Another example of dubbing that
was found to be a little over the top can be found on the companion
release Unedited Masters – Nashville 1970,
also by the Venus label. “Only Believe” originally featured
horns, making an already unimaginative arrangement sound even worse.
But apart from that one song, the rest of the album is a delight to
listen to.
And just like on Unedited Masters –
Stax 1973, the majority of the tracks included are the complete
overdubbed masters, some of them running longer than when they were
originally released. At times this lends a certain song more drama,
as Elvis keeps belting out the final chorus over and over, wringing
out every possible emotion with his performance.
So is “Twenty Days And Twenty Nights,” where Elvis effectively adds an “Oh, God” after one of the “Oh, How I miss her” lines as the song nears its conclusion, with those two words succeeding in conveying feelings of hurt and loneliness (this could also be heard on FTD's treatment of the That's The Way It Is album, but here the song goes right to the tape cut at the end while it was faded on FTD's version).
In fact, all the tracks run until the musicians stops playing or the tape is turned off. More often than not this makes it possible to hear a comment from Elvis or his producer after a a master has been completed. Like on “I've Lost You,” where Felton Jarvis exclaims, “That is unreal!”
Other highlights include “Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off Of Her,” “I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water” and “Cindy, Cindy” (all three unedited and overdubbed) as well as the undubbed master of “The Fool.” Finally, I have to mention “Make The World Go Away,” where we get not only the overdubbed take 3, but also the overdubbed work part take 1 (the original master was a splice between the two, obviously after they were both overdubbed separately).
For a full review of Unedited Masters – Nashville 1970, please check out Keith Flynn's excellent article over at Elvis Australia.
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