NEW Elvis CD_Do You Know Who I Am? (Vol. 2)_2 CD Set!

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You are bidding on a Brand New, Sealed Elvis Presley 2 CD Set Titled: Do You Know Who I Am? (Volume 2) Studio Outtakes from the 60's Track List: CD 1 - Tracks: 01. Mexicali rose (one liner) - You'll be gone (false start, take 4) 02. Indescribably blue (take 1) 03. I'll remember you (takes 1,2) 04. Suppose (take 1) 05. Witchcraft (take 2) 06. Finders keepers losers weepers (take 1) 07. W. U. (false start, takes 1,4) 08. Slowly but surely (take 1) 09. Blue river (takes 1,2) 10. It hurts me (alternate take) 11. Stay away (slow version, alternate take) 12. Singing tree (take 1) 13. Singing tree (alternate take) 14. Summer kisses winter tears (takes 23,25,26) 15. Britches (takes 1,5,7) 16. We'll be together (2x alternate takes) 17. I don't wanna be tied (false start) - Plantation rock (alternate take) 18. I'm coming home (takes 1,2) 19. In your arms (try out version) 20. Kiss me quick (take 1) CD 2 - Tracks: 01. U.S. Male (take 1) - Man in the moon (Wings of an angel) 02. U.S. Male (take 4) 03. Guitar man (takes 1,2,5) 04. After loving you (takes 1,2,3,4) 05. Do you know who I am (the session, 10 takes) 06. Any day now (the session, 12 takes) 07. Power of my love (alternate take) If you would like to hear Audio Samples of this CD, please contact me and let me know. Review Of This CD: For the Elvis scholar, this series is indispensable, holding mostly pristine quality studio outtakes from Elvis' RCA years, spanning a 15 year period (1956-1970). With Volume 2, another two cd set with great color photos, the focus is on sessions from 1960 through 1964, and 1967 to 1969. Elvis the "studio professional" would be a good way to categorize his early sixties work. He made movies, gave a few live appearances, and recorded music for both film and non-film use. As we know, the musical balance would tip in unfortunate favor of soundtracks while the song quality diminished. On disc one we get a bunch of alternates from the May 1963 sessions (later to be referred to as the "lost" studio album, as the songs were relegated to various soundtrack albums as "bonus" tracks), as well as material from 1960-61 and 1964-67. We hear a super-fine singer, with an awesome studio and session musicians at his command, slaving over very mediocre songs. I'll take the weakest track from the "Elvis Is Back" sessions over things like "Finders Keepers" any day. " W. U. " is infuriating, it is such a shameless rip-off of "Return To Sender", while the bossa-nova styled "You'll Be Gone" (one of Elvis' only attempts to songwrite) is pleasant enough. " Blue River " does rock, in a goofy sort of way, and take two is the official cut (with a bit more distortion). Listen for the Jordanaires goofing up their backing vocals near the end of the tune --this was how it was released on 45 (as the flip to "Tell Me Why") in 1965 ! There's good alternate material from 1961's "Something For Everybody" sessions like "I'm Coming Home", the jaunty Charlie Rich number, which features terrific lead guitar from Hank Garland and from the "Flaming Star" sessions of August 1960. "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" is a haunting ballad (even better out of the context of the film it was intended for) -- on take 26 Elvis coughs in the middle but they still play all the way through! The best studio recording of the three (!) he made for the amazing year of 1964 (remember the Beatles?), "It Hurts Me", is rendered beautifully in an earlier take -- only the ending needs refinement. What a waste of a colossal talent. Had he recorded more goodies like this one, the Beatles impact on Elvis' reign might've been at least a bit muted. For the hardcore, the September 11th take of "Singing Tree" is here for the first time anywhere; it's just about as tedious as the released version recorded the next day (and not very different either). Disc two offers us some more of the crazy "US Male"... read more

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