| Guitar Man - The '67/'68 Sessions |
FTD-190 |
(506020 975187) |
July 2024 |
| Deluxe Sessions Package, with five CDs containing RCA's March 1967 overdub session, RCA's September 1967 recording sessions and RCA & MGM's joint January 1968 recording sessions. |
| CD1 |
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| 1. |
Big Boss Man |
| 2. |
You Don't Know Me (remake) |
| 3. |
Guitar Man |
| 4. |
Singing Tree (remake) |
| 5. |
Just Call Me Lonesome |
| 6. |
Hi-Heel Sneakers |
| 7. |
U.S. Male |
| 8. |
Stay Away |
| 9. |
You'll Never Walk Alone |
| 10. |
We Call On Him |
| 11. |
Mine |
| 12. |
Goin' Home |
| 13. |
Too Much Monkey Business |
| Bonus Song (1966 Overdubbed Home Recording) |
| 14. |
Suppose |
| The September 10 1967 Sessions |
| 15. |
Guitar Man (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
| 16. |
Guitar Man (6, 7, 8, 9) |
| 17. |
Guitar Man (10) |
| 18. |
Guitar Man (11, 12 - unedited undubbed master) |
| 19. |
Guitar Man (overdub of take 12 - unedited master) |
| 20. |
Big Boss Man (1, 2) |
| 21. |
Big Boss Man (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9) |
| 22. |
Big Boss Man (10, 11 - master) |
| CD2 |
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| The September 10 1967 Sessions (continued) |
| 1. |
Mine (1, 2, 3, 4) |
| 2. |
Mine (5, 6, 7) |
| 3. |
Mine (8, 9) |
| 4. |
Mine (10, 11, 12, 13) |
| 5. |
Mine (14, 15, 16) |
| 6. |
Mine (17, 18) |
| 7. |
Mine (19, 20, 21) |
| 8. |
Mine (vocal replacement of take 21 - master) |
| 9. |
Singing Tree (1) |
| 10. |
Singing Tree (2, 3, 4) |
| 11. |
Singing Tree (5, 6, 7) |
| 12. |
Singing Tree (8) |
| 13. |
Singing Tree (9, 10, 11, 12) |
| 14. |
Singing Tree (13 - alternate master) |
| 15. |
Just Call Me Lonesome (1 - master) |
| 16. |
Just Call Me Lonesome (2, 3, 4) |
| 17. |
Just Call Me Lonesome (5, 6 - alternate master) |
| CD3 |
|
| The September 11 1967 Sessions |
| 1. |
Hi-Heel Sneakers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
| 2. |
Hi-Heel Sneakers (6, 7 - unedited) |
| 3. |
Hi-Heel Sneakers (master - splice of take 7 (edited) & first line of take 5) |
| 4. |
You Don't Know Me (remake) (1 - master) |
| 5. |
You Don't Know Me (remake) (2) |
| 6. |
You Don't Know Me (spliced master - splice of take 1 & last chord of take 2) |
| 7. |
We Call On Him (1, 2) |
| 8. |
We Call On Him (3) |
| 9. |
We Call On Him (4, 5) |
| 10. |
We Call On Him (6, 7) |
| 11. |
We Call On Him (8) |
| 12. |
We Call On Him (9 - master) |
| 13. |
You'll Never Walk Alone (1) |
| 14. |
You'll Never Walk Alone (2) |
| 15. |
You'll Never Walk Alone (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) |
| 16. |
You'll Never Walk Alone (master - splice of takes 8 & 1) |
| 17. |
Singing Tree (remake) (1, 2, 3) |
| 18. |
Singing Tree (remake) (4, 5 - undubbed master) |
| 19. |
Singing Tree (remake) (harmony vocal overdub of take 5 - master) |
| CD4 |
|
| The January 15 1968 Sessions (continued) |
| 1. |
Too Much Monkey Business (1, 2, 3) |
| 2. |
Too Much Monkey Business (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) |
| 3. |
Too Much Monkey Business (10) |
| 4. |
Too Much Monkey Business (11, 12, 13) |
| 5. |
Too Much Monkey Business (14 - undubbed master) |
| 6. |
Too Much Monkey Business (guitar overdub of take 14) (1) |
| 7. |
Too Much Monkey Business (guitar overdub of take 14) (2, 3, 4, 5 - master) |
| 8. |
Goin' Home (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
| 9. |
Goin' Home (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15) |
| 10. |
Goin' Home (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21) |
| 11. |
Goin' Home (22, 23) |
| 12. |
Goin' Home (24, 25, 26/28, 29) |
| 13. |
Goin' Home (30 - master) |
| CD5 |
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| The January 16 1968 Sessions |
| 1. |
Stay Away (1, 2) / Muleskinner Blues (instrumental jam) |
| 2. |
Stay Away (3, 4, 5, 6) |
| 3. |
Stay Away (7, 8, 9) |
| 4. |
Stay Away (10, 11, 12, 13) |
| 5. |
Stay Away (14) |
| 6. |
Stay Away (15 - undubbed master) |
| 7. |
Stay Away (guitar overdub of take 15) (1) |
| 8. |
Stay Away (guitar overdub of take 15) (2) |
| 9. |
Stay Away (guitar overdub of take 15) (3 - master) |
| 10. |
U.S. Male (1) / The Prisoner's Song (heavily edited) / U.S. Male (2, 3, 4) |
| 11. |
U.S. Male (5) |
| 12. |
U.S. Male (6, 7) |
| 13. |
U.S. Male (8, 9, 10) |
| 14. |
U.S. Male (11) |
| 15. |
U.S. Male (12 - master) |
| March 20 1967 Overdub Session |
| 16. |
Suppose (1966 home recording) |
| 17. |
Suppose (overdubbed master) |
| 18. |
Suppose (instrumental overdub only) |
Produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen & Roger Semon / Mastered & Mixed by Sebastian Jeansson & Vic Anesini.
This CD set is the best source for these recording sessions, where everything has been restored and remastered from scratch. However, on this release some editing has been done to take out some swearing and inappropriate language, or they have muted (turned down) Elvis' vocal channel at some points. With the 'Goin' Home' session, for example though, they have edited out some swearing and bad language, but left other swearing in! If they were going to edit out everything, fine, but to edit out some, and leave other swearing in, is just nonsensical! The thought process used on this set makes no sense at all!
'Hi-Heel Sneakers' is listed as 'High Heel Sneakers' on this set, where it had been correctly listed as 'Hi-Heel Sneakers' on previous FTD releases (So High), and both 'Hi-Heel Sneakers' and 'High Heel Sneakers' on Elvis Sings Guitar Man.
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