Elvis: How Great Thou Art Sessions (5 CDs - FTD)

THE HOW GREAT THOU ART SESSIONS

5xCD collection of masters and outtakes, presented in an 8”x8” slipcase with a 28-page booklet featuring notes, photos, session data and memorabilia.

 


As part of the acclaimed 'Sessions' series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of THE HOW GREAT THOU ART SESSIONS. Recorded in May and June 1966. The 3x Platinum winning album also gave Elvis his first Grammy ® award for "Best Sacred Performance".Apart from the excellent gospel performances that include "Run On", "So High" and "Where No One Stands Alone". The sessions also spawned the secular hits "If Every Day Was Like Christmas", "Love Letters", and Indescribably Blue. Packaged in FTD's 8-inch format, it includes a 24-page booklet with insightful notes, recording details, and memorabilia.

The HGTA album is presented as originally planned by Elvis prior to RCA's decision to include the 1965 hit "Crying In The Chapel." This recording, along with outtakes, is already on FTD's previous release of The His Hand In Mine Sessions,

Disc 1

THE ALBUM - MASTERS
1. How Great Thou Art 3:02
2. In The Garden 3:12
3. Somebody Bigger Than You And I 2:27
4. Farther Along 4:07 
5. Stand By Me 2:29
6. Without Him 2:32
7. So High 1:59
8. Where Could I Go But To The Lord 3:39
9. By And By 1:52
10. If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side 1:39
11. Run On 2:24
12. Where No One Stands Alone 2:48 

JUNE 8, 1966 SINGLE
13. Love Letters 2:53
14. Come What May 2:03 

OCTOBER 24, 1966 SPINOUT BONUS SONGS
15. Tomorrow Is A Long Time 5:24
16. Down In The Alley 2:53
17. I'll Remember You 2:47

 NOVEMBER 15, 1966 SINGLE A-SIDE
18. If Every Day Was Like Christmas 2:58 

JANUARY 10, 1967 SINGLE
19. Indescribably Blue 2:50
20. Fools Fall In Love 2:08 

UNUSED RECORDING
21. Beyond The Reef (original overdubbed master) 3:11 


Disc 2

1. Run On (takes 1-2) 4:52
2. Run On (takes 3-6) 5:30
3. Run On (take 7/M) 2:36
4. How Great Thou Art (takes 1-2) 3:44
5. How Great Thou Art (takes 3-4/M) 4:19
6. Stand By Me (takes 1-2) 3:06
7. Stand By Me (takes 3-7) 6:06
8. Stand By Me (takes 8-10) 5:53
9. Stand By Me (take 11/M) 2:43
10. Where No One Stands Alone (take 1) 3:28
11. Where No One Stands Alone (takes 2-3) 3:10
12. Where No One Stands Alone (take 4) 2:56
13. Where No One Stands Alone (work parts 1-4) 5:04
14. Where No One Stands Alone (work part 5) 1:07
15. Where No One Stands Alone (work part 6) 1:41
16. Where No One Stands Alone (splice of takes 4 & 1/M) 2:47  


Disc 3

1. Down In The Alley (take 1) 3:27
2. Down In The Alley (takes 2-6) 7:26
3. Down In The Alley (takes 7-9/M) 6:08
4. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (takes 1-2) 6:17
5. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (take 3/M) 5:42
6. Love Letters (takes 1-2) 3:29
7. Love Letters (takes 3-7) 5:48
8. Love Letters (take 8) 3:19
9. Love Letters (take 9/M) 3:12
10. So High (take 1) 2:16
11. So High (takes 2-3) 2:21
12. So High (take 4/M) 2:14
13. Farther Along (takes 1-2) 3:58
14. Farther Along (splice of take 3 and one line from take 2/M) 4:16
15. By And By (takes 1-4) 6:16
16. By And By (takes 5-9) 4:14
17. By And By (take 10/M) 2:08 


Disc 4

1. In The Garden (takes 1-3/M) 5:15
2. Beyond The Reef (takes 1-2/M [undubbed master]) 5:44
3. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (takes 1-8) 8:01
4. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (takes 9-11) 3:39
5. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (take 12) 2:47
6. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (takes 13-15) 4:01
7. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (take 16) 2:48
8. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (work parts 1-4) 4:47
9. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (work part 5) 1:25
10. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (work part 6) 1:38
11. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (splice of take 16 and work part 6/M) 2:30
12. Without Him (take 1) 3:0813. Without Him (takes 2-8) 8:10 
14. Without Him (takes 9-14) 5:27
15. Without Him (take 15/M) 2:31
16. If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side (take 1) 1:52
17. If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side (takes 2-4) 4:06
18. If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side (take 5/M) 1:49
19. If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side (take 6) 1:55
20. Where Could I Go But To The Lord (takes 1-2/M) 4:25 


