Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2

Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 is a compilation album featuring recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. As with the first volume of the series, issued in 1974, the collection was a mixture of previously released and never-before-released recordings.

Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2
Greatest hits album by Elvis Presley
Released	January 8, 1976
Recorded	July 5, 1954–January 14, 1973
Genre	Rock
Length	26:38
Label	RCA Records
Elvis Presley chronology
Today (1975) Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 (1976) The Sun Sessions (1976)

The album was certified Gold on October 25, 1977 and Platinum and 2× Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA.

Content

In this second volume of the Presley Legendary Performer series, RCA released for the first time "Harbor Lights", a ballad Presley recorded during his first session for Sun Records in July, 1954. This marked the first time since 1965 that RCA had released any unissued recordings from the Sun Records archives. Other previously unreleased material on the album included an alternate take of Presley's 1956 hit "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You", several previously unissued performances from the 1968 NBC TV special, the song "A Cane and a High Starched Collar" (the RCA 8 track tape version had a false start to this song) from the soundtrack of the 1960 film Flaming Star, and Presley's 1960 recording of "Such a Night" (the 8 track tape version had several false starts to this song). A pair of previously unreleased interview recordings were also included on this album.

The Legendary Performer series would continue with Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 3, which was released in 1978.

As with A Legendary Performer, Volume 1, BMG's 1989 cd release cut out some of the tracks from the original LP. Missing from the cd version is "the Interview With Jay Thompson", "Blue Christmas", "A Cane and a High Starched Collar", and "Presentation of Award (1961)."

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Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Harbor Lights" (previously unreleased Sun master)	Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams	July 5, 1954	2:35
2.	"Interview with Elvis: Jay Thompson"		April 9, 1956	3:34
3.	"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (previously unreleased alternate take)	Ira Kosloff, George Mysels	April 11, 1956	2:40
4.	"Blue Suede Shoes" (previously unreleased live version)	Carl Perkins	June 27, 1968	1:37
5.	"Blue Christmas"	Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson	September 5, 1957	2:30
6.	"Jailhouse Rock"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 14, 1957	2:25
7.	"It's Now or Never"	Eduardo di Capua, Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder	April 3, 1960	3:12

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"A Cane and a High Starched Collar" (previously unreleased)	Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett	August 12, 1960	2:40
2.	"Presentation of Awards to Elvis"		March 25, 1961	1:24
3.	"Blue Hawaii" (previously unreleased live version)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	January 14, 1973	2:29
4.	"Such a Night"	Lincoln Chase	April 4, 1960	3:36
5.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do" (previously unreleased live version)	Jimmy Reed	June 27, 1968	1:44
6.	"How Great Thou Art"	Stuart K. Hine	May 25, 1966	2:58
7.	"If I Can Dream"	Walter Earl Brown	June 30, 1968	3:14

External links

• Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 at Discogs (list of releases)