The Elvis Blues Collection

[PiersEIN]

Gang,
I actually think it needs to be a single CD so as not to dilute the Blues feel.

The following tracklist seems perfect & comes in at just under 80 mins.
(unfortunately it has to be the 5 min 'Merry Xmas Baby' but the flow & feel really works

1. Reconsider Baby
2. One night of sin
3. I feel so bad
4. Milkcow Blues Boogie
5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
6. My Baby's Gone
7. Like a baby
8. Down in the alley
9. Give me the right (Tk.2)
10. Trying to get to you
11. It feels so right
12. New Orleans
13. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
14. So glad you're mine
14.High Heel Sneakers (version from So High FTD)
16. Big Boss Man
17. Baby What You Want Me To Do
18. When it rains it really pours
19. Mess of Blues
20. After loving you
21. Clean up your own backyard (undubbed)
22. Power Of My Love
23. My Babe
24. Steamroller Blues
25. Stranger in my own home town
26. Merry Christmas Baby


Happy, I mean sad & bluesy listening

Cheers
Piers

[Skjernaa]

Jesus, Piers, what an absolutely incredible, awesome tracklist! My mouthwater is threatening to ruin my keyboard right now!

I have to admit, that trimming down from my original tracklist to just one CD actually makes it a more even listening experience.

A cover for this fantastic set, anyone?

Perhaps it should be followed by a rhythm'n'blues compagnion? I think I'll have to start working on that one tonight...

Some days ago I trimmed down the tracklist myself to a one CD version:

1. Milkcow blues boogie
2. Mystery train
3. Fool, fool, fool
4. So glad you?re mine
5. Anyplace is paradise
6. When it rains it really pours (RCA-studio)
7. Santa Claus is back in town
8. Trouble
9. It feels so right
10. Like a baby
11. Reconsider baby
12. Give me the right
13. Down in the alley
14. Big boss man
15. Baby what you want me to do (68)
16. One night (68)
17. Lawdy miss Clawdy (68)
18. Clean up your own backyard (undubbed)
19. Stranger in my own hometown (undubbed)
20. Power of my love
21. My babe (69 live)
22. See See Rider
23. Got my mojo working (unedited, undubbed)
24. Stranger in my own hometown (70 rehearsal)
25. Merry christmas baby
26. Steamroller blues
27. Tiger man (75 jam)
28. Shake a hand

This has a few differences from yours, but the similarities are bigger - and, really, I like yours a lot better! (h)

TCB,
Jakob

[jbgude]

Hi Bobby!

You are the first and last in line ! email me will ya ? seems a waste to send just this over !

jb

[Jungleroom76]

Hey Mike! I am already recompiling my CD...... I am adding " Tomorrow" and perhaps " Santa Claus " but if I cannot fit in these two I plan to omit either "New Orleans" or " Trouble" from the existing disc.

I needed to edit a couple of tracks like the Ode to Billy joe intro into " High Heel sneakers" so this is a good time to redo it: anybody want my original disc ?

jb

Hey JB -

Definitely great additions to your collection with TOMORROW and SANTA CLAUS!! But, if it were me personally, I don't know if I would tamper with removing NEW ORLEANS and/or TROUBLE from the collection....those are definite blues songs, if I ever heard one!!! (h)

Any other songs on your list that might be not quite as missed as NEW ORLEANS and TROUBLE would be?

Just my opinion on NEW ORLEANS and TROUBLE....but I am glad TOMORROW is making its way to your tracklisting!!

TCB!
Mike

[Jungleroom76]

Gang,
I actually think it needs to be a single CD so as not to dilute the Blues feel.

The following tracklist seems perfect & comes in at just under 80 mins.
(unfortunately it has to be the 5 min 'Merry Xmas Baby' but the flow & feel really works

1. Reconsider Baby
2. One night of sin
3. I feel so bad
4. Milkcow Blues Boogie
5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
6. My Baby's Gone
7. Like a baby
8. Down in the alley
9. Give me the right (Tk.2)
10. Trying to get to you
11. It feels so right
12. New Orleans
13. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
14. So glad you're mine
14.High Heel Sneakers (version from So High FTD)
16. Big Boss Man
17. Baby What You Want Me To Do
18. When it rains it really pours
19. Mess of Blues
20. After loving you
21. Clean up your own backyard (undubbed)
22. Power Of My Love
23. My Babe
24. Steamroller Blues
25. Stranger in my own home town
26. Merry Christmas Baby


Happy, I mean sad & bluesy listening

Cheers
Piers

EXCELLENT TRACKLISTING PIERS!!! :worthy:

For a single CD release, that would be almost perfect!!! But I still can't help but feel that TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME would be a good fit for a blues album....what do you think?

But, if RCA were to release a blues package with this tracklisting, I would buy it in a heartbeat!!!

TCB!
Mike

[Jungleroom76]

Perhaps it should be followed by a rhythm'n'blues compagnion? I think I'll have to start working on that one tonight...

