Elvis: The How Great Thou Art Sessions - FTD 5-CD-set
Als onderdeel van de veelgeprezen 'Sessions-serie, is FTD verheugd de release van THE HOW GREAT THOU ART SESSIONS aan te kondigen. Opgenomen in mei en juni 1966. Het 3x platina winnende album bezorgde Elvis ook zijn eerste Grammy ® award voor "Best Sacred Performance".
Afgezien van de uitstekende gospel-uitvoeringen met onder meer "Run On", "So High" en "Where No One Stands Alone". De sessies brachten ook de seculiere hits "If Every Day Was Like Christmas", "Love Letters" en Indescribably Blue voort. Verpakt in FTD's 8-inch formaat, bevat het een boekje van 24 pagina's met inzichtelijke aantekeningen, opnamegegevens en memorabilia.
Het HGTA-album wordt gepresenteerd zoals oorspronkelijk gepland door Elvis voorafgaand aan RCA's beslissing om de hit "Crying In The Chapel" uit 1965 op te nemen. Deze opname, samen met outtakes, staat al op FTD's vorige release van The His Hand In Mine Sessions,
Disc 1
THE ALBUM - Masters
1. How Great Thou Art 3:02
2. In The Garden 3:12
3. Somebody Bigger Than You And I 2:27
4. Farther Along 4:07 )
5. Stand By Me 2:29
6. Without Him 2:32
7. So High 1:59
8. Where Could I Go But To The Lord 3:39
9. By And By 1:52
10. If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side 1:39
11. Run On 2:24
12. Where No One Stands Alone 2:48
JUNE 8, 1966 SINGLE
13. Love Letters 2:53
14. Come What May 2:03
OCTOBER 24,1966 SPINOUT BONUS SONGS
15. Tomorrow Is A Long Time 5:24
16. Down In The Alley 2:53
17. I’ll Remember You 2:47
NOVEMBER 15,1966 SINGLE A-SIDE
18. If Every Day Was Like Christmas 2:58
JANUARY 10, 1967 SINGLE
19. Indescribably Blue 2:50
20. Fools Fall In Love 2:08
UNUSED RECORDING
21. Beyond The Reef (original overdubbed master) 3:11
DISC 2
1. Run On (takes 1-2) 4:52
2. Run On (takes 3-6) 5:30
3. Run On (take 7/M) 2:36
4. How Great Thou Art (takes 1-2) 3:44
5. How Great Thou Art (takes 3-4/M) 4:19
6. Stand By Me (takes 1-2) 3:06
7. Stand By Me (takes 3-7) 6:06
8. Stand By Me (takes 8-10) 5:53
9. Stand By Me (take 11/M) 2:43
10. Where No One Stands Alone (take 1) 3:28
11. Where No One Stands Alone (takes 2-3) 3:10
12. Where No One Stands Alone (take 4) 2:56
13. Where No One Stands Alone (work parts 1-4) 5:04
14. Where No One Stands Alone (work part 5) 1:07
15. Where No One Stands Alone (work part 6) 1:41
16. Where No One Stands Alone (splice of takes 4 & 1/M) 2:47
Disc 3
1. Down In The Alley (take 1) 3:27
2. Down In The Alley (takes 2-6) 7:26
3. Down In The Alley (takes 7-9/M) 6:08
4. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (takes 1-2) 6:17
5. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (take 3/M) 5:42
6. Love Letters (takes 1-2) 3:29
7. Love Letters (takes 3-7) 5:48
8. Love Letters (take 8) 3:19
9. Love Letters (take 9/M) 3:12
10. So High (take 1) 2:16
11. So High (takes 2-3) 2:21
12. So High (take 4/M) 2:14
13. Farther Along (takes 1-2) 3:58
14. Farther Along (splice of take 3 and one line from take 2/M) 4:16
15. By And By (takes 1-4) 6:16
16. By And By (takes 5-9) 4:14
17. By And By (take 10/M) 2:08
Disc 4
1. In The Garden (takes 1-3/M) 5:15
2. Beyond The Reef (takes 1-2/M [undubbed master]) 5:44
3. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (takes 1-8) 8:01
4. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (takes 9-11) 3:39
5. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (take 12) 2:47
6. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (takes 13-15) 4:01
7. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (take 16) 2:48
8. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (work parts 1-4) 4:47
9. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (work part 5) 1:25
10. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (work part 6) 1:38
11. Somebody Bigger Than You And I (splice of take 16 and work part 6/M) 2:30
12. Without Him (take 1) 3:08
13. Without Him (takes 2-8) 8:10
14. Without Him (takes 9-14) 5:27
15. Without Him (take 15/M) 2:31
16. If The Lord Wasnít Walking By My Side (take 1) 1:52
17. If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side (takes 2-4) 4:06
18. If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side (take 5/M) 1:49
19. If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side (take 6) 1:55
20. Where Could I Go But To The Lord (takes 1-2/M) 4:25
Disc 5
1. Come What May (takes 1-2) 4:33
2. Come What May (takes 3-4) 2:31
3. Come What May (takes 5-6) 2:59
4. Come What May (take 7) 2:53
5. Come What May (take 8/M) 2:21
6. Fools Fall In Love (takes 1-4) 3:51
7. Fools Fall In Love (take 5/M) 2:55
8. Indescribably Blue (instrumental track take 7 and work parts 1-2) 6:13
9. I’ll Remember You (instrumental track takes 17-19/M) 5:26
10. If Every Day Was Like Christmas (instrumental track takes 8-9/M) 5:00
11. Indescribably Blue (vocal overdub take 1 to instrumental track 7 and work part 1) 2:58
12. Indescribably Blue (vocal overdub take 2 to instrumental track 7 and work part 1/M) 2:59
13. I’ll Remember You (vocal overdub take 1 to instrumental track 19) 4:18
14. I’ll Remember You (vocal overdub take 2 to instrumental track 19) 4:23
15. I’ll Remember You (vocal overdub take 3 to instrumental track 19) 4:12
16. I’ll Remember You (splice of vocal overdub takes 1 and 3 to instrumental track 19 ñ unedited/M) 4:09
17. If Every Day Was Like Christmas (vocal overdub takes 1-2/M to instrumental track 9 ñ undubbed/M) 3:31
