LSP 4460 ELVIS COUNTRY IM 10000 YEARS OLD

Album Title : Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
Catalogue Number : LSP - 4460
Year Release : 02nd January 1971

Side 1 : Snowbird - Tomorrow Never Comes - Little Cabin On The Hill - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Funny How Time Slips Away - I Really Don't Want To Know
Side 2 : There Goes My Everything - It's Your Baby You Rock It - The Fool - Faded Love - I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water - Make The World Go Away

Brief History :

Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) is the thirty-seventh studio album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records (LSP 4460 in January 1971). Recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, it reached #12 on the Billboard 200. It was certified Gold on 12/1/1977 by the RIAA. It peaked at #6 in the United Kingdom, selling over one million copies worldwide.

The lead single for the album, "I Really Don't Want to Know" b/w "There Goes My Everything" was released on December 8, 1970 and peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The bulk of the album came from five days of recording sessions in June 1970 which yielded 35 usable tracks. Presley performed every track "live", recording his vocal part in the same take as the band as was standard practice for him. Eight tracks from the session were released two months earlier in November 1970 on the That's the Way It Is album. During the sessions, Presley and producer Felton Jarvis realized they had several country songs in hand, and decided to record several more to create a full album of country material. Needing two more satisfactory tracks, Elvis returned to the same studio in September where he recorded "Snowbird" and a manic, one-take version of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On."

Along with his second LP, Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Is Back!, and From Elvis in Memphis, "Elvis Country" stands as one of Presley's cohesive musical works - the closest he came to concept albums, a mere handful from his large catalogue.

Nearly every style of country music is represented; bluegrass, honky tonk, Western swing, rockabilly, countrypolitan, and even the then-nascent "outlaw" movement. Snippets of the song "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago" act as a bridge between each track to enhance the sense of continuity.

After this album, Presley would return to his usual practice of recording a seemingly random batch of songs on each trip to the recording studio, letting his producer assemble them into albums.

Details :
Front Cover : Photo of Elvis as a baby also with his parents. Title on top. Catalogue number top left.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis in between song titles. Catalogue number top centre. Printed in U.S.A. bottom centre.
Label : Orange. Non Flexible vinyl.
Side 1 : Stereo at top.
Side 2 : Stereo at top.
Pressing Plant : Rockaway (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 1 : ZPRS - 1825 - 9S AIG (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 2 : ZPRS - 1826 - 7S A5A (Hand Etched)
*NOTE* 7inch x5inch bonus photo enclosed with this release. Colour photo front & b&w photo rear.

Details : 1971 Release
Front Cover : Photo of Elvis as a baby also with his parents. Title on top. Catalogue number top left.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis in between song titles. Catalogue number top centre. Printed in U.S.A. bottom centre.
Label : Orange. Flexible vinyl.
Side 1 : Stereo at top.
Side 2 : Stereo at top.
Pressing Plant : Hollywood
Matrix Number Side 1 : ZPRS - 1825 - 2S (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : ZPRS - 1826 - 1S (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* No photo with this release.

Details : 1976 Release
Front Cover : Photo of Elvis as a baby also with his parents. Title on top. Catalogue number top left.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis in between song titles. Catalogue number top centre. Printed in U.S.A. bottom centre.
Label : Tan. Flexible vinyl.
Side 1 : Stereo at top.
Side 2 : Stereo at top.
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis ?
Matrix Number Side 1 : ZPRS - 1825 - 7S A6 Z (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : ZPRS - 1826 - 3 A1 + (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* Rear cover "RE" bottom left. Side A & B now replaces Side 1 & 2. No photo with this release. On the rear cover the top line of 4 just under the Elvis photo "Strings Arranged by Don Tweedy / Strings Arranged by Cam Mullins / Horns Arranged by Bergen White" has been removed from this issue with "RE" bottom left.

Details :
Front Cover : Photo of Elvis as a baby also with his parents. Title on top. Catalogue number top left.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis in between song titles. Catalogue number top centre. Printed in U.S.A. bottom centre.
Label : Orange. Flexible vinyl.
Side 1 : Stereo at top.
Side 2 : Stereo at top.
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : ZPRS - 1825 - 4S A2 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : ZPRS - 1826 - 4S A2 (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* Hype Sticker to announce "Special Photo" 7inch x5inch bonus photo enclosed with this release. Colour photo front & b&w photo rear. Labels have dark font.

Details :
Front Cover : Photo of Elvis as a baby also with his parents. Title on top. Catalogue number top left.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis in between song titles. Catalogue number top centre. Printed in U.S.A. bottom centre.
Label : Orange. Flexible vinyl.
Side 1 : Stereo at top.
Side 2 : Stereo at top.
Pressing Plant : Rockaway (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 1 : ZPRS - 1825 - 8S A2F (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 2 : ZPRS - 1826 - 9S A1E (Hand Etched)
*NOTE* Hype Sticker to announce "Special Photo" 7inch x5inch bonus photo enclosed with this release. Colour photo front & b&w photo rear. Labels have light font.