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9/03/2022

FRANKIE & JOHNNY

It’s May 1965 and Elvis is again at the Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood California.  

After recording the Girl Happy soundtrack at the legendary studios in June 1964 now he is recording the soundtrack for an upcoming motion picture named ‘Frankie & Johnny’ which is set for release in 1966.  It’s the twelfth soundtrack album and the original soundtrack album hardly hitted 27 minutes of playing time. This release contains approx 2 hours of outtakes and film versions. All recordings are carefully restored and remastered. They never sounded better, it’s like you are right there in the studio.
 
DISC 1
01. Come Along – film version
02. Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter – film version
03. Chesay – film version
04. What Every Woman Lives For – film version
05. Frankie And Johnny – film version
06. Look Out, Broadway – film version
07. Beginner’s Luck – film version  
08. Down By The Riverside - When The Saints Go Marchin’ In - film version
09. Shout It Out – film version
10. Hard Luck – film version
11. Please Don’t Stop Loving Me – film version
12. Frankie And Johnny – film version #2 (edit)
13. Everybody Come Aboard – film version
14. Please Don’t Stop Loving Me – Take 4-6
15. Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter – Take 1
16. Everybody Come Aboard – Take 6,7,8
17. Everybody Come Aboard – Take 14 & 16
18. Chesay – Take 2,4,5
19. Please Don’t Stop Loving You – Take 8 & 9
20. Petunia, He Gardener’s Daughter – Take 3
21. Look Out, Broadway – Take 1 & 2
22. Look Out, Broadway – Take 10 & 11
23. Look Out, Broadway – Take 9
24. Everybody Come Aboard – Take 3,4,5

DISC 2
01. Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter – Insert 1 Take 1-3
02. Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter – Take 4
03. Everybody Come Aboard – Take 11-13
04. Shout It Out – Take 4-6
05. Please Don’t Stop Loving Me – Take 11-18
06. Frankie And Johnny – Record Version – Take 2 & 5
07. Frankie And Johnny – Movie version (acetate)
08. Frankie And Johnny – Movie Version Part 1 – Take 1
09. Frankie And Johnny – Movie Version Part 1 – Take 2 & 3
10. Frankie And Johnny – Movie Version Part 2 – Take 1 (take call only)
Movie Version section 3 – Take 1 & 2 (take call only) 
11. Frankie And Johnny – Movie Version section 4 – Take 1,2,3 (take call only)
12. Frankie And Johnny – Movie Version section 5 – Take 1 & 2 (take call only)
13. Frankie And Johnny – Movie Version section 6 – Take 1 & 2 (take call only)
14. Frankie And Johnny – Movie Version section 7 – Take 1,2,3 (take call only)
15. Commercial Spot 
16. Commercial Spot #2 
17. Commercial Spot #3

ELVIS FOR YOU (The Album That Never Was)

RD 7586 Elvis For You (the album that never was)

Back in June of 1964 The Elvis Monthly reported that this album was due at any time & also listed the 10 tracks that would be featured.
 
This would contain the tracks from Loving You (which by then was deleted) + the added bonus songs Summer Kisses, Winter Tears & Flaming Star as the latter 2 songs had not yet been issued in the U.K.
 
Once again in 1964 The Elvis Monthly reported the release 
date unknown but possibly September or the latest October of that year (this never happened).
 
In the April of 1965 Albert Hand (The Elvis Monthly Editor / Owner) reported that he had received a demo copy of the RD 7586 album with another 2 added songs making it a 12 track album, the added 2 songs were Are You Lonesome Tonight & It’s Now Or Never.
 
On release the album was issued only this time it was as RD 7723 Flaming Star & Summer Kisses, also worth noting there was never an SF (stereo) version of this.
 
Later a Decca engineer had a few demo albums he wanted to sell, G.I Blues / 2 Single sided LP’s from Blue Hawaii & the RD 7586 Elvis For You.  Now you can enjoy the album that never was. It's the cd version of the album that never was.
 
Tracklisting:
Flaming Star
Mean Woman Blues
Teddy Bear
Loving You
Got A Lot O’ Livin’ To Do
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Lonesome Cowboy
Hot Dog
Party
True Love
Bonus:
Loving You – farm version 2 – master take 14
Loving You – main version 2 – fast movie version take 11
Got A Lot O’ Livin’ To Do – alternate master
Party – movie version – take 7 – alternate master
Flaming Star – take 5*
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears – take 15 & 16*
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears – take 19*
Flaming Star – take 3*
Black Star – take 5*
Flaming Star – mono version as featured on the Flaming Star & Summer Kisses lp.
* stereo