for Old Time SakeRoy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper2:081962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
20.You'll Be GoneRed West, Charlie Hodge, Elvis Presley2:231962-03-181965-02-0947-8500b
21.I Feel That I've Known You ForeverDoc Pomus and Alan Jeffreys1:391962-03-191962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
22.Just Tell Her Jim Said HelloJerry Leiber and Mike Stoller1:511962-03-191962-07-1747-8041b#55
23.SuspicionDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:341962-03-191962-06-05LSP 2523Pot Luck with Elvis#4
24.She's Not YouDoc Pomus, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller2:081962-03-191962-07-1747-8041#5
25.Echoes of LoveBob Roberts and Paddy McMains2:381963-05-261964-04-02LSP 2894Kissin' Cousins#6
26.Please Don't Drag That String AroundOtis Blackwell and Winfield Scott1:531963-05-261963-06-1847-8188b
27.(You're the) Devil in DisguiseBernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye2:201963-05-261963-06-1847-8188#3
28.Never EndingBuddy Kaye and Phil Springer1:571963-05-261964-07-1447-8400b
29.What Now, What Next, Where ToHal Blair and Don Robertson1:561963-05-261967-06-01LSP 3787Double Trouble#3
30.WitchcraftDave Bartholomew and Pearl King2:171963-05-261963-10-0147-8243b#32
31.Finders Keepers Losers WeepersDory Jones and Ollie Jones1:471963-05-261965-08-10LSP 3450Elvis for Everyone#10
32.Love Me TonightDon Robertson2:001963-05-261963-11-01LSP 2756Fun in Acapulco#3

Disc three

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1.(It's A) Long Lonely HighwayDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:201963-05-271964-04-02LSP 2894Kissin' Cousins#6
2.Western UnionRoy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper2:091963-05-271968-05-01LSP 3989Speedway#82
3.Slowly but SurelySid Wayne and Ben Weisman2:131963-05-271963-11-01LSP 2756Fun in Acapulco#3
4.Blue RiverPaul Evans and Fred Tobias1:321963-05-271965-12-0347-8740b#95
5.Memphis TennesseeChuck Berry2:081964-01-121965-08-10LSP 3450Elvis for Everyone#10
6.Ask MeDomenico Modugno, Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye2:051964-01-121964-09-2247-8840#12
7.It Hurts MeJoy Byers and Charlie Daniels2:271964-01-121964-02-1047-8307b#29
8.Down in the AlleyJesse Stone2:481966-05-251966-10-31LSP 3702Spinout#18
9.Tomorrow Is a Long TimeBob Dylan5:201966-05-251966-10-31LSP 3702Spinout#18
10.Love LettersEdward Heyman and Victor Young2:501966-05-261966-06-0847-8870#19
11.Beyond the ReefJack Pitman3:031966-05-26previously unreleased
12.Come What MayFrank Tableporter1:581966-05-28unreleased alternate take
13.Fools Fall In LoveJerry Leiber and Mike Stoller2:041966-05-281967-01-1047-9056b
14.Indescribably BlueDarrell Glenn2:471966-06-101967-01-1047-9056#33
15.I'll Remember You*Kui Lee4:051966-06-101966-10-31LSP 3702Spinout#18
16.If Every Day Was Like ChristmasRed West2:421966-06-101966-11-1547-8950
17.SupposeSylvia Dee and George Goehring3:011967-03-20previously unreleased
18.Guitar Man / What'd I Say*Jerry Reed / Ray Charles2:571967-09-101968-01-0947-9425#43
19.Big Boss ManLuther Dixon and Al Smith2:501967-09-101967-09-2647-9341#38
20.MineRoy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper2:351967-09-101968-05-01LSP 3989Speedway#82
21.Just Call Me LonesomeRex Griffin2:051967-09-101967-10-10LSP 3893Clambake#40
22.Hi-Heel Sneakers*Robert Higginbotham4:461967-09-111968-01-0947-9425b
23.You Don't Know MeCindy Walker and Eddy Arnold2:271967-09-111967-09-2647-9341b#44
24.Singing TreeA.L. Owens and A.C. Solberg2:171967-09-111967-10-10LSP 3893Clambake#40
25.Too Much Monkey BusinessChuck Berry2:291968-01-151968-10PRS 279Elvis Sings Flaming Star
26.U.S. MaleJerry Reed2:421968-01-161968-02-2847-9465#28

