Pure Gold (Elvis Presley album)

Pure Gold
Compilation album by Elvis Presley
Released	1975
Recorded	1956-1972
Genre	Rock and roll
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Ethel Gabriel
Elvis Presley chronology
Promised Land (1975) Pure Gold (1975) Today (1975)

Pure Gold is a 1975 compilation album by Elvis Presley released as part of the RCA Records budget "Pure Gold" series of albums. Though at this point in his career, Presley was focused more on the country music market, where he had a string of chart-topping records in recent years, this collection focuses more on earlier material than recent hits. Considered a rather mediocre compilation album in terms of both content and sound quality, Pure Gold nevertheless sold very well in the wake of Elvis' death in August 1977.

Content

"Kentucky Rain", "Fever", "It's Impossible", and "In The Ghetto" are true stereo mixes. All other tracks are in "electronically reprocessed" stereo. When this album was eventually issued on CD in the early 1990s, the 6 songs from the 1950s were restored to original monaural sound. It was certified Gold on September 12, 1977, Platinum on March 20, 1988 and 2x Platinum on March 27, 1992 by the RIAA.

The front cover photo features Elvis from his Aloha from Hawaii concert in 1973.

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Kentucky Rain"	Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard	February 19, 1969	3:14
2.	"Fever" (from Elvis Is Back!)	Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell	April 3, 1960	3:31
3.	"It's Impossible" (from Elvis)	Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne	February 16, 1972	2:51
4.	"Jailhouse Rock"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	April 30, 1957	2:23
5.	"Don't Be Cruel"	Otis Blackwell	July 2, 1956	2:04

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"I Got a Woman" (from Elvis Presley)	Ray Charles and Renald Richard	January 10, 1956	2:25
2.	"All Shook Up"	Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley	January 12, 1957	1:57
3.	"Loving You" (from Loving You)	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	February 24, 1957	2:12
4.	"In the Ghetto"	Mac Davis	January 20, 1969	2:20
5.	"Love Me Tender" (from Love Me Tender)	Vera Matson and Elvis Presley	August 24, 1956	2:41