- An Afternoon in the Garden
Infobox Album
Name = An Afternoon in the Garden
Type = Live album
Artist =Elvis Presley
Released =March 25 1997
Recorded =June 10 ,1972
Genre = Rock
Length = 60:49
Label = RCA 67457-2
Producer =Ernst Mikael Jorgensen Roger Semon
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfpxqthldfe link]
Last album = "Elvis 56 " (1996)
This album = "An Afternoon in the Garden" (1997)
Next album = "Tiger Man" (1998)"An Afternoon in the Garden" is a
compact disc recording of a live show presented byElvis Presley atMadison Square Garden onJune 10 ,1972 , released in 1997, RCA 67457-2.Contents
During the weekend of
June 9 throughJune 11 ,1972 , Elvis Presley gave his very first concerts inNew York City ; he had performed ontelevision in the 1950s and recorded at studios in the city, but had never performed in a concert venue before a paying audience. Four shows in total were scheduled: three for the evenings of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with a matinee performance on Saturday afternoon as well. Engineers fromRCA Records taped the two Saturday concerts, the results of the evening show released a mere eight days later on "", while the tapes for the afternoon show stayed in the vaults until a few months before the twenty-fifth anniversary of the concerts.The track "
I Can't Stop Loving You " had been released previously in 1977 as the sole unissued track on "Welcome to My World", and the tracks "Reconsider Baby " and "I'll Remember You " had been previously released on disc five of the .Personnel
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Elvis Presley – vocal,guitar
*James Burton – guitar
* John Wilkinson - guitar
* Charlie Hodge - guitar, backing vocals, water, scarves
*Glen Hardin -piano
*Jerry Scheff – bass
*Ronnie Tutt - drums
*J.D. Sumner & The Stamps - backing vocals
*Kathy Westmoreland - backing vocals
*The Sweet Inspirations - backing vocals
*Joe Guercio - conductor
*The Joe Manning Orchestra Track listing
"Chart positions for albums from the
Billboard 200 "
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