[2013-12-13] Elvis Presley "Moody Blue" - re-issue of final studio album with out-takes (Follow That Dream)

Gary Dunaier · 20 Jul 2006

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As part of the Classic album series, FTD is releasing Elvis’ last official studio album. Taken from the original session multi-tracks, the new album features the masters, unreleased outtakes, rough mixes and undubbed songs. The 16-page booklet 4-color booklet contains very rare memorabilia and photographs. Compiled by Jean-Marc Juilland. Mastered by Jean-Marc Juilland & Vic Anesini

Disc 1 - The Album

SIDE ONE
01. Unchained Melody
02. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
03. Little Darlin'
04. He¹ll Have To Go
05. Let Me Be There

SIDE 2
06. Way Down
07. Pledging My Love
08. Moody Blue
09. She Thinks I Still Care
10. It¹s Easy For You

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM
11. Unchained Melody - undubbed master
12 .If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - undubbed master
13. Moody Blue - take 6
14. She Thinks I Still Care - take 2B
15. My Way (live)
16. Way Down - undubbed master
17. Little Darlin' - undubbed master
18. He¹ll Have To Go - rough mix
19. Pledging My Love - composite of rehearsal
20. It¹s Easy For You - take 1

BONUS TRACKS
21. She Thinks I Still Care - takes 1, 2A
22. America The Beautiful
23. Softly As I Leave You

Disc 2 - The Sessions

01. Way Down - rehearsal, take 1
02. Way Down - take 2A
03. She Thinks I Still Care - takes 3,4
04. Moody Blue - take 1
05. Pledging My Love - takes 1,2
06. Pledging My Love - take 3
07. It¹s Easy For You - takes 3,4
08. It¹s Easy For You - undubbed master
09. She Thinks I Still Care - takes 7,9
10. She Thinks I Still Care - take 10
11. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - master unedited rough mix
12. Moody Blue - takes 7,5
13. Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall - rough mix of master
14. Pledging My Love - takes 4-5
15. Pledging My Love - undubbed, unedited master
16. Way Down - take 2B
17. Way Down - rough mix of master
18. Moody Blue - takes 8,9
19. Moody Blue - master unedited rough mix
20. She Thinks I Still Care - take 15
21. America - composite of single master and the surviving ending of the erased studio version

http://www.elvis.com/ftdreleases/70/Moody_Blue/default.aspx

Brainiac McGee · **Joined:** 10 Jun 2011 **Posts:** 2941

The FTD label has released some fairly amazing stuff over the past decade-plus. I post about them every now and again, but nobody on these boards seems to collect Elvis.

I believe that "Moody Blue" is the final Presley album to get the expanded 2-disc treatment. I posted elsewhere (I forget where) that with this release, along with last months Vol. 2 of the "G.I. Blues" soundtrack and the forthcoming Vol. 3 of the American Studios 1969 sessions, it's unclear how they might package any leftover takes. The outtakes from "Speedway" and "Roustabout" appear to have been lost, although there is at least some late-era soundtrack material left--from films like "Charro" and "Change Of Habit." There is apparently also some unreleased takes on surviving binaural reels from the 1950's, although FTD faces the same problem that they faced with the Sun box last year--once they release anything like that, it immediately enters the public domain over in Europe.

I'm guessing that tracks 22 and 23 on Disc 1 are the single versions of both songs--two of the weirder and more obscure Presley tracks. I believe that the single was released posthumously, and both songs later showed up on the OOP "Elvis Aron Presley" box, and that "America The Beautiful" was (again, I believe) released on a CD single after 9/11. Both songs were recorded live, and not very well, sounding muffled, as though taken from a cassette. I wonder if FTD was able to improve the sound as well; again, I believe that "Softly As I Leave You," although once officially released, has just not shown up on many, if any, compilations.

The undubbed masters for "Little Darlin'," "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" and "Unchained Melody" sound interesting--both were recorded live in 1977. The rest were recorded in the Jungle Room in Graceland in 1976.

Robert Meagher · 30 Sep 2006

I am somewhat of an Elvis collector - I have 90 some-odd titles - the single cds - the deluxe versions - the essential series - the double soundtrack cd's - the 50/60/70 boxes - the 5 or 6 other boxes - the hayride cuts - a few Sun Record cd comps - various RCA comps- also (not in the 90) all of his movies on dvd - I don't have any of the FTD label stuff and at this stage of the game - I don't know how I'd go about getting all of them now.

I like the Sun Record Elvis - the early RCA Elvis up till he got drafted - the initial return and also the comeback tv special Elvis. IMO King Creole is not only his best movie but maybe one of the top 50 movies of all time.

Glenn S. · 30 Oct 2006

One of these days I'd like to start collecting Elvis. Mom used to drag me along to his movies when I was a child, and he was one of my first musical interests. Regarding Moody Blue, I'd always assumed that anything that late in his career was not worth listening to, but I finally heard this album after recently getting a turntable and really liked it, blue vinyl and all.

[2013-12-13] Elvis Presley "Moody Blue" - re-issue of final studio album with out-takes (Follow That Dream)

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