The American Sound Studio Memphis Tennessee

It was bitter cold the evening of January 13, 1969, in Memphis, Tennessee. Producer Chips Moman and the searing band of musicians he had assembled at American Sound Studios were waiting the arrival of Elvis Presley and his notorious retinue. It would be the first evening of a scheduled ten day recording venture. It would also be the first such session for Presley outside of Nashville or Hollywood since he cut his last side for Sam Phillips at Sun Studio in 1955.
The next few weeks were to be a milestone in Presley's career. On his own initiative, with considerable encouragement and prodding from his friends, he would slip from under his agent's conservative and protective control to work with one of the hottest house bands and one of the hottest producers in the country. He would break many well-worn habits that had put his career in neutral. He would make a sustained effort to recreate himself and re-establish his musical dominance. And he would assemble strong new material for an adventurous live act set to open July 31st, later that year in Las Vegas.

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[LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS]

Fabulous to look back at that place !

Lov`n El♥is!

Thank you.

[memphismaria1]

Thank you so much for posting l was there on that day in 87 and have not video and would love this if at all possible ....l was with the ten years after EPFC ...been looking for 87 footage for years ..as l did not have a video camera back then and my camera was not too good ...thank you again xxand the memphis sessions are one of his best xxTCEx

[ROBINEPFAN]

LOVE this!

[terryking10]

where i cut my teeth  see paul terry

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[MemphisKisses]

awesome...

[alstrada]

Great !

RareElvisPresley com

[66annaliza]

hoi ger, deze studio gaat toch teggen de vlakte, of is er niet meer???

kamar fike is overleden, maar dat wist je zeker ook al??

jammer wel he?? zo blijft er nog scotty moore over en kathy westmoreland,

en de imperials???

liefs van annalies

[memphisdrean]

nice!