Some days ago I trimmed down the tracklist myself to a one CD version:

1. Milkcow blues boogie
2. Mystery train
3. Fool, fool, fool
4. So glad you’re mine
5. Anyplace is paradise
6. When it rains it really pours (RCA-studio)
7. Santa Claus is back in town
8. Trouble
9. It feels so right
10. Like a baby
11. Reconsider baby
12. Give me the right
13. Down in the alley
14. Big boss man
15. Baby what you want me to do (68)
16. One night (68)
17. Lawdy miss Clawdy (68)
18. Clean up your own backyard (undubbed)
19. Stranger in my own hometown (undubbed)
20. Power of my love
21. My babe (69 live)
22. See See Rider
23. Got my mojo working (unedited, undubbed)
24. Stranger in my own hometown (70 rehearsal)
25. Merry christmas baby
26. Steamroller blues
27. Tiger man (75 jam)
28. Shake a hand

This has a few differences from yours, but the similarities are bigger - and, really, I like yours a lot better! (h)

TCB,
Jakob

YOU'VE GOT A GREAT TRACKLISTING THERE YOURSELF JAKOB!!!

And, I agree with you that a follow-up R & B compilation would be AWESOME!!!

TCB!
Mike

[richardo316]

hey jakob that sounds like a really great cd. great track listing. i would have used the memphis 74 performance of steamroller blues rather than the jan.12 version. to me march 20th 74 sounds more bluesy than jan 12. otherwise great job. :

[jbgude]

Guys I went a searching my cupboard and what do I find ? Another version of a blues compilation that I had made, it goes like this :

1 Baby what you want me to do (68 stand up ver)
2 Stranger in my own home town(Undubbed)
3 Tiger man
4 High Heel sneakers
5 Wearin that loved on look
6 Reconsider Baby
7 Long Black limousine
8 Big Boss Man
9 Clean up your own backyard
10 Down in the Alley (from TTWII - rehearsal)
11One night of sin
13 I Feel so bad
14 When it rains it really pours
15 Tomorrow night
16 Lawdy miss clawdy
17 A mess of Blues
18 Like a baby
19 Hard Luck
20 All I needed was the rain
21 What'd I say ( rehearsal ver)
22 Trouble
23 New Orleans
24 Thats all right ( TTWII rehearsal ver)
25 It feels so right
26 Beach boy blues
27 Merry Christmas Baby
28 Baby what you want me to do ( Alt from CG)

Did anyone notice that " Heartbreak Hotel" is missing from the set lists ? ! I had a version from Las Vegas Collectors Gold I think that has a really bluesy Piano in my draft list of tracks.I ommited it as Elvis plays slightly with it towards the end and laughs ditto for the TTWII and some other versions.

I am thinking of ommiting Thats all right for the poor sound quality,What'd I say ( sound) New Orleans because some it does not " jell" while listening - and of course I want to change some of the track order......I do not want to go chronologically rather something that grabs me.

Incidently I am trying to compile a 10 to 12 track sampler from the Memphis 69 sessions for a music freak who is familiar with the Sun Sessions but nothing else....

jb

[mn-designs]

A cover for this fantastic CD is now for download in the art-gallery!
Hope you all like it!

[Skjernaa]

Hi guys and girls

Another wonderful collection - perhaps we should send all our tracklists to BMG/RCA...

Did anyone notice that " Heartbreak Hotel" is missing from the set lists ? ! I had a version from Las Vegas Collectors Gold I think that has a really bluesy Piano in my draft list of tracks.I ommited it as Elvis plays slightly with it towards the end and laughs ditto for the TTWII and some other versions.

Actually, 'Heartbreak Hotel' was on my original 2 cd set, which started this thread. I used the alternate take from 'Elvis 56', but there's also a fantastic live version on 'Electrifying' which has the roughest, bluesiest Heartbreak-solo ever played by James Burton!

JB, where can the rehearsal-version of 'What'd I Say' be found?

Patrick, I really like your cover! One of your best, I think. Fancy doing one for the 2 cd set, too?

TCB,
Jakob

[jbgude]

where can the rehearsal-version of 'What'd I Say' be found?

Try "Cream of Culver City" -if you dont have it send me a pm.

jb

[Lonniebealestreet]

It's on Platinum: A Life In Music too. If you don't have it, talk to Santa.

Jakob, in case you were thinking it was from the VLV sessions, it's a rehearsal from July 1970. There's a pretty funny ad-lib: "Hey, mama, don't you treat me wrong. Put your dress on, go on home, all right..."

You can play a clip below.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...259951-0793465

[Skjernaa]

Lonnie & JB, thanks for the help! I don't know where on earth I put my head when I asked that question - I have both 'Cream of Culver City' and 'Platinum'

I think I was thinking something about august '69 rehearsals, because the live version of 'What'd I Say' that I used is from that period. I think there are a few low-fi rehearsals around, but I don't have any of them...

Perhaps I just need to turn in a little early tonight

TCB,
Jakob