Additional Information about The Essential Elvis, Vol. 5: Rhythm and Country by Elvis Presley (CD, Aug-1998, RCA)

Track Listing
1. I Got a Feelin' in My Body - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
2. Loving Arms - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
3. I've Got a Thing About You Baby - (previously unreleased, take, alternate take)
4. She Wears My Ring - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
5. You Asked Me To - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
6. There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
7. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
8. Find Out What's Happening - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
9. For Ol' Times Sake - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
10. If You Don't Come Back - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
11. Promised Land - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
12. Thinking About You - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
13. Three Corn Patches - (previously unreleased, take, alternate take)
14. Girl of Mine - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
15. Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
16. Spanish Eyes - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
17. Talk About the Good Times - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
18. If That Isn't Love - (previously unreleased, alternate take)

Album Notes
RHYTHM AND COUNTRY is a collection of previously unreleased studio outtakes by Elvis, recorded at Stax Studios in July and December of 1973.Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals); Kathy Westmoreland, Voice, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps (background vocals).Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.Engineers include: Al Pachucki, Mike Moran, Dick Baxter.Includes liner notes by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen.This is part of RCA's Essential Elvis series.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Personnel: J.D. Sumner & the Stamps, The Voice, Kathy Westmoreland (vocals).Audio Mixer: Dennis Ferrante.Recording information: Stax Studio, Memphis Tennessee (07/21/1973-12/16/1973).Unknown Contributor Role: Klaus Schmalenbach.Elvis Presley recorded his studio albums live, leading his band through take after take until he was satisfied with a recording's feel. Producer Felton Jarvis kept the tape rolling throughout these sessions, never knowing when the group would nail its final take. As a result, the RCA vaults are full of Presley studio tapes. Some of these tapes have been released through the ESSENTIAL ELVIS series, of which ELVIS RHYTHM AND COUNTRY is the fifth volume. This disc documents Elvis' two 1973 marathon sessions at Stax Studio in Memphis, during which he produced material for the albums GOOD TIMES, PROMISED LAND, and RAISED ON ROCK.RHYTHM AND COUNTRY allows listeners to hear Elvis and his band without the added backing vocals, horns, strings, and percussion that often mar Presley's '70s albums. Even better, it includes snippets of Presley singing "Columbus Stockade Blues," "Muleskinner Blues," and "Softly As I Leave You" between takes. Still, the recordings Elvis completed at these sessions are not among his greatest work, mostly because the songs themselves are not as strong as Presley's performances of them. There are enough great moments here to satisfy serious Elvis fans, though.