THINK SHE'S GIVIN IN
A STRANGER'S ALL YOU FIND
YEAH, IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT SHE'S ALL ABOUT
Moody Blue
is the
twenty-fourth
and final
studio album
by American singer
and musician
released on
July 19, 1977,
by RCA Records,
about four weeks
before his death.
The album was a mixture
of live and studio work
and included the four tracks
from Presley's
final studio
recording sessions in
October 1976
and two tracks
left over from
the previous
Graceland session
in February 1976.
"Moody Blue"
was a
previously published hit song
recorded at the earlier
Graceland session
and held over
for this album.
Also recorded at
the February session
was
"She Thinks I Still Care".
"Way Down"
became a hit
after
Presley's death
less than one month
after this
album's release.
The album was
certified Gold
and Platinum
on
September 12, 1977,
and 2× Platinum
on
March 27, 1992,
by the RIAA.
The first American copies of
Moody Blue
were pressed on
limited edition
translucent blue vinyl,
the first time a
Presley album had been
issued on
colored vinyl.
The album soon
reverted to
black vinyl;
after Presley's death,
the album was heavily
in demand and repressed
in blue vinyl,
making the original
US black vinyl issue
the scarcer of the two.
In the US,
the album was also
released in
white and yellow vinyls.
All overseas pressings
were on black vinyl,
except for the first
Argentinian and
Canadian pressings
that were pressed
in blue translucent vinyl.
From Elvis Presley Boulevard,
Memphis, Tennessee
is the twenty-third
studio album
by American singer
and musician
released by
RCA Records in
May 1976.
It became
Presley's fourth album
to reach #1
on the
Billboard
country music
album sales chart
within the
last four years.
"Hurt"
was a top 10 hit
on both the country
and adult
contemporary charts,
while
"For the Heart"
stalled at #45
on the country charts.
The former did make
the pop top 30.
Both songs would
again find success
on the country charts
in the '80s
"For the Heart"
became the first single
for The Judds
in 1983,
while
Juice Newton
took her version of
"Hurt" to #1
in 1986.
From
Elvis Presley Boulevard,
Memphis, Tennessee
was certified Gold
on
October 10, 1977
by the RIAA
Content
It is often assumed that
From Elvis Presley Boulevard,
Memphis, Tennessee
is a concert recording
as the album states
the songs were
"recorded live".
While this is true,
it means the songs
were recorded live
in the recording
studio set up
in Presley's mansion,
Graceland,
not in front of
an audience
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