VOLUME 10 Americana

Great American recordings Elvis was performing around the time of his "King of America" album

1.    # Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan

2.      In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

3.      See Saw - Don Covay

4.      That’s How You Got Killed Before - Dave Bartholomew

5.      Pouring Water On A Drowning Man - Percy Sledge

6.      Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line - Waylon Jennings

7.     Close Up The Honky Tonks - Buck Owens

8.      You're Still On My Mind - George Jones

9.      Your Funeral, My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson

10.  It Takes Time - Otis Rush

11.   Leave My Kitten Alone - Little Willie John

12.   Don´t Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone

13.   Eisenhower Blues - J B Lenoir

14.   Your Mind is on Vacation - Mose Allison

15.   Riverboat - Van Dyke Parks

16.  I Feel Like Going Home - Charlie Rich

17.   Runnin' Out Of Fools - Isaac Hayes

18.   Lonely Blue Boy - Conway Twitty

19.  Young Boy Blues - Ben E King

20.  Tell Me Right Now - Joe Tex

21.  All These Things - The Uniques

22.  The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr

23.  What Would I Do - Ray Charles
24. # It Tears Me Up - Percy Sledge

25.  True Love Ways- Buddy Holly

26. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - June Carter Cash

RUNNING TIME 79:47

# Different version to compilation

Track Notes

1 A few lines sometimes sung in the intro of Brilliant Mistake from around 1987

2 Performed 3 times with The Attractions in 1984 and again with Sam Moore and guests at The Grammys 2006.

3 Heard briefly in a medley with “Getting Mighty Crowded” in 1984.

4,6,9,14,24, Live versions featuring The Confederates appear on the 2cd reissue of King of America.

5,11,17 These 3 tracks from Kojak Variety were first recorded in 1986 and appear on Blood and Chocolate 2cd edition. Alternative versions from other artists are offered here.

7-8 Performed as part of a medley on some 1987 solo shows.

10 A new discovery to me, A snippet was apparently played in a performance of Watching The Detectives in Lancaster 1982

12-13 Feature on the Album King of America

15,23 Played on some Confederates shows in 1986/7

16 A studio demo of this exists from 1985.

18,20,21 Appeared on Blood and Chocolate 2cd edition.

19 Demo appears on Goodbye Cruel World 2cd edition.

22 Another selection from Kojak Variety that Elvis had been performing since 1984.

25 First released on King of America 2cd edition.

26 Performed at a one off appearance with Johnny Cash in London 1989