'Guitar Man: The '67 / '68 Sessions' New FTD: As part of its ongoing "sessions" series FTD is pleased to announce 'Elvis Presley: Guitar Man The '67 / '68 Sessions'.
Released as a 5CD set it features two Elvis' RCA sessions at Studio B in Nashville.
September 1967 highlights include Guitar Man, Hi Heel Sneakers, Big Boss Man and You Don't Know Me.
The January 68 sessions highlights include Too Much Monkey Business and U.S. Male. It also included an extraordinary 30 takes of 'Goin' Home'.
The 24-page booklet features rare photos, sessions data, memorabilia and release information.
FTD suggest it will be out in late June.
Disc 1
01) Big Boss Man
02) You Don't Know Me
03) Guitar Man
04) Singing Tree
05) Just Call Me Lonesome
06) Hi- Heel Sneakers
07) U.S. Male
08) Stay Away
09) You'll Never Walk Alone
10) We Call On Him
11) Mine
12) Going Home
13) Too Much Monkey Business
14) Suppose
September 10, 1967 Sessions
15) Guitar Man takes 1-5
16) Guitar Man - takes 6-9
17) Guitar Man - take 10
18) Guitar Man - takes 11-12 undubbed master
19) Guitar Man - overdub of take 12 - unedited
20) Big Boss Man - takes 1-2
21) Big Boss Man - takes 3-9
22) Big Boss Man -takes 10-11 master
Disc 2 September 10, 1967 Sessions continued
01) Mine - takes 1-4
02) Mine takes 5-7
03) Mine - takes 8-9
04) Mine - takes 10-13
05) Mine - takes 14-16
06) Mine - takes 17-18
07) Mine takes 19-21
08) Mine - take 21 with vocal replacement - master
09) Singing Tree - take 1
10) Singing Tree - takes 2-4
11) Singing Tree - takes 5-7
12) Singing Tree - take 8
13) Singing Tree - takes 9-12)
14) Singing Tree - take 13 alternate master
15) Just Call Me Lonesome - take 1 master
16) Just Call Me Lonesome - takes 2-4
17) Just Call Me Lonesome - takes 5-6 alternate master
Disc 3 September 11, 1967 Sessions
01) Hi-Heel Sneakers,- takes 1-5
02) Hi-Heel Sneakers - takes 6-7 unedited master
03) Hi-Heel Sneakers - Splice of take 7 & first line of take 5- edited master
04) You Don't Know Me- take 1
05) You Don't Know Me - take 2
06) You Don't Know Me - splice of take 1 / take 2
07) We Call On Him -takes 1-2
08) We Call On Him --take 3
09) We Call On Him - takes 4-5
10) We Call On Him - takes 6-7
11) We Call On Him - take 8
12) We Call On Him - take 9 master
13) You'll Never Walk Alone -take 1
14) You'll Never Walk Alone - take 2
15) You'l Never Walk Alone - takes 3-8
16) You' Never Walk Alone - splice of takes 8 &1- master
17) Singing Tree (remake) - takes 1-3
18) Singing Tree (remake) - take 4-5 undubbed master
19) Singing Tree (remake) - - overdub of take 5 master
Disc 4 The January 15, 1968 Sessions
01) Too Much Monkey Business -takes 1-3
02) Too Much Monkey Business - takes 4-9
03) Too Much Monkey Business - take 10
04) Too Much Monkey Business - takes 1 1-13
05) Too Much Monkey Business take 14 undubbed master
06) Too Much Monkey Business - overdub of take 14, take 1
07) Too Much Monkey Business -overdub of take 14. Takes 2-5 master
08) Goin' Home - takes 1-5
09) Goin' Home - takes 6-15
10) Goin' Home - takes 16-21
11) Goin' Home - takes 22-23
12) Goin' Home - takes 24-29
13) Goin' Home - take 30 master
Disc 5 The January 16, 1968 Sessions
01) Stay Away - takes 1-2
02) Stay Away - takes 3-6
03) Stay Away - takes 7- 9
04) Stay Away - takes 10-13
05) Stay Away - take 14
06) Stay Away - take 15 undubbed master
07) Stay Away overdub of take 15, take 1
08) Stay Away - overdub of take 15, take 2
09) Stay Away -(overdub of take 15, take 3 master
10) U.S. Male - takes 1-4
11) U.S. Male - take 5
12) U.S. Male - takes 6-
13) U.S.Male - takes 8-10
14) U.S. Male - take 11
15) U.S. Male - take 12
Overdub Session, March 20, 1967
16) Suppose - Elvis at the piano, 1966 recording
17) Suppose - overdubbed master
18) Suppose - (instrumental) ~ 2