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Moonlight swim

Postby colonel snow » Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:15 pm

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Re: Moonlight swim

Postby Colin B » Thu May 02, 2019 12:40 pm

On the 2009 release : Blue Hawaii [FTD 78] a 2-CD 7” Set, there's an odd-sounding Elvis version !

It's the master take 3, but before the background girl singers have overdubbed their part !

There are gaps left where their voices should come in, making it a strange listen !


Another oddity:


Elvis CD Sleeve - The Best of Blue Hawaii - 001.jpg


I couldn't find any reference on Keith Flynn's site to the mysterious Moonlight Swim [Track 18].

When I asked Keith about it, he gently pointed out that it's a fake & not Elvis singing !

Oh, well... in my defence, it does sound like him !

And Arjan Deelen & Pavel Cernocky were involved with this release, so they must have thought it was our boy too !

This whole thing has probably been discussed before & I've forgotten all about it...
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Re: Moonlight swim

Postby colonel snow » Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:34 pm

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Re: Moonlight swim

Postby Colin B » Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:40 pm

Wonder if Elvis had heard any of these previous versions before he cut his ?
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Re: Moonlight swim

Postby Mister Moon » Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:00 pm

I have a soft spot for this song, even though Elvis' version 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 version. 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


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