His Hand in Mine

His Hand in Mine
Studio album by Elvis Presley
Released November 10, 1960
Recorded October 1960
Genre Gospel
Length 28:08
Label RCA Victor
Producer Steve Sholes
Elvis Presley chronology
G.I. Blues
(1960)		 His Hand in Mine
(1960)		 Something for Everybody
(1961)
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Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

His Hand in Mine is the twelfth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2328, in November 1960. It was the first of three gospel music albums that Presley would issue during his lifetime. Recording sessions took place on October 30 and 31, 1960, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. It peaked at #13 on the Top Pop Albums chart. It was certified Gold on 4/9/1969 and Platinum on 3/27/1992 by the R.I.A.A.

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Content

Presley had a lifelong, fundamental love of church music, and often used it to rehearse and loosen up before concerts and at the beginning of recording sessions.[2] Presley had earlier devoted an extended play single to his love for gospel songs, and was eager to record a full album of this music. This fit well with the Colonel's plan to steer his client into a family-friendly image as he switched Presley's career concentration toward movie stardom in Hollywood.[3]

All the selections for His Hand In Mine were completed in one fourteen-hour session. The songs "Surrender" and "Crying in the Chapel" were recorded during the session, but withheld for issue as singles. "Surrender" would be his first single of 1961 and top the chart, but "Crying in the Chapel" would wait until April 1965 to be issued, going to #3 on the chart. Presley later re-recorded "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" (not to be confused with the popular "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot") for the soundtrack of his 1969 film, The Trouble with Girls.[4]

This album was reissued on vinyl under a new catalogue number ANL1-1319 by RCA in 1976. It has a completely different front photo,and the back photos were replaced with advertising of many different available albums from RCA. It does contain exactly the same tracks as the original issue.

On March 11, 2008, RCA issued a remastered version of this album for compact disc, adding as bonus tracks the four songs which had originally appeared on that 1957 EP single Peace in the Valley, its contents later incorporated into that year's holiday record. The Presley fan-club label Follow That Dream issued an extended two-disc version the same year.

Personnel

Track listing

Side one

Track Recorded Song Title Writer(s) Time
1. 10/30/60 His Hand In Mine Mosie Lister 3:15
2. 10/31/60 I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs Cully Holt 1:50
3. 10/31/60 In My Father's House Aileene Hanks 2:03
4. 10/30/60 Milky White Way traditional 2:12
5. 10/31/60 Known Only to Him Stuart Hamblen 2:07
6. 10/30/60 I Believe in the Man in the Sky Richard Howard 2:11

Side two

Track Recorded Song Title Writer(s) Time
1. 10/31/60 Joshua Fit the Battle traditional 2:39
2. 10/30/60 He Knows Just What I Need Mosie Lister 2:12
3. 10/31/60 Swing Down Sweet Chariot traditional 2:32
4. 10/31/60 Mansion Over the Hilltop Ira Stanphill 2:55
5. 10/31/60 If We Never Meet Again Albert E. Brumley 1:58
6. 10/31/60 Working on the Building Hoyle Bowles 1:52

2008 reissue bonus tracks

Chart positions for EPs from the short-lived Billboard Extended Play chart

Side two

Track Recorded Original EP Issue Catalogue Release Date Chart Peak Song Title Writer(s) Time
1. 1/13/57 Peace in the Valley EPA 4054 3/57 #3 (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) Thomas A. Dorsey 3:22
2. 1/19/57 Peace in the Valley EPA 4054 3/57 #3 It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) Stuart Hamblen 3:53
3. 1/12/57 Peace in the Valley EPA 4054 3/57 #3 I Believe Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman 2:05
4. 1/13/57 Peace in the Valley EPA 4054 3/57 #3 Take My Hand, Precious Lord Thomas A. Dorsey 3:16

2008 FTD reissue

Disc one

  • His Hand in Mine 3:17 (Mosie Lister)
  • I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs 1:52 (Cully Holt)
  • In My Father's House (Are Many Mansions) 2:06 (Aileene Hanks)
  • Milky White Way 2:15 (Arranged and adapted by Elvis Presley)
  • Known Only to Him 2:09 (Stuart Hamblen)
  • I Believe in the Man in the Sky 2:14 (Richard Howard)
  • Joshua Fit the Battle 2:40 (Arranged and adapted by Elvis Presley)
  • He Knows Just What I Need 2:13 (Mosie Lister)
  • Swing Down Sweet Chariot 2:33 (Arranged and adapted by Elvis Presley)
  • Mansion over the Hilltop 2:57 (Ira Stamphill)
  • If We Never Meet Again 1:59 (Albert E. Brumley)
  • Working on the Building 1:54 (W.O. Hoyle/Lillian Bowles)
  • Surrender 1:55 (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)
  • Crying in the Chapel 2:27 (Artie Glenn)
  • His Hand in Mine (take 1) 3:41
  • I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (take 1) 1:59
  • Milky White Way (takes 1,2,3) 3:05
  • Known Only to Him (takes 1,2) 2:26
  • I Believe in the Man in the Sky (take 1) 2:27
  • Joshua Fit the Battle (take 1) 2:52
  • He Knows Just What I Need (take 1) 2:02
  • Mansion over the Hilltop (takes 2,1) 4:04
  • If We Never Meet Again (take 1) 2:02
  • Working on the Building (take 1) 2:01
  • Surrender (take 1) 2:01

Disc two: session outtakes

  • Milky White Way (takes 4,6,5) 3:27
  • His Hand in Mine (takes 2,3) 2:05
  • His Hand in Mine (takes 4) 3:39
  • His Hand in Mine (take 5) 3:23
  • I Believe in the Man in the Sky (takes 2,3,4) 4:02
  • He Knows Just What I Need (takes 2,3,4) 3:46
  • He Knows Just What I Need (takes 5,6,7) 3:43
  • He Knows Just What I Need (take 8) 2:20
  • Surrender (take 2) 2:00
  • Surrender (takes 3,5,6) 3:33
  • Surrender (take 7) 1:46
  • Surrender (takes 8,9) 2:38
  • Surrender (WP takes 2/1,3,4,5,6,7) 4:32
  • In My Father's House (Are Many Mansions) (takes 1,2,3,4) 3:07
  • In My Father's House (Are Many Mansions) (takes 5,6) 1:47
  • In My Father's House (Are Many Mansions) (take 7) 2:19
  • Joshua Fit the Battle (take 2) 2:56
  • Joshua Fit the Battle (take 3) 2:00
  • Swing Down Sweet Chariot (take 1) 2:48
  • Swing Down Sweet Chariot (takes 2,3) 2:58
  • I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (takes 2,3) 2:34
  • I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (take 4) 2:12
  • I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (take 5) 2:05
  • Known Only to Him (takes 3,4,5) 3:46
  • Crying in the Chapel (take 1) 1:35
  • Crying in the Chapel (takes 2,3-M) 3:16
  • Working on the Building (take 2) 2:17
  • Working on the Building (takes 3,4) 2:26

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 75, 328.
  3. ^ Jorgensen, p. 132-3.
  4. ^ Carr, Roy, and Farren, Mick. Elvis the Illustrated Record. London: Harmony Books, 1982; pp. 97, 106-107.

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