1956

   

December 1956 - Audubon Drive, Memphis

 

  Elvis with Bobby 'Red' West & Arthur Hooten
   
  When The Saints Go Marching In WPA5 2588 1:26 Platinum 1°~Home Recordings°

 

1958

   

May (Possibly) 1958 - "Eddie Fadal's Home" Waco, Texas

 

  Elvis with Anita Wood, Eddie Fadal & Janice Fadal (Eddie's Daughter)
   
  Sail Along Silvery Moon (Piano Solo) / I Understand FRA1 8110 2:06 Home Recordings° (Edited)+Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever
          Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Happy Happy Birthday Baby     3:12 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°+Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)° (2nd Pressing)~Forever
          Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Dialogue /     4:48 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)       Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Dialogue /     2:32 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Who's Sorry Now?       Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Who's Sorry Now?     3:02 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Happy Happy Birthday Baby     2:45 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Happy Happy Birthday Baby     0:54 Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Happy Happy Birthday Baby     2:41 Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Happy Happy Birthday Baby     2:38 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Happy Happy Birthday Baby     1:07 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Happy Happy Birthday Baby     1:46 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Happy Happy Birthday Baby     1:41 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Dialogue /     3:02 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Part) / Blue Moon (Part)       Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  ___/ Don't You Know I Love You        
  Tomorrow Night /     3:27 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Tomorrow Night (Reprise)       Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Little Darlin' /     2:55 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Monologue       Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°
  Just A Closer Walk With Thee     2:46 Off Duty With Pte Presley (MRS)°~Forever Young Forever Beautiful°~Home Made Recordings°

(There was a glitch on the first version of 'Happy Happy Birthday Baby' on the MRS release "Off Duty With Private Presley" that was rectified with a second pressing)

1959

   

April 1959 - Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim, Germany

 

  I'm Beginning To Forget You NPA5 5821 3:04 Home Recordings° (Edited)~In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Edited)+A Legendary Performer
          Volume 4° (Vinyl)~Greetings From Germany° (Track 21)~Songs To Sing° (Wrongly dated 1960)
          ~Loose Ends Volume 1°~From The Bottom Of My Heart° (Wrongly dated 1960) (2:55)
  Mona Lisa NPA5 5822 3:03 Home Recordings°~A Legendary Performer Volume 4° (Vinyl)~Greetings From Germany°
          ~SongsTo Sing° (Wrongly dated 1960)~Loose Ends Volume 1°~From The Bottom Of My Heart°
          (Wrongly dated 1960) (2:32)
  I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) WPA5 2591 2:43 Platinum 2° (Wrongly dated 1961)~Greetings From Germany° (1:54)
  Unknown (Guitar Solo)     0:45 Unreleased
  Danny Boy (Take 1) / OPA5 8201 3:41 A Golden Celebration 4°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 19) (3:34)
  ___Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Incomplete)       In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Not Listed - End of Track 2)
  Danny Boy (Rehearsing a few lines)     2:46 Unreleased
  Danny Boy (Take 2) (Poor sound - Incomplete)     0:55 Unreleased
  Danny Boy (Composite of Takes 1 & 2)     3:21 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Track 2) (3:21)
  Loving You FRA1 8105 1:17 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (0:33)
  I'm Beginning To Forget You (Not Elvis)     3:11 Unreleased
  Dialogue / I'm Beginning To Forget You (Elvis) WPA5 2592 5:51 Platinum 2° (Wrongly dated 1961)~Greetings From Germany° (Track 24) (0:53)
  Dialogue     5:44 Unreleased
  Dialogue / Loving You (Not Elvis - Child Singing)     7:09 Unreleased
  (Elvis recording radio commercials)     3:48 Unreleased
  I'm Beginning To Forget You (Not Elvis)     7:09 Unreleased
  I'm Beginning To Forget You (Elvis - Incomplete)     0:37 Unreleased
  I'm Beginning To Forget You (Incomplete)     2:27 Unreleased
  I'm Beginning To Forget You (Incomplete)     0:24 Unreleased
  I'm Beginning To Forget You (Incomplete)     1:02 Unreleased
  I'm Beginning To Forget You (Incomplete - Tape     2:40 Unreleased
  ___ends while Elvis is singing)        

(Timings listed above are from Joan Deary's original 'Tape Log' - Actual released times are shown in brackets)

April (or later) 1959 - Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim, Germany

(Update: February 24 2004 - Ernst has said he's examined this tape and it isn't Elvis singing)

   
  He Knows Just What I Need       Unreleased
  Cool Water       Unreleased
  His Hand In Mine       Unreleased
  Return To Me       Unreleased
  Are You Lonesome Tonight?       Unreleased
  Stand By Me       Unreleased
  Take My Hand Precious Lord       Unreleased
  Oh Lonesome Me       Unreleased

 

