Elvis Presley - Peace In The Valley: The Complete Gospel Recordings
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Artist: Elvis PresleyEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2000-09-12
Music Label: BMG / Elvis
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- His Hand In Mine
- I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs
- In My Father's House
- Milky White Way
- Known Only To Him
- I Believe In The Man In The Sky
- Joshua Fit The Battle
- He Knows Just What I Need
- Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
- Manson Over The Hilltop
- If We Never Met Again
- Working On The Building
- Crying In The Chapel
- How Great Thou Art
- In The Garden
- Somebody Bigger Than You And I
- Farther Along
- Stand By Me
- Without Him
- So High
- Where Could I Go But To The Lord
- By And By
- If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side
- Run On
- Where No One Stands Alone
- We Call On Him
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Who Am I?
- Life
- Only Believe
- He Touched Me
- I've Got Confidence
- Amazing Grace
- Seeing Is Believing
- He Is My Everything
- Bosom Of Abraham
- An Evening Prayer
- Lead Me, Guide Me
- There Is No God But God
- A Thing Called Love
- I, John
- Reach Out To Jesus
- Miracle Of The Rosary
- Put Your Hand In The Hand
- I Got A Feelin' In My Body
- Help Me
- If That Isn't Love
- Help Me (Live Version)
- Why Me Lord (Live Version)
- How Great Thou Art (Live Version)
- Farther Along
- Oh Happy Day
- I, John
- Bosom Of Abraham
- You Better Run
- Lead Me, Guide Me
- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Nearer My God To Me
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In
- Just A Little Talk With Jesus
- Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley
- Down By The Riverside
- Farther Along
- Blessed Jesus (Hold My Hand)
- On The Jericho Road
- I Just Can't Make It Myself
- I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In
- Softly And Tenderly
- (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
- It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
- I Believe
- Take My Hand, Precious Lord
- I Asked The Lord
- He
- Oh How I Love Jesus
- Show Me Thy Ways, O Lord
- Hide Thou Me
- Down By The Riverside/When The Saints Go Marchin' In
- Sing You Children
- Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
- Let Us Pray
- Gospel Medley: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Saved
- The Lord's Prayer
- How Great Thou Art (Live Version)
- (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
Music reviews of Peace In The Valley: The Complete Gospel Recordings
Music Review: Elvis at his most serious
Rating: 4 Stars
A miraculous RCA/BMG production, of course containing the three E.P. Gospel albums, the 1957 Extended Play, and all the individual songs adorning the secular Presley releases. That pretty much covers the first two Discs; Disc Three is the *fun* one, with relevant selectioons from "The Million Dollar Quartet", and some priceless "fly on the wall" home performances - he's still *Elvis*, but he's as relaxed as he's gonna be, just singing his heart out with his friends. There's an extended version of "Saved" from the TV Special and an incredible solo on "The Lord's Prayer". He's firmly in Opera territory on this "informal" opus.
Some small onjections: there's no reason not to have the tunes in chronological order; there's no reason to include the *Inspirational* songs "I Believe", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Life", as engaging as they are. (I still can't forget an earlier Elvis Gospel collection which featured "Where Did They Go, Lord", which was *not* a Gospel song!); lastly, why include the 1956 home recording of "When The Saints Go Marching In" where after about 15 seconds it shifts into parody. It's not bad, as parodies go, with Elvis intentionally singing off-key, surely a dfifficult thing to pull off. It opens Disc Three. Well, it's still Elvis...and his does have his piano.
"His Hand In Mine" tracks open Disc One, recorded in late 1960. This appears to be a very personal tribute to the "Quartets", and by extension to the assembled choir right in the Nashville studio, as he defers to the song, the arrangement, and the singers, in a vocal approach almost devoid of mannerism - he stays in that falsetto range for the most part, rarely employing chest tone. It's a beautiful sound but one wonders how much greater some things like "Joshua Fit The Battle" or "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" would have fared with more "signature" Elvis, shall we say. Another issue is in the mixing here, where Elvis' voice is basically isolated in the center. That, in itself, shouldn't *be* an issue, but where he steps back to let the Jordanaires have the spotlight, there's a sense of self-control which can be disconcerting to the listener: we get a small silence between his last note and the group's closing notes.
Interesting that the one song which was sent to the shelf, "Crying In The Chapel", became a huge international hit in 1965, and most likely instigated the "How Great Thou Art" album, released in '67!
That album is also on Disc One, to me a better album than "His Hand In Mine", A and R-wise and in performance. Once again, Presley's under-appreciated talent for arranging is a big part of this Grammy award winner. Although he's perhaps not in his best voice, and to my ears is projected from a slow running master tape, this album is a classic. I think RCA missed the boat when they didn't issue the title song on a single at the time. With Charlie Hodge's input, they got together a brilliant arrangement, which provided a platform for one of Elvis' greatest long high notes. His idol, Mario Lanza, would not have been unimpressed.
Disc Two has the 1972 "He Touched Me" album, his all-around best. I prefer the songs on the second album, but here Elvis' voice is strong, with almost none of the stylistic business as before. He soars on "I, John" and "Bosom Of Abraham" (aka "Rock A-My Soul"), and delivers a creative re-wording of "There Goes My Everything", with "He Is My Everything".
A very interesting time-line is detected with "Peace In The Valley". It appears that the jam session version from late '56 led to the Ed Sullivan rendition which led to the polsihed studio recording. Another one is with "When The Saints Go Marching In", twice in '56, then a movie soundtrack medley element. Then, of course, the "Farther Along" revisistation on "How Great Thou Art".
I deckine from 5 stars because of a somewhat monotonous sound on "His Hand In Mine" and a some tired tracks from "How Great Thou Art"; plus the few considerations mentioned above.
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