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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. His Hand in Mine
2. I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs
3. In My Father's House
4. Milky White Way
5. Known Only to Him
6. I Believe in the Man in the Sky
7. Joshua Fit the Battle
8. He Knows Just What I Need
9. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
10. Mansion Over the Hilltop
11. If We Never Meet Again
12. Working on the Building
13. Crying in the Chapel
14. How Great Thou Art
15. In the Garden
16. Somebody Bigger Than You or I
17. Farther Along
18. Stand by Me
19. Without Him
20. So High
21. Where Could I Go But to the Lord
22. By and By
23. If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side
24. Run On
25. Where No One Stands Alone
26. We Call on Him
27. You'll Never Walk Alone
28. Who Am I?
29. Life
DISC 2:
1. Only Believe
2. He Touched Me
3. I've Got Confidence
4. Amazing Grace
5. Seeing Is Believing
6. He Is My Everything
7. Bosom of Abraham
8. Evening Prayer, An
9. Lead Me, Guide Me
10. There Is No God But God
11. Thing Called Love, A
12. I. John
13. Reach Out to Jesus
14. Miracle of the Rosary
15. Put Your Hand in the Hand
16. I Got a Feelin' in My Body
17. Help Me
18. If That Isn't Love
19. Help Me - (live)
20. Why Me Lord - (live)
21. How Great Thou Art - (live)
22. Farther Along
23. Oh Happy Day
24. I, John
25. Bosom of Abraham
26. You Better Run
27. Lead Me, Guide Me
28. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus / Nearer My God To Thee
DISC 3:
1. When the Saints Go Marchin' In - (1956 home recording)
2. Just a Little Talk With Jesus
3. Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley
4. I Shall Not Be Moved
5. Peace in the Valley (For Me), (There'll Be)
6. Down by the Riverside
7. Farther Along
8. Blessed Jesus (Hold My Hand)
9. On the Jericho Road
10. I Just Can't Make It by Myself
11. I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
12. When the Saints Go Marchin' In
13. Softly and Tenderly
14. Peace in the Valley (For Me), (There'll Be)
15. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
16. I Believe
17. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
18. I Asked the Lord - (alternate)
19. He
20. Oh How I Love Jesus
21. Show Me Thy Ways, O Lord
22. Hide Thou Me
23. Down By The Riverside / When The Saints Go Marchin' In
24. Sing You Children
25. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
26. Let Us Pray
27. Gospel Medley: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But To The Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved
28. Lord's Prayer, The - (informal performance)
29. How Great Thou Art - (live)
30. Peace in the Valley (For Me), (There'll Be) - (live, from "The Ed Sullivan Show")
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Jordanaires, The Imperials, The Nashville Edition, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, The Sweet Inspirations, Kathy Westmoreland, Sherrill Neilsen.
Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.
Recorded between 1956 & 1977. Includes liner notes by Cheryl Thurber.
Digitally remastered by Dennis Ferrante & Lene Reidel.
Elvis Presley was and is an American icon, a figure whose impact on the pop music world cannot be overestimated. Before he became a legend, Presley was just a singer, albeit one who got the goods by synthesizing the music of his youth: blues, country music, mainstream pop (Dean Martin was an early favorite of his) and gospel. Southern gospel is a intensely rhythmic devotional music, and that obviously left a powerful impression on the young Elvis (he often sang gospel tunes to warm-up for recording session and concerts).
This box set exclusively collects the gospel songs, old and (then) new, Presley recorded throughout his career, including the "Million Dollar Quartet" session (Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash). This collection is wildly varied: the relaxed, party-like informality of the Quartet session (it was not originally intended for release) and the glossy orchestrated pop of "Only Believe" seem to be poles apart, yet the common ground is the conviction Presley brings to these performances. Other high points: the almost Baroque choral touches on a gently loping take of Johnny Cash's "A Thing Called Love," the spare, haunting "I Asked the Lord," and the near-operatic wail of "Reach Out to Jesus."
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...Includes some classic performances - 'Crying In The Chapel' and '(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)'...
Q (12/01/2000)
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