The undubbed masters on 'Our Memories Of Elvis'
weren't really the pure undubbed masters. They
were the fully overdubbed or regular masters but
with certain instruments and backing vocal channels
removed or stripped down.
Elvis' "Harmony Vocal" and the "Organ"
overdubs were removed on the original release
of Promised Land. The complete "Harmony
Vocal" overdub can be found on the Venus
bootleg release "Unedited Masters - Stax
1973".
The first 'Cowbell' strike is missing from the
beginning of Promised Land on the remaster
used on Sony's 'The Complete Elvis Presley Masters'
box-set and the 'Franklin Mint' set.
Promised Land was remixed when used on
the '70's Box' and the BMG 2000 release of 'Promised
Land'.
Elvis can be heard singing a few lines of Columbus
Stockade Blues before Take 4 of Promised
Land on 'Essential Elvis Vol. 5' - This is
actually edited in from before Take 6.
Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming and
There's A Honky Tonk Angel were faded for
release by RCA. The complete unedited overdubbed
masters can be found on the Venus bootleg release
"Unedited Masters - Stax 1973".
Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming and
There's A Honky Tonk Angel were remixed when
used on the BMG 2000 release of 'Promised Land',
and Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming has a
longer fade out on this release too.
Elvis can be heard singing a part of Find
Out What's Happening before Take 4 of Your
Love's Been A Long Time Coming on 'Essential
Elvis Volume 5', but this is edited in from before
Take 6 of If You Talk In Your Sleep (December
11 1973) - Elvis actually sings a line of
A Little Less Conversation before take
4 of Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming.
You can hear the “harmony vocals” and
the “organ” very clearly on Take 1 of
There's A Honky Tonk Angel on the bootleg
"On A Jet To The Promised Land" which
were removed from the master on the original release
of 'Promised Land'. On ‘Essential Elvis –
Rhythm and Country’ they weren’t audible
at all on Take 1.
In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, 'Legacy' releases, the 30 disc 'Complete Elvis Presley Masters' collection and the Franklin Mint package.
