Moonlight Swim

[STEVE MORSE]

By Tony Perkins !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gek-O0VYZA

Almost incongruous, given his most famous persona, but quite pleasant.

[Mister Moon]

By Tony Perkins !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gek-O0VYZA

Almost incongruous, given his most famous persona, but quite pleasant.

This was done for RCA Victor in 1957. It features a girlie chorus, like the 1961 Elvis version. Oddly, the 45 label read "Moon-Light Swim".

I have a soft spot for this song, even though Elvis' recording is not the one I like the most. The 1957 original by Nick Noble on Mercury is a classic, sung at a faster tempo than Elvis' recording, and featuring an ultracool, twangy, guitar solo that's absent from the Presley and Perkins versions. Elvis sings it slower, and that girlie chorus does no favours to him. But I still like the track, especially that spot during the second bridge where he sings second vocal. Very unusual, maybe unique :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X476_OqTgY

[Rickeap]

Anthony Perkins does a nice version. Thanks for sharing

[John]

By Tony Perkins !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gek-O0VYZA

Almost incongruous, given his most famous persona, but quite pleasant.

This was done for RCA Victor in 1957. It features a girlie chorus, like the 1961 Elvis version. Oddly, the 45 label read "Moon-Light Swim".

I have a soft spot for this song, even though Elvis' recording is not the one I like the most. The 1957 original by Nick Noble on Mercury is a classic, sung at a faster tempo than Elvis' recording, and featuring an ultracool, twangy, guitar solo that's absent from the Presley and Perkins versions. Elvis sings it slower, and that girlie chorus does no favours to him. But I still like the track, especially that spot during the second bridge where he sings second vocal. Very unusual, maybe unique :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X476_OqTgY

Ah yes, you posted that a couple of years ago. I believe we also featured the Perkins version on TMMB way back when.

Also your thoughts here on the Perkins version from 4 years ago.
https://www.theelvisforum-phoenix.com/v ... ins#p89992

[Colin B]

The outtakes we've had from the Elvis version sound really odd, with gaps left for the girls to be overdubbed later.

[Mister Moon]

By Tony Perkins !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gek-O0VYZA

Almost incongruous, given his most famous persona, but quite pleasant.

This was done for RCA Victor in 1957. It features a girlie chorus, like the 1961 Elvis version. Oddly, the 45 label read "Moon-Light Swim".

I have a soft spot for this song, even though Elvis' recording is not the one I like the most. The 1957 original by Nick Noble on Mercury is a classic, sung at a faster tempo than Elvis' recording, and featuring an ultracool, twangy, guitar solo that's absent from the Presley and Perkins versions. Elvis sings it slower, and that girlie chorus does no favours to him. But I still like the track, especially that spot during the second bridge where he sings second vocal. Very unusual, maybe unique :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X476_OqTgY

Ah yes, you posted that a couple of years ago. I believe we also featured the Perkins version on TMMB way back when.

Also your thoughts here on the Perkins version from 4 years ago.
https://www.theelvisforum-phoenix.com/v ... ins#p89992

Thanks, John.

The Elvis version is no doubt patterned after the Perkins one - it was after all a previous RCA Victor production.

Indeed, I posted the Noble original in the First In Line section a while back, and I was going to post a link to the pertaining thread, but now the whole section looks kinda incomplete as colonel snow has erased all his posts there. That's a real shame.

[John]

By Tony Perkins !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gek-O0VYZA

Almost incongruous, given his most famous persona, but quite pleasant.

This was done for RCA Victor in 1957. It features a girlie chorus, like the 1961 Elvis version. Oddly, the 45 label read "Moon-Light Swim".

I have a soft spot for this song, even though Elvis' recording is not the one I like the most. The 1957 original by Nick Noble on Mercury is a classic, sung at a faster tempo than Elvis' recording, and featuring an ultracool, twangy, guitar solo that's absent from the Presley and Perkins versions. Elvis sings it slower, and that girlie chorus does no favours to him. But I still like the track, especially that spot during the second bridge where he sings second vocal. Very unusual, maybe unique :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X476_OqTgY

Ah yes, you posted that a couple of years ago. I believe we also featured the Perkins version on TMMB way back when.

Also your thoughts here on the Perkins version from 4 years ago.
https://www.theelvisforum-phoenix.com/v ... ins#p89992

Thanks, John.

The Elvis version is no doubt patterned after the Perkins one - it was after all a previous RCA Victor production.

Indeed, I posted the Noble original in the First In Line section a while back, and I was going to post a link to the pertaining thread, but now the whole section looks kinda incomplete as colonel snow has erased all his posts there. That's a real shame.

Yes, I saw that. I don't think anything can be done to stop it.

[ToddS]

I've always enjoyed Perkins and Elvis's Versions, even the Bogus one on an old Boot LP .

[cadillac-elvis]

The Noble version is a tough listen.
The Perkins one is not bad.
But, Elvis with his stunning early 1960's voice beats both by a mile.

[Mister Moon]

Another thing I like about the Noble original are those water sounds at the beginning and end of the song. Really cool and evocative.

[John]

Another thing I like about the Noble original are those water sounds at the beginning and end of the song. Really cool and evocative.

Make some older people want to pee (not me, I might add).

[Private Presley]

Another thing I like about the Noble original are those water sounds at the beginning and end of the song. Really cool and evocative.

Make some older people want to pee (not me, I might add).

[Colin B]

Another thing I like about the Noble original are those water sounds at the beginning and end of the song.
Really cool and evocative.

Make some older people want to pee (not me, I might add).

Damn !

Did you have to mention that word ?

[Mister Moon]

Congratulations, Steve !!!

[Nigel77]

I'm sorry but I can't reply to this post as I am currently lost in a pleasantly warm ocean, enjoying a relaxing swim under a bright lunar sky (see soft water riffles and palm trees gently swaying....boat drinks optional, but highly recommended!).