''Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5'' is the final album in the RCA ''Golden/Gold Records'' series by American singer and musician Elvis Presley (which began in 1958), and the only volume in the series to be issued posthumously. The album was released by RCA Records in March 1984 on both LP and compact disc. The album is a compilation of hit

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released between 1968 and 1977. It is the only one of the series not to make the

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, "bubbling under" at #207 for two weeks. It was certified Gold on 7/15/1999 by the

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Content

''Gold Records Volume 5'' comprises nine Top 40

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along with one b-side, "

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" from 1976. Released more than sixteen years since the previous installment in the series, it covers a span of almost ten years. The first side of the album focused on Elvis' late 1960s comeback-era recordings: " If I Can Dream" was taken from his comeback special, three singles from the American studios sessions " Suspicious Minds", "

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", and " In The Ghetto", and " Clean Up Your Own Backyard" was a soundtrack recording from '' The Trouble with Girls''. The second side contained Elvis' late period singles including " Burning Love" and " Moody Blue". RCA apparently did not base the track selection solely on commercial factors, as two top ten

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s from this time period, " Don't Cry Daddy" from 1969 and " The Wonder of You" from 1970, were omitted. Originally recorded at RCA Studio B in

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, Tennessee, RCA Studio C in

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, California, Stax Studio and in The Jungle Room in Memphis, Tennessee. Original recordings produced by Felton Jarvis,

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Reissues

RCA reissued the album on July 15, 1997, and added six bonus tracks taken from a three-year span from 1967 to 1970, including three additional Top 40 singles. The original album sequence was largely left intact, though " If I Can Dream" was moved to the end of the disc. RCA's selection of bonus tracks is somewhat puzzling as it features several of Elvis' pre-comeback recordings, rather than 1970s hits; " Always On My Mind", " Promised Land", " Steamroller Blues", " Separate Ways", " Hurt", "T-R-O-U-B-L-E", "

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", and " Until It's Time for You to Go" were among Elvis' top forty hits during the decade. Top 10 hit “The Wonder of You” and “Don’t Cry Daddy” were still not included on the reissued expanded version. Only " Memories" which was featured on Elvis' comeback special and " You Don't Have To Say You Love Me", a top twenty single in 1970 are consistent with the selection from the original album. Three of the bonus tracks are from soundtrack recordings. "

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" and " Guitar Man" were originally released as top 40 singles and as bonus songs on the '' Clambake'' album. "

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'' (it was also the B-side to "If I Can Dream"). The remaining track, "

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" was a 1968 single.

Track listing

''Chart positions taken from the Billboard

chart

Original release

Personnel

* Elvis Presley –

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* Scotty Moore – guitar *

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– guitar * James Burton – guitar * John Wilkinson – guitar * Charlie Hodge – guitar, backing vocals * Jerry Reed – guitar * Mike Deasy – guitar * Tommy Tedesco – guitar *

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– guitar, six-string bass * Gerry McGee – guitar * Morton Marker – guitar * Joseph Gibbons – guitar * Neil Levang – guitar * Charles Britz – guitar * Al Casey – guitar *

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– guitar * Billy Sanford – guitar *

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– guitar * Ed Kollis – harmonica * Charlie McCoy – guitar,

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* Pete Drake –

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* Floyd Cramer – piano *

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– piano * Don Randi – piano * David Briggs – piano * Bobby Wood – piano *

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– organ * Bob Moore –

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* Larry Knechtel – bass * Charles Berghofer – bass * Max Bennett – bass * Norbert Putnam – bass * Emory Gordy – bass * Jerry Scheff – bass * Tommy Cogbill – bass * Mike Leech – bass *

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–

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* Buddy Harman – drums * Hal Blaine – drums * Gary Coleman – drums * Frank Carlson – drums * John Guerin – drums * Jerry Carrigan – drums * Ronnie Tutt – drums * Gene Chrisman – drums * Boots Randolph – saxophone * The Jordanaires – backing vocals * J.D. Sumner and the Stamps – backing vocals * Millie Kirkham – backing vocals * The Blossoms – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

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– backing vocals * Bob Tebow – backing vocals * John Bahler – backing vocals * Dolores Edgin – backing vocals * June Page – backing vocals * Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals * Joe Babcock – backing vocals * Dolores Edgin – backing vocals * Mary Greene – backing vocals * Ginger Holladay – backing vocals * Mary Holladay – backing vocals * June Page – backing vocals * Susan Pilkington – backing vocals * Sandy Posey – backing vocals * Donna Thatcher – backing vocals * Hurschel Wiginton – backing vocals

References

External links

* {{Authority control Elvis Presley compilation albums 1984 greatest hits albums RCA Records compilation albums Compilation albums published posthumously