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DISCOGRAPHY – 1969 

Double LP: ELVIS – FROM MEMPHIS TO VEGAS / FROM VEGAS TO MEMPHIS (BACK IN MEMPHIS)

Songs:

FROM MEMPHIS TO VEGAS (IN PERSON)
Side 1

Blue Suede Shoes »

Johnny B. Goode »

All Shook Up »

Are You Lonesome Tonight »

Hound Dog »

I Can’t Stop Loving You »

My Babe »

Side 2

Mystery Train » / Tiger Man

Words »

In The Ghetto »

Suspicious Minds »

Can’t Help Falling In Love »

FROM VEGAS TO MEMPHIS (BACK IN MEMPHIS)

Side 3

Inherit the Wind »

This is the Story »

Stranger in my Own Home Town »

A Little Bit of Green »

And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind »

Side 4

Do You Know Who I Am »

From a Jack to a King »

The Fair is Moving On »

You’ll Think of Me »

Without Love »

Reference: (US) RCA LSP 6020

Date of release: November 1969

Information: This was the first double LP of Elvis's career. Sides 1 and 2 consisted of live recordings made at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in August 1969, and sides 3 and 4 were studio recordings from Elvis's two sessions at Memphis's American Sound Studios in January and February 1969. Two 8"-by10" black-and-white photos from Elvis, the 1968 TV special, came with the album. A total of four photos were available, but only two, in different combinations, were issued for each LP. The two-record set was originally pressed on non-felxible vinyl. From 1971 on, the pressings were on flexible vinyl. From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis quickly reached sales of 1$ million, qualifying it for a Gold Record. Certification was made by the RIAA on December 12, 1969. In November 1970, RCA released each record in this double LP individually. Sides 1 and 2 were titled Elvis in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, and sides 3 and 4 were titled Back in Memphis.

From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis spent 24 weeks on Billboard's Top LPs chart, reaching a high position of #12. It did slightly better on the Country LPs chart, peaking at #5.