Elvis Presley - Burning Love - The 31 March, 1972 Rehearsal (re-edited with new audio)

‘Burning Love’ was recorded by Elvis in RCA’s Studio C in Hollywood, California on 28 March 1972, one of only two recorded that day, the other being ‘Fool’. This was the middle day of a three day session which would yield seven masters including ‘Always On My Mind’ and ‘Separate Ways’. Elvis’ producer Felton Jarvis was convinced that a song he had been given by his friend Bob Beckham, a Nashville publisher, would be a big hit for Elvis. Initially unconvinced it took a great deal of effort and persuasion on the part of Jarvis and Beckham to get Elvis to record the Denis Linde composition – ‘Burning Love’. The electric guitar opening and riffs were overdubbed and played by Dennis Linde himself. Elvis introduced it into his live repertoire for his next tour which began just over a week after the Hollywood session in Buffalo, New York on 5 April and concluded in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 19 April – nineteen shows later. Performed only twice on this tour it was presumably included for the benefit of the MGM came