Discs 3 and 4 feature outtakes. Almost everything had been release before, but not in such excellent audio quality. To return to the introduction of this review, tap on the cover.

The selection of outtakes begins with a jam of "Tiger Man", which was previously released in 2002 on FTD's album "The Nashville Marathon".

"That many words. You can't look away from that sonofabitch for a minute, man!" says Elvis. The band tries to find into the song, the tempo is discussed. In general the first take works well, but the king forgets about the instrumental part and wants to continue with the line "who can tell when summer turns to autumn". He realizes his mistake and turns the fist word into a "whooooo". The rehearsal part was released in 2008 on the classic album edition of "That's The Way It Is", the first take of "I've Lost You" was available six years earlier on "The Nashville Marathon".

The band is rehearsing, the producer announces the take and the performance is underway. At least, it was planned that way. Elvis has trouble to sing "yesterday has slipped away" in accordance to the beat and doesn't sing at all. Instead he likes to rehearse this part once more. Take four is burried early, because the musicians fail to play the intro. The 5th try seems to work better (even though "yesterday has slipped away" still doesn't sound right), but then Elvis turns the "misty meadows" into "mysty shadows" and cancels the take. Finally attempt number six turns out to be a complete performance. The word "yesterday" still sounds limp, but at least the group has managed to get through the song. The recording is known from FTD's classic album release of "That's The Way It Is", take 6 was also previously released on the boxed set "Today, Tomorrow And Forever".

Before the group started with the official recording, they rehearsed the song. Felton Jarvis liked this walkthrough so much, that he decided to record it. FTD had released this scene on the classic album edition of "That's The Way It Is". Here and there the band is out of tune, certain musicians don't know what to do and the lead vocalist misses several notes. But considering that the guys hadn't performed the song ever before, the tryout sounds more than solid. Felton Jarvis obviously thinks the same and yells out "Bravo, that's a gas!".

While the musicians rehearse, the producer announces "We're rolling". At the time the music was recorded on analogue tape, which was "rolling" from one reel to another. Compared to the master take the electric guitar is given much more room, which takes away some of the drive. That problem aside, the performance rocks. Previously the first take of "Patch It Up" was released on FTD's classic album edition of "That's The Way It Is" and Sony's official DeLuxe Edition.

These takes are known from the same FTD release. First Elvis asks, how many bars the intro has. James Burton rehearses his part on the accustic guitar, the king jokingly sings "I Got A Woman". Take 5 is killed after Elvis goofed up the second line. Laughingly he says "I was choaking". The next attempt fails because Elvis and Charlie Hodge sing different lyrics. With the 6th take the king and his crew deliver a performance, which could also have been released.

Before the official recording begins, Elvis coordinates himself with the band and rehearses certain parts of the song. It soon pays off, because minor mistakes aside the first attempt sounds really good. Previously the recording has been released on Sony's DeLuxe Edition of "That's The Way It Is" as well as on FTD's classic album version.

These takes have been previously released by FTD twice. First they appeared on "The Nashville Marathon", later the were used again on the classic album edition of "That's The Way It Is". Before take 3 begins, Jerry Carrigan is told to play softer. He obviously has trouble to do so, because he answers "I play so soft, I can hardly hear myself". Referring to Mr. Hodge Elvis sings "Nothing's quite as pretty as Charlie in the morning". Take 3 is burried after a few seconds, because of a distortion. The 4th take is almost perfect. In the summer of 1970 the king wanted to get it right and sang the song again. Just a few months later he would wave through performances like this.

Elvis misses his cue, everyone has to start again. Producer Felton Jarvis regards this as two separate takes, but he easily could have considered it to be a false start. For a first try the take sounds very good. But after a while Elvis looses focus. He misses a cue, messes up the lyrics and stumbles upon the timing. Finally even his voice fails. However, the following attempt would become the master take.

The musicians are rehearsing, Elvis and his crew coordinate themselves. Jokingly the king intones "Tonight, Carmen" in the wrong key. When the first official take is started, the intro sounds so limp, that the producer announces "two". But the second attempt is as unsuccessful as the first one, the next two takes don't work, because the band doesn't come in after the guitar intro. The 4th try works better, but something is bothering Elvis when he sings "...and the clock in the window had it quarter to eleven". Before the group starts take number 5, the king rehearses this line. Nevertheless the next attempt doesn't work too well either. First Elvis sings about "...the clock on the window", then he gets completely lost in the lyrics and cancels the take by saying "I'm sorry about that, man". All these takes are known from FTD's classic album edition of "That's The Way It Is".

The same applies here, besides that take 1 has also been released on "The Nashville Marathon". The recording starts right in the middle of the rehearsal. Jokingly the pianist overdoes the bridge to the third verse, to which Elvis replies "I don't thik we're doin' that...sounds too much like LAWDY MISS CLAWDY, man!". Afterwards the rehearsal is canceled. The first official take is anything but perfect. Elvis misses several notes and the timing is off, too. Somehow he doesn't find into the second verse and the band has to play a few bars more. On the third verse the king starts too early and he has to extend the "s" of the line "sail on, silver girl".

When I wrote about the first take of "Patch It Up", I claimed that the guitar had too much room and it would take away some of the drive. Back in 1970 Elvis had the same impression and asks to leave out certain parts. Besides that, he wants the more quiet parts of the tune to be played real quiet to emphasize the contrast to the rockin' sections. The performance iself starts to sound off after a short while and the take is canceled. Now we jump to take number 9 and the difference is evident. By now everything works well and sounds like it's supposed to do. The 9th attempt was first released in the 1990s on a compact disc called "A Hundred Years From Now - Essential Elvis Volume 4". The combination of take 2 and take 9 was known from FTD's classic album edition of "That's The Way It Is", issued in 2008.

This was the first complete take of "The Sound Of Your Cry". Here and there Elvis' timing is off and at times his voice leaves him, because he's singing a tad too enthusiastic. But considering that this is the first complete performance of this song, the performance isn't bad at all. It previously was released on the classic album version of "Love Letters From Elvis".

Take 2 is nothing but a messed up intro and Elvis singing two words. Take 3 is a complete performance and a very good one, too. The 3rd attempt had been released in the 1990s on the album "Essential Elvis Volume 4", albeit at the time it was labeled as take 1. The combination of take 2 and 3 was issued in 2008 by Sony's own collectors label Follow That Dream Records on their classic album edition of "Elvis Country - I'm 10,000 Years Old".

Elvis screams like a maniac and says "Go apeshit...let's cut it, Felton". Then he tells the people, that one day he might electrocute himself with his water and the headphones. He also says, that he has to hurry because otherwise he would miss his flight. Elvis sounds hyped-up, it is said, that the musicians noticed the difference to his behavior in the summer and Priscilla, who was accompanying her husband, told them, that his condition was caused by the medicine he was taking. However, his voice was in great condition and the performance of "Rags To Riches" is impressive. At the end Elvis comments "Too slow, fellas. Just a hair too slow".