I Believe: The Gospel Masters

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This unique collection is a befitting tribute to Elvis Presley's 3 x Grammy Award-winning gospel and inspirational work. Discs 1 through 3 feature his entire non-secular studio masters in chronological order. Disc 4 covers the additional masters made for Elvis' movies, his comeback TV special in 1968, and recordings made live on stage. Disc 4 also includes two segments of Elvis singing religious songs in a more informal setting. The first segment includes Elvis with J.D. Sumner and The Stamps relaxing at the end of a long day at RCA's Hollywood studio on March 31, 1972. The final three recordings were done at his Los Angeles home in 1966, in preparation for the album HOW GREAT THOU ART. This four discs set is remastered from the original tapes using the latest DSD technology for optimum sound quality. As with his secular music, Elvis invented his own version of gospel, drawing from every element of his vast musical knowledge - without any musical prejudice or racial barriers. I BELIEVE - THE GOSPEL MASTERS offers the most comprehensive overview of Elvis' non-secular performances and provides testament to Elvis's musical excellence and his contribution to the popularization of religious music.

Title Tracks for I Believe: The Gospel Masters

1. I Believe
2. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
3. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
4. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
5. Milky White Way
6. His Hand In Mine
7. I Believe In The Man In The Sky
8. He Knows Just What I Need
9. Mansion Over The Hilltop
10. In My Father's House
11. Joshua Fit The Battle
12. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
13. I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs
14. If We Never Meet Again
15. Known Only To Him
16. Crying In The Chapel
17. Working On The Building
18. Run On
19. How Great Thou Art
20. Stand By Me
21. Where No One Stands Alone
22. So High
23. Farther Along
24. By And By
25. In The Garden
26. Somebody Bigger Than You And I
27. Without Him
28. If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side
29. Where Could I Go But To The Lord
30. You'll Never Walk Alone
31. We Call On Him
32. Who Am I?
33. I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
34. Life
35. Only Believe
36. Amazing Grace
37. Lead Me, Guide Me
38. He Touched Me
39. I've Got Confidence
40. An Evening Prayer
41. Seeing Is Believing
42. A Thing Called Love
43. Put Your Hand In The Hand
44. Reach Out To Jesus
45. He Is My Everything
46. There Is No God But God
47. Bosom Of Abraham
48. I, John
49. I Got A Feelin' In My Body
50. Help Me
51. If That Isn't Love
52. Down By The Riverside/When The Saints Go Marchin' In (from Frankie And Johnny)
53. Sing You Children (from Easy Come, Easy Go)
54. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot (from The Trouble With Girls)
55. Let Us Pray (from Change of Habit)
56. Gospel Medley: Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Saved (from the '68 Comeback Special)
57. If I Can Dream (from the '68 Comeback Special)
58. Why Me Lord (live)
59. How Great Thou Art (live)
60. Help Me (live)
61. I, John (from Elvis On Tour) (Bonus Track)
62. Bosom Of Abraham (from Elvis On Tour)(Bonus Track)
63. You Better Run (from Elvis On Tour)(Bonus Track)
64. Lead Me, Guide Me (from Elvis On Tour)(Bonus Track)
65. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Nearer My God To Thee (from Elvis On Tour)(Bonus Track)
66. Oh, How I Love Jesus (home recording)(Bonus Track)
67. Show Me Thy Ways, O Lord (home recording)(Bonus Track)
68. Hide Thou Me (home recording)(Bonus Track)

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful

Nobody sings gospel like the King!, March 16, 2009

steve_manassas (Manassas, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: I Believe: The Gospel Masters (Audio CD)

Nobody sings gospel like the King! This is a great-sounding collection of Elvis' best gospel recordings. How does it compare, you might ask, to the two previous Elvis gospel retrospectives - AMAZING GRACE: HIS GREATEST SACRED PERFORMANCES (1994) and PEACE IN THE VALLEY: THE COMPLETE GOSPEL RECORDINGS (2000)? Quite well, actually. I BELIEVE: THE GOSPEL MASTERS contains 54 of the 55 tracks from AMAZING GRACE. The only missing track is "Miracle of the Rosary"; why that was left off, I have no idea. As for the PEACE IN THE VALLEY collection, there are 21 tracks (22 if you count "Rosary") not found on I BELIEVE. But unless you're a hard-core Elvis completist who has to have everything, there's a lot less missing than meets the eye; 12 of the missing 21 tracks are from the Million Dollar Quartet sessions, which can easily be found on THE COMPLETE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET (2006); if you want the MDQ, why not buy the whole thing? Of the remaining nine, seven are home or informal...Read more

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

An amazing collection!, March 11, 2009

A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Believe: The Gospel Masters (Audio CD)

This is an outstanding collection of Elvis' Gospel music. Gospel was one of Elvis' early musical influences and loves. He puts his heart into every performance and of course his voice is unmatched. The only "Grammies" he won were for his Gospel recordings.

The first three CDs include songs recorded for 1957's "Peace in the Valley" EP and his three outstanding Gospel albums 1960's "His Hand in Mine", 1967's "How Great Thou Art", and 1972's "He Touched Me" along with some other Gospel songs recorded during the period that were released on other albums. The EP and all three Gospel albums were hits when they were released and all have been certified PLATINUM or MULTI-PLATINUM by the RIAA. Some of the songs were hits on the singles chart in the US, including "Peace in the Valley", the classic "Crying in the Chapel", and "You'll Never Walk Alone".

The last CD has Gospel songs from his movies, from the 1968 comeback TV special, including the moving "If I Can Dream"...Read more

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful

Awesome sound quality and packaging!!!, March 12, 2009

Bill Porter "thenexte" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Believe: The Gospel Masters (Audio CD)

For anybody who's on the fence about this new Elvis gospel box set I'd just like to point out that in comparison to the previous offerings "Amazing Grace" (1992) and "Peace in the valley" (1999) this new box set features dramatically improved sound quality and is a must-have if you didn't get last year's individually reissued gospel albums. It doesn't get any better than this!