2005, Follow That Dream Records
2 cd, 53 tracks (2nd pressing)


      (2nd pressing)

Original date / label: 1960 April 8, RCA Victor LSP-2231 (stereo)
1960 April 8, RCA Victor LPM-2231 (mono)
Catalog no.: 82876-67968-2
Label: Follow That Dream / Sony-BMG Entertainment
Country produced: Denmark
Country pressed: EU
Release date: 2005 May (2nd pressing)
Copies: ?
Value (source): 21,26 Euro (It's Elvis Time)
FTD follow-up no.: 43. (Elvis On CD)
44. (Elvis Australia)
44. (World Of FTD 1, page 272)
FTD serie: 7" Classic Album
Produced by: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen and Roger Semon
Remixed & Mastered by: Andreas Meyer and Sebastian Jeansson
Package: 7" triple fold out cover (2nd pressing) outside / inside
16 page booklet
On the second (2005), third (2006) and fourth (2008) pressings of this set, the "Nipper" logo has been replaced by the RCA logo on the front cover, as BMG wasn't the copyright holder of the logo in Europe.
On the third pressing (2006) the front and back covers are visably lighter then the first two pressings and on the CD, the centre is all black and not transparent.
On the fourth pressing (2008) the front photo is more complete and the RCA logos are brighter white.
The line between the brackets of the song title "The Girl Next Door (Went A' Walking)" isn't shown
and the now yellow sticker (not orange) also doesn't show "LSP/LPM 2231".
The back cover does not have the white frame around it and the Sony logo is shown next to the FTD and RCA logos.
In 2011 'Elvis Is Back!' was released as a double LP by FTD with the title 'Elvis Is Back! Sessions'.
Then in 2012 the book 'Welcome Home Elvis 1960' was released, including the original MONO album 'Elvis Is Back!' on CD. The book follows Elvis his activities from 3 March 1960 till 3 April 1960.
To celebrate its 60th Anniversary year, FTD released 'The Elvis Is Back Sessions' on November 18 2019. For the first time, here are all the songs as recorded in sequence. On the 4 cd's are all the RCA outtakes and masters.
Compare the differences between the 4 pressings:
All FTD pressings:
1st pressing, 2005 2nd pressing, 2005 3rd pressing, 2006 4th pressing, 2008
2-LP set, 2011 book/cd, 2012 4 cd set, 2019

Disc 1

Tracks: 28
Time: 78:33
Matrix: IFPI LP51 TOCANO AS 61953
Mould: IFPI 2Z12
Recording type: Masters and outtakes
Location: RCA Studio B, Nashville
Date: 1960 March 20, 21 & April 3, 4

      The album, side 1:
01. Make Me Know It master: take 19 02:01 1960 March 20
02. Fever master: take 4 03:34 1960 April 3
03. The Girl Of My Best Friend master: take 10 02:24 1960 April 4
04. I Will Be Home Again master: take 4 02:35 1960 April 4
05. Dirty, Dirty Feeling master: take 4 01:35 1960 April 4
06. Thrill Of Your Love master: take 3 03:02 1960 April 4
      The album, side 2:
07. Soldier Boy master: take 15 03:06 1960 March 20
08. Such A Night master: take 5 03:01 1960 April 4
09. It Feels So Right master: take 5 02:11 1960 March 21
10. The Girl Next Door (Went A' Walking) master: take 4 02:15 1960 April 4
11. Like A Baby master: take 6 02:40 1960 April 3
12. Reconsider Baby master: take 2 (with count-in) 03:45 1960 April 4
      The singles:
13. Stuck On You master: take 3 02:20 1960 March 21
14. Fame And Fortune master: spliced takes 15 & 14 02:32 1960 March 21
15. It's Now Or Never master: spliced takes 4 & 2 03:16 *1) 1960 April 3 & 5
16. A Mess Of Blues master: take 5 02:42 1960 March 21
17. Are You Lonesome Tonight? master: spliced takes 5 & wp2 03:08 1960 April 4
18. I Gotta Know master: take 2 (including take 1) 02:58 1960 April 4
      First takes:
19. Make Me Know It take 1 02:37 1960 March 20
20. Fever take 1 03:49 1960 April 4
21. The Girl Of My Best Friend take 3 02:36 1960 April 4
22. Soldier Boy take 1 03:03 1960 March 20
23. Such A Night take 1 03:14 1960 April 4
24. It Feels So Right take 1 02:09 1960 March 21
25. Stuck On You take 1 02:19 1960 March 21
26. Fame And Fortune take 2 02:33 1960 March 21
27. It's Now Or Never take 1 03:29 1960 April 3
28. Are You Lonesome Tonight? takes 1, 2 03:39 1960 April 4
*1) The master of "It's Now Or Never" recorded on April 3, had piano and brass overdubbed on April 5 1960.

Disc 2

Tracks: 25
Time: 79:14
Matrix: IFPI LP51 TOCANO AS 62166
Mould: IFPI 2Z13
Recording type: Outtakes
Location: RCA Studio B, Nashville
Date: 1960 March 20, 21 & April