From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis Tennessee 2 CD Set | FTD | Elvis Presley Classic Album

FTD release of From Elvis Presley Boulevard in the 2 CD Classic Album Series [7" Packaging presentation] : Released in 1976, this title contained 10 tracks recorded at Elvis' home Graceland. And now as issued as part of the 'Classic Album' series we have the original release plus many outtakes over two CDs and a 12-page booklet with historic info and memorabilia.

Review : From Elvis Presley Boulevard

From Elvis Presley Boulevard FTD 2 CD Special Edition

Disc 1

The Original Album

From Elvis Presley Boulevard : The Back Cover.

01) Hurt [Jimmie Crane/Al Jacobs]
02) Never Again [Billy Edd Wheeler/Jerry Chesnut]
03) Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain [Fred Rose]
04) Danny Boy [Frederic Weatherly]
05) The Last Farewell [Roger Whittaker/Ron Webster]
06) For The Heart [Dennis Linde]
07) Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall [Larry Gatlin]
08) Solitaire [Neil Sedaka/Phil Cody]
09) Love Coming Down [Jerry Chesnut]
10) I'll Never Fall In Love Again [Lonnie Donegan/Jimmy Curr]

Session Highlights : The Alternate Album

11) Hurt : takes 1,2
12) Never Again : take 11
13) Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain : take 4
14) Danny Boy : take 9
15) The Last Farewell : composite of takes 3 & 2
16) For The Heart : take 1
17) Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall : take 6
18) Solitaire : take 3
19) Love Coming Down : take 3
20) I'll Never Fall In Love Again : takes 4,5

Session Highlights : The Alternate Single

21) For The Heart : takes 3B, 4B, 5B
22) Hurt : composite of takes 4 & 3

Disc 2

Sessions : The Making Of

01) For The Heart : takes 2,3A
02) Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall : take 1
03) I'll Never Fall In Love Again : takes 1,3
04) Hurt : take 3
05) The Last Farewell : take 1
06) The Last Farewell : take 2
07) Never Again : takes 1-3 & 9
08) For The Heart : take 4A
09) Danny Boy : takes 6,7
10) Danny Boy : take 8
11) Love Coming Down : take 4
12) Blue Eyes In The Rain : takes 1,2
13) Solitaire : takes 5,7
14) Hurt : takes 6,5
15) Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall : takes 3-5
16) For The Heart : take 5A
17) The Last Farewell : take 4 & undubbed master
18) I'll Never Fall In Love Again : master rough mix
19) Never Again : master remix
20) Danny Boy : master rough remix

Recorded February 2-7, 1976 at Elvis' home Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee.

Guitar: James Burton, Bill Sanford ('Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain'), John Wilkinson, Charlie Hodge; Bass: Jerry Scheff, Norbert Putnam ('Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain'); Drums: Ronnie Tutt; Piano: Glen D. Hardin; Piano & Electric Piano: David Briggs, Bobby Emmons ('Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain'); Vocals: Kathy Westmoreland, Myrna Smith, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps

Overdubs: Guitar: Chip Young; Bass: Dennis Linde; Congas & Timpani: Farrell Morris; Moog Synthesizer: Shane Keister; Vocals: Wendellyn Suits, Dolores Edgin, Hurshel Wiginton

A & R: Felton Jarvis
Executive producer: Elvis Presley
Director of engineering: Larry Schnapf
Recording engineers: Brian Christian, Tom Brown, Ron Olson, Al Pachucki and Tom Pick
Recording technician: Roy Shockley
Compilation produced and art directed by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen and Roger Semon
Mastered by Jean-Marc Juilland and Vic Anesini
Compiled by Jean-Marc Juilland

From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis Tennessee