For the 10th anniversary of the king's passing RCA/BMG released the greatest hits compilations "The Number One Hits" and "The Top Ten Hits" as well as the themed albums "The Complete SUN Sessions" and "The Memphis Record". The latter one focuses on the recordings, Elvis made in early 1969 at the American Sound Studios. At the time the album was released in form of a double vinyl album (back in 1987 this was still the most common way to buy music), a compact disc and a cassette tape. The artwork was designed like a newspaper and includes an article by Peter Guralnick.

Just like the previous remake or remix albums, this one currently isn't available on the streaming platforms, too.

After leaving things out ("Our Memories Of Elvis"), re-recording music in a more modern style ("Guitar Man") and re-recording music and copying the original arrangements ("I Was The One") RCA/BMG now tried to offer something new by re-mixing the tracks. Greg Geller, the producer of "The Memphis Record", decided to embrace the new, digital technology and had Rick Rowe and Jack Adelman remaster and remix the recordings, using the latest state of the art equipment. Compared to the old analogue versions, the new ones sounded crisp and clean. The new mix also was a major improvement. Instead of the harsh separation of the left and the right channel, the re-mix offeres a more consistent, more modern sound picture. Additionally some of the tracks feature a different vocal track, others run a bit longer than the known versions.

However, the Presley fans of 1987 were used to the distorted analogue sound. To them the clean, crispy digital remakes sounded cold and soleless. The modernized, fuller sound image was considered to be a corruption. Maybe this was one of the reasons, "The Memphis Record" wasn't all that successful. Besides that, "The Top Ten Hits" and "The Number One Hits" were full of well known songs, while this compilation was not. It was aimed at the fans, who knew and appreciated Elvis' musical archivements from early 1969. But unfortunately these were the folks, who viewed the compact disc and the new digital technologies quite critically.

Remix of the original recording.

This version of "Power Of My Love" wasn't simply remixed, but it also runs a tad longer than the one on the album "From Elvis In Memphis".

Here "The Memphis Record" offers an alternate vocal recording. 

Remix of the original recording.

To mirror the presentation on the concert stage, the studio recording was spiced up with brass sounds and the ending was altered by fading out and in. The remix is closer to the original idea of "Suspicious Minds" and does without the brass and the fading.

Remix of the original recording.

Once again we get to hear an alternate vocal track.

Remix of the original recording.

The remix runs a bit longer than the version we know from the album "From Elvis In Memphis".

Remix of the original recording.

This one offers a different vocal track.

Remix of the original recording.

Once again we get to hear a different vocal track.

Remix of the original recording.

The version on "The Memphis Record" runs a tad longer than the one on the single.

Remix of the original recording.

Remix of the original recording.

Remix of the original recording.

Remix of the original recording.

The running time exceeds the one of the original version from the "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis" album.

This one also runs a bit longer.

Remix of the original recording.

Remix of the original recording.