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RCA AND LEGACY RELEASE ELVIS PRESLEY ‘SUNSET BOULEVARD’

RCA RECORDS & LEGACY RECORDINGS RELEASE ‘SUNSET BOULEVARD’

A RARE WINDOW INTO ELVIS PRESLEY’S LOS ANGELES STUDIO SESSIONS (1970–1975)

OUT NOW: https://elvis.lnk.to/SunsetBoulevard

89 TRACKS OF RARITIES + NEW AND NEVER-HEARD MIXES ACROSS 5-CD AND DIGITAL FORMATS, PLUS A 2-LP ‘HIGHLIGHTS’ EDITION

“THERE IS NO GREATER GIFT FOR THE ELVIS AFICIONADO” – ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPECIAL ‘SUNSET BOULEVARD’ LISTENING EVENT SET FOR AUGUST 13 AT GRACELAND, AS PART OF ELVIS WEEK, HONORING 90 YEARS OF PRESLEY

Elvis Presley Sunset Boulevard album cover

 

August 1, 2025: RCA Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, have released Sunset Boulevard today — a definitive 5-CD collection chronicling Elvis Presley’s recording sessions and rehearsals at RCA’s legendary Los Angeles studios.

Spanning 89 rarities – over half of which have never been released in the United States – Sunset Boulevard delivers illuminating perspective onto Elvis’ 1970s recording output.

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This includes rare alternate studio versions of late-period gems like “Separate Ways” – widely seen as the most autobiographical song Elvis ever recorded – “T-R-O-U-B-L-E,” which channeled the groundbreaking signature vocal style from his earlier years, and “Burning Love,” the 40th and final Top Ten single of his career.

Another powerful highlight of the Sunset Boulevard collection is “Always on My Mind,” which stands as one of Elvis Presley’s most emotionally resonant recordings from his 1970s sessions. Though widely popularized by Willie Nelson a decade later – and originally penned by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, and Mark James – Presley’s version captures the song’s raw vulnerability with striking depth.

Listen to “Always on My Mind” here: https://Elvis.lnk.to/AlwaysOnMyMind

Listen to Sunset Boulevard in full here: https://Elvis.lnk.to/SunsetBoulevard

Elvis Presley recording session photoCourtesy of JAT Publishing

On Sunset Boulevard, the collection’s first two discs (also released as a standalone 2 LP ‘highlights’ set with a curated selection of standouts and outtakes) feature new and never-heard mixes from four-time GRAMMY winner Matt Ross-Spang – stripping all overdubs and delivering fresh insights in the process. Opening with seventeen classics from throughout Elvis’ time in RCA Studio C, these mixes provide an intimate glimpse into the ways his riveting voice interacts with material from the era’s greatest songwriters: Kris Kristofferson’s “For The Good Times” (a 1972 b-side first released in 1995), Paul Williams’ “Where Do I Go From Here” (from 1973’s Elvis), Billy Swan’s “I Can Help” (from 1975’s Today) and Don McLean’s “And I Love You So” (also from Today) among them. Ross-Spang’s stripped-down mixes equally bolster the seventeen studio outtakes that comprise the set’s second piece.

Sunset Boulevard is available in 5-CD and digital formats, including rare archival photographs and new liner notes from music historian Colin Escott, plus an introduction by longtime friend Jerry Schilling. The 2-LP ‘highlights’ edition is also offered in a Graceland Exclusive Color Variant.

The final three discs of Sunset Boulevard offer a behind-the-scenes look at Elvis’ history-making Las Vegas residency — featuring Los Angeles rehearsals from July 1970 and August 1974 with his iconic TCB Band. Throughout the sessions, Elvis pours himself into every line – with no one listening but his band and the engineer in the control room – as his lifelong love of performing is on full display. Elvis’ effortless chemistry with The TCB Band is palpable throughout both rehearsals, perhaps owing to his decision to record with a road band for the first time during this era.

Elvis Presley with TCB BandCourtesy of JAT Publishing

To celebrate the release, a special Sunset Boulevard listening event will be held during Elvis Week 2025, honoring what would have been Presley’s 90th birthday year. Hosted by Sony Music at Graceland’s Guest House Theater on Wednesday, August 13, the event will feature a Q&A with special guests and more. For more details visit https://smartseat.graceland.com/?itemNumber=45914#/

Disc 1 – The Masters
  1. Burning Love
  2. Always On My Mind
  3. Where Do I Go From Here
  4. Separate Ways
  5. For The Good Times
  6. It’s A Matter Of Time
  7. Fool
  8. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
  9. And I Love You So
  10. Susan When She Tried
  11. Woman Without Love
  12. Shake A Hand
  13. Pieces Of My Life
  14. Fairytale
  15. I Can Help
  16. Bringin’ It Back
  17. Green, Green Grass Of Home
Elvis recording session
Disc 2 – Outtakes Highlights
  1. Separate Ways – Take 25
  2. For The Good Times – Take 3
  3. Where Do I Go From Here – Take 2
  4. Burning Love – Take 2
  5. Fool – Take 1
  6. Always On My Mind – Take 2
  7. It’s A Matter Of Time – Takes 1–3
  8. It’s A Matter Of Time – Take 4
  9. Fairytale – Take 2
  10. Green, Green Grass Of Home – Takes 2 and 3
  11. And I Love You So – Take 2
  12. Susan When She Tried – Takes 1 and 2
  13. T-R-O-U-B-L-E – Take 1
  14. Tiger Man
  15. Shake A Hand – Take 2
  16. Bringin’ It Back – Takes 2 and 3
  17. Pieces Of My Life – Takes 2 and 3
Elvis in studio
Disc 3 – July 24, 1970 rehearsal
  1. That’s All Right
  2. I Got A Woman
  3. I Got A Woman
  4. The Wonder Of You
  5. I’ve Lost You
  6. The Next Step Is Love
  7. Stranger In The Crowd
  8. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
  9. Something
  10. Don’t Cry Daddy
  11. Don’t Cry Daddy
  12. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
  13. Polk Salad Annie
  14. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  15. I Can’t Stop Loving You
  16. Just Pretend
  17. Sweet Caroline
  18. Love Me Tender
  19. Words
  20. Suspicious Minds
  21. I Just Can’t Help Believin’
  22. I Just Can’t Help Believin’
Elvis performing
Disc 4 – July 24, 1970 rehearsal (continued)
  1. Tomorrow Never Comes
  2. Mary In The Morning
  3. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights
  4. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
  5. Just Can’t Help Believin’
  6. Heart Of Rome
  7. Heart Of Rome
  8. Memories
  9. Johnny B. Goode
  10. Make The World Go Away
  11. Stranger In My Own Home Town
  12. I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water

August 16, 1974 rehearsal

  1. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
  2. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
  3. Promised Land
  4. Promised Land
  5. Down In The Alley
  6. Down In The Alley
Disc 5 – August 16, 1974 rehearsal (continued)
  1. It’s Midnight
  2. It’s Midnight
  3. Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming
  4. Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues
  5. Softly As I Leave You
  6. Softly As I Leave You
  7. I’m Leavin’
  8. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  9. Proud Mary
  10. If You Talk In Your Sleep
  11. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
  12. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
  13. The Twelfth Of Never
  14. Faded Love
  15. Just Pretend