Disc 5

1. Come What May (takes 1-2) 4:33
2. Come What May (takes 3-4) 2:31
3. Come What May (takes 5-6) 2:59
4. Come What May (take 7) 2:53
5. Come What May (take 8/M) 2:21
6. Fools Fall In Love (takes 1-4) 3:51
7. Fools Fall In Love (take 5/M) 2:55
8. Indescribably Blue (instrumental track take 7 and work parts 1-2) 6:13
9. I'll Remember You (instrumental track takes 17-19/M) 5:26
10. If Every Day Was Like Christmas (instrumental track takes 8-9/M) 5:00
11. Indescribably Blue (vocal overdub take 1 to instrumental track 7 and work part 1) 2:58
12. Indescribably Blue (vocal overdub take 2 to instrumental track 7 and work part 1/M) 2:59
13. I'll Remember You (vocal overdub take 1 to instrumental track 19) 4:18
14. I'll Remember You (vocal overdub take 2 to instrumental track 19) 4:23
15. I'll Remember You (vocal overdub take 3 to instrumental track 19) 4:12
16. I'll Remember You (splice of vocal overdub takes 1 and 3 to instrumental track 19 - unedited/M) 4:09
17. If Every Day Was Like Christmas (vocal overdub takes 1-2/M to instrumental track 9 - undubbed/M) 3:31 


Quelle: Now Dig This (Link)   Tracklist:  ShopElvisMatters (Link)

Sehr schönes Set auch wenn nicht sooo viel neues dabei sein dürfte? Scheinbar hauptsächlich false starts.

Frontcover ganz ohne Schrift ? Naja, die inneren Werte zählen.

 

Das soll das Cover sein? Was war das doch für ein wunderbares Cover bei den »Elvis is Back«-Sessions. Und nun das?  

Tja, das andere ist das Booklet, dies ist die Front vom Schuber.

Aber das ist auch eine nette Idee, das ist das Plattenlabel zur EAP Silberbox. Da musste ich jetzt erstmal überlegen, aber klar, das war die Erstveröffentlichung von "Beyond The Reef".

 

fronk schrieb:

Sehr schönes Set auch wenn nicht sooo viel neues dabei sein dürfte? Scheinbar hauptsächlich false starts.

Ich mach's mir mal einfach und zitiere Johnny 2523 aus dem FECC:

"Mostly just bits and pieces, and a majority released before on bootleg albeit in mono. However great to have it all in one place in great sound.

Where No One Stands Alone (work parts 4 & 6)
Down In The Alley (Takes 5, No Take, 7 LFS, & 8 Long False Start)
Love Letters (Take 1 - FS)
By And By (Take 6 - FS)
Somebody Bigger Than You And I (Takes 2 LFS, Take 4 Tryout, Take 5 Tryout & Fs, Take 6 FS, Take 7 FS, Take 8 LFS, Take 9 FS, Take 10 LFS)
Somebody Bigger Than You and I Work Parts (Takes 1-4 and Take 6)
Without Him (Take 2 FS, Take 3 FS, Take 5 FS, Take 6 FS, Take 7 FS, Take 9 FS, Take 10 FS)
Where Could I Go But To The Lord (Take 1)
Come What May (Take 1 FS & LFS)
Fools Fall In Love (Takes 2 FS, Take 3 FS)
I’ll Remember You (vocal overdub Take 1 to instrumental track 19)

According to the tracklisting, the masters of "How Great Thou Art" and "Run On" are not included as part of the sessions. Take 3 FS of "How Great Thou Art" is missing."

Ich habe die Tracklist abgeändert und von ShopElvisMatters übernommen. Dort werden "How Great Thou Art" Take 3+Master, als auch Run On Master auf CD 2 gelistet. Hat sich wohl um einen Schreibfehler gehandelt.

Das Classic-Album mit zwei ca. 80 Min. Laufzeit war schon voll gepackt.

Muss(?) man sich die 5er Box nun kaufen weil noch andere Songs, außer Gospel, dabei sind ? Nur Gospel hätte ich nicht gekauft !

Haben wir die Songs von CD 3 und CD 5 (ohne Gospel) schon irgendwo (FTD) ?

Ich kann und möchte nicht so schnell aus der Hüfte schießen.

fronk schrieb:

Das soll das Cover sein? Was war das doch für ein wunderbares Cover bei den »Elvis is Back«-Sessions. Und nun das?  

Ganz deiner Meinung. Passt überhaupt nicht. Schrecklich. Das Frontcover der Boulevard LP war wohl nur der Anfang.
Aber vielleicht es es auch nur ein Platzhalter? Das hatten wir aber auch schon des Öfteren gehofft. Abwarten.