Elvis: That's The Way It Is 2 CD Set | FTD | Elvis Presley Classic Album

Elvis : That's The Way It Is 2 CD FTD Special Edition : This 2008 re-issue turns out to be a must-have for serious fans of Elvis: That's The Way It Is. This is the definitive look at the outtakes of the That's The Way It Is portions of the June 1970 Nashville sessions. Just hang on to your previous copies of the album, too. So, you already have the 3-disc That's The Way It Is: Special Edition from 2000, what do you need with this new 2-disc version? Yes, There is over 40 minutes of new material on this 2008 version of That's The Way It Is. Most of the performances not previously released on earlier editions of That's The Way It Is, A Hundred Years From Now, and The Nashville Marathon are incomplete rehearsals and blown takes, though. However, there are some real gems on this release, including the multiple 'Patch It Up' takes. Plus, this edition pulls everything together in one nice package.

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Disc 1 The Album

1. I Just Can't Help Believin' (live) (Cynthia Weil/Barry Mann)
2. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights (Weisman/Westlake)
3. How The Web Was Woven (C. Westlake/M. Most)
4. Patch It Up (live) (E. Rabbitt/R. Bourke)
5. Mary In The Morning (Cymbal/Rashkow)
6. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Wickham/Napier-Bell/Donaggio/Pallovicine)
7. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (live) (Cynthia Weil/Barry Mann)
8. I've Lost You (live) (Howard/Blaikley)
9. Just Pretend (D. Flett/G. Fletcher)
10. Stranger In The Crowd (Winfield Scott)
11. The Next Step Is Love (Evans/Parnes)
12. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
    
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13. Patch It Up (studio version) (Eddie Rabbitt/Rory Bourke)
14. I've Lost You (studio version) (Howard/Blaikley)
15. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights - take 8 (Weisman/Westlake)
16. Bridge Over Troubled Water (live) (Paul Simon)
17. Little Sister/Get Back (live) (Pomus/Shuman)(Lennon/McCartney)
18. Something (live) (George Harrison)
19. Patch It Up - take 1 (Eddie Rabbitt/Rory Bourke)
20. Patch It Up - takes 2-7 (Eddie Rabbitt/Rory Bourke)
21. Patch It Up - take 9 (Eddie Rabbitt/Rory Bourke)

Disc 2 The Sessions

1. Tiger Man (jam) (Lewis/Burns)
2. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights - rehearsal, takes 1, 2, 3 (Weisman/Westlake)
3. I've Lost You - rehearsal, take 1 (Howard/Blaikley)
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water - take 1 (Paul Simon)
5. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - rehearsal composite (Wickham/Napier-Bell/Donaggio/Pallovicine)
6. The Next Step Is Love - rehearsal, takes 2, 3, 6 (Evans/Parnes)
7. How The Web Was Woven - rehearsal, take 1 (C. Westlake/M. Most)
8. Stranger In The Crowd - rehearsal, takes 1, 3, 4, 5 (Winfield Scott)
9. Stranger In The Crowd - master take 9 - rough mix (Winfield Scott)
10. Mary In The Morning - takes 1, 2, 3, 4 (Cymbal/Rashkow)
11. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - takes 1, 2 (Wickham/Napier-Bell/Donaggio/Pallovicine)
12. Just Pretend - takes 1, 2 (D. Flett/G. Fletcher)
13. The Next Step Is Love - takes 7, 8, 9, 10 (Evans/Parnes)
14. I've Lost You - takes 4, 5, 6 (Howard/Blaikley)
15. Bridge Over Troubled Water - rehearsal, takes 2, 5 (Paul Simon)
16. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights - takes 5, 6 (Weisman/Westlake)
17. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights - take 9 master - rough mix (Weisman/Westlake)

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