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jon_burrows
09-02-2007, 04:29 AM
I've read that Elvis didn't like the released version of SM when he first heard it on the radio while travelling in his car and was livid. Apparently it wasn't the version which he had agreed should be released and someone, somewhere made the decision to release the now "classic" version.
Has anyone else read this? If this is true has anyone heard the version which Elvis had agrred to release? Thanks.
marijaep
09-02-2007, 04:57 AM
I've read that Elvis didn't like the released version of SM when he first heard it on the radio while travelling in his car and was livid. Apparently it wasn't the version which he had agreed should be released and someone, somewhere made the decision to release the now "classic" version.
Has anyone else read this? If this is true has anyone heard the version which Elvis had agrred to release? Thanks.

Yes, I have heard the same thing somewhere else too...That it wasn't the same version that he approved in the studio while recording it. I also think that he asked the Colonel if he had something to do with it but he said no :hmm: That's all i know...It would be interesting if there's a chance to hear the 'classic' version :D
Jailhouse-Rocker
09-02-2007, 05:18 AM
yeah i read that somewhere. they did lots of versions in the studio and Elvis picked out one that he thought was the best. But they went behind his back and chose a different version of it. So when it came on when he was driving he was indeed livid.

I haven't heard the classic version, but i really would like to. It would be great, seeing as Elvis thought it was the best one.
Rising Sun
09-02-2007, 06:37 AM
I read about this too somewhere, I think it was in the book "Elvis by the Presleys", but I'm not totally sure about this:hmm:
I don't know which one was the version he agreed to, but I found an Alternate Take of Suspicious Minds on the "Elvis Essential 60s Masters" Boxset. This might be the one he agreed to but I don't know for sure, as it's said that there are many versions of this:hmm:
Hope this could help:D

Rising Sun :clap:
The King's Queen
09-02-2007, 07:12 AM
I recall reading that the version that Elvis heard on the radio was the version that fades out and then comes back again at the end. He didn't like that at all. Not sure why...I loved it, but he didn't like that...or so I've heard. :king:
elvis himselvis
09-02-2007, 09:20 AM
I also wonder which recording of this song he liked and was his favorite...somebody can help us?
Raised on Rock
09-02-2007, 04:46 PM
No, no, if that happened, it wasn?t about which version was released, the take that was released, it was the take choosen in the studio, it had to do with the Fade out-Fade in thing Felton Jarvis added in the end to recreate the slow down-speed up efect that Elvis used when he played it live.

Here?s the link to another thread about a similar topic that was posted recently, it may add something to this one:

http://www.tcb-world.com/showthread.php?t=14703
King_Creole
09-02-2007, 11:25 PM
Elvis had no problem with the Take chosen for release.

It was the Mastering of the record that he immediately noticed and had a problem with.

How these false rumors get started I'll never know ...
Jumpsuit Junkie
09-03-2007, 04:19 PM
Elvis didn't have a problem with the released version per se, he didn't like the arrangements (overdub) and the fade in fade out.
rocknroll
09-03-2007, 04:37 PM
Elvis had no problem with the Take chosen for release.

It was the Mastering of the record that he immediately noticed and had a problem with.

How these false rumors get started I'll never know ...

Correct. The take was the right one, it was the mix/mastering/whatever he didn't like.
MJ27
09-03-2007, 08:53 PM
Thats right.He was not happy with the mix they came up with. Apparently the same problem arose with the entire "Today" album from 1975. The "rough" mixes can be heard on the FTD version . :D
vinceeverrette
09-04-2007, 10:21 PM
Elvis did choose the take that we are all used to hearing. However he was absolutely livid when the producers put his voice above everything else in the mix. This actually happened quite often and was one of many on going battles between Elvis and Colonel Tom. Colonel Tom was selling Elvis and Elvis was selling music. Elvis liked his voice to blend better than what we usually heard.