''Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

by American singer and musician

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...

, released in late June 1972 by

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. It peaked at No. 11 on the Top 200 US Billboard albums chart on September 9, 1972. Recorded at the

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...

arena in

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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. The album was certified Gold on August 4, 1972, Platinum on May 20, 1988, double-Platinum on March 27, 1992, and triple-Platinum on July 15, 1999, by the

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. Along with '' Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite'' it ranked as one of the best selling live albums of the 1970s.

Content

The entire set was issued on a single LP, and appeared at retail in swift fashion, about three weeks after the concert. Elvis' subsequent full-priced album would be another complete live concert recording—with some song repetition—this time in Honolulu: '' Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite''. The concert included on the 1972 New York album was the evening show on June 10. RCA Records also captured the afternoon performance, but except for "I Can't Stop Loving You," which appeared on the 1977 compilation, '' Welcome to My World'', and "I'll Remember You" and "Reconsider Baby" on 1983's '' Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 3'', the entire set remained unreleased until 1997's '' An Afternoon in the Garden''. Interestingly, 1970s Presley drummer

Ronnie Tutt Ronald Ellis Tutt (March 12, 1938 – October 16, 2021) was an American drummer who was the principal drummer for Elvis Presley, the Carpenters, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond, and Jerry Garcia. He was also a session drummer who recorded with some of ...

wrongly claimed in a 2009 interview for the BBC documentary ''Elvis in Vegas'' that

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, Presley's manager, sped up the mixes so that more tracks could be on the 1972 live album, increasing the publishing royalties. However, listening to the original release vs other concerts of the same tour, it's clear that Ronnie Tutt was most likely correct...there's even been corrected speed releases, leaving the debate mute because why would RCA correct something if it wasn't wrong to begin with?

Reissues

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 ''

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'' live concert albums. In 2013, RCA/Legacy, through HDTracks.com, released a high-resolution remastering of th
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in 24-bit/96 kHz.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals *

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– lead guitar * John Wilkinson – rhythm guitar *

– drums *

Jerry Scheff Jerry Obern Scheff (born January 31, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for his work with Elvis Presley from 1969 to 1977 as a member of his TCB Band and on the Doors' '' L.A. Woman''. Biography Scheff grew up in Vallejo, California. After ...

– bass * Glen D. Hardin – piano *

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(Estelle Brown, Sylvia Shemwell,

Myrna Smith Myrna Yvonne Smith (May 28, 1941 – December 24, 2010)
– accessed December 2010 was an American songwriter and si ...

) – 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 Charles Felton Jarvis (November 15, 1934 – January 3, 1981) was an American record producer and singer. Career As an RCA Victor record producer, Jarvis was responsible for most recordings of Elvis Presley in the years 1966–1977. He also rele ...

*Al Pachuki and Dick Baxter – recording engineers *Dick Baxter and Larry Schnapf – mastering and supervision

References

External links

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Elvis at Madison Square Garden
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