Track Listing

1. Raised on Rock
2. Are You Sincere
3. Find out What's Happening
4. I Miss You
5. Girl of Mine
6. For Ol' Times Sake
7. If You Don't Come Back
8. Just a Little Bit
9. Sweet Angeline
10. Three Corn Patches

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65319 in Music
• Released on: 1994-03-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Import
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
1994 digitally remastered reissue of the King's 1973 album for RCA. Deleted domestically.

Customer Reviews

The king continuing to amaze
There are 5, count 'em 5 rockers on this album and the song Raised On Rock is a winner. The first thing you hear is thudding bass, followed by a splintering guitar. "Just A Little Bit" is a classic R&B song done many times, and Elvis gives it a sultry southern soul treatment that's very worthy. The surprise on the album is the song "If You Don't Come Back" a VERY funky tune, in the purest meaning of the word funk, with funky wah-wah guitar and great syncopated rhthym, it kicks. There's a ballad on here called "For Old Times' Sale" that is just beautiful and heart wrentching, showing the delicacy of Elvis' voice when he wanted to convey tender emotion through this beautiful pseudo-country ballad with pop flavor. "Find Out What's Happening", I understand, was covered by some recent group - I haven't heard their version but I can ASSURE you that this original version is the definitive. And these songs don't sound old, the sound quality is crisp and clean, the bass pumps, the sound is all that. "I Miss You", another ballad, could bring the macho man to tears, it's absolutely beautiful. It can remind you of a lost love, or someone who's passed on, and it's invoking of many emotions. The rest of the songs are just as strong, while "Three Corn Patches" may be a little clichéd attempt at 50's rock and roll, it's still a great tune. Buy this album, before it's gone - because it is deleted. I recommend getting it now, because once it's gone, it's gone. Raised On Rock!

Another fine Elvis 70's Album
It has been said that Elvis' music of the 70's is the weakest of his career. I disagree! I feel the 70's is actually Elvis's best. Maybe the hits like Hound Dog and company were things of the past, but what he recorded was music he wanted to record. This is what comes through song after song. The emotion in these albums are unequalled in the 50's and 60's recordings save the 69 Memphis recordings and the 68 Comeback Special. This album is a perfect example. All ten tracks shine! From the grooves of Raised On Rock, If You Don't Come Back, and Just A Little Bit to the regret of For 'Ol Times Sake and the sadness of Sweet Angeline and I Miss You this is a classic Elvis album. Treat yourself and give this a listen. You will be glad you did!

I was born to love the beat.
In June of 1973, Elvis Presley entered the legendary Stax Studios to record a new album. There were high hopes for this recording session, since this was the studio that great records by the likes of Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Booker T. & the MGs were recorded. But things didn't go as planned. The recording studio wasn't as modern as Elvis was used to, which presented problems. And most of the songs that were recorded aren't all that great. Two of the best songs recorded at the sessions, "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" and "Take Good Care of Her", were left off of this album and saved for a later single, which certainly doesn't help the quality of this album. With those two songs not available for this album, that left only seven songs finished for the album, plus four backing tracks that didn't feature Elvis. A mobile recording truck was dispatched to Elvis' Palm Springs home, so he could add his vocals to the four instrumental tracks. But once again, things didn't proceed as planned. Elvis only recorded a vocal for one of the songs, "Sweet Angeline". He actually spent most of the time recording demos for his latest pet project, the singing group called "Voice". But he did manage to tape two other songs for the album, "I Miss You" and "Are You Sincere". So, after all that, how is the album? Pretty mediocre, actually. The songs aren't that great, the band sometimes doesn't jell and Elvis displays a noticible lack of enthusiasm much of the time. There are some good moments, but nothing really outstanding. This is one of the weaker albums of Elvis' later years. And at 27 minutes length, it's a very short album.