Elvis Presley's Australian Chart Album's 1965 -2007

By: Gavin Ryan
Source: David Kent
December 2, 2005 - 11:22:00 AM
Australian Charts

Title
Entry Date
HP WI Catalogue No.
Roustabout - Soundtrack
9-Jan-65
2 12 RCA LSP 2999
Girl Happy - Soundtrack
12-Jun-65
5 4 RCA LSP 3338
California Holiday (Spinout) - Soundtrack 14-Jan-67 10 2 RCA LSP 3702
Elvis (19 Track Special) 5-Apr-69 6 7 RCA LPM 4088
Flaming Star 21-Jun-69 3 19 RCA Camden CAS 2304
From Elvis in Memphis 2-Aug-69 5 8 RCA LSP 4155
From Memphis to Vegas : From Vegas to Memphis 9-Mar-70 7 8 RCA Victor LSP 6020
On Stage; February 1970 9-Nov-70 16 12 RCA Victor LSP 4362
That's the Way It Is 1-Mar-71 13 8 RCA Victor LSP 4445
Elvis Country 14-Jun-71 15 8 RCA Victor LSP 4460
Elvis Now 19-Jun-72 43 8 RCA Victor LSP 4671
Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden 21-Aug-72 18 25 RCA Victor LSP 4776
Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite 5-Mar-73 9 26 RCA VSPX 6089
Elvis (Fool) 12-Nov-73 24 17 RCA Victor APL1-0283
Rock 'N' On 14-Jan-74 10 43 RCA Victor TSP 135
Elvis - A Legendary Performer, Volume 1 11-Mar-74 34 16 RCA Victor CPL1-0341
Raised On Rock 8-Apr-74 61 11 RCA Victor APL1-0388
Good Times 23-Sep-74 89 6 RCA Victor CPL1-0475
Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis 28-Oct-74 92 4 RCA Victor CPL1-0606
Rock 'N' On Volume 2 6-Jan-75 8 32 RCA Victor TSP 141
Elvis Today 23-Jun-75 46 15 RCA Victor APL1-1039
Elvis in the 70's 12-Jan-76 22 31 RCA Victor TSP 167
Welcome to My World 20-Jun-77 58 11 RCA Victor APL1-2274
Moody Blue 15-Aug-77 3 29 RCA Victor APL1-2428
Blue Hawaii, Soundtrack 29-Aug-77 63 7 RCA SL 101174
Elvis' Golden Records Volume 1 29-Aug-77 79 2 RCA LSP 1707
Elvis in Demand 29-Aug-77 89 2 RCA Victor SP 191
G.I. Blues - Soundtrack 5-Sep-77 71 5 RCA SL 10979
The Elvis Tapes 5-Sep-77 77 6 RCA Victor VPL1-4053
A Legendary Performer, Volume 2 5-Sep-77 87 2 RCA Victor CPL1-1349
Elvis in Concert 7-Nov-77 17 15 RCA Victor APL2-2587
Elvis in Hollywood 3-Apr-78 15 17 RCA Victor VPL1-7130
100 Super Rocks 18-Dec-78 59 10 RCA Victor VPL7-7176
Elvis Love Songs 10-Dec-79 23 17 K-tel NA 531
The Elvis Explosion 4-Aug-80 63 6 Summit VNL2-7340
Inspirations 15-Dec-80 43 8 K-tel NA 557
Guitar Man 9-Mar-81 39 8 RCA Victor APL1-3917
This is Elvis - Soundtrack 13-Sep-82 84 4 RCA Victor CPL2-4031
All the Best 13-Dec-82 17 15 RCA/Starcall TPR2-100
Elvis Blue 12-Mar-84 6 12 Starcall/Victor SPR 401
Elvis Ballads 19-May-86 18 21 J&B JB 249
Christmas with Elvis 15-Dec-86 65 4 Hammard HAM 150
Words and Music* 3-Aug-87 8 12 RCA Victor SFL1-0159
Seventeen Number 1's 18-Apr-88 51 10 J&B JB 328
The Great Performances 29-Oct-90 51 5 RCA Victor PL 82227
Presley - All Time Greatest Hits 9-Sep-91 7 81 RCA ND 90100 (CD)
The King of Rock 'N' Roll - The Complete 50's Masters 24-Aug-92 52 5 RCA 0786366050-2 (CD)
From the Heart 31-Aug-92 5 11 RCA PD 90642 (CD)
The Romantic 9-May-94 4 9 RCA ENTCD9004 (CD)
The Essential Collection 15-May-95 20 28 RCA 4321228712 (CD)
More Romantics 18-Aug-97 63 6 RCA 74321491232 (CD)
Gospel Favourites 18-Aug-97 84 3 RCA 74321491222 (CD)
Platinum, A Life in Music 18-Aug-97 56 8 RCA 07863674692 (CD)
Elvis The Concert 15-Jan-99 54 3 RCA 74321644292 (CD)
50 Greatest Love Songs 24-Dec-01 23 18 RCA 07863680262 (CD)
ELV1S 30 #1 Hits 30-Sep-02 1 (4) 60 RCA 07863680792 (CD)
2nd to None 13-Oct-03 4 16 RCA 82876511082 (CD)
Elvis at Sun 12-Jul-04 69 2 RCA 82876612052 (CD)
Love, Elvis 14-Feb-05 79 3 RCA 82876670012 (CD)
Elvis By The Presleys 20-Jun-05 22 9 RCA 82876678832 (CD)
HitStory (3CD Box Set) 14-Nov-05 28 8 RCA 82876731762 (CD)
18 UK #1's (18 CD Box Set) 14-Nov-05 96 1 RCA 82876729772 (CD)
The Essential Elvis Presley 22-Jan-07 33 7 RCA 828768904824 (CD)
Elvis The King

