RCA/BMG
now had a problem with regards to how the "missing tracks" were made
available. They were not strong enough to release as an album in their own
right, and the albums that they were originally included on had been deleted
from the catalogue. A series of upgraded versions of some of the more popular
'70's albums have been issued since the release of the '70's box, and a number
of the "missing tracks" were added to these albums as bonus tracks.
The less popular albums were not given the upgraded treatment though, and a
number of songs are now unavailable in the current Presley CD catalogue. All of
the '70's albums were issued during the 1990's and many fans have compiled their
own collections of missing masters using these releases as the source for most
of the tracks. Below is my own three disc "seventies supplement"
with cover art added for those of you that would like to make your own versions
of these discs. The missing tracks would easily fit on to two discs, but I've
added a third disc of "loose ends" for completists.
The Essential 70's Masters Six - The Missing
Tracks
- I’ll
Never Know
- This
Is Our Dance
- When
I’m Over You
- Love
Letters
- If
I Were You
- Only
Believe
- Sylvia
- Early
Morning Rain
- Miracle
Of The Rosary
- Padre
- Help
Me Make It Through The Night
- Fools
Rush In
- Love
Me, Love The Life I Lead
- Until
It’ Time For You To Go (alternate master)
- Put
Your Hand In The Hand
- Where
Do I Go From Here
- If
You Don’t Come Back
- Three
Corn Patches
- Find
Out What’s Happening
- Girl
Of Mine
- I
Miss You
- Sweet
Angeline
- Love
Song Of The Year
- Help
Me
- Your
Love’s Been A Long Time Coming
The Essential '70's Masters Seven - The
Missing Tracks
- There’s
A Honky Tonk Angel
- If
That Isn’t Love
- Spanish
Eyes
- She
Wears My Ring
- Fairytale
- And
I Love You So
- Woman
Without Love
- Bitter
They Are, Harder They Fall
- The
Last Farewell
- Solitaire
- I’ll
Never Fall In Love Again
- Never
Again
- Blue
Eyes Crying In The Rain
- It’s
Easy For You
Bonus
Tracks:
- If
You Don’t Come Back (take 5)
- Find
Out What’s Happening (take 6)
- Your
Love’s Been A Long Time Coming (take 4)
- There’s
A Honky Tonk Angel (take 1)
- Bitter
They Are, Harder They Fall (takes 2 – 5)
- Blue
Eyes Crying In The Rain (take 2)
- It’s
Easy For You (take 1)
The
Essential Seventies Masters Eight - Loose Ends
- Let
It Be Me (A Legendary Performer Volume Three)
- Don’t
Cry Daddy (Greatest Hits Volume One)
- Release
Me (Welcome To My World – remix)
- I’ve
Lost You (That’s The Way It Is – live)
- Patch
It Up (That’s The Way It Is – live)
- An
American Trilogy (The Essential Collection)
- Steamroller
Blues (Greatest Hits Volume One - remix)
- I’m
So Lonesome I Could Cry (Welcome To My World – remix)
- Welcome
To My World (Welcome To My World – remix)
- Blue
Hawaii (Mahalo From Elvis)
- KU-U-I-PO
(Mahalo From Elvis)
- No
More (Mahalo From Elvis)
- Early
Morning Rain (Mahalo From Elvis)
- Hawaiian
Wedding Song (Mahalo From Elvis)
- Softly
As I Leave You (undubbed 12/75)
- America
(undubbed 12/75)
- Little
Darlin’ (Moody Blue)
- If
You Love Me, Let Me Know (Moody Blue)
- My
Way (single edit)
- Unchained
Melody (undubbed 6/77)
Bonus
Tracks:
- Merry
Christmas Baby (unedited master)
- Softly
As I Leave You (single mix)
- America
(single mix)
- Unchained
Melody (single mix)
I'm
not claiming all these tracks are essential, and the last disc in particular is
exhaustive really, but it does make a nice companion to the set. I used undubbed
versions of "Softly As I Leave You" & "America" from
Fort Baxter's "Just Pretend" bootleg as I think the sound is slightly
better, and I never understood why RCA added fake applause to these tracks.
Similarly, I used the undubbed version of Elvis' June 1977 version of
"Unchained Melody" which first appeared on the "Great
Performances" as I wasn't keen on the overdubs used on the single version.
The original single masters have been added as bonus tracks.
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