Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5

Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 is the final album in the RCA Golden/Gold Records series by American singer and musician Elvis Presley (which began in 1958), and the only volume in the series to be issued posthumously. The album was released by RCA Records in March 1984 on both LP and compact disc. The album is a compilation of hit singles released between 1968 and 1977. It is the only one of the series not to make the Billboard album chart, "bubbling under" at #207 for two weeks. It was certified Gold on 7/15/1999 by the RIAA.

Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5
Greatest hits album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedMarch, 1984
RecordedSeptember, 1967 to
October, 1976
GenreRock
Length30:08 (original release)
46:00 (reissue)
LabelRCA Records
ProducerJoan Deary
Elvis Presley chronology
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 4
(1983)		 Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5
(1984)		 Elvis: The First Live Recordings
(1984)

Content

Gold Records Volume 5 comprises nine Top 40 A-sides along with one b-side, "For the Heart" from 1976. Released more than sixteen years since the previous installment in the series, it covers a span of almost ten years. The first side of the album focused on Elvis' late 1960s comeback-era recordings: "If I Can Dream" was taken from his comeback special, three singles from the American studios sessions "Suspicious Minds", "Kentucky Rain", and "In The Ghetto", and "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" was a soundtrack recording from The Trouble with Girls. The second side contained Elvis' late period singles including "Burning Love" and "Moody Blue". RCA apparently did not base the track selection solely on commercial factors, as two top ten hit singles from this time period, "Don't Cry Daddy" from 1969 and "The Wonder of You" from 1970, were omitted.

Originally recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, RCA Studio C in Hollywood, Western Recorders in Burbank, California, Stax Studio and in The Jungle Room in Memphis, Tennessee. Original recordings produced by Felton Jarvis, Chips Moman, Bones Howe and Billy Strange.

Reissues

RCA reissued the album on July 15, 1997, and added six bonus tracks taken from a three-year span from 1967 to 1970, including three additional Top 40 singles. The original album sequence was largely left intact, though "If I Can Dream" was moved to the end of the disc. RCA's selection of bonus tracks is somewhat puzzling as it features several of Elvis' pre-comeback recordings, rather than 1970s hits; "Always On My Mind", "Promised Land", "Steamroller Blues", "Separate Ways", "Hurt", "T-R-O-U-B-L-E", "I Really Don't Want To Know", and "Until It's Time for You to Go" were among Elvis' top forty hits during the decade. Only "Memories" which was featured on Elvis' comeback special and "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me", a top twenty single in 1970 are consistent with the selection from the original album. Three of the bonus tracks are from soundtrack recordings, "Big Boss Man" and "Guitar Man" were originally released as bonus songs from the Clambake album (as well as two late 1960s hit singles) and "Edge of Reality" is from Live a Little, Love a Little (it was also the B-side to "If I Can Dream"). The remaining track, "U.S. Male" was a 1968 single.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Collective personnel

Track listing

Chart positions taken from the Billboard singles chart

Original release
Side one
No.ZSong TitleWriter(s)RecordedCatalogueRelease dateChart PeakTime
1."Suspicious Minds"Mark JamesJanuary 22, 196947-9764August 26, 196913:28
2."Kentucky Rain"Eddie Rabbitt and Dick HeardFebruary 19, 196947-9791January 29, 1970163:14
3."In the Ghetto"Mac DavisJanuary 20, 196947-9741April 14, 196932:45
4."Clean Up Your Own Backyard"Billy Strange and Mac DavisOctober 23, 196847-9747June 17, 1969353:07
5."If I Can Dream"Walter Earl BrownJune 23, 196847-9670November 5, 1968123:11
Side two
No.ZSong TitleWriter(s)RecordedCatalogueRelease dateChart PeakTime
1."Burning Love"Dennis LindeMarch 28, 197274-0769August 1, 197222:50
2."If You Talk In Your Sleep"Red West and Johnny ChristopherDecember 11, 1973APBO 0280May 10, 1974172:34
3."For the Heart"Dennis LindeFebruary 5, 1976PB 10601bMarch 12, 1976̶3:22
4."Moody Blue"Mark JamesFebruary 4, 1976PB 10857November 29, 1976313:22
5."Way Down"Layng Martine Jr.October 29, 1976PB 10998June 6, 1977182:38

1997 CD reissue

No.ZSong TitleWriter(s)RecordedCatalogueRelease dateChart PeakTime
1."Suspicious Minds"Mark JamesJanuary 22, 196947-9764August 26, 196913:28
2."Kentucky Rain"Eddie Rabbitt and Dick HeardFebruary 19, 196947-9791January 29, 1970163:14
3."In the Ghetto"Mac DavisJanuary 20, 196947-9741April 14, 196932:45
4."Clean Up Your Own Backyard"Billy Strange and Mac DavisOctober 23, 196847-9747June 17, 1969353:07
5."Burning Love"Dennis LindeMarch 28, 197274-0769August 1, 197222:50
6."If You Talk In Your Sleep"Red West and Johnny ChristopherDecember 11, 1973APBO 0280May 10, 1974172:34
7."For the Heart"Dennis LindeFebruary 5, 1976PB 10601bMarch 12, 1976̶3:22
8."Moody Blue"Mark JamesFebruary 4, 1976PB 10857November 29, 1976313:22
9."Way Down"Layng Martine Jr.October 29, 1976PB 10998June 6, 1977182:38
10."Big Boss Man"Luther Dixon and Al SmithSeptember 10, 196747-9341September 26, 1967382:50
11."Guitar Man"Jerry ReedSeptember 10, 196747-9425January 9, 1968432:12
12."U.S. Male"Jerry ReedJanuary 16, 196847-9465February 28, 1968282:42
13."You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito PallaviciniJune 6, 197047-9916October 6, 1970112:30
14."Edge of Reality"Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence KayeMarch 7, 196847-9670bNovember 5, 1968̶3:33
15."Memories"Billy Strange and Mac DavisJune 23, 196847-9731February 25, 1969353:03
16."If I Can Dream"Walter Earl BrownJune 23, 196847-9670November 5, 1968123:11

References
  1. Eder, Bruce. Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 5 at AllMusic. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
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