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The Classic Bootleg Collection Volume 3

April 13, 2021 | Music

Now available is The Classic Bootleg Collection Volume 3. 
A sublime 6 CD box set with 6 classic Elvis Presley bootleg albums. Again, there is chosen for some  60's and 70's instead of focusing on one time period. This way all will be served!

There is a big chance your favorite Elvis bootleg album is presented in this boxset. These were the albums in the late 1970's and 1980's that fans were longing for, cause it presented much better (and rarer!) material than Elvis' own record company released in those days. 
This stunning box contains miniature albums of the original releases and includes all the original album tracks, digitally remastered and they now sound better than ever before! Still, many of these tracks are unreleased by Elvis' official record company.

Just like on The Classic Bootleg Collection Volume 1 & 2 there are some true gems (or rough cut diamonds) to be found on this set! For example the ROUGH CUT DIAMONDS LP contained some unique mixes very different to the later released versions. And the “Kickin’ Back!” LP contained a spliced version of the promised land rehearsal, wich resulted in an “alternate” ending. The 1974 rehearsal recordings made their debut on this 1988 LP and the complete rehearsal would not be heard until 7 years later.  Of course the LP also featured the infamous monologue recorded in September 1974 where Elvis speaks out against the press and the maternity lawsuit against him. The show where this speech was taken from would not be heard for almost 9 years later. The Special delivery LP has always been a controversial album, containing the 2 duet versions of “Love Me Tender” with Linda Ronstadt. Plus another song “In My Dreams” which actually is not sung by Elvis at all. On the other side (literally) it also contained the marvelous unrepaired take 4 of “Rags To Riches”. The album also contained songs like “When The Snow Is On The Roses” and “Portrait Of My Love” not often heard in 1979! The “To Know Him Is To Love Him Album” is probably the sloppiest edited album of all time, but it did contain some welcome tracks never heard before by most fans (and still partly unissued elsewhere till today). The Amiga LP “That’s The  Way It Is” & the “Play It Hot Album” do not need any introduction as these are probably some of the first bootleg LP’s in most Elvis collections. All of these albums are true classics and listening to these will bring up some beautiful memories.
  
6 CLASSIC ELVIS BOOTLEG ALBUMS
-That’s The Way It Is
-To Know Him Is To Love Him
-Special Delivery
-Kickin’ Back!
-Rough Cut Diamonds Volume 2
-Play It Hot

THAT’S THE WAY IT IS
01. Medley: Mystery Train/Tiger Man
02. The Next Step Is Love 
03. Cryin’ Time
04. Medley: Little Sister/What’d I Say/Stranger In The Crowd/How The Web Was Woven 
05. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 
06. Mary In The Morning 
07. Polk Salad Annie 
08. That’s All Right 
09. I’ve Lost You 
10. Patch It Up 
11. You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
12. Sweet Caroline
13. I Just Can’t Help Believing
14. Bridge Over Troubled Water
15. Medley: Heartbreak Hotel/One Night/Blue Suede Shoes/All Shook Up 
16. Suspicious Minds
17. Can’t Help Falling In Love
all tracks : 1970 that’s The Way It Is movie versions

TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM
01. Trouble – August 6, 1973
02. Raised On Rock – August 6, 1973
03. Steamroller Blues – August 1973 (?)
04. Sweet Inspiration – August 20 1970 MS
05. Help Me Make It Through The Night -August 1973 (?)
06. More / Suspicious Minds – August 20 1970 MS
07. Release Me – August 1973 (?)
08. I, John – August 1971
09. Folsom Prison Blues / I Walk The Line – August 14 1970 MS 
10. Until It’s Time For You To Go – August 1973 (?)
11. Fever – August 1973 (?)
12. I’m Leavin – August 1971 (?) 
13. Memphis Tennessee – 2 live Versions 1970 / 1973
14. Elvis Introduces Bobby Darin – live 1973 (?) 
15. Can’t Help Falling In Love – live 1974

SPECIAL DELIVERY
01. Love Me Tender – Duet With Linda Ronstadt
02. Love Me Tender – Duet With Linda Ronstadt – Radio Dj Sample
03. In My Dreams – P.J. Proby
04. Spring Fever – Movie Version
05. Portrait Of My Love – August 3 1972
06. Hawaiian Wedding Song – May 9 1976
07. King Creole – Alternate Master
08. Faded Love – Unique Mix 2.51 Min. Version
09. Wild In The Country – Maracas Overdub
10. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Take 14 & 15
11. When The Snow Is On The Roses – August 24 1970 DS
12. In The Studio 1968
Trouble
Trouble – 1012
Trouble – 1015
Guitar Man – 1001
Guitar Man – 1002
Guitar Man – 1003
Little Egypt
13. Tomorrow Never Comes – Undubbed Master
14. Separate Ways – Movie Version On Tour
15. The Next Step Is Love – Movie Version That’s The Way It Is
16. That’s All Right – Movie Version That’s The Way It Is
17. Words – Movie Version That’s The Way It Is 
18. Rags Ro Riches – Unrepepaired Take 4
19. The Sound Of Your Cry – Undubbed Master – Edited Unique Mix
20. Party – Movie Version

KICKIN’ BACK!
Hilton Showroom Dress-Rehearsal August 16, 1974
01. Promised Land (motherfucker Version) – August 16 1974
02. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – August 16 1974
03. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) # 2 – August 16 1974
04. Promised Land # 2 – August 16 1974
05. Fever – Sept. 1974 
06. Aubrey –  Sherrill Nielsen: Lead Vocal Assistance By Elvis  – Sept. 2 1974 Closing Show
07. Monologue: Elvis Talks About Maternity Suit Filed Against Him – Sept. 2 1974 Closing Show
08. Monologue: Elvis Speaks Out On Drugs! – Sept. 2 1974 Closing Show
09. Hawaiian Wedding Song / Dialogue  – Sept. 2 1974 Closing Show
10. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Sept. 2 1974 Closing Show

ROUGH CUT DIAMONDS VOLUME 2
(all unique mixes)
01. If I Were You – Undubbed Master
02. Help Me Make It Through The Night – Undubbed Master
03. Until It’s Time For You To Go – Undubbed Master
04. It’s Only Love – Edited Undubbed Master
05. We Can Make The Morning – Master Unique Mix 
06. Heart Of Rome – Undubbed Master
07. It’s Your Baby, You Rock It – Undubbed Master
08. Mary In The Morning – Undubbed Master
09. Rags To Riches – Undubbed Master
10. The Sound Of Your Cry – Edited Undubbed Master
11. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Duet With Temple Riser
12. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me – Undubbed Master

PLAY IT HOT
01. Maybelline – August 20 1955
02. That’s All Right – August 20 1955
03. Baby Let’s Play House – August 20 1955
04. Tweedle Dee – April 30 1955 
05. Hound Dog  – December 15 1956
06. Million Dollar Radio Spot
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
Don’t Forbid Me
You Belong To My Heart
07. Old Shep – Take 5
08. I Got A Woman
09. Blue Moon / Young Love / Happy Day
10. When It Rains It Really Pours
11. Blue Christmas
12. Are You Lonesome Tonight
13. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin
14. Baby What’s Wrong / Peter Gunn Theme
15. Love Me
16. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
17. Blue Christmas / Santa Claus Is Back In Town
track 08 – 17 June 24 1968 Rehearsal

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