| | |  | Music | Home » » Essential Elvis Vol. 4: A Hundred Years From Now | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| July 08, 1996 | | Studio:
| Bmg Int'l | | Number Of Discs:
| 1 | | Format:
| Import | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 13 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | I Didn't Make It On Playing Guitar (Informal Jam) | | 2. | I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (Undubbed/Unedited Master) | | 3. | Little Cabin On The Hill (Alternate Take 1) | | 4. | A Hundred Year From Now (Alternate Take 2) | | 5. | I've Lost You (Alternate Take 6) | | 6. | Got My Mojo Workin'/Keep Your Hands Off It (Undubbed/Unedited Master) | | 7. | You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Alternate Take 2) | | 8. | It Ain't No Big Thing (Alternate Take 2) | | 9. | Cindy, Cindy (Alternate Take 1) | | 10. | Faded Love (Country Version) | | 11. | The Fool (Alternate Take 1) | | 12. | Rags To Riches (Alternate Take 3) | | 13. | Just Pretend (Alternate Take 2) | | 14. | If I Were You (Alternate Take 5) | | 15. | Faded Love (Alternate Take 3) | | 16. | Where Did They Go Lord (Alternate Take 1) | | 17. | It's Only Love (Alternate Take 9) | | 18. | Untill It's Time For You To Go (Alternate Master-Take 10) | | 19. | Patch It up (Alternate Take 9) | | 20. | Whole Lot -ta Shakin' Goin On (Undubbed/Unedited Master) | | 21. | Bridge Over Troubled Water (Alternate Take 5) | | 22. | The Lord's Prayer (Informal Preformance) | |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Raw powerSep 03, 1999
By Peter Letheby
The perfect complement to the "official" recordings, particularly the warts and all versions of "Got my Mojo Working", "Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin" On" and "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water". Of special interest is the opening track, "I Didn't Make It On Playing Guitar", a previously unreleased instrumental jam. Most of the tracks were culled from the marathon June 1970 sessions which supplied several albums and singles.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 ELVIS IN HIS PRIMENov 10, 2000
IF YOU LISTEN CARFULLY TO THIS CD YOU WILL NOTICE A NUMBER OF WORD CHANGES THAT SHOW UP ON HERE AND NOT ON THE ALBUMS LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE OUTTAKES AND ENJOY THE GOLDEN VOICE AND SONGS NOT ON ANY CD AVAILABLE. AND AS A 35 YEAR COLLECTOR, I HAVE A FEW OF HIS RECORDINGS AND HIS FIRST SONG ON HERE IS NOT ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Elvis like you've never heard!Aug 04, 1999
By eric@jbay.com
It's unlikely you've heard some of these rare, second/third take recordings before. These subtlely different recordings are a real treat! Also represented here is the seldom featured "Nashville" sound that Elvis so enjoyed.
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 One very amazing track...Sep 26, 2000
By smokeyjoe
"smokeyjoe41"
Most of the tracks on Volume 4 are better in their originally released versions, including the stuff that ended up on "Elvis Country" with overdubbed horns. Unlike Volume 5, which shows EP in a very loose and funky mood, the tracks here just sound...professional. The one exception is the undubbed "Bridge Over Troubled Water" with just Elvis, piano, bass, and drums. In this fan's opinion, this is the single greatest recorded moment of EP's entire career, and when he sings "I'm on your side", you'll know everthing the boy from tupelo was all about.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good vibes with the Big ElOct 24, 2010
By Phil S.
Elvis' "up" mood pervades every second of sound on the specialty collection of outtakes and alternates. By the middle of 1970, he was undeniably back...reinvented and rejuvenated. I must confess I missed some of the lighthearted nonsense from the films - from those "lazy" '60s - but now it was serious time for Elvis. He was back on track; he just have felt very fulfilled that his decision to get back to serious recording and live shows was one of the best of his life.
Perhaps the real turnaround was 1968, specifically, the 1968 "Comeback Special" on TV. During the rehearsals he told the Producer he would never gain do a movie or song he did not "believe in". Well, two years later, there is no discomfort felt during these sessions, which produced mainly album cuts, but very powerful ones.
To me, the most exciting effort is the bluegrass number, unreleased until this CD, "A Hundred Years From Now", with Elvis on guitar (or I'll eat my hat). Another presumptive unplanned muse was "Little Cabin Home On The Hill", which shown brightly on the excellent "Elvis Country" album. My choice would have been "Hundred".
We have long, undubbed versions here, and as great as it is to hear the man even *laugh* or *cuss*, we can hear why the engineers were right to edit and overlay. Talkin' about, "..Muddy Water", "...Mojo Working", and "...Lotta Shakin'...". Elvis digs in with great energy and interest but the longer takes are mostly for deep fans and those involved with the recording.
There are two thoroughly contemporary sides, "It's Only Love" and "Patch It Up", which capture a vibrancy missing even from the magnificence of the "From Elvis In Memphis" - Elvis isn't out to prove he can still do it - he's *done it* and now is confidently making hit records, again. There is no sustained soft crooning anywhere on this session. Seems that technique was now a thing of the past.
Yes, the watchword is enthusiasm here, that special Elvis enthusiasm, which dispels any frowning response to some overblown big ballad mediocrities like "You Don't Have To Say You Love", "Where Did They Go, Lord", "Just Pretend", and "Until It's Time For You To Go". (I was there on June 9, 1972 at Madison Square Garden when Elvis broke into the latter middle-of-the-roader and felt a little frustrated - why not "I Need Your Love Tonight"? Yeah, I know.... Well, the chick next to me didn't seem to care if Elvis recited his driver's license).
As one Amazon Reviewer said, however, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (minus sixteen orchestras and overdubbed audience) is really astonishing. Even the fans wondered if all that sound was actually covering vocals shortcomings, but no...Presley nails this one. Tom Jones, get back.
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