''An Afternoon in the Garden'' is a live musical album recorded by American singer and musician Elvis Presley at

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on June 10, 1972. The album was released by RCA Records on the 25th anniversary of the concert in 1997 and on March 8, 2018 received an RIAA Gold Record certification for 500,000 copies sold.

Content

During the weekend of June 9 through June 11, 1972, Elvis Presley gave his very first concerts in New York City; he had performed on television in the 1950s and recorded at studios in the city (both while backed by his original band, The Blue Moon Boys and often also by the gospel quartet The Jordanaires on backing vocals), but had never performed in a concert venue before a paying audience. For these shows, Presley was backed by The TCB Band, who had backed him live (and occasionally in the studio as well) since 1969, as well as by backing vocalists

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and The Stamps Quartet (also a gospel group), The Sweet Inspirations (an R&B, soul, and gospel vocal group), and soprano Kathy Westmoreland. Four shows in total were scheduled: three for the evenings of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with a matinee performance on Saturday afternoon as well. Engineers from RCA Records taped the two Saturday concerts, the results of the evening show released a mere eight days later on '' Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden'', while the tapes for the afternoon show stayed in the vaults until a few months before the twenty-fifth anniversary of the concerts. The track " I Can't Stop Loving You" had been released previously in 1977 as the sole unissued track on '' Welcome to My World'', and the tracks " Reconsider Baby" and "

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" had been previously released on disc five of the seventies box set.

Track listing

Personnel

* Elvis Presley – lead vocals; acoustic rhythm guitar on "That's All Right" * James Burton – lead guitar * John Wilkinson – electric rhythm guitar * Charlie Hodge – harmony and backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, water, scarves * Glen Hardin – piano * Jerry Scheff – bass * Ronnie Tutt – drums *

& The Stamps Quartet (Ed Enoch, Bill Baize, Richard Sterban, Donnie Sumner) – backing vocals * Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals * The Sweet Inspirations (Estelle Brown, Sylvia Shemwell,

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) – backing vocals * Joe Guercio – conductor * The Joe Malin Orchestra

Charts

Album

Certifications and sales

References

External links

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Elvis at Madison Square Garden
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