Moody Blue

Moody Blue

Moody Blue is the twenty-fourth and final studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on July 19, 1977 by RCA Records, four weeks before his death. The album was a mixture of live and studio work, and included the four tracks from Presley's final studio recording sessions in October 1976 and two tracks left over from the previous Graceland session in February 1976. "Moody Blue" was a previously published hit song recorded at the earlier Graceland session and held over for this album. Also recorded at the February session was "She Thinks I Still Care". "Way Down" became a hit after Presley's death less than one month after this album's release. The album was certified Gold and Platinum on September 12, 1977, and 2× Platinum on March 27, 1992, by the RIAA. The first American pressings were pressed on translucent blue vinyl, for a limited run, the only time an Elvis record had been released in such a creative way. It soon reverted to black vinyl. However, after his death it returned to blue, making the US black vinyl the rarer of the two. In the UK all pressings were black vinyl.

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