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July 21, 1973

Elvis arrived in the middle of the night at the Stax Studio and the musicians were shocked by his appearance. For most of them it was the first time they saw him not in good shape. The session broke off at 3.00 a.m.

Song of the day

A Little Less Conversation

The 2nd of back to back excellent rockers released in 1968 that failed to get radio airplay or sales at the time of release ("Let Yourself Go" was the 1st). After missing the top 40 for the first time with the two singles after 1967's "Indescribably Blue", Elvis had hit the top 40 with "Big Boss Man", just missed with "Guitar Man" and then hit the top 30 with "U.S. Male", it seemed Elvis was starting to game momentum. Elvis wasn't so much "old hat" in '68, but anything related to his movies or soundtracks was and these two singles shared that curse. Many people still went to go see "Speedway" and even LALLAL (two weekends at #1), but those were obviously not the kids who were buying the records. As for the song, it has always been a favorite of mine. Elvis seemed to sing the rust off his rocker voice with "She's A Machine" for ECEG and after that he only briefly returned to the tame rocker for the "Clambake" soundtrack. I prefer the version that found its way onto the "Almost In Love" LP as opposed to the single, but both Elvis never forgot how to rock.

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