Following the release of the classic “Elvis Country” album in 1971, RCA issued another Presley album on the budget Camden label titled “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Some of Elvis’ Camden releases have been criticised by fans in the past for showing Elvis in a less than positive light artistically at a time when his career was back on track, but it appears that some thought went into this particular Camden release, and it made a number of, what at the time, were hard to find gospel masters available on one release for a very affordable price.

The title track was originally written for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Carousel”, and is probably best known to rock audiences through a 1963 cover by Gerry and The Pacemakers, which reached No.1 in the UK in November 1963. Elvis’ cut a fine version at RCA’s Studio B in Nashville in September 1967, and the song was released as an ‘Easter Special’ single in 1968 coupled with the modern gospel song “We Call On Him”, an equally good performance from Elvis which was recorded at the same session.

The album also included four 1957 recordings from the long deleted “Peace In The Valley” EP, namely, “Peace In The Valley”, “I Believe”, “It Is No Secret What God Can Do”, and “Take My Hand Precious Lord”. These were the first gospel songs Elvis recorded professionally, and the EP proved to be popular with both the fans and the general public over the years. However, by 1971 the EP was long deleted. The four songs had also been included on the original 1957 version of "Elvis' Christmas Album", but a later re-issue of this album on RCA's Camden label the previous year had omitted the four gospel tracks, making them a welcome addition to this release.

Another previously issued performance “Sing You Children” had originally been released on the “Easy Come, Easy Go” soundtrack EP in 1967, and in keeping with the rest of that particular soundtrack it wasn’t a great song. However, it’s inclusion on this release provided the only truly weak moment.