Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances

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Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances
Compilation album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedOctober 25, 1994
RecordedJanuary 1957 – March 1974
GenreGospel
Length1:22:17
LabelRCA Records
ProducerErnst Mikael Jorgensen
Roger Semon
Paul Williams
Elvis Presley chronology
From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters
(1993) 		Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances
(1994)
Command Performances: The Essential 60's Masters II

(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
MusicHound[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Rough Guides[4]

Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances is a

session details and an essay by Charles Wolfe
.

Contents

The set, catalogued as number 66421-2, comprises recordings of

albums Presley released in his lifetime are included, while other songs had appeared on singles, an extended play single
, and other albums. The set also contains five previously unreleased selections, and the two discs present the studio masters in chronological session order.

Disc one contains the entirety of his two albums released respectively in 1960 and 1967,

hit single "Crying in the Chapel" which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100
and was added as the final track to the 1967 album.

Disc two contains the entirety of his 1972 album

How Great Thou Art
" and "Why Me Lord" being concert recordings.

This set accompanied RCA's mid-1990s compilation reissue program for Elvis Presley, including the five-disc

compact discs
, containing 507 recordings in total, constitute a substantial percentage of Presley's career output.

All selections recorded at

Steve Sholes or Felton Jarvis. Discographical information taken from Elvis Presley A Life in Music by Ernst Jorgensen.[5]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original album releaseLength
1."I Believe"Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al StillmanElvis' Christmas Album2:03
2."(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)"Thomas A. DorseyElvis' Christmas Album3:20
3."Take My Hand, Precious Lord"Thomas A. DorseyElvis' Christmas Album3:19
4."It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)"Stuart HamblenElvis' Christmas Album3:54
5."Milky White Way"Lander ColemanHis Hand in Mine2:12
6."His Hand In Mine"Mosie ListerHis Hand in Mine3:15
7."I Believe in the Man in the Sky"Richard HowardHis Hand in Mine2:11
8."He Knows Just What I Need"Mosie ListerHis Hand in Mine2:12
9."Mansion Over the Hilltop"Ira StanphillHis Hand in Mine2:55
10."In My Father's House"Aileene HanksHis Hand in Mine2:03
11."Joshua Fit the Battle"traditionalHis Hand in Mine2:39
12."Swing Down Sweet Chariot"traditionalHis Hand in Mine2:32
13."I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs"Culley HoltHis Hand in Mine1:50
14."If We Never Meet Again"Alfred E. BrumleyHis Hand in Mine1:58
15."Known Only to Him"Stuart HamblenHis Hand in Mine2:07
16."Working on the Building"Winifred O. Hoyle and Lillian BowlesHis Hand in Mine1:52
17."Crying in the Chapel"Artie GlennHow Great Thou Art2:24
18."Run On"traditionalHow Great Thou Art2:21
19."How Great Thou Art"Stuart K. HineHow Great Thou Art3:00
20."Stand by Me"traditionalHow Great Thou Art2:26
21."Where No One Stands Alone"Mosie ListerHow Great Thou Art2:42
22."So High"traditionalHow Great Thou Art1:56
23."Farther Along"traditionalHow Great Thou Art4:04
24."By and By"traditionalHow Great Thou Art1:49
25."In the Garden"C. Austin MilesHow Great Thou Art3:11
26."Somebody Bigger Than You and I"Hy Heath, Sonny Burke, Johnny LangeHow Great Thou Art2:25
27."Without Him"Mylon LeFevreHow Great Thou Art2:27
28."If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side"Henry SlaughterHow Great Thou Art1:36
29."Where Could I Go But to the Lord?"James B. CoatsHow Great Thou Art3:36
Total length:1:14:19
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original album releaseLength
1."
On Stage In Memphis
2:52
21."How Great Thou Art"Stuart K. HineOn Stage In Memphis3:34
22."I, John"William Johnson, George McFadden, Phillip Brookspreviously unreleased2:11
23."Bosom of Abraham"William Johnson, George McFadden, Phillip Brookspreviously unreleased0:53
24."You Better Run"traditionalpreviously unreleased2:09
25."Lead Me, Guide Me"Doris Akerspreviously unreleased2:36
26."Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" / "Nearer, My God, to Thee" (medley)Helen Howarth Lemmel / Sarah Fuller Flower Adamspreviously unreleased2:52
Total length:1:06:41

Personnel

References

  1. AllMusic
  2. ISBN 1-57859-061-2
    .
  3. ^ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  4. ISBN 1-84353-417-7
    .
  5. ^ Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1998, ISBN 0-312-18572-3
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