The Memphis Record-1973: Year in Review

[The Swamp Fox]

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THE MEMPHIS RECORD - 1973: YEAR IN REVIEW
From the ACODE label - 37 TRACKS on 2 CD’S - featuring officially previously unreleased Stax recordings + 1973 homerecordings! -
- All tracks in the best possible sound quality and for the first time together on one great double album! -
- In the style of the album “The Memphis Record - 1969: Year In Review” from 1987 -
- A perfect addition to the official releases -
- Limited edtion of 500 copies only! -

CD 1
01. I Got A Feeling In My Body (rehearsal)
02. If You Talk In Your Sleep (unedited master)
03. Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming
(unedited overdubbed master)
04. If You Don’t Come Back (take 4)
05. Promised Land (harmony vocal overdub)
06. It’s Midnight (rehearsal)
07. There’s A Honky Tonk Angel (fs + take 2)
08. There’s A Honky Tonk Angel (take 3)
09. I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby (take 1)
10. It’s Midnight (take 19) **
11. Talk About The Good Times
(unedited overdubbed master)
12. My Boy (unedited overdubbed master)
13. Promised Land (take 1)
14. Loving Arms (overdubbed master)
15. Thinking About You (rehearsal)
16. Thinking About You
(unedited overdubbed master)
17. Love Song Of The Year
(unedited overdubbed master)
18. Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues
(unedited undubbed master)
19. Three Corn Patches (unfaded take 2)
20. Girl Of Mine **
CD 2
01. Love Song Of The Year **
02. There’s A Honky Tonk Angel **
03. Help Me (#1) **
04. I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby **
05. You Asked Me To **
06. It’s Midnight **
07. Promised Land (echo version) **
08. Help Me (#2) **
09. Baby What You Want Me To Do
10. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
11. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
12. Spanish Eyes
13. See See Rider
14. That’s All Right (Mama)
15. When You Love An Alpha Delta
16. We Are Alpha Delta Pi
17. Ode To A Robin (poem)
CD 1 + CD 2 (tracks 1 - recorded at the Stax Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
CD 2 (tracks 9 - 17) recorded at Sam Thompson’s House - 1317 Favell Drive, Memphis, Tennessee
** undubbed master

[sweetangeline]

...from the same people who bring you the ElvisOne label

[Rob]

Thank you, no.

[DearGeorgie]

Interesting there's a "Help Me (#1)" and a "Help Me (#2), Is #1 the false start and then you have to sit through 4 more songs to hear the master take? Brilliant!

[pmp]

Well, I'll give them credit for making it look nice, and, with the exception of some of the home recordings, technically not officially released. Which does make you wonder why FTD wasn't mopping up these sessions last year when they were still in copyright, thus preventing releases such as this.

While part-takes and false starts aren't likely to get pulses racing, the genuine undubbed masters (as opposed to the Our Memories efforts) of the Stax sessions (with any outtakes left in the can to fill up the discs) would surely have made an appealing double CD release from FTD and broken the monotony of soundboards, and been a try at a different attempt at getting the remains of the studio sessions out there without the sessions sets, which, at this rate, won't be complete until the 100th anniversary of Elvis's passing.

[sweetangeline]

Well, I'll give them credit for making it look nice, and, with the exception of some of the home recordings, technically not officially released. Which does make you wonder why FTD wasn't mopping up these sessions last year when they were still in copyright, thus preventing releases such as this.

While part-takes and false starts aren't likely to get pulses racing, the genuine undubbed masters (as opposed to the Our Memories efforts) of the Stax sessions (with any outtakes left in the can to fill up the discs) would surely have made an appealing double CD release from FTD and broken the monotony of soundboards, and been a try at a different attempt at getting the remains of the studio sessions out there without the sessions sets, which, at this rate, won't be complete until the 100th anniversary of Elvis's passing.

Sorry, I won`t be here got other things to do

[jeanno]

Gotta love the design!
The content is a whole different story...

[pmp]

Gotta love the design!
The content is a whole different story...

It's by-and-large officially unreleased material that is now out of copyright. I don't see the problem. Yes, it's all been available on bootlegs at one point or another, but bringing it altogether under one roof seems sensible, and if FTD were putting it out, nobody would be complaining.

[jeanno]

It's not about the copyright thing but about the recordings themselves. Promised Land? Yes. Thing About You Baby? Big Yes! Love's Been A Long Time Coming? Its Midnight? Honky Tonk Angel? Love Song Of The Year? Not for me anymore.
But the presentation is great!

[LSP-4445]

I just listened to this release this morning and what a turd it is.
I kinda like the idea of collecting all the bits& pieces from dozens of releases into one but here they also
have included some real poor sounding tracks so if they had been left out this would be a better release IMO.
I couldnt hear any sound improvment on any tracks so maybe just 1-1 copy of tracks from other boots.
Had elvisalisellers worked on this the outcome would have been great
For new fans/collectors there are some cool takes like Promised Land take1 and Honky Tonk Angel take 3
with that real funny ending but for the rest of us its a big yawn.
This one goes back to the owner today as I have no desire to hear it again.

[Union Ave]

The ElvisOne guy is pooping out new releases at an alarming rate, using various label names.

Guess he really needs the dough.

[sweetangeline]

using various label names.

ELVISONE
GOLD STANDARD
PARADISE ROAD RECORDS
ELVIS CONCERT FAN
ALHECODE RECORDS

...and now VICTORY

[Union Ave]

That last one sounds odd, but it's a combination of the first two letters of the names of his parents, his brother and his own .

He also uses the label name Victory and one or two others.

[hm80ep]

Prolific seems to be the word here.

[sweetangeline]

That last one sounds odd, but it's a combination of the first two letters of the names of his parents, his brother and his own .

He also uses the label name Victory and one or two others.

thanks will add to previous post above

[DakotaKid]

No Thanks.