kevanbudd wrote:DarylR wrote:kevanbudd wrote:DarylR wrote:
As far as other things we located, we did locate an acetate of the stereo masters from "Follow That Dream," an acetate from the February 1967 "Clambake" sessions where you can hear someone (possibly Jeffrey Alexander and definitely not Elvis) singing guide vocals on some of the songs where Elvis added his vocal later.
Daryl R
HI Daryl, another very interesting update,thank you.
Could you tell us the condition of the audio (if you have it) on the `Follow that dream` Stereo masters acetate?
Does it contain all song masters recorded?
Kevan Budd.
The quality of the acetate recording is really great. There's some pops and crackles that I am sure could be cleaned up. Nothing really noticeable about it. Yes, I do have it and I just listened to it about a minute ago. It runs 13 minutes and 39 seconds. 6 songs. Just the masters. Order of the songs on the acetate is:
1. Angel
2. Follow That Dream
3. What A Wonderful Life
4. I'm Not The Marrying Kind
5. Sound Advice
6. A Whistling Tune (with Ray Walker's whistling overdub)
Daryl R
That's truly great news Daryl that should cause quite a stir, Thanks again for sharing.
Is it possible to post a short sample or two?
Will you consider a deal with FTD/SONY for these long lost gems?
Kevan Budd.
I've been open to a deal for them and I'm pretty sure Joe is. I've asked Ernst about them before in an email and he seemed moderately interested. The deal would have to be approved by both Joe and I, as we shared the cost of acquiring the recording. No, I unfortunately cannot post a sample. Joe would probably kill me. I can only assume that the reason why Ernst was only moderately interested is because he is holding out hope that a tape source with the stereo masters will one day surface. Several years back, I helped facilitate a deal between Joe and Ernst for the two shows featured on the FTD release, "The On Stage Season," which I still think is the best non-multi-track concert release by FTD. Basically, in an email to Ernst, I asked him why he hadn't put out those two shows up to that point on FTD, knowing that Joe had told me about having the recordings of both shows in phenomenal quality. I can't remember exactly what he told me at the time (I still have the emails somewhere) but I told him that Joe has both shows in great quality and is open to making a deal for both shows. If I remember correctly from what Joe told me back then, he had to send the tapes to New York at the time. I never did get credited in that FTD release, though. Oh, well.
I went back yesterday after listening to the acetate recording and listened to it again and took some notes. As I mentioned, the acetate recording file is 13 minutes and 39 seconds. The reason I went back is because I just wanted to check and see if the masters on the acetate were edited / faded in any way compared to the monaural versions. This is what I came up with. I may be off by a second or two on these but here goes:
0:00-0:02 silence
0:03-2:45 Angel (2:42)
2:46-2:51 gap between tracks
2:52-4:33 Follow That Dream (1:41)
4:35-4:39 gap between tracks
4:40-7:10 What A Wonderful Life (2:30)
7:11-7:17 gap between tracks
7:18-9:10 I'm Not The Marrying Kind (1:52)
9:11-9:12 gap between songs
9:13-10:59 Sound Advice (1:46)
11:00-11:06 gap between songs
11:07-13:29 A Whistling Tune (2:22)
13:30-13:39 silence
After I went back and listened to it, I did notice some distortion (heavier crackling and popping) towards the end of "A Whistling Tune." That's probably the worst spot on the entire acetate. It's only in the last 5-10 seconds or so. I still think it can be cleaned up.
Daryl R