As Recorded at Madison Square Garden

Elvis As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Live album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedJune 1972
RecordedJune 10, 1972
VenueMadison Square Garden
New York City, New York
GenreRock
Length52:30
LabelRCA Victor
Elvis Presley chronology
He Touched Me
(1972) 		Elvis As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
(1972) 		Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
MusicHound[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Rough Guides[5]

Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden is a live album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in late June 1972 by RCA Records. It peaked at No. 11 on the Top 200 US Billboard albums chart on September 9, 1972.[6] Recorded at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on Saturday June 10, 1972,[7] the concert, and the subsequent album, were promoted as being Presley's first live concerts in the Big Apple since the 1950s.

The album was certified Gold on August 4, 1972, Platinum on May 20, 1988, double-Platinum on March 27, 1992, and triple-Platinum on July 15, 1999, by the RIAA.[8] Along with Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite it ranked as one of the best selling live albums of the 1970s.

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Elvis Presley As Recorded at Madison Square Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 892. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ^ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. pp. 147–48. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
  6. ^ "Elvis chart history". Billboard.
  7. ^ "1970s discography".
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.