Highlights Culled from the Master Recordings of Marthon 1970 Studio B Sessions Newly Mixed by Acclaimed Engineer Matt Ross-Spring without the Added Overdubs or Orchestration Appearing on Earlier Releases!

For Elvis Presley’s first recordings of the 1970s, The King revisited the blueprint that made his 1969 American Sound sessions so successful – he cut loose live in the studio with a band in sync with his sensibility. Freed from obligations to music publishers, Elvis was able to pick and record songs that were contemporary, relevant and meaningful to him, from covers to the epic material then powering his Las Vegas residencies and return to live performing. Recorded live in RCA’s Studio B in Nashville over the course of an epic five day/night run in June 1970 (with an additional session on September 22), Elvis’ performances from those sessions formed the core of three of his most successful studio album releases from the 1970s: Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old) and Love Letters from Elvis.

These sessions are widely recognized as among Elvis’ best because of the undeniable chemistry between Elvis and his astonishing studio band comprised of multi-instrumentalist Charlie McCoy (Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde On Blonde, John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline as well as work with Paul Simon, Tanya Tucker, Bob Seger, and Willie Nelson); bassist Norbert Putnam (Roy Orbison, Al Hirt, Henry Mancini, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, J. J. Cale, Tony Joe White); and pianist David Briggs (Dean Martin, Joan Baez, Nancy Sinatra, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Tony Joe White, George Harrison, Todd Rundgren, Roy Orbison, The Monkees, J. J. Cale, Kris Kristofferson, Alice Cooper). Known colloquially as the “Nashville Cats,” this finely-honed studio ensemble, like Elvis himself, connected the worlds of pop, rock and country music. For the June sessions, Elvis brought in his longtime on-stage guitarist James Burton; Eddie Hinton – who, like Putnam ad Briggs, was part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section – played lead guitar on Elvis’ September 22 session. Elvis plays acoustic guitar throughout the June sessions.

The sessions yielded a wide variety of material including a spirited rendition of Willie Nelson’s “Funny How Time Slips Away,” the heartrending “I’ve Lost You,” and a powerful take on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” A wild, single-take version of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” was one of the highlights of the September 22 single day session. The music Elvis created in his 1970 “marathon sessions” stands among Presley’s best and has proven immensely influential. It established musical directions he pursued the rest of his career, predicted his late-in-life pop- and-country radio successes, and modeled sounds for countless country stars to come. From Elvis In Nashville provides an intimate glimpse into the world of Elvis and the way he made music that lasts forever.

Now, for the first time, highlights from the master recordings from the 1970 Studio B sessions may be enjoyed together as a single official Elvis album! On From Elvis In Nashville, Presley’s studio tracks from the 1970 marathon sessions are presented in pristine audio, newly mixed by acclaimed engineer Matt Ross-Spring (John Prine, Jason Isbell) without the added overdubs or orchestration appearing on earlier releases.