Fresh from his Comeback Special this is Elvis Presley at his peak. A new producer, strong material and one of the best session bands in the country reinvigorated the King. This is unarguably his most consistent post-army work. Outtakes and session recordings have appeared on many bootlegs before - most notably Finding The Way Home (click on the link for the review) - but these have always been somewhat randomly selected and sequenced. For the first time, Purple Chick has gathered together every available piece and compiled a chronological 10CD set. Some of these versions have never appeared on CD before - others will be very familiar.

Because of the informal nature of these sessions take numbers were not always announced. Although they have been given numbers in the intervening years this sometimes we have just had to make our best guess. Purple Chick tried to come up with a way of briefly annotating take along with the various overdubs that were made. Hopefully it should make some sense at least when listening to the discs.

DISC 2

Wearin’ That Loved On Look (ctd)
1: t15 - master +lvox+guitar
2: +bvox RS
3: RQ
4: RS87

You’ll Think of Me
5: t1 - FS
6: t2 - FS
7: t3 - FS
8: t4 - FS
9: t5 - FS
10: t6 - complete
11: t7 - complete
12: t8 - complete
13: t14 - complete
14: t16 - complete
15: t23 - master +lvox
16: +strings+brass RS
17: RM
18: RS87

I’m Movin’ On
19: t1 - FS
20: t2 - master
21: +brass+bvox RS
22: +band+lvox alt RS
23: RQ
24: RS80
25: RS87

A Little Bit of Green
26: t1 - complete
27: t2 - FS&BD
28: t3 - master
29: +lvox+hvox RS

Without Love
1: t1 - complete
2: t3 - FS
3: t4 - complete
4: t5 - master
5: +strings+brass+
bvox RS
6: RS87

I’ll Hold You In My Heart
7: t1 - 2FS&master RS
8: RQ
9: RS80
10: RS87

I’ll Be There
11: t3 - master +strings+brass+
bvos RS
12: t5 - FS
13: t6 - complete

Suspicious Minds
14: t1 - BD
15: t2 - BD
16: t3 - reh&FS
17: t4 - BD
18: t5 - BD
19: t6 - 2FS&complete
20: t7 - complete
21: hvox only
22: +bvox+hvox
23: +strings+brass RS
24: +(alt)brass RM
25: RS unfaded

DISC 6

Suspicious Minds ctd.
1: RS87
2: RS02F
3: RS02R
4: RS02C
5: RS02

True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
6: t2 - complete
7: t3 - complete
8: It’s My Way / This Time / I Can’t Stop Loving You
9: t4 - 4FS&complete
10: t5 - complete
11: t6 - reh&2FS
12: t7 - complete
13: t8 - FS&BD
14: t9 - FS
15: t10 - 2FS
16: t11 - master
17: overdub session
18: +hvox+strings+bvox RS
19: RQ
20: RS87

Stranger In My Own Home Town
21: t1 - master
22: +strings+brass RS
23: alt RS
24: R87

And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind
1: t1 - rehearsal
2: t1 - rehearsal
3: t2 - FS&BD
4: t3 - BD
5: t4 - BD
6: t5 - FS&BD
7: t6 - master
8: +lvox+strings+brass+
bvox RS

Power Of My Love
9: rehearsal
10: t1 - FS&complete
11: t2 - FS
12: t3 - complete
13: t4 - 4FS
14: Are You Waiting Just For Me
15: t5 - BD
16: t6 - FS
17: t7a - BD&complete
18: t7b - master
19: +hvox
20: +brass+bvox RS
21: RQ
22: RS87

After Loving You
23: rehearsal
24: t1 - BD
25: t2 - complete
26: t3 - complete
27: t4 - master RS
28: RS80
29: RS87

Do You Know Who I Am?
1: t1 - complete
2: t2 - reh&3FS&complete
3: t3 - BD
4: t4 - 3FS&complete
5: t5 - 6FS&complete
6: t6 - BD
7: t7 - master
8: +lvox+hvox
9: +strings+
bvox RS

Kentucky Rain
10: t1 - FS&BD
11: t2 - 4FS
12: t3 - complete
13: t4 - FS
14: t5 - FS&BD
15: t7 - complete
16: t7a - rehearsal
17: t8 - FS&complete
18: t8a - 4FS
19: t9 - complete
20: t10 - master
21: +strings+brass+
bvox RS
22: RQ
23: RM
24: RS80
25: RS87
26: RS03

Only The Strong Survive
1: t1 - BD
2: t2 - 2FS&BD
3: t3 - complete
4: t4 - 4FS&BD
5: t5 - 3FS
6: t6 - complete
7: t7 - BD
8: t8 - BD
9: t10 - 3FS
10: t11 - BD
11: t22 - complete
12: t29 - master +brass+strings+
bvox RS
13: RQ
14: RS80
15: RS87

It Keeps Right On
A-Hurtin'
16: t1 - FS+BD
17: Only The Lonely
18: t2 - FS&complete
19: t3 - 2FS&master
20: +strings+bvox RS
21: RQ
22: RE87

DISC 10

Any Day Now ctd
1: RS
2: +brass RQ
3: +strings RQ
4: RM
5: RS87

If I'm A Fool
6: t1
7: t2
8: t3
9: t6
10: t7
11: t8
12: t9
13: +strings+bvox RS

The Fair's Moving On
14: master
15: +strings+bvox RS
16: RS87

Memory Revival
17: 1
18: 2
19: fast

Who Am I?
20: master
21: +strings+bvox RS
22: RS87

BONUS TRACKS: The rest of Elvis' 1969 studio sessions:

23: Change Of Habit
24: Let's Be Friends
25: Let Us Pray
26: Let Us Pray - alt1
27: Let Us Pray - alt2
28: Have A Happy