ELVIS SINGS GUITAR MAN - FTD 98 (506020-975021)

As with the classic album releases of STANDING ROOM ONLY and MEMPHIS TENNESSEE, ELVIS SINGS GUITAR MAN is an album that never was, but in our opinion should have been.

So here it is....

TRACK LISTING: 

DISC 1

01) Guitar Man 2:22
(Jerry Reed)

02) Tomorrow Is A Long Time 5:24
(Bob Dylan)

03) Big Boss Man 2:54
(Al Smith/Luther Dixon)

04) Love Letters 2:52
(Edward Heyman/Victor Young)

05) Indescribably Blue 2:50
(Darrell Glenn)

06) Fools Fall In Love 2:08
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

07) Hi-Heel Sneakers 2:48
(Robert Higginbotham)

08) Down In The Alley 2:54
(Jesse Stone and The Clovers)

09) Come What May 2:03
(Frank Tableporter)

10) Mine 2:39
(Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett)

11) Just Call Me Lonesome 2:08
(Rex Griffin)

12) You Don't Know Me 2:32
(Cindy Walker/Eddy Arnold)

13) Singing Tree 2:22
(Arthur L. Owens/Archie Solberg)

14) I'll Remember You 2:48
(Kuiokalaani Lee)

BONUS SONG

15) Beyond The Reef (overdubbed version)
(Jack Pitman)

FIRST TAKES

16) Guitar Man – takes 1,2,5 4:22
17) Tomorrow Is A Long Time – takes 1,2 6:15
18) Big Boss Man – take 2 3:35
19) Love Letters –take 2 2:53
20) Fools Fall In Love – takes 1,4 2:40
21) Hi-Heel Sneakers – take 5 4:58
22) Down In The Alley – take 1 3:13
23) Come What May – take 2 2:12
24) Singing Tree – take 1 3:11
25) I’ll Remember You – vocal overdub take 2 4:14

DISC 2

May 1966 sessions

01) Down In The Alley – takes 2,3,4 2:18
02) Down In The Alley – take 6 2:51
03) Love Letters – takes 3,4,5,7 4:39
04) Love Letters – take 8 3:12
05) Beyond The Reef – takes 1,2 (undubbed master) 5:42
06) Come What May – takes 3,4 2:27
07) Come What May – take 6 2:07
08) Come What May – take 7 – 2:21

June 1966 sessions

09) Indescribably – (vocal overdub) take 1 2:55
     10) I’ll Remember You – (unedited master) vocal overdub 1 4:10

1967 Sessions

11) Guitar Man – takes 7,9 2:52
12) Guitar Man – take 10 2:55
13) Guitar Man – takes 11, 12 (unedited/undubbed master) 4:02
14) Big Boss Man – takes 1,3,4,5 3:19
15) Big Boss Man – takes 7, 9 3:48
16) Singing Tree – takes 2,4 3:28
17) Singing Tree – take 8 3:03
18) Singing Tree – takes 10,13 3:44
19) Just Call Me Lonesome - takes 3,4 2:55
20) Just Call Me Lonesome – takes 5,6 2:31
21) Hi-Heel Sneakers – takes 1,6 2:51
22) Hi-Heel Sneakers – take 7 – (unedited master) 4:57
23) You Don’t Know Me – take 2 2:57
24) Singing Tree – (remake) takes 1,2,3 3:21