An Afternoon in the Garden
An Afternoon in the Garden is a live musical album recorded by American singer and musician Elvis Presley at Madison Square Garden on June 10, 1972. The album was released by RCA Records on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the concert in 1997 and on March 8, 2018 received an RIAA certification for 500,000 copies sold.
An Afternoon in the Garden | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | March 25, 1997 | |||
Recorded | June 10, 1972 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 60:49 | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Ernst Mikael Jorgensen Roger Semon | |||
Elvis Presley chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Content
During the weekend of June 9 through June 11, 1972, Elvis Presley gave his very first concerts in New York City; he had performed on television 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 from RCA Records taped the two Saturday concerts, the results of the evening show released a mere eight days later on Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden, 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 seventies box set.
Track listing
Personnel
- Elvis Presley – vocal, guitar
- James Burton – lead guitar
- John Wilkinson – rhythm guitar
- Charlie Hodge – guitar, backing vocals, water, scarves
- Glen Hardin – piano
- Jerry Scheff – bass
- Ronnie Tutt – drums
- J.D. Sumner & The Stamps Quartet (Ed Enoch, Bill Baize, Richard Sterban, Donnie Sumner) – backing vocals
- Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals
- The Sweet Inspirations (Estelle Brown, Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith) – backing vocals
- Joe Guercio – conductor
- The Joe Malin Orchestra
Charts
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000 |
References
- AllMusic review
- Dutch Charts – An afternoon in the Garden Archived January 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Elvis Presley Billboard chart history
External links
- An Afternoon in the Garden at Discogs (list of releases)
- Elvis at Madison Square Garden