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Cardboard release as attachment to the Victory Records LP
 
Announcement:
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' 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 "or
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.
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