"Off The Record", home recordings, various

Set 1
Disc 1 ("Reel 1"): 59:00

When The Saints Go Marching In
[Source: December 1956; 1034 Audubon Drive,
Memphis, TN]

Sail Along Silvery Moon / I Understand
Happy Happy Birthday Baby
dialogue
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
dialogue
Who's Sorry Now
Who's Sorry Now #2
Happy Happy Birthday Baby #2
Happy Happy Birthday Baby #3
Happy Happy Birthday Baby #4
Happy Happy Birthday Baby #5
Happy Happy Birthday Baby #6
Happy Happy Birthday Baby #7
Happy Happy Birthday Baby #8
Dialogue / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Blue Moon
Don't You Know I Love You
Tomorrow Night
reprise Happy Happy Birthday Baby
Little Darlin'
monologue
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
[Source: May 1958; The Fadal Family Home in Waco,
TX & features Elvis, Anita Wood, Eddie Fadal, Janice
Fadal]

I'm Beginning To Forget You
Mona Lisa
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
Danny Boy 27 Danny Boy #2
Loving You
I'm Beginning To Forget You #2
I'm Beginning To Forget You #3
[Source: April 1959 Goethestrasse 14, Bad
Nauheim, Germany]


Disc 2 ("Reel 2"): 53:30

Soldier Boy (Composite Of Take 1 & 2)
Jingle Bells / I Asked The Lord
Earth Angel (Composite Of Take 1 & 2)
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Fast Version)
At The Hop
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen #2
Apron Strings
It's Been So Long Darling
Earth Angel / I Will Be True
There's No Tomorrow
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Slow Version #2)
Que Sera / Hound Dog
I Asked The Lord
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Fast Version #2)
Apron Strings #2
The Titles Will Tell
At The Hop / Give Me Oil In My Lamp
Que Sera Sera / Hound Dog #2
Piano Solo 20 Send Me Some Lovin'
Apron Strings (Composite Of #1 & #2)
I Asked The Lord (spliced RCA Master)
Bad Nauheim Medley
[Source: Summer(?) 1959 Goethestrasse 14, Bad
Nauheim, Germany]

The Fool (Take 1)
The Fool (Take 2)
The Fool (Take 3)
The Fool (Take 4)
[Source: November 14, 1959 Goethestrasse 14, Bad
Nauheim, Germany]


Set 2
Disc 3 ("Reel 3"): 64:26

You'll Never Walk Alone
If I Loved You
The Lord's Prayer / If I Loved You
I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder
An Evening Prayer
Make Believe
She Wears My Ring
Sweet Leilani
Sweet Leilani #2
Sweet Leilani (Reprise)
Beyond The Reef
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
He 14 Hands Off
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
[Source: November 1960 @ 525 Perugia Way, Bel Air,
Los Angeles featuring Elvis, Nancy Sharp, Red West]

After Loving You
If I Loved You
If I Loved You #2
Show Me Thy Ways, O' Lord
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Hide Thou Me (Rock Of Ages)
Hide Thou Me (Rock Of Ages) #2
It's No Fun Being Lonely
San Antonio Rose
Tennessee Waltz
Tennessee Waltz #2
I've Been Blue
Mary Lou Brown
Moonlight Sonata
Blue Hawaii
Oh How I Love Jesus
Oh How I Love Jesus #2
I, John
[Source: February 1966 @ 10550 Rocca Place, Bel Air,
Los Angeles featuring Elvis, Red West, Charlie Hodge &
friends]


Disc 4 ("Reel 4"): 69:03

Write To Me From Naples
My Heart Cries For You
Dark Moon
Dark Moon #2
[Source: Early 1966 @ 10550 Rocca Place, Bel Air,
Los Angeles & featuring Elvis, Red West, Charlie Hodge]

Indescribably Blue
Fools Rush In
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
What Now My Love
What Now My Love #2
Miles
Miles #2
Blowin' In The Wind
Blowin' In The Wind #2
[Source: 1966 @ 10550 Rocca Place, Bel Air, Los Angeles]

Suppose
Suppose #2
[Source: Late 1966/Early 1967 @ 10550 Rocca Place,
Bel Air, Los Angeles featuring Elvis & Charlie Hodge]

Baby What You Want Me To Do
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Spanish Eyes
See.See. Rider
That's All Right
Your Life Has Just Begun
Teardrops
Ode To Robin
[Source: November 3/4, 1973 @ the home of Sam Thompson,
Memphis, TN featuring Elvis, Linda Thompson, Rick Stanley,
Sam Thompson, Louise Thompson, Margie Thompson, Sanford
Thompson & Dusty The Dog]

Spanish Eyes
Young At Heart
Let Me Be The One
[Source: April 1974 @ 845 Chino Canyon Road, Palm Springs,
CA featuring Elvis, Linda Thompson, Tim Baty, Sherrill Nielsen,
Donnie Sumner]

Suppose (bonus)
[Source: RCA's overdubbed version]


Set 3
Disc 5 ("Reel 5"): 37:52

Suppose (Piano Version)
Suppose (Different Binaural Mix #1)
Suppose (Different Binaural Mix #2)
Suppose (Different Binaural Mix #3)
Suppose (Different Binaural Mix #4)
Suppose (Different Binaural Mix #5, Track Only)
[Source: Presumably the same late 1966/early 1967 tapes
recorded @ Elvis' home in Bel Air featuring Elvis, Red West
& Charlie Hodge and with Felton Jarvis' additional overdubs
at RCA Studios, Nashville in early 1967.]

I'm Beginning To Forget You (April 1959)
I Asked The Lord (Summer 1959)
My Heart Cries For You (Early 1966)
Dark Moon #1 (Early 1966)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (November 3/4 1973)
[Source: The officially released versions included on RCA/BMG
titles such as "The Home Recordings," "Platinum: A Life In Music,"
etc. Probably included as filler to prevent disc 5 from being
only ten minutes long.]

Happy Happy Birthday Baby - The Tune Weavers
Don't You Know I Love You - Fats Domino
Tomorrow Night - Lavern Baker
Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
[Source: Although referred to as "The Original Records From
The Fadal Residence," these are the common, officially-released
recordings with no Presley involvement other than being songs
Elvis enjoyed and/or covered. Again, these were probably included
only to provide filler for disc 5.]


Comment
Released by a no-label 5CD boxset entitled "Off The Record"
featuring artwork that cleverly spoofs a mid-50s era Webcor
brand blank recording tape reel box.

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Updated At
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