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Tom Lane's avatar

Great read. In Dave Marsh’s 1989 book, 1001 Greatest Rock Singles, he lists “US Male” as evidence that an Elvis revival was brewing underneath all those soundtrack songs. This is a fascinating era for Elvis fans. Not sure RCA has ever anthologized it on record very well. But they should.

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Robert C. Gilbert's avatar

Agreed! The collector FTD release of 'How Great Thou Art' plus 'Elvis Sings Guitar Man' (which collect the non-religious, non-movie 1966 recordings plus the September 1967) are the best summations of this time period. RCA did put out a release in the 90s or early aughts that collected most of these recordings but that's about it for wide release. Thank you for reading! Appreciate the kind words.

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