Elvis’ recorded “For Ol’ Times Sake”, originally recorded in Stax on 23 July 1973. The recipe to this original version of this obscure track is the simple yet unusual arrangement to the song combined with Elvis’ deliberately fragile vocal which portrays the emotion of the protagonists narrative.
This is a practice which Elvis had applied to great effect to many of his best recordings through the years. Songs such as “Anything That’s Part Of You”, “It Hurts Me”, “Do You Know Who I Am” and “I’m Leavin’” are just some examples of songs performed in that way.
Like many of the songs from the Stax sessions, this is one recording which definetly deserves to be better known.