After having cleared his throat Elvis starts the 9th attempt to record "Fame And Fortune". The group fails twice to find into the song, but the producer doesn't count these tries as separate takes. The third start works well and segues into a rendition, that's quite close to the master. Take number 10 is canceled after the king looses his step during the bridge (Your kind of love...) and has to laugh about his mistake. The 11th attempt is a complete performance, here and there Elvis has slight difficulties with his timing. All these takes are known from FTD's collector's edition of "Elvis' Golden Records - Volume 3".

Take number 12 once again falters at the bridge, as we know by now, there is no take 13. The following attempts are complete performances and both are good enough to be released. However, neither Elvis, nor his producer (Steve Sholes) regarded any of the takes to be releasable in full. So the master was spliced of take 15 and the middle-part of take 14 (1:36 to 1:59 or "I know that I have nothing...." to "...but to know that you love me brings").

After two false starts Elvis and the group manage to produce a complete take. It's much looser than the master, in-between the king has to laugh. It's my favorite version of "A Mess Of Blues", because it's so relaxed. The complete recording was released by FTD on the compilation "Long, Lonely Highway" and the collector's edition of "Elvis Is Back!". BMG issued the track (without the false starts) on their boxed set "Platinum - A Life In Music".

Take two is a canceled piano-intro, an Elvis, who misses his cue and a LFS. It was also used on FTD's "Elvis Is Back!" release. During the third take the king mixes up a few words, later he stumbles upon the timing and turns the title into "A Mess Of Bullshit". He also adds a "goddamnit" and "sonofabitch" for good measure. Take number four is laid to rest after Elvis sings "I'm gonna catch the next train goin'..." instead of "I gonna get myself together...". He says "Oh, hell" when he realizes, that he slid into the wrong line. The 5th take works as planned and the next master is in the can.

The blues song "It Feels So Right" doesn't challenge anyone of the crew. The first try already is a complete performance, which previously was issued on Sony's boxed set "Close Up" as well as FTD's collector's edition of "Elvis Is Back!". The latter one also contains the second take, another full rendition of the song. It already sounds close to the master, there's just one single spot on which Elvis' timing isn't correct. Follow That Dream Records also used this take on their compilation "Long Lonely Highway". Now the king and his crew rehearse a bit, the musicians play a jazzy improvisation. This is followed by another complete performance, previously released on BMG's "Platinum - A Life In Music" and FTD's "Elvis Is Back!". The fourth take is just a failed intro and a false start, which doesn't exceed the first line of the song. Attempt number five is not only a complete performance, but also so good, that Elvis selected it for release. After having done so, the first session after the singer's Army stint is over. Within a single night the king has produced the eagerly awaited single as well as four tracks of the forthcoming album.

On April 3rd Elvis is back in the studio to finish the longplayer and record material for additional singles. There are just two complete performances of "Fever", take one and take four. The latter one became the master. All takes were released by FTD on their collector's edition of "Elvis Is Back!", take 1 was also issued on BMG's "Essential Elvis - Volume 6". As written before, take 1 is a complete performance, albeit not as sexy and cool as the master. The second try is canceled after the king sang "...through the morning" instead of "...in the morning". During the next attempt Elvis sings "chicks" instead of "cats" and stops the performance with a frustrated "Fuck!". Take four is perfect, maybe the best rendition of this song ever.

Elvis rehearses the song before the official recording starts. He fails on the intro and explains "Can't think of two things at once". He has to play guitar and sing at the same time and obviously isn't multitasking capable. The second attempt also doesn't get old, the king comments "Woah shit, lower!". The producer doesn't regard the false start as a separate take and keeps the tapes rolling. Take 2 evolves into a complete performance. It was previously released by BMG on their boxed set "Collector's Gold", FTD's edition of "Elvis Is Back!" includes both takes.

The same release also featured the following two takes, the last of them was also used on their compilation album "Fame And Fortune". Take 3 is canceled after half a minute or so, because Elvis sings off-key. The next take is preceeded by two false starts, but then we get to hear a complete performance, which also might have been chosen as the master. Attempt number five is killed by the producer, who explains "We got a pop on TO". Finally take 6 pleases everyone and is approved for release.

The Jordanaires fail on the intro twice, but after the barrier is broken a complete performance evolves. Compared to the master the rhythm is accentuated a bit stronger and the rendition lacks some smoothness. But for a first try this is not bad at all. Follow That Dream Records had released this take three times before, namely on the compilation "Long Lonely Highway" and the collector's editions of "Elvis Is Back" and "Elvis' Golden Records - Volume 3". Once again The Jordanaires need to try twice, but also once again this is followed by a complete performance. Take number three, however, is nothing but three false starts in a row.  All this material is known from FTD's "Fame And Fortune" and their version of "Elvis Is Back!". With the fourth attempt Elvis and his band delivered another complete performance, which ended the recording process.