From the press-release:
After last year's smash release "Stax Power" the producers had to do this new release, made in the same editing style this will be the must have 1969 release for it's 50th anniversary! Including all tracks recorded and presented in a way as if it is one long session without pauses, this one kicks some serious A... New splices create some extremely rare portions and extended versions and make them all sound brand new! Also some Dubbed masters are spliced with Undubbed for a new listening experience.
Disc one starts of with a five(!) minute version of "Long Black Limousine" just listen to the emotion in his voice! "This is the Story" has been created from the undubbed master, with some portions of the normal master, gives a totally new feel to the song.
"A Little Bit of Green" (4:28 minutes!) has an unusual rehearsal version spliced with some alternate takes, because of the slower pace of the rehearsal the producers have also slowed down these takes and it works very well, so you can enjoy a really different performance!
"Rubberneckin'" rocks like never before due to the addition of the first "licks" of take 1. The extra chorus at the end of "Without Love" gives the song (if possible) an even more emotional "load"
"Suspicious Minds" includes a spliced version , some rehearsal portions and at the end we get the original master hit version... which was worth all the hard work and still rocks after all these years!
After almost 80 minutes it's time for disc two! Again some cool extensions make them all sound very, very different.
"The Grass Won't Pay No Mind" (3:49 minutes) has been edited very cleverly at the end and brings you more "Elvis" then before. "Power of My Love" has a much longer intro, but due to the use of different takes (8 splices!) it all sounds very natural. On "Kentucky Rain" (5:22 minutes) Elvis does his own backing with the "Rain in my shoes" lyrics and the first verse has been repeated
We could go on, but almost all the tracks on this smash release sound new and fresh, and although every Elvis fan probably has at least 10 releases of these sessions.. This is the one we've been waiting for, for 50 years!
CD 1: Long Black Limousine (Spliced Take 5, 2, 6, 9) - This Is The Story (Alternate Master) - Wearin' That Loved-On Look (Spliced Take 11, 14) - You'll Think Of Me (Spliced Take 1, 6, 14, 8) - I'm Movin' On (Alternate Master*) - A Little Bit Of Green (Rehearsal - Take 2, 3 - Rehearsal) - In The Ghetto (Spliced Take 5, 7, 13) - Gentle On My Mind (Vocal Repair*) - Rubberneckin' (Spliced Take 1, 2*) - Hey Jude (Spliced Take 1, 5) - My Little Friend (Undubbed Extended Master) - Inherit The Wind (Spliced Rehearsal / Take 1) - Mama Liked The Roses (Vocal Overdub #2*) - Don't Cry Daddy (Alternate Master) - Poor Man's Gold (Spliced Take 1 - Edit) - From A Jack To A King (Spliced Take 4, 5, 3) - Without Love (Spliced Take 3, 4, 1, 1) - I'll Hold You In My Heart (Take 1 - Edit) - I'll Be There (Spliced Take 2,3*) - Suspicious Minds (Spliced Take 5, 5, 7) - Suspicious Minds (Take 8) - Come Out, Come Out (Instrumental Take 2*).
CD 2: Stranger In My Own Hometown (Alternate Master) - True Love Travels On A Gravel Road (Take 2*) - It's My Way / This Time / I Can't Stop Loving You - True Love Travels On A Gravel Road (Take 8*) - And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind (Spliced Take 3, 2, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6) - Power Of My Love (Spliced Take 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3) - After Loving You (Spliced Take 2, 3) - Do You Know Who I Am? (Spliced Take 6, 7, 4) - Kentucky Rain (Spliced Take 8, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10) - Only The Strong Survive (Alternate Master) - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'(Spliced Take 1, 1, 1, 1, 2) - Any Day Now (Spliced Take 3, 4) - If I'm A Fool (Spliced Take 2, 3, 6, 7) - The Fair's Moving On (Spliced Master) - Who Am I? (Spliced Extended Master) - Memory Revival (Instrumental*)
* Previously Released
Original Recordings
The Universal Music Canada Label will re-issue the double CD "Elvis Presley - 40 Original Recordings" on April 5, 2019. The compilation was originally released in 2010 on the Checkout labelCD 1: That's All Right - Blue Suede Shoes - Money Honey - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - (You're So Square) Baby I Don´t Care - A Big Hunk O´ Love - Old Shep - I Don't Care If The Sun Don´t Shine - Heartbreak Hotel - Shake, Rattel And Roll - Hard Headed Woman - Love Me Tender - Blue Moon Of Kentucky - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Paralysed - Ready Teddy - All Shook Up - Good Rockin' Tonight - Don´t Be Cruel - Now And Then There´s (A Fool Such As I)
CD 2: Hound Dog - I Got A Woman - Loving You - Love Me - Baby Let's Pay House - Tutti Frutti - One Night - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - I Forgot To Remember To Forget - Rip It Up - My Baby Left Me - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) - Mystery Train - Jailhouse Rock - Too Much - Milk Cow Blues Boogie - Blue Moon - I Need You So - True Love - Peace In The Valley
(Source: FECC / Elvis Club Berlin / Discogs)