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Elvis Presley: From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis

On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.

Personnel:

Elvis in Person at the International Hotel

  • Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
  • James Burton – lead guitar
  • John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
  • Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
  • Jerry Scheff – bass
  • Ronnie Tutt − drums
  • Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
  • The Imperials − backing vocals
  • The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals

Back in Memphis

  • Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
  • Reggie Young − electric guitar
  • Bobby Wood − piano
  • Bobby Emmons − organ
  • Ed Kollis − harmonica
  • Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
  • Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
  • Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
  • Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
  • Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals

Track listing:

Elvis in Person at the International Hotel

  1. Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
  2. Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
  3. All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
  4. Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
  5. Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  6. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
  7. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  8. Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
  9. Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
  10. In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
  11. Suspicious Minds – Mark James
  12. Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore

Back in Memphis

  1. Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
  2. This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
  3. Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
  4. A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
  5. And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
  6. Do You Know Who I Am? – Bobby Russell
  7. From a Jack to a King – Ned Miller
  8. The Fair’s Moving On – Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett
  9. You’ll Think of Me – Mort Shuman
  10. Without Love (There Is Nothing) – Danny Small

Fine Young Cannibals: Same

On December 10, 1985, “I.R.S.” label released the self-titled, debut Fine Young Cannibals album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Power Plant Studios” and “Sound Suite Studios” in London, and was produced by Robin Millar.

Personnel:

  • Roland Gift- vocals
  • Andy Cox- guitar, organ
  • David Steele- bass, piano
  • Martin Parry – drums
  • Graeme Hamilton – trumpet, piano
  • Gavin Wright– violin
  • Saxa– saxophone
  • Beverly, Gloria and Maxine Brown, Jimmy Somerville- backing vocals
  • Jenny Jones – drums, backing vocals
  • Alvin Clark – engineer
  • Anton Corbijn- front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Gift, Andy Cox and David Steele, except where noted.

  1. Johnny Come Home
  2. Couldn’t Care More
  3. Don’t Ask Me to Choose
  4. Funny How Love Is
  5. Suspicious Minds – Mark James
  6. Blue
  7. Move to Work
  8. On a Promise
  9. Time Isn’t Kind
  10. Like a Stranger