​For The Asking’ - Red Vinyl / bonus cd

For The Asking’ -

Brand New & Sealed - Red vinyl / bonus Cd

In 1963, Elvis Presley was at a fascinating turning point in his career.

Following the success of ‘Pot Luck’, Elvis returned to RCA’s famous Studio B in Nashville in May 1963 to record what was intended to become his next major studio album. Over two days, Elvis recorded a remarkable collection of songs, including ‘Devil In Disguise’, ‘Please Don’t Drag That String Around’, ‘Long Lonely Highway,’ ‘Witchcraft’, ‘Echoes Of Love’, ‘Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers’ and ‘Never Ending’. ‘Devil In Disguise’ was the hit single from the 14 masters that were created during the sessions.

But then something extraordinary happened. the planned album was shelved.

As Elvis’s movie career accelerated, the demands for soundtrack albums began to dominate RCA’s release schedule. Instead of issuing a brand-new Elvis studio album, the company increasingly relied on movie soundtracks, greatest-hits collections and singles. The recordings from the Nashville sessions were gradually broken up, with individual songs appearing as single B-sides or as bonus selections on soundtrack albums.

The result was an album that existed in the recording vaults, but never appeared as an official Elvis album during his lifetime. For Elvis fans, this makes ‘For The Asking’ something truly special: a glimpse of the studio album that might have been. At last, decades after the original recordings were made, the collection was assembled and released in 1990 in Europe, under the title ‘For The Asking - The Lost Album’, with the American release following in 1991 as ‘The Lost Album’.

Featuring Elvis in the Nashville studio during one of the most intriguing periods of his 1960s career, For The Asking brings together a collection of recordings that were never given the opportunity to stand together as an album when they were new. The European version of this album came out in 1990 and has one of the nicest album covers in the Elvis catalogue.

This album is highly sought after by collectors and is becoming increasingly difficult to find.

Victory Records proudly presents an alternate album edition featuring 15 rare and hard-to-find recordings, offering collectors a unique opportunity to discover an album that, in our opinion, should have been available many decades ago. Carefully selected for their rarity and quality, these recordings make this a truly fascinating release for every serious collector.

Available as a strictly limited edition on Red or Blue vinyl, this special release also includes a bonus CD

Tracks

Side A: Long Lonely Highway (Take 1 / Single Master) / Western Union (Take 3) / Witchcraft (Take 2) / Love Me Tonight (Take 5) / What Now, What Next, Where To (Original 2- Track Stereo Mix) / Please Don’t Drag That String Around (Take 5) / Blue River (Takes 1 And 2) / Never Ending (Take 1).

Side B: (You’re The) Devil In Disguise (Take 3) / Finders Keepers Losers Weepers (Take 1) / Echoes Of Love (Takes 2 And 3) / Slowly But Surely (Take 1) / It Hurts Me (Take 1) / Memphis Tennessee (Take 5) / Ask Me (Take 7). The CD holds the same tracks.