Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 (2 CD Set) | FTD | Elvis Presley Classic Album

'Elvis Golden Records Vol. 3' is a 2-CD release in the Follow That Dream (FTD labels classic album series. It features a 7" digipack with 12-page booklet. 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.

The original album has always been a sterling collection of Nashville cuts as we all know, but now it s made even more attractive by an alternate album and another disc of outtakes, several (officially) unreleased, from the Nashville sessions from 1960-1962. Mastering courtesy of Sebastian Jeansson. Nuff said, this will be playing for much of the coming weeks here!

Unreleased takes are marked ** (and are highlighted in RED).

Elvis Golden Records Volume 3

Disc 1

The Album

01 It's Now Or Never 3:18
02 Stuck On You 2:23
03 Fame And Fortune 2:34
04 I Gotta Know 2:18
05 Surrender 1:57
06 I Feel So Bad 2:57
07 Are You Lonesome Tonight? 3:09
08 (Marie's The Name His Latest Flame 2:10
09 Little Sister 2:34
10 Good Luck Charm 2:28
11 Anything That's Part Of You 2:07
12 She's Not You 2:09

The Alternate Album

13 It's Now Or Never - take 1 3:13
14 Stuck On You - take 1 2:20
15 Fame And Fortune - take 1 3:03
16 Surrender - take 9 & workpart take 1 2:00 **
17 I Feel So Bad - take 1 3:01
18 Are You Lonesome Tonight? - takes 1 & 2 3:43
19 (Marie's The Name His Latest Flame - take 6 2:14
20 Little Sister - take 6 2:38
21 Good Luck Charm - take 1 2:49
22 Anything That's Part Of You - take 9 2:17
23 She's Not You - take 2 & work part take 1 2:16 **

Disc 2

The Outtakes

1 Stuck On You - take 2 2:26
2 Fame And Fortune takes 2, 3** & 7** 4:46
3 Make Me Know It take 14 2:10**
4 Soldier Boy - take 11 3:06**
5 It's Now Or Never - undubbed master/splice of takes 4 & 2 3:23
6 Surrender - splice of take 7 & work part take 7 2:03 **
7 He Knows Just What I Need - take 9 2:18 **
8 (Marie's The Name His Latest Flame take 3 2:23 + FS**
9 Little Sister - takes 10, 11 & 9 4:38** + FS before 9**
10 Kiss Me Quick - take 2 2:56**
11 Anything That's Part Of You - takes 6, 7 & 3 3:11 **
12 For The Millionth And The Last Time - takes 3 & 4 2:51**
13 I Met Her Today - takes 3 & 6 3:27 **
14 She's Not You - take 1 & work part take 2 2:32 **
15 Make Me Know It - takes 2 & 8 3:50**
16 Make Me Know It - take 16 2:09**
17 Fame And Fortune - take 8 2:42**
18 Fame And Fortune - take 9 2:40**
19 Fame And Fortune - takes 10 & 11 4:03**
20 (Marie's The Name His Latest Flame - takes 7*, 9** & 12 3:33
21 Kiss Me Quick - take 3 2:59**
22 Kiss Me Quick - takes 5 & 6 4:27**
23 For The Millionth And The Last Time - take 5 2:14**
24 For The Millionth And The Last Time - takes 11 & 8 2:41 **
25 I Met Her Today - takes 12 & 13 3:00 **
26 I Met Her Today - take 14 2:52 **

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
Engineer: Bill Porter
RCA A&R: Steve Sholes & Chet Atkins