Cat. No. 1926: ELVIS PRESLEY ~ ELVIS SINGS MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. SONY/FOLLOW THAT DREAM 8869729699-2. (IMPORT).

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PART OF A NEW SERIES COMING OUT OF DENMARK. EACH 2CD SET HIGHLIGHTS A PERIOD IN ELVIS’S RECORDING CAREER. THIS 2CD SET CENTRES AROUND ELVIS’S RECORDING SESSIONS FROM MAY 26 & 27, 1963. THE SESSIONS WERE SET UP FOR ELVIS TO RECORD ENOUGH MASTERS FOR THE RELEASE OF A NEW ALBUM, HOWEVER, DUE TO A VARIETY OF REASONS THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM NEVER EVENTUATED AND A NUMBER OF THE FOURTEEN MASTERS RECORDED AT THESE SESSIONS WERE USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS. EVENTUALLY, THE NINE REMAINING MASTERS WERE RELEASED IN 1990, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER TRACKS FROM OTHER SESSIONS, AS THE “LOST ALBUM”. FOLLOW THAT DREAM HAVE RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL THE ORIGINAL MASTERS FROM THOSE SESSIONS UNDER THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED TITLE, “ELVIS SINGS MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE”, ALONG WITH PREVIOUSLY REJECTED 1963 MASTERS FROM THE SESSIONS AND ALTERNATIVE TAKES AND THREE SONGS FROM A JANUARY 1964 SESSION WHERE ELVIS RE-RECORDED THESE SONGS AS HE WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE ORIGINAL MASTERS OF THESE THREE SONGS. THIS 2CD SET COMES WITH A TWELVE PAGE BOOKLET EXPLAINING THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND THE CANCELLED RELEASE OF THE ORIGINAL ALBUM. SET COMES AS A 7” TRIFOLD DIGIPACK. A MUST FOR ALL ELVIS COLLECTORS!!!!!!

TRACK LISTING: Disc 1 – The Album / Side 1: Witchcraft / Please Don’t Drag That String Around / Love Me Tonight / Slowly But Surely / It Hurts Me / Echoes Of Love / (It’s A) Long Lonely Highway. The Album / Side 2: (You’re The) Devil In Disguise / Never Ending / Ask Me / Memphis, Tennessee / Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers / Western Union / Blue River / What Now, What Next, Where To. Rejected 1963 Masters: Memphis, Tennessee / Ask Me. First Takes: Witchcraft (Take 1) / Please Don’t Drag That String Around (Take 1) / Love Me Tonight (Take 1) / Slowly But Surely (Take 1) / It Hurts Me (Take 1) / Echoes Of Love (Take 1) / (It’s A) Long Lonely Highway (Take 1 – alt. master) / (You’re The) Devil In Disguise (Take 3) / Never Ending (Take 1) / Ask Me (1964 version – Takes 1 & 2) / Memphis, Tennessee (1964 version – Take 1) / Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers (Take 1) / Western Union (Take 1) / Ask Me (1963 version – Take 1

Disc 2 – May 1964 Sessions: Echoes Of Love (Takes 2,4,5,3) / Please Don’t Drag That String Around (Take 2) / Please Don’t Drag That String Around (Takes 3,4,5) / (You’re The) Devil In Disguise (Takes 1,2,4,5,6 “M”) / Never Ending (Takes 2 & 3 “M”) / Witchcraft (Take 2) / Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers (Takes 2 & 3 “M”) / Love Me Tonight (Takes 2,3,4) / Love Me Tonight (Takes 6 & 5) / Memphis, Tennessee (Take 1) / Western Union (Takes 2 & 3) / Slowly But Surely (Takes 2,3,4) / Blue River (Takes 1 & 2) / Ask Me (Takes 3 & 4) / Ask Me (Takes 5 & 6 – alt. master) / Echoes Of Love (Takes 6 & 7) / Echoes Of Love (9 & 8 – alt. master). January 1964 Sessions: Memphis, Tennessee (Takes 2,3,5) / Ask Me (Take 3) / Ask Me (Takes 4,6,7) / It Hurts Me (Takes 2,3,4,5 “M”). “M” – Denotes Master Take.

2CD SET PLUS BOOKLET