FTD - LOVE LETTERS FROM ELVIS

 

LOVE LETTERS FROM ELVIS

Disc 1
The Original Album


1. Love Letters
2. When I'm Over You
3. If I Were You
4. Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It
5. Heart of Rome
6. Only Believe
7. This Is Our Dance
8. Cindy, Cindy
9. I'll Never Know
10. It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)
11. Life

New Bonus Songs:


12. The Sound Of Your Cry
13. Sylvia
14. Rags To Riches
15. Something

First Takes


16. The Sound Of Your Cry – takes 1, 2, 3
17. Cindy, Cindy – take 1
18. I’ll Never Know – take 1
19. It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing) – takes 1, 2
20. Life – take 1, 2
21. Heart Of Rome – take 1
22. If I Were You – take 1
23. Rags To Riches – rehearsal, take 2

Disc 2
Session Outtakes & Undubbed Masters


1. Radio Commercial
2. The Sound Of Your Cry – takes 4, 5, 6
3. Cindy, Cindy – takes 2, 3 (undubbed master)
4. Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It – take 1(undubbed master)
5. I’ll Never Know – takes 2, 3
6. It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing) – takes 3, 4, 5, 6
7. This Is Our Dance – takes 6, 7, 9,11 (undubbed master)
8. Life – take 10
9. Heart of Rome – take 2 (undubbed master)
10. Love Letters – takes 3, 1
11. If I were you - takes 2, 3, 4, 5
12. Only Believe - takes 1, 2, 3, 4 (undubbed master)
13. Sylvia - takes 1, 2, 3, 4, 9
14. Rags To Riches - take 3

Recorded June 4-8 and September 22, 1970 at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville.

Album produced and art directed by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen & Roger Semon
Mastered by Lene Reidel and Vic Anesini
Original A&R: Felton Jarvis
Original Engineer: Al Pachucki
Thanks to Claude Braün and Erik Rasmussen

Musicians:
Guitar: James Burton (June sessions), Eddie Hinton (September sessions), Chip Young, Charlie Hodge, Elvis Presley
Bass: Norbert Putnam
Drums: Jerry Carrigan
Piano: David Briggs
Organ & Harmonica: Charlie McCoy
Harmony vocals: Charlie Hodge (“This Is Our Dance” & “Heart Of Rome”)

Overdubbed later:
Guitar: James Burton
Percussion: Jerry Carrigan
Percussion & Vibes: Farrell Morris
Piano & Organ: David Briggs
Steel-guitar: Weldon Myrick
Vocals: The Imperials, The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham, Mary Greene, Mary Holladay, Ginger Holladay, Temple Riser, June Page, Sonja Montgomery, Dolores Edgin, Joe Babcock (“It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing)” only)
Trumpet: Charlie McCoy, George Tidwell, Don Sheffield, Glenn Baxter
Sax: Wayne Butler, Norman Ray
Flute, Sax & Clarinet: Skip Lane
Trombone: Gene Mullins
Flute & Trombone: William Puett

“Something” recorded live at the midnight show on August 11, 1970. The International Hotel, Las Vegas.

Musicans:
Guitar: James Burton, John Wilkinson
Bass: Jerry Scheff
Drums: Ronnie Tutt
Piano: Glen Hardin
Vocals: The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations, Millie Kirkham
Joe Guercio and his Orchestra