So much greater than silver and gold

This Elvis fan club CD features alternate takes of songs recorded in Nashville between March 1960 and March 1961. These were the sessions for the Elvis is Back, His Hand in Mine, and Something for Everybody albums. These were some of Elvis' best recording sessions. The March 1961 session wasn't quite as good as the 1960 sessions, but it was still very good. Hardcore Elvis fans should really dig this.

Something nice for the fan-historian-musician

Here are 27 more quality outtakes with the focus on the Nashville (non-soundtrack) sessions from 1960 to 1961. The material is mostly 'A'; the singing is outstanding. Elvis' range during that period was amazing: from bass to falsetto, from blues to opera, etc.
There are only perhaps five or six tracks which could have been issued originally, as none are as strong as the familiar cuts, but "Make Me Know It" is equally as entertaining and longer than the '60 release; "It's Now Or Never" has a more powerful ending note; "The Girl Of My Best Friend", though too slow, is otherwise solid and features a throughly committed vocal; "Milky White Way" is certainly comparable; "Starting Today" is another fine example of his new near-falsetto ballad style.
This CD is a natural companion to the Ernst Jorgensen book on Elvis' sessions.