FTD 91 - How Great Thou Art Shipped Out This Week.

Ernst has told Elvis Unlimited that the cd's will be shipped out starting this wednesday - thirsday.
Most dealears will have it either end or beginning next week in stock.

FTD will be releasing a deluxe edition of Elvis’ GRAMMY AWARD winning album HOW GREAT THOU ART.

HOW GREAT THOU ART is a 2-DISC SET in the CLASSIC ALBUM series. Originally released in 1967, it was Elvis' second Gospel album. The original album featured a collection of thirteen sacred songs including the hit single “CRYING IN THE CHAPEL”.

In addition to the masters, it features many great outtakes. The 7” inch digi-pack format features a 12-page booklet with great photographs and RARE memorabilia.


HOW GREAT THOU ART

Disc 1

ORIGINAL ALBUM Side 1

01 How Great Thou Art
(Stuart K. Hine)
02 In The Garden
(Charles A. Miles)
03 Somebody Bigger Than You And I
(John Lange/Hy Heath/Sonny Burke)
04 Farther Along
(Arranged by Elvis Presley)
05 Stand By Me
(Arranged by Elvis Presley)
06 Without Him
(Mylon LeFevre)

ORIGINAL ALBUM Side 2
07 So High
(Arranged by Elvis Presley)
08 Where Could I Go But To The Lord
(James B. Coats)
09 By And By
(Arranged by Elvis Presley)
10 If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side
(Henry Slaughter)
11 Run On
(Arranged by Elvis Presley)
12 Where No One Stands Alone
(Mosie Lister)
13 Crying In The Chapel
(Artie Glenn)

BONUS SONGS

14 You’ll Never Walk Alone
(Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein)
15 We Call On Him
(Fred Karger/Ben Weisman/Sid Wayne)
16 If Everyday Was Like Christmas
(Red West)

FIRST TAKES

17 How Great Thou Art – takes 1 & 2
18 Somebody Bigger Than You And I – takes 1,3,11
19 Stand By Me – takes 1 & 2
20 Without Him – take 1
21 So High – take 1
22 By And By – take 4
23 If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side – take 1
24 Run On – takes 1 & 2
25 Where No One Stands Alone – takes 1 & 4 spliced
26 You’ll Never Walk Alone – take 1
27 We Call On Him – takes 1 & 2


Disc 2

MAY 1966 SESSIONS
1 Run On – takes 3-6
2 Stand By Me – takes 5-7
3 Stand By Me – takes 9 & 10
4 Where No One Stands Alone – takes 2, 3 & wp 1
5 Where No One Stands Alone – wp takes 2, 3 & 5
6 So High – takes 2 & 3
7 Farther Along – takes 1& 2
8 By And By – takes1, 2, 3, 4 (fs), 5 & 7
9 By And By – takes 8 & 9
10 In The Garden – takes 1-3
11 Somebody Bigger Than You And I – take 12
12 Somebody Bigger Than You And I – takes14 (fs), 15 & wp 5
13 Without Him – takes 4 & 8
14 Without Him – takes 11, 13 & 14
15 If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side – takes 2-4
16 If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side – take 6

JUNE 1966 SESSIONS
17 If Every Day Was Like Christmas – takes 1 & 2 (undubbed master)

SEPTEMBER 1967 SESSIONS
18 We Call On Him – takes 4 & 5
19 We Call On Him – take 7
20 We Call On Him – take 8
21 You’ll Never Walk Alone – take 2
22 You’ll Never Walk Alone – takes 3, 4, 6 & 8

Wp = work parts
Fs=false start

Disc 1 tracks 1-12 and 17-24 & disc 2 tracks 1-16 recorded May 25-27, 1966 at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville.
Guitar: Scotty Moore, Chip Young; Bass: Bob Moore; Bass & Harmonica & Guitar: Charlie McCoy; Drums: D. J. Fontana; Drums & Tympani: Buddy Harman; Piano: Floyd Cramer; Piano & Organ: Henry Slaughter, David Briggs; Steel Guitar: Pete Drake; Sax: Rufus Long, Boots Randolph; Vocals: Millie Kirkham, June Page, Dolores Edgin, The Imperials, The Jordanaires

Disc 1 track 13 recorded October 30, 1960 at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville.
Guitar: Hank Garland, Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley; Bass: Bob Moore; Drums: Buddy Harman, D. J. Fontana; Piano: Floyd Cramer; Vocals: Millie Kirkham, The Jordanaires
Disc 1 track 14 & disc 2 track 17 recorded June 10, 1966 at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville.
Elvis’ vocals recorded June 12, 1966 at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville.
Guitar: Harold Bradley, Scotty Moore, Chip Young; Bass: Bob Moore; Drums: D:J. Fontana; Drums & Tympani: Buddy Harman; Piano: David Briggs; Organ: Henry Slaughter; Steel Guitar: Pete Drake; Vocals: Millie Kirkham, June Page, Dolores Edgin, The Jordanaires, The Imperials

Disc 1 tracks 14-15 & disc 2 tracks 18-22 recorded September 11, 1967 at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville.
Guitar: Harold Bradley, Scotty Moore, Chip Young; Bass: Bob Moore; Drums: D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman; Piano: Floyd Cramer, Elvis Presley on “You’ll Never Walk Alone”; Organ & Harmonica & Guitar: Charlie McCoy; Steel Guitar: Pete Drake; Vocals: Millie Kirkham, The Jordanaires

Compilation produced and Art directed by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen & Roger Semon
Mastered by Sebastian Jeansson
Original A&R: Felton Jarvis, Steve Sholes (disc 1 track 13)
Original engineers: Jim Malloy, Bill Porter (disc 1 track 13), Al Pachucki (September 1967)
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