Legacy Recordings and Sony Music will release If I Can Dream, an album of Elvis Presley songs re-recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. We’re pleased to premiere this version of “Burning Love” from the compilation.
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Accompanying Presley’s original vocal track are the same guitar riff and drum beat, along with a bed of strings surrounding the track. They fill the “empty space” present in the 1972 single with a lush arrangement that swells as Presley goes into the chorus.
The album features 14 tracks from the King’s catalog re-recorded at Abbey Road Studios, including “Love Me Tender,” “In The Ghetto,” “Can’t Help Falling In Love” and his cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Additionally Michael Bublé’s is included on this version of “Fever,” making the song a duet.
“This would be a dream come true for Elvis,” Priscilla Presley said of the album in a release. “He would have loved to play with such a prestigious symphony orchestra. The music…the force that you feel with his voice and the orchestra is exactly what he would have done.”
If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be released on Oct. 30.
Stream Elvis Presley and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s “Burning Love” below:
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