Retrospective - Elvis ´68: Selected Recordings (4 Einzel-CDs)

Am 05.02.2025 erscheint Volume 1 bis 4 von "Retrospective: Elvis ´68 - Selected Recordings" auf jeweils einer CD und diese enthalten alle bekannten alternativen Aufnahmen - so die Ankündigung - aus den Soundtrack-Aufnahmen für "Live A Little, Love A Little", "Charro" und "The Trouble With Girls".

Inhalt - Volume 1 -  Unfinished & Unedited Masters:
Clean Up Your Own Backyard Backup (Vocal Overdubs Before Brass Overdubs) - Too Much Monkey Business (Undubbed Master / Take 14) - Let’s Forget About The Stars (Vocal Overdub / Master Take 5 / Rough Mix) - Edge Of Reality (Unedited Master / Take 8) - Wonderful World (Unedited Master / Take 17 / Alternate Mix) - A Little Less Conversation (Unedited Single Master / Take 16 / Alternate Mix) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Female Backup Vocal Overdubs Before Brass Overdubs) - Charro (Unedited Undubbed Master) - Stay Away (Undubbed Master / Take 15) - Almost (Undubbed Master / Take 31) - It Hurts Me (Take 10 / Used For Soundtrack Road Medley) - Guitar Man Alley (Take 6 / Used For Soundtrack Road Medley)

"Almost In Love" Sessions:
High Key (Test Track Take 2 - Instrumental) - Take 1 - Take 4 - Take 5 - Take 6 - Low Key (Track Take 4 - Instrumental / No Backing Vocal) - High Key (Track Take 2  - Instrumental) - High Key (Vocal Overdub Take 4) - Low Key (Vocal Overdub Take 2 - Vocal Only) - Low Key (Vocal Overdub Take 3 - Vocal Only)

"Live A Little, Love A Little Scoring" Sessions:
Edge Of Reality (Movie Version / Master With Musical Score And Overdubs) - Score ‘Don’t Let Him Get Away, Albert!’ (Instrumental) - Score ‘Back To The Beach’ (Instrumental) - Score ‘A Little Less Conversation’ (Instrumental) - Score ‘Double Duty’ (Instrumental) - Score ‘End Theme’ (Instrumental)

"Live A Little, Love A Little Radio" Spots:
Radio Spot 1 - Radio Spot 2 - Radio Spot 3 - Radio Spot 4

Volume 2 -17.01.1968 Studio Jam:
Wings Of An Angel / The Prisoner’s Song (Unedited)

Mono Single Masters:
U. S. Male - Stay Away - A Little Less Conversation - Almost In Love - If I Can Dream - Edge Of Reality - Memories - Clean Up Your Own Backyard (Album Master)

"Almost In Love" - 07.023.1968 Studio Sessions:
Wonderful World (Take 1) - Wonderful World (Take 2) - Wonderful World (Take 3) - Wonderful World (Take 7) - Wonderful World (Take 14) - Wonderful World (Take 15) - Wonderful World (Take 16) - Wonderful World (Take 17) - Edge Of Reality (Take 1) - Edge Of Reality (Take 2) - Edge Of Reality (Take 3) - Edge Of Reality (Take 5) - Edge Of Reality (Take 6)

"Charro" Scoring Sessions:
Charro (Movie Version / Master With Musical Score) - Charro (End Theme) - Musical Score ‘Charro’ (1) - Musical Score ‘Charro’ (2) - Charro Audio Featurette (With Barbara Werle, Charles Marquis Warren / Producer - Ina Balin - Talking Track Only)

"Charro" Radio Spots
Radio Spot 1 - Radio Spot 2 -. Radio Spot 3 - Radio Spot 4 - Radio Spot 5

Track Recordings:
Let’s Forget About The Stars (Track Only) - Charro (Track Only)

Volume 3 - 07.03.1968 Studio Sessions:
Almost In Love (Movie Version Transfer / Original Movie Mix / Mono) - Edge Of Reality (Take 8 / Unedited Master / Different Mix) - Wonderful World (Take 7 / Movie Master / Different Mix) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 1) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 2) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 4) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 5) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 6) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 7) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 9) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 10 / Master Take Used For Album Version) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 11) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 12) - A Little Less Conversation (Take 16 / Master Take Used For Movie / Single Version)

Acetate Recordings:
A Little Less Conversation (Dubdown To Backing Track) - Wonderful World (Movie Version Transfer / Mono) - A Little Less Conversation (Movie Version Transfer / Mono) - Almost In Love (Low Key - Track Take 4 With Backing Vocals)

30.06.1968 - Vocal Overdub Sessions:
Guitar Man (Alley / Take 1) - Guitar Man (Alley / Take 2) - Guitar Man (Alley / Take 3) - Guitar Man (Alley / Take 4) - Guitar Man (Alley / Take 5)

09.09.1968 - Overdub Session:
Beyond The Reef (Without Backing Vocals) - Beyond The Reef (With Backing Vocals)

Session For "Stay Away, Joe":
Stay Away (Movie Version)

"Stay Away, Joe" Radio Spots:
Radio Spot 1 - Radio Spot 2 - Radio Spot 3

Bonus Song:
A Little Less Conversation (Take 16 / Master / Different Mix)

Volume 4 - 23. / 24.10.1968 Studio Sessions:
Clean Up Your Own Backyard (Undubbed Master) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Undubbed Master With The ‘Mello Men’) - Signs Of The Zodiac (Duet - Master Take 9) - Far Above Cayuga’s Waters (Alternate Mix) - The Whiffenpoof Song - Violet - Clean Up Your Own Backyard (Original Movie Mix) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Dub / Backing Vocals ‘Mello Men’ Removed) - Hello Susan Brown (Two In The Middle - No Elvis) -Almost (Take 1) - Almost (Take 2) - Almost (Take 3) - Almost (Take 4) - Almost (Take 6) - Almost (Take 10) - Almost (Take 11) - Almost (Take 13) - Almost (Take 14) - Almost (Take 15) - Almost (Take 16) - Almost (Take 22) - Almost (Take 23) - Almost (Take 24) - Almost (Take 25) - Almost (Take 27) - Almost (Take 28) - Almost (Take 29) - Chautauqua (March Tempo Variation Of ‘Almost’) - Almost (Original Movie Mix) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Original Movie Mix / Taken From The Movie / Incomplete)

Acetate Recording:
Almost (Take 31)

"The Trouble With Girls" Radio Spots:
Radio Spot 1 -Radio Spot 2

December 1968 Overdub Session:
Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Backing Vocals By The Blossoms + Strings & Brass Overdubs)

Bonus Song:
College Song Medley

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