Lost Album

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WGG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,053 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Long Lonely Highway

2. Western Union

3. Witchcraft

4. Love Me Tonight

5. What Now? What Next? Where to?

6. Please Don't Drag That String Around

7. Blue River

8. Never Ending

9. Devil In Disguise

10. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

11. Echoes Of Love

12. Slowly But Surely

13. It Hurts Me

14. Memphis, Tennessee

15. Ask Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finders keepers, January 7, 2006

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Blue Boy (Noisy-le-Grand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Album (Audio CD)

On May 26, 1963, Elvis went into RCA's Studio B in Nashville to record a new non-soundtrack album. It was supposed to be his first one since POT LUCK, the previous summer. Unfortunately, his manager, thinking that soundtrack albums sold better than original albums, kept the album on the shelf and decided to use each song from the session as fillers for soundtracks or B-sides.
In 1990, RCA decided to release the songs from this session on an album which is known now as THE LOST ALBUM.
Below, I give you the information what the Colonel decided to do with each song:
-LONG LONELY HIGHWAY: bonus song on KISSIN' COUSINS soundtrack album (April 1964). Take 1 of this song was incidentally released by RCA on the B-side of the single I'M YOURS (August 1965).
-WESTERN UNION: bonus song on SPEEDWAY soundtrack album (May 1968)
-WITCHCRAFT: B-side of BOSSA NOVA BABY single (October 1963). N°32 on the Billboard.
-LOVE ME TONIGHT: bonus song on FUN IN ACAPULCO soundtrack album (11/1963)
-WHAT NOW WHAT NEXT WHERE TO: bonus song DOUBLE TROUBLE soundtrack album (06/1967)
-PLEASE DON'T DRAG THAT STRING AROUND: B-side to DEVIL IN DISGUISE single (06/1963)
-BLUE RIVER: bonus song on DOUBLE TROUBLE soundtrack album (06/1967)
-NEVER ENDING: same as above
-DEVIL IN DISGUISE: A-side single (06/1963), N°3 in U.S., N°1 in U.K.
-FINDERS KEEPERS: filler on ELVIS FOR EVERYONE album (08/1965)
-ECHOES OF LOVE: bonus song on KISSIN' COUSINS soundtrack album (04/1964)
-SLOWLY BUT SURELY: bonus song on FUN IN ACAPULCO soundtrack album (11/1963)
The last 3 songs on the CD were recorded on January 1964 in Nashville and were supposed to complete the untitled album recorded the previous year:
-IT HURTS ME: B-side to KISSIN' COUSINS single (02/1964), N°29 in Billboard
-MEMPHIS TENNESSEE: included on the ELVIS FOR EVERYONE album (08/1965)
-ASK ME: A-side single (09/1964), N°12 in Billboard

At last, this album is (or rather was) available.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Album That Never Was", September 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost Album (Audio CD)

An excellent concept, this album packages all the master tracks from two Nashville sessions in May 1963 and January 1964 into one complete set. Originally intended as an album, the May '63 tracks instead were used as singles and album "fillers" over the next few years.

Some of the mixes differ from their original releases: "Blue River" doesn't fade-out (unlike the version used on the "Double Trouble" soundtrack); while different mixes are noticeable on several tracks, including "Devil In Disguise", "(It's A) Long Lonely Highway" and "Witchcraft", in which Elvis's vocal is given more prominence at the expense of the backing vocals. All in all an essential addition to the Presley collection.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Together Again - For The First Time...", August 27, 2003

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost Album (Audio CD)

Amidst all of the Hollywood hoopla of '63, Elvis managed to squeeze in just one regular non-soundtrack session back in Nashville. It would seem that the pupose for these sessions was to complete key tracks for his next "non-movie" studio LP. But for whatever reason, RCA decided not to release that album. So these masters slowly trickled out through a number of singles, b-sides and albums over a period of several years. These tracks were collected together for the first time on this CD, and it turned out to be the best album Elvis never released. I highly recommend this CD to all Elvis fans.