Elvis

This 1973 album might seem at first like a patchwork: it includes studio recordings from spring 1971, a single live track, and two more songs tracked in March 1972. But the choice of material is fascinating. There’s a song by Paul Williams (“Where Do I Go From Here”), one by Gordon Lightfoot (“(That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me”), and two (“It’s Still Here” and “I Will Be True”) by blues/R&B songwriter Ivory Joe Hunter. On those, Elvis plays piano — tentatively, but all the more affectingly for it. And the whole thing ends with a loose, lighthearted version of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” edited down from a nine-minute jam in the studio.