Das Sammler-Label "Follow That Dream" hat für Ende Juni eine Special Edition von Elvis' zweitem Gospel-Album "How Great Thou Art" angekündigt. Die Original-LP LSP/LPM-3758 erschien im März 1967 als Mono und Stereo Platte, in Deutschland nur in Stereo. Das religiöse Album erreichte Platz 18 in den US POP Album Charts. Für den Titelsong erhielt Elvis seinen ersten Grammy "Best Sacred Performance".
Die FTD Edition wird in dem übergroßen ausklappbaren Digipack (18cm) samt 12-Seiten-Booklet erscheinen und neben den 13 Songs der Original-LP viele Alternativversionen sowie 3 passende Bonus Tracks enthalten.
Disc 1
ORIGINAL ALBUM
How Great Thou Art - In The Garden - Somebody Bigger Than You And I - Farther Along - Stand By Me - Without Him - So High - Where Could I Go But To The Lord - By And By - If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side - Run On - Where No One Stands Alone - Crying In The Chapel
BONUS SONGS
You’ll Never Walk Alone - We Call On Him - If Everyday Was Like Christmas
FIRST TAKES
How Great Thou Art (Takes 1 & 2) - Somebody Bigger Than You And I (Takes 1, 3, 11) - Stand By Me (Takes 1 & 2) - Without Him (Take 1) - So High (Take 1) - By And By (Take 4) - If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side (Take 1) - Run On (Takes 1 & 2) - Where No One Stands Alone (Takes 1 & 4 spliced) - You’ll Never Walk Alone (Take 1) - We Call On Him (Takes 1 & 2)
Disc 2
MAY 1966 SESSIONS
Run On (Takes 3-6) - Stand By Me (Takes 5-7) - Stand By Me (Takes 9 & 10) - Where No One Stands Alone (Takes 2, 3 & Workpart 1) - Where No One Stands Alone (WP Takes 2, 3 & 5) - So High (Takes 2 & 3) - Farther Along (Takes 1 & 2) - By And By (Takes 1-4 Falschstarts, 5 & 7) - By And By (Takes 8 & 9) - In The Garden (Takes 1-3) - Somebody Bigger Than You And I (Take 12) - Somebody Bigger Than You And I (Takes 14 FS, 15 & WP 5) - Without Him (Takes 4 & 8) - Without Him (Takes 11, 13 & 14) - If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side (Takes 2-4) - If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side (Take 6)
JUNE 1966 SESSIONS
If Every Day Was Like Christmas (Takes 1 & 2 undubbed Master)
SEPTEMBER 1967 SESSIONS
We Call On Him (Takes 4 & 5) - We Call On Him (Take 7) - We Call On Him (Take 8) - You’ll Never Walk Alone (Take 2) - You’ll Never Walk Alone (Takes 3, 4, 6 & 8)
Quelle: Follow That Dream Records
