After the release of the double "His Hand In Mine" in 2006 there is now a 3-CD with numerous unreleased takes. During this gospel session the song 'Surrender' was also canned. These takes are also included in the triple release. 65 master and takes in total!
CD 1 - The Original Album:
His Hand In Mine - I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs - In My Father’s House (Are Many Mansions) - Milky White Way - Known Only To Him - I Believe In The Man In The Sky - Joshua Fit The Battle - He Knows Just What I Need - Swing Down Sweet Chariot - Mansion Over The Hilltop - If We Never Meet Again - Working On The Building
The Original Singles Sides: Crying In The Chapel - Surrender
CD 2 - The October 1960 Sessions:
Milky White Way (Take 1 - 3) - Milky White Way (Take 4 - 5) - Milky White Way (Take 6 - 7/M) - His Hand In Mine (Take 1) - His Hand In Mine (Take 2 - 4) - His Hand In Mine (Take 5) - His Hand In Mine (Splice Of Take 5 & 4/M) - I Believe In The Man In The Sky (Take 1) - I Believe In The Man In The Sky (Take 2 - 3) - I Believe In The Man In The Sky (Take 4/M) - He Knows Just What I Need (Take 1) - He Knows Just What I Need (Take 2 - 4) - He Knows Just What I Need (Take 5 - 7) - He Knows Just What I Need (Take 8) - He Knows Just What I Need (Take 9) - He Knows Just What I Need (Take 10/M) - Surrender (Take 1) - Surrender (Take 2) - Surrender (Take 3 - 4/M) - Surrender (Take 5 - 6) - Surrender (Take 7) - Surrender (Take 8 - 9) - Surrender (work part for Take 4, Take 1 - 7)
CD 3 - The October 1960 Sessions (Continued):
Mansion Over The Hilltop (Take 1) - Mansion Over The Hilltop (Take 2 - 3/M) - In My Father’s House (Are Many Mansions) (Take 1 - 6) - In My Father’s House (Are Many Mansions) ) (Take 7) - In My Father’s House (Are Many Mansions) (Take 8) - In My Father’s House (Are Many Mansions) (Work Part, Take 1) - In My Father’s House (Are Many Mansions) (Splice Of Take 8 & Work Part Take 1/M) - Joshua Fit The Battle (Take 1) - Joshua Fit The Battle (Take 2) - Joshua Fit The Battle (Take 3) - Joshua Fit The Battle (Take 4/M) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Take 1) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Take 2 - 3) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Take 4/M) - I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (Take 1/M) - I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (Take 2 - 3) - I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (Take 4) - I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (Take 5) - If We Never Meet Again (Take 1/M) - Known Only To Him (Take 1 - 2) - Known Only To Him (Take 3 - 4) - Known Only To Him (Take 5/M) - Crying In The Chapel (Take 1) - Crying In The Chapel (Take 2 - 3/M) - Working On The Building (Take 1) - Working On The Building (Take 2) - Working On The Building (Take 3 - 4) - Working On The Building (Take 5/M)
The label also announced that do a limited re-print of the 'American Sound 1969' 5-CD-set along with several other Classic Album titles.
Elvis' pivotal Year of 1969 celebrated with Elvis: American Sound 1969 featuring over 90 tracks of rare and unreleased material from Elvis' 1969 legendary American Sound Studio sessions, including 'In The Ghetto' and 'Suspicious Minds'. FTD also advises that they will only be manufacturing to satisfy initial orders.
The label also announced that a number of other tittles that will be re-pressed, these albums will be available at the end of March 2021:
- FTD 65 Raised On Rock
- FTD 073 Love Letters From Elvis
- FTD 075 Elvis Country
- FTDD 77 Elvis In Person
- FTD 088 Elvis Now
- FTD 105 Promised Land
- FTD 106 The Wonderful World of Christmas
- FTD 141 Elvis (NBC -TV)
- FTD 152 The Last Movies
Postponed
Warner Bros.’ biographical drama about the life and times of Elvis Presley was postponed from November 5th 2021 to June 3rd 2022.
The movie was pushed back because it’s still in production in Australia. Sources say the film has another five weeks of material to shoot so it wouldn’t have been completed in time for its original release date. It started to film last March, but had to shut down production because Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus. Hanks and Wilson were the first Hollywood celebrities to go public with their diagnosis and have since recovered.
Colored Vinyl
Sony Legacy re-issued Elvis Presley's 1956 debut album, 'Elvis Presley' on white colored vinyl.
The DOL / Vinylogy label announced the re-release of Elvis Presley's second album, simply title 'Elvis', on 180 Gr. orange colored vinyl. The LP should be available February 2021.
Gold Record Award
The British Phonographic Industry (B.P.I.) awarded Elvis Presley a Gold Record Award for the 'That's The Way It Is' Album' - Legacy Edition, released August 4th 2014 - for selling over 100,000 copies (streams plus digital downloads plus physical sales).
Sold
Sun Records - the storied Memphis label that helped midwife the birth of rock 'n' roll - has been sold to New York-based music company, Primary Wave. The sale, first reported by The New York Times, includes the entire Sun Records catalog - everything but Elvis - as well as the Sun Records logo and branding, sells for US$30 Million. Then deal includes the works of legendary Rock and Roll stars Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
The Sun label, founded by visionary producer Sam Phillips in 1952, first sold in 1969 to Nashville music entrepreneur Shelby Singleton. After purchasing the company from Phillips, Singleton formed the Sun Entertainment Corporation, which controlled the Sun music and logo for the next 52 years (though the Phillips family would continue to maintain a small interest in the company).
Singleton died in 2009, but this week his brother, John A. Singleton, confirmed that the Sun holdings had sold — for an undisclosed price, though estimated to be around $30 million — to Primary Wave, continuing the recent trend of high-profile music asset sales.
(Source: UEPS / Deadline / Variety/ Amazon / Elvis Presley Gesellshaft / Phoenix Elvis Forum / Commercial Appeal)
