Vinyl Record

Elvis Presley - Elvis At Stax

Elvis Presley - Elvis At Stax on 2LP vinyl. A 2013 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

2LP · 2013

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2013 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Elvis At Stax revisits the 1973 Memphis sessions that placed Elvis Presley inside one of American soul's most charged studio addresses, long after the first rock and roll revolution and after the 1968 comeback had already recast him as an adult performer. The material comes from July and December 1973 sessions at Stax, later scattered across 1970s releases before being reframed as a coherent chapter. That reframing is crucial. Heard together, these recordings reveal a late Elvis who is not simply the jumpsuit image or the nostalgia machine, but a singer still searching through country-soul, gospel warmth, blues feeling and grown-up hurt. Promised Land has propulsion. If You Talk in Your Sleep carries a sly, nocturnal groove. Loving Arms and Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues show how vulnerable he could sound when the song left room for fatigue. The Stax setting does not magically make Elvis a Southern soul artist in the strict sense, but it does sharpen the Memphis connection and lets the 1970s voice sit close to musicianship, exhaustion and instinct.

Elvis At Stax matters because it restores coherence to a late-career studio chapter that had often been obscured by the flood of live albums and fragmented 1970s releases. It shows Elvis in 1973 as a working interpreter, still capable of drama, groove and emotional precision outside the obvious hits.

For collectors, Elvis At Stax is a strong late-period counterweight to the 1950s and soundtrack titles. It is not the place to start with Elvis, but it is one of the clearest ways to hear the mature voice negotiating country, soul and blues textures in a real studio setting.

1970s Memphis studio Elvis with country-soul arrangements, bluesy guitars, gospel undertow, warm rhythm sections, grown-up ballads and a voice carrying power, wear and interpretive command.

Recommended for: Collectors exploring Elvis beyond the 1950s hits; Fans of country-soul and 1970s Memphis studio sound; Listeners interested in late-period Presley as an interpreter.

When were the Elvis At Stax recordings made? The core sessions were recorded in Memphis at Stax in 1973, across July and December dates. Was Elvis At Stax originally released in the 1970s? The recordings were originally spread across 1970s releases; Elvis At Stax later reframed them as a focused sessions-based collection. What kind of music is on Elvis At Stax? It leans into country-soul, blues, gospel-coloured ballads and 1970s studio grooves rather than the early rock and roll sound.