13-Aug-07

4 16 RCA 8697118042 (CD)
Viva Las Vegas (Limited Edition 2 CD) 13-Aug-07 57 4 RCA 88697131292 (CD)
Early Elvis 20-Aug-07 74 1 RCA 88697123392 (CD)
Elvis At The Movies 20-Aug-07 95 2 RCA 88697088872 (CD)
Elvis Live 27-Aug-07 77 1 RCA 82876857512 (CD)
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#1 songs have '1' in bold with a bracket next to it () indicating how many weeks the song spent at No.1 ~ e.g. ELV1S 30 #1 Hits 1 (4) means #1 for 4 weeks. Based on the top 100.

The Australian album charts did not start until January 1965, so any albums before that time are not recorded / listed.

*Full title Words and Music - 10th Anniversary Commemorative Album

This chart information was compiled by Gavin Ryan for Elvis Australia and sourced from two books by David Kent ...
Australian Chart Book 1940 - 1969 & Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992 http://www.austchartbook.com.au

Chart information post 1992 was sourced from ARIA.

Used with permission. © David Kent, Gavin Ryan & Elvis Australia.
No part of this document may be used without permission.

View Elvis' 120 Australian Chart Hits 1956-2006
Read about Elvis' Australian Charts Hits 1956-2007

Extra's :

Within weeks of Elvis' death on August 16 1977, there were as many as eleven Elvis Presley albums simultaneously in the Australian top 100 Albums chart.

On the week of September 5 there were the 11 Elvis albums in the top 100. The new release, Moody Blue was #8, Rock 'N' On #43, Rock 'N' On Vol. 2 #47, Elvis In The 70's #54, Welcome To My World #58,  Blue Hawaii #68, G.I. Blues #72, The Elvis Tapes #80, Elvis' Golden Records Vol.1 #82, A Legendary performer Vol.2 #87 and Elvis In Demand #89.

(On that week, the 1973 album Aloha From Hawaii actually dropped back out of the top 100 after spending just one week back in the list.)

Presley - All Time Greatest Hits

Released on July 1, 1991, and was listed as a 'breaker' on the 14th of July. It entered the ARIA Charts the following week at # 46 and peaked at #7 after 7 weeks on the 15th of September. It's last entry was the 24th of November, it's 17th week. It had by now reached Gold Record Status in Australia. (It reached as high as #3 in the State of Queensland.) In the Singles Charts that week was Calling Elvis by Dire Straits #12 and Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn #19.

Presley - All Time Greatest Hits, re-entered the Charts at #38 on the 14th of July, 1996, by now with Platinum status. It slowly climbed to #12 on the 8th of September, now double Platinum. Then descending and making it's final appearance at # 43 on the 29th of September. It had now spent 58 weeks in the Top 200.

Well what do you know, here it is again in 1997, spending another six weeks in the Charts. I don't have the full details of this run, except that it reached at least #34. I wasn't looking at the Charts at the time, probably because there were no new releases. This Incursion into the Top 50 would have been because of it's very low price of $14.95 (It originally Charted at the Recomended Retail Price of $34.95) The Album had now spent a total of 36 weeks in the top 50 on the Australian Charts. Top 200 not known at this stage. This double Album now has a 4½ Platinum Rating in Australia with sales exceeding 350,000.

Collectors Gold

Released  on the 9th of December 1991, It reached #138, staying in the charts, 5 weeks.

100 Super Rocks

Originally released in 1978, reaching a high of #59 - Re-Released on the 17th of February 1992, It reached #158 , and was in the top 200 for 2 weeks.

We love Elvis (Japanese ?) Catalog # : R30P-1003 / 74321-102262

A 3 CD set released on the 22nd of February 1993, It reached #146 and was in the top 200 for 5 weeks.

The Essential 60's Masters

Reached #169 for 1 week on the 25th of October 1993.

From Elvis In Memphis

Reached #196 on the 29th of November 1993, for 1 week.

More Romantics

The follow-up to The Romantic spent 13 weeks in the top 200, peaking at 63 on the 18th of August 1997. More Romantics reached the top 40 in the State of Western Australia.

Gospel Favourites

Reached #84 on the 18th of August 1997, and had a stay of 12 weeks in the top 200.

Platinum : A Life In music

Platinum, reached #56 on the 18th of August 1997, and spent 11 weeks in the top 200. It made #39 in the State of  South Australia, spending 12 weeks on the state chart. Platinum - A Life on Music has been very successful in Australia, and was released on the official world release date, with BMG importing several thousand copy's in advance. A job well done by BMG. The same can be said for the Masters Box Sets.

There were a number of Albums to chart in a State but not on the National chart; as follows;

  • A Celebration (#174 NSW 28/03/94)
  • Elvis in Concert (#191 NSW 18/10/93)
  • Harum Scarum / Girl Happy (#192 NSW 18/10/93)
  • It Happened at the Worlds Fair /Fun in Acapulco (#190 NSW 18/10/93)
  • Kid Kalahad / Girls, Girls, Girls (#181 NSW 18/10/93)
  • Viva Las Vegas / Roustabout (#182 NSW 18/10/93)
  • A SINGLE IN THE CHARTS 1992 - 'Elvis Presley' (#167 SA 5/10/92)
  • A Golden Celebration (#182 SA 1998)
  • (NSW = NEW SOUTH WALES, SA = SOUTH AUSTRALIA)

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