Disc four

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1.Long Black LimousineBobby George and Vern Stovall3:371969-01-131969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
2.This Is the StoryCalvin Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow2:281969-01-131969-11LSP 6020Memphis to Vegas#12
3.Wearin' That Loved-On LookA.L. Owens and Dallas Frazier2:441969-01-131969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
4.You'll Think of MeMort Shuman3:581969-01-141969-08-2647-9764b
5.A Little Bit of GreenCalvin Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow3:211969-01-141969-11LSP 6020Memphis to Vegas#12
6.Gentle On My MindJohn Hartford3:201969-01-141969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
7.I'm Moving OnHank Snow2:521969-01-141969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
8.Don't Cry DaddyMac Davis2:461969-01-151969-11-1147-9768#6
9.Inherit the WindEddie Rabbitt2:561969-01-151969-11LSP 6020Memphis to Vegas#12
10.Mama Liked the RosesJohn Christopher2:471969-01-151970-04-2047-9835b
11.My Little FriendShirl Milete2:431969-01-161970-01-2947-9791b
12.In the GhettoMac Davis2:451969-01-201969-04-1447-9741#3
13.Rubberneckin'Dory Jones and Bunny Warren2:091969-01-201969-11-1147-9768b
14.From A Jack To A KingNed Miller2:231969-01-211969-11LSP 6020Memphis to Vegas#12
15.Hey JudeJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney4:291969-01-211972-02-20LSP 4671Elvis Now#43
16.Without LoveDanny Small2:511969-01-221969-11LSP 6020Memphis to Vegas#12
17.I'll Hold You In My HeartEddy Arnold, Thomas Dilbeck, Vaughan Horton4:321969-01-221969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
18.I'll Be ThereBobby Darin2:211969-01-221970-04CAS 2408Let's Be Friends#105
19.Suspicious MindsMark James3:281969-01-221969-08-2647-9764#1
20.True Love Travels on a Gravel RoadDallas Frazier and A.L. Owens2:371969-02-171969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
21.Stranger In My Own Home TownPercy Mayfield4:231969-02-171969-11LSP 6020Memphis to Vegas#12
22.And the Grass Won't Pay No MindNeil Diamond3:081969-02-171969-11LSP 6020Memphis to Vegas#12
23.Power of My LoveBernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye2:341969-02-181969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13

Disc five

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1.After Loving YouJanet Lantz and Eddie Miller3:051969-02-181969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
2.Do You Know Who I AmBobby Russell2:471969-02-181969-11LSP 6020Memphis to Vegas#12
3.Kentucky RainEddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard3:141969-02-191970-01-2947-9791#16
4.Only the Strong SurviveJerry Butler, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff2:401969-02-191969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
5.It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'Johnny Tillotson2:361969-02-201969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
6.Any Day NowBurt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard2:581969-02-201969-04-1447-9741b
7.If I'm A Fool (For Loving You)Stan Kesler2:431969-02-201970-04CAS 2408Let's Be Friends#105
8.The Fair Is Moving OnGuy Fletcher and Doug Flett3:071969-02-211969-06-1747-9747b
9.Who Am I?Charles Rusty Goodman2:071969-02-221971-03-22CALX 2472You'll Never Walk Alone#69
10.This Time / I Can't Stop Loving YouChips Moman / Don Gibson3:501969-02-17previously unreleased
11.In the GhettoMac Davis2:461969-01-20previously unreleased take
12.Suspicious MindsMark James3:141969-01-22previously unreleased take
13.Kentucky RainEddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard3:101969-02-19previously unreleased take
14.Big Boss ManLuther Dixon and Al Smith3:361967-09-10previously unreleased take
15.Down in the AlleyJesse Stone3:111966-05-25previously unreleased take
16.Memphis TennesseeChuck Berry2:121963-05-27previously unreleased
17.I'm YoursHal Blair and Don Robertson2:171961-06-25previously unreleased take
18.(Marie's the Name) His Latest FlameDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman2:001961-06-25previously unreleased take
19.That's Someone You Never ForgetRed West and Elvis Presley2:381961-06-25previously unreleased take
20.SurrenderDoc Pomus and Mort Shuman1:501960-10-30previously unreleased take
21.It's Now or NeverAaron Schroeder and Wally Gold3:141960-04-03previously unreleased version
22.Love Me Tender / WitchcraftVera Matson and Elvis Presley / Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh1:421960-03-26previously unreleased

Personnel

References

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