Summer (or later - possibly November) 1959 - Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim, Germany

 

  I Asked The Lord (Take 1)     1:28 Unreleased
  I Asked The Lord (Take 2)     3:36 Unreleased
  I Wanna Be Loved By You     1:53 Unreleased
  Soldier Boy (Take 1)     1:43 Unreleased
  Soldier Boy (Take 2) OPA5 8203 1:50 A Golden Celebration 4°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 17) (1:48)
  Jingle Bells / I Asked The Lord (Take 3)     1:32 Peace In The Valley 3° (Edited)+Home Recordings° (1:44)
  I Asked The Lord (Take 4)     2:41 Unreleased
  I Asked The Lord (Rehearsing the ending)     2:57 Unreleased
  I Asked The Lord (Incomplete)     3:00 Unreleased
  I Asked The Lord (Working on final notes)     0:40 Unreleased
  I Asked The Lord (Working on song's conclusion)     1:05 Unreleased
  Unknown (Piano Solo)     1:04 Unreleased
  Earth Angel (Take 1)     2:25 Unreleased
  Earth Angel (Take 2)     1:19 Unreleased
  Earth Angel (Composite of Takes 1 & 2) OPA5 8204 2:34 A Golden Celebration 4°+Greetings From Germany° (Track 18) (2:34)
  I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Fast - Incomplete) FRA1 8114 1:25 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Track 23) (1:26)~Platinum 1° (Part of Bad Nauheim Medley)
  Hound Dog (Incomplete)     0:28 Unreleased
  Unknown (Piano Solo)     0:31 Unreleased
  At The Hop     0:18 Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 1) (0:29)
  I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Slow - Complete) FRA1 8118 2:25 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Track 27)+Greetings From Germany° (Track 2) (2:19)
  Apron Strings (#1) FRA1 8116 2:30 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Spliced with #2)+Greetings From Germany° (Track 3) (1:34)
  It's Been So Long Darling FRA1 8117 1:48 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Edited)~Platinum 1° (Part of Bad Nauheim Medley)
          +Greetings From Germany° (Track 4) (2:17)
  Dialogue / Earth Angel (Intro) / I Will Be True FRA1 8115 3:26 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Edited)~Platinum 1° (Part of Bad Nauheim Medley)
          +Greetings From Germany° (Track 5) (3:39)
  There's No Tomorrow FRA1 8119 2:31 In A Private Moment (FTD)°~Platinum 1° (Part of Bad Nauheim Medley)
          +Greetings From Germany° (Track 6) (2:37)
  I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Slow - Incomplete)     3:05 Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 7) (2:56)
  Que Sera Sera / Hound Dog (#1)     0:40 Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 8) (0:37)
  I Asked The Lord (Used for spliced RCA Master)     2:28 Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (1st part of Track 9) (2:23)
  I Asked The Lord (Rehearsing the ending)     0:57 Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (2nd part of Track 9) (0:58)
  I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Fast - Complete)     2:32 Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 10) (1:39)
  Apron Strings (#2)     2:13 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Spliced with Apron Strings #1)~Platinum 1° (Part of Bad Nauheim
      Medley)+Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany (Track 11) (1:18)
  The Titles Will Tell FRA1 8120 0:53 In A Private Moment (FTD)° (Wrongly listed as "Number Eight")+Off Duty With Private Presley
          (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 12 - Wrongly listed as "Number Eight") (2:45)
  At The Hop (2 lines) / Give Me Oil In My Lamp     0:27 Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 13) (0:50)
  ___(Piano Solo)        
  Que Sera Sera / Hound Dog (#2) /     2:05 Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 14) (1:13)
  Unknown (Piano Solo)       Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 15) (0:29)
  Send Me Some Lovin'     2:40

Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)° (2nd Pressing)~Greetings From Germany° (Track 16 - 2:40)

          ~Lawdy Miss Clawdy° (Memory) (2:14) ~Off Duty With Private Presley (MRS)° (Cut - 0:53 )
 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

           
  I Asked The Lord (Spliced RCA Master) OPA5 8205 2:38 A Golden Celebration 4°~Greetings From Germany° (Track 22)
  Bad Nauheim Medley WPA5 2590 4:06 Platinum 1°

('Send Me some Lovin' was cut short on the MRS release "Off Duty With Private Presley" but this was rectified with a second pressing)

(Timings listed above are from Joan Deary's original 'Tape Log' - Actual released times are shown in brackets)

November 14 1959 - Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim, Germany

 

  The Fool OPA5 8206 5:05 Today Tomorrow & Forever 1° (Dated November 14 1959)(Edited)+A Golden Celebration 4°
        ~Greetings From Germany° (Track 20)

 

 

Special thanks to Helmut Radermacher, Big Red G, John Saulovich, Mick Hughes & Paul Dowling

Last Updated - February 16th 2010

('Off Duty With Private Presley - MRS')