tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509925059046197667.post6409654796645722627..comments2024-02-01T22:57:21.641+01:00Comments on Elvis Today: How That's The Way It Is Was WovenThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253626531289651309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509925059046197667.post-63252721221353210982008-05-15T21:55:00.000+02:002008-05-15T21:55:00.000+02:00I'm hoping that the FTD Love Letters From Elvis wi...I'm hoping that the FTD <I>Love Letters From Elvis</I> will have the definitive, full-length jam version of "Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off Of Her." I can see why they would edit it for a mainstream release, but this is a collectors label. No fades, please!<BR/><BR/>I'm also a sucker for the songs "Heart of Rome" and "This Is Our Dance" (even though a lot of people apparently hate that one), so I'm hoping for some alternates, or at least improved sound quality, for those.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, we won't get 37 takes of "It Ain't No Big Thing" as space-filler though.<BR/><BR/>If only FTD would move into the 21st century, though. They could save themselves (and fans) a lot of money by partnering with iTunes, Amazon, whoever, and make the tracks available as individual downloads.<BR/><BR/>I think the going rate for most songs is $0.99 US, and I'd be willing to pay double that in order to have the ability to pick and choose FTD songs to download. <BR/><BR/>Surely there are enough web-savvy Elvis fans by now to make this kind of venture worthwhile, even if only as a side-venture to the physical CDs?<BR/><BR/>If they are worried about piracy, it is theoretically just as easy to do that with a physical CD as it is with a downloaded song. In fact, in some ways, it may even be easier with a physical CD.Troy Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10778360977396765591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509925059046197667.post-51298329345135550412008-05-15T18:30:00.000+02:002008-05-15T18:30:00.000+02:00And now it seems that Love Letters from Elvis is t...And now it seems that Love Letters from Elvis is the next ftd. Will it contain Sylvia and The Sound of Your Cry? Or do we have to wait for an Elvis Now ftd for Sylvia? Hopefully not ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509925059046197667.post-39993601824745079512008-05-14T21:41:00.000+02:002008-05-14T21:41:00.000+02:00Nice review, Thomas, and wise comments, tygrrius! ...Nice review, Thomas, and wise comments, tygrrius! It's really a nice package, but as with other ftd classic albums there aren't many surprises as a lot of the material already has been released. But that's ok, Ernst and Roger have done a great job. I would have substituted Little Sister/Get Back and Something for the studio version of Bridge (without applause), but that's just my opinion. Wasn't Something (and Sound of Your Cry) planned to be on the Love Letters LP or/and as a single? I may be wrong. Something would have suited better as a bonus track on a Love Letters ftd, which I guess is coming, together with Elvis Country. Guess that's why the Tiger Man jam is included, to have (almost) everything from the sessions on six cds. I Didn't Make It On Playing Guitar will probably be on the Elvis Country ftd, And Love Letters will include an unreleased ten minute instrumental jam version of This Is Our Dance! :-)<BR/>By the way, isn't it funny that Elvis Beatles recordings always were delayed? Yesterday wasn't included on In Person (and the Hey Jude part wasn't released at all), Something had to wait until Aloha, and Hey Jude had to wait three years (I could have waited forever!) to be released. And Get Back (as well as Lady Madonna) was only released after Elvis's death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509925059046197667.post-61474490579528343282008-05-14T16:22:00.000+02:002008-05-14T16:22:00.000+02:00"Check out Thomas' review of FTD's 'Elvis: That's ..."Check out Thomas' review of FTD's 'Elvis: That's The Way It Is' 2-CD set, over at his Elvis Today blog."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509925059046197667.post-63896240302647592462008-05-12T13:04:00.000+02:002008-05-12T13:04:00.000+02:00Thanks for taking the time to post this great revi...Thanks for taking the time to post this great review! It was worth the wait.<BR/><BR/>Based on your review, I'll definitely be buying this one, my first FTD in over a year (since "Let Yourself Go").<BR/><BR/>Regarding "Bridge Over Troubled Water," I never liked that overdubbed applause, either. I suppose they were trying to "bookend" the record with the live sound, but, as you said, why not just use an actual live performance? They recorded plenty of great ones, right up there with the studio version.<BR/><BR/>The other thing I don't like about the original alblum version of the song is Elvis' voice being so low in the mix for the first verse or so. I always wondered if that was intentional or a technical mistake.<BR/><BR/>I remember the first decent releases of the studio "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on "Heart & Soul" back in the early 1990s being a revelation. Without the overdubbed applause and now sporting a better-mixed intro, this was the first time I actually liked the studio version better than the incredible live versions. It's amazing how much mixing can change the experience of listening to the same song.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks again!Troy Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10778360977396765591noreply@blogger.com