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Elvis Presley - The Essential Elvis Rare Collection Vol.3: Hits Like Never Before (1977)

Track listing:
  1. King Creole [Take 18] 2:18
  2. I Got Stung [Take 1] 1:31
  3. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I [Take 3] 2:40
  4. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck [Take 22] 2:16
  5. Your Cheatin' Heart [Take 9] 2:41
  6. Ain't That Loving You Baby [Alternate Take 1] 2:26
  7. Doncha' Think It's Time [Take 40] 1:58
  8. I Need Your Love Tonight [Takes 2, 10] 2:10
  9. Lover Doll [Track H - Take 7] 2:14
  10. As Long as I Have You [Track N- Take 8] 1:27
  11. Danny [Take Unknown] 1:53
  12. King Creole [Track E - Take 3] 2:09
  13. Crawfish [Track F- Take 7] 2:49
  14. A Big Hunk O' Love [Take 1] 2:18
  15. Ain't That Loving You Baby [Takes 5, 11] 2:09
  16. I Got Stung [Takes 13,14] 2:03
  17. Your Cheatin' Heart [Take 10] 2:26
  18. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck [Take 22] 2:16
  19. Steadfast, Loyal & True [Track M - Take 6] 1:31
  20. I Need Your Love Tonight [Take 5] 2:00
  21. Doncha' Think It's Time [Spliced] 1:59
  22. I Got Stung [Take 12] 1:52
  23. King Creole [Track R - Track 8] 1:42
  24. As Long As I Have You [Take N- Take 40] 0:57

Notes

A whopping 24 alternates of takes from his 1958 sessions. This has some substantially different versions of most of his big late-'50s hits — "I Got Stung," "A Fool Such As I, " "I Need Your Love Tonight, " "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, " and "A Big Hunk O' Love" — as well as alternates of songs from the King Creole film. Not exactly essential, but decent stuff.

" HITS LIKE NEVER BEFORE "
ESSENTIAL ELVIS VOLUME 3
CD 2229-2-R
January 1991

KING CREOLE (Tracke E - Take 18) *
I GOT STUNG (Take 1) *
(NOW AND THEN THERE'S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (Take 3) *
WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK (Take 22)
YOUR CHEATIN' HEART (Take 9)
AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (Take 1) *
DONCHA' THINK IT'S TIME (Take 40)
I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (Takes 2, 10) *
LOVER DOLL (Track H - Take 7)
AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU (Track N - Take 8) *
DANNY (Take Unknown)
KING CREOLE (Track E - Take3) *
CRAWFISH (Track F - Take 7) *
A BIG HUNK O' LOVE (Take 1) *
AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (Takes 5, 11) *
I GOT STUNG (Takes 13, 14) *
YOUR CHEATIN' HEART (Take 10)
WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK (Take 22)
STEADFAST, LOYAL AND TRUE (Track M - Take 6) *
I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (Take 5) *
DONCHA' THINK IT'S TIME (Spliced - Take 40,47 and 48)
I GOT STUNG (Take 12) *
KING CREOLE (Track R - Take 8, Main Title Instrumental Version) *
AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU (Track N - Take 4) *

* Including 16 Unreleased Performances