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Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)

A country record cut in Nashville in 1970.
Elvis Presley, 1971

Released
7 January 1971
Recorded
4 to 8 June and 22 September 1970
Studio
RCA Studio B, Nashville
Label
RCA Victor
Producer
Felton Jarvis

Produced by Felton Jarvis at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Most of it came from five days of sessions in June 1970 that yielded 35 usable tracks, with Presley recording his vocal in the same take as the band. Jarvis and Presley realized they had several country songs in hand and recorded more to make a full country album. They returned in September for Snowbird and a one-take Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. Fragments of I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago bridge each track. The lead single, I Really Don't Want to Know with There Goes My Everything on the other side, came out on 8 December 1970 and reached number 21 on the Hot 100.

The album reached number 12 in the US and number six in the UK, and was certified Gold in December 1977. The cover is a colorized photograph of Elvis as an infant. A 2004 CD reissue added six bonus tracks, and a Legacy Edition in 2012 paired it with Love Letters from Elvis.

Track listing

  1. Snowbird2:04
  2. Tomorrow Never Comes3:53
  3. Little Cabin on the Hill1:45
  4. Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On3:00
  5. Funny How Time Slips Away4:20
  6. I Really Don't Want to Know2:45
  7. There Goes My Everything2:55
  8. It's Your Baby, You Rock It2:56
  9. The Fool2:26
  10. Faded Love3:04
  11. I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water3:41
  12. Make the World Go Away3:34

Personnel

More from Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley (1956), Elvis' Golden Records (1958), Elvis Is Back! (1960), From Elvis in Memphis (1969), Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (1973), The Sun Sessions (1976)

Sources

  1. Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old), Wikipedia
  2. Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old), Discogs