The Memphis 1969 Project (2015)

By GhostRyder14
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Elvis Presley's 1969 recording sessions at American Sound Studio in Memphis Tennessee are, in my opinion, his best work as a mature artist. He was singing songs with meaning and with feeling for the first time in years. About 8-10 yrs ago, The Purple Chick Label released a 10-CD collection called "American Sound Sessions;" it's a great collection but since its release there has been more material, both official and unofficial made available. This collection, I feel, is both an update and upgrade to their work. I've used theirs and many more sources to put this together; too many to name, and because I've edited quite a few to include the studio chatter between takes. The Purple Chick Label has about 15 takes of an instrumental called "Come Out, Come Out;" I have not included them for two reasons:

1. The official instrumental track was not released until 2013 and sounds nothing like those takes; in my opinion they are two different songs.

2. My second reason is Elvis never laid down a vocal track to them, so I only included the official. My mindset is that it's not truly an Elvis recording if he's not a part of it. But it's still part of the session list so I feel that one take will do. "Saves room for me as well."

This is still not a 100% complete collection, but I think it's the best there is as of May 2015. 

- GhostRyder 14