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A Dream Come True...

Post August 16th 1977, the market was flooded with bland and speculative recordings of Elvis. Previously released songs were rearranged by using new titles and album covers, where the reuse of old photographs belonged to the common practice. Several releases also suffered severely from the composition of the songs, which completely lacked an eloquent context. I would say that RCA showed a significantly poor judgment when it came to safeguarding Elvis’ legacy. To people who really loved the work of Elvis it seemed that commercial considerations came way ahead of the artistic concerns. In comparison to for instance The Beatles, it is only to acknowledge that Elvis' integrity as an artist was damaged by this hilarious releasestrategy.
Already in 1977, RCA began to combine well-known material of unreleased songs on the release “Welcome To My World”. In this collection they included a live version of “I Can’t Stop Loving You” from the unreleased afternoon show at Madison Square Garden in 1972. Fans then had to buy an album of songs they already got on other records to get access to this one track. This would be a trick RCA did several times after 1977. Many fans wrote articles in various Elvis-magazines and expressed frustration over this cynical policy. I don’t know if RCA took notice of these articles, but the releases seemed to improve as the 80s progressed though.
In 1987 Ernst Jorgensen from Denmark got the job with RCA to protect Elvis' musical legacy. Along with teammate Roger Semon, Jorgensen managed to make the Elvis catalogue the most perfected and best preserved in the market. The 90s gave the fans quality releases such as the three decennium box-sets (50s, 60s and 70s), and a number of other box-sets and collections that provided Elvis fans with fresh material. In addition, more or less the entire Elvis catalogue was re-mastered, which led to a revelation of sonic pleasure.
In 1999 the label “Follow That Dream” was established, named after Elvis’ ninth motion picture. This sub-label of Sony/BMG was launched as a record label for the dedicated Elvis fan. The mandate was to supplement the market with a catalogue that could be considered interesting for collectors of Elvis' music, including material that is not considered to be interesting in the same way to the mainstream listener. The releases from the “Follow That Dream” label is only marketed and sold to fans through the official Elvis fan clubs, selected web-shops anda small number of dealers.
From being an artist that was quite poorly treated by his record label, Elvis’ musical legacy has now become the best-preserved catalogue existing ... an Elvis collector’s dream come true!

Elvis Presley - FTD 173 - Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3 (FTD) (2 CD-set)

Label: Sony Music / Follow That Dream (FTD) 506020-975091 (Released: 2015)

Track listing:

CD 1:

01 - It's Now Or Never
02 - Stuck On You
03 - Fame And Fortune
04 - I Gotta Know
05 - Surrender
06 - I Feel So Bad
07 - Are You Lonesome Tonight ?
08 - His Latest Flame
09 - Little Sister
10 - Good Luck Charm
11 - Anything That's Part Of You
12 - She's Not You
13 - It's Now Or Never (take 1)
14 - Stuck On You (take 1)
15 - Fame And Fortune (take 1)
16- Surrender (take 9 & work part take 1)
17 - I Feel So Bad (take 1)
18 - Are You Lonesome Tonight? (takes 1 & 2)
19 - His Latest Flame (take 6)
20 - Little Sister (take 6)
21 - Good Luck Charm (take 1)
22 - Anything That's Part Of You (take 9)
23 - She's Not You (take 2 & work part take 1)

CD 2:

01 - Stuck On You (take 2)
02 - Fame And Fortune (takes 2, 3 & 7)
03 - Make Me Know It (take 14)
04 - Soldier Boy (take 11)
05 - It's Now Or Never (undubbed master/splice of takes 4 & 2)
06 - Surrender (splice of take 7 & work part take 7)
07 - He Knows Just What I Need (take 9)
08 - His Latest Flame (take 3)
09 - Little Sister (takes 10, 11 & 9)
10 - Kiss Me Quick (take 2)
11 - Anything That's Part Of You (takes 6, 7 & 3)
12 - For The Millionth And The Last Time (takes 3 & 4)
13 - I Met Her Today (takes 3 & 6)
14 - She's Not You (take 1 & work part take 2)
15 - Make Me Know It (takes 2 & 8)
16 - Make Me Know It (take 16)
17 - Fame And Fortune (take 8)
18 - Fame And Fortune (take 9)
19 - Fame And Fortune (takes 10 & 11)
20 - His Latest Flame (takes 7, 9 & 12)
21 - Kiss Me Quick (take 3)
22 - Kiss Me Quick (takes 5 & 6)
23 - For The Millionth And The Last Time (take 5)
24 - For The Millionth And The Last Time (takes 11 & 8)
25 - I Met Her Today (takes 12 & 13)
26 - I Met Her Today (take 14)

Incl. covers

"Liner Notes: By the time Elvis' Golden Records Vol. 3 was released in August 1963, no one in rock 'n' roll up to that point, other than Elvis, had ever legitimately earned a second greatest hits volume, much less a third. It also embodied the best commercial examples of Presley's new post-Army maturity, as both vocalist and musician, and the songs featured on this album achieved an unparalleled level of global chart success by any artist between 1960 and 1963.

Note: This is a special collector edition housed in a 7" (17,5 cm) triple-fold-out cover. Includes a 12 pages booklet with listings about the takes, facts and photos." (Source: Elvisoncd.com)

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