
That said, there are some fine moments, including the title track and the beautiful ballad "I'll Never Know." And then we have the highlight, the jam "Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off Of Her" which is way above the rest and helps save the day.
By the way, did you know Love Letters From Elvis was originally titled Festival? According to Ernst Jorgensen's book A Life In Music the title was changed when "The Sound Of Your Cry" and "Sylvia" were removed from the album and "Love Letters" added instead. Also, Colonel Parker wanted to add "Something" while Felton Jarvis thought "Hey Jude" would be better.
Finally, they decided to include the Easter single "Life"/"Only Believe" instead. Personally, I think Love Letters From Elvis would have been a stronger album with both "The Sound Of Your Cry," "Sylvia" and "Something" on it (and "When I'm Over You," "If I Were You" and "Only Believe" out of it).
Still, I'm kind of looking forward to the FTD release. It will be fun to have the "I'll take a piss in every fountain" take of "Heart of Rome" as well as the unedited, complete version of "Got My Mojo Working."
2 comments:
So, if Something should have been included on the Love Letters album, why is it included on the TTWII ftd? It should suit the upcoming ftd version of Love Letters better. I hope Sound of Your Cry will be included though, as well as Sylvia - since I don't want a ftd version of Elvis Now, I'd rather have all the 1971 pop songs on one album + outtakes. Something like "The Lost Album" volume two ...
I agree, it's strange that Jorgensen & Co included "Something" on the TTWII FTD. Especially since it's Jorgensen himself that points out that the song was considered for the Love Letters From Elvis album.
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