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 final disc also starts with a jam, jokingly Elvis sings "I didn't make it on playing guitar". This track first appeared in the 1990s on the album "A Hundred Years From Now - Essential Elvis Volume 4" and was used again some ten years later on FTD's classic album version of "Elvis Country - I'm 10,000 Years Old".

The same albums also featured this performance. Elvis and his group were trying out several country songs, but couldn't do "Faded Love" because nobody really knew the lyrics. Lamar Fike was ordered to get them, afterwards we hear the king say "While we're waitin', let's do THE FOOL".

 Because the tracks fit together so well, both albums included this one, too. The performance starts quite rocky, Elvis asks the producer "We're rollin'?". After he has been signaled that the equipment is running, he starts to sing. It sounds more like a jam than a worked out performance, but it's great to hear.

After having recorded "The Fool" within two takes Elvis and the band played around with "A Hundred Years From Now". This time Felton Jarvis was late starting the recording equipment. When he finally turned it on, the jam was already underway. Elvis is fooling around and sings "that's all in the past, you can kiss my ass" (instead of "...I knew it wouldn't last") and other stuff. It's always nice to hear the king and his crew having fun and running at full throttle. FTD released the track in the early 2000s on the compilation album "The Nashville Marathon".

The next number also was a spontaneous idea. When the group discusses how to start the song, James Burton jokingly plays the intro of "The Fool". The song appears to be known by everyone and the performance works right from the start. BMG released the track on the album "Essential Elvis - Volume 4", their collector's label FTD featured it on the classic album version of "Elvis Country - I'm 10,000 Years Old".

Mimicing Inspector Clouseau (at the time played by Peter Sellers) Elvis says "It don't bother me none". Then the band begins to play, but after a few seconds the performance is stopped. When they start again, the king facetiously sings the similar sounding "Running Scared". This sequence does not belong to take 10, as written on the cover, but it's take 5 and 6. Take 10 is canceled after the king's voice fails him on the line "many weeks now". He comments "Startin' to hate this goddamn song". But then he manages a complete performance. It's still not perfect, but certainly not bad either.

We hear the musicians practicing, then the producer starts with the count-in. The arrangement of the song is set right from the start, nobody seems to have any problems to play the song. However, it has to be said, that there was a rehearsal before the actual recording session started. This exercise and the following take 1 were released back in 2008 on FTD's classic album edition of "Elvis Country - I'm 10,000 Years Old".

The same release included this track, too. More than ten years earlier, BMG already had issued it on their compilation album "A Hundred Years From Now - Essential Elvis Volume 4". There are just two complete versions of "Faded Love", take 1 and take 3. The second attempt was a false start. Elvis selected the first take for release, his producer labeled the third one as "alternate master".

Felton Jarvis called this track "alternate master", too. His boss wanted the 5th attempt to be released, but I like this one better. It's a tad more laid-back. Follow That Dream Records also released this one on "Elvis Country - I'm 10,000 Years Old".

The king can be heared saying "It don't have to be stricktly country", but of course the ballad still sounds very much like a typical c&w tune. For a first try the song works extremely well, that's why BMG put it on "The Great Country Songs" (1996) and FTD re-released it on their classic album edition of "Elvis Country - I'm 10,000 Years Old".

The musicians are already playing when Felton Jarvis announces the take. Everyone just starts to play and it takes a few seconds before they organize themselves. Elvis seems to sing just parenthetically, in-between he has to harrumph. FTD issued the track on the compilations "The Nashville Marathon" and on their classic album edition of "Love Letters From Elvis".

This recording is known from the same album, previously BMG had released it on "Essential Elvis - Volume 4". Jokingly the king starts to sing "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" and it takes just a second before the band joins in. Audibly amused Elvis says "It don't take much to get these guys goin', boy". This little scene was edited, because it belongs to take 2. The ballad iself doesn't seem to challenge anyone, it's a routine performance. While the recording is faded we can hear Elvis saying "Shit, man".

Because there are just two complete takes of "Heart Of Rome" this one was also released a couple of times. Sony's own collector's label Follow That Dream Records did so in 2002 on "The Nashville Marathon" and again in 2008 on their classic album edition of "Love Letters From Elvis". Jerry Carrigan is working the drums, James Burton plays some licks on his electric guitar. "Is that all there is?" wonders the king. The group creates an intro and Elvis starts to sing. It doesn't sound all that coordinated, the instrumental part sounds more like a jam, too. Otherwise it works quite well.

Once again there are just two complete takes. BMG released this one in the 1990s on "Essential Elvis - Volume 4", FTD followed in 2008 with a release on "Love Letters From Elvis". The king and his crew obviously have fun with this old song and they are running at full throttle. It's pure joy to hear the group jam along like this. At the end Elvis sings "fade this motherfucker". 

The 3rd attempt is also known from FTD's "Love Letters" album. However, here we also get take 4 and take 5. They are just two short false starts and not mentioned on the cover. Elvis intones the gospel "You'd Better Run". Charlie Hodge joins in, but is ignored by his boss, who prefers to prepare himself to record "I'll Never Know". The 4th attempt fails, because James Burton goofs up the intro. The next try also doesn't get old, because Elvis stumbles upon the line "what fire lights a firefly" and turns it into "what makes a fuckin' firefly". Funny stuff. Take 3 works very well and is good performance.

This one is a take after the master take. It sounds quite similar, but Elvis includes a "yes, lord" and sings a tad sloppy at times. His previous attempt was better, so he selected it for release. Take 9 is known from "The Nashville Marathon" and the classic album edition of "Love Letters From Elvis".

The musicians start to play and Elvis joins in. Because it sounds quite chaotic, Felton Jarvis stops the take. Jokingly the king comments "That's how I want the intro, when nobody knows what the fuck's happening". After an intro has been worked out, the group begins again and delivers a complete performance. It's known from "A Hundred Years From Now - Essential Elvis Volume 4" (BMG) and "Love Letters From Elvis" (FTD).

The musicians rehearse and coordinate themselves. The second take is not bad, even though the timing and phrasing isn't perfect yet. The performance was released in 2002 on BMG's boxed set "Today, Tomorrow And Forever". The rehearsal sequence belongs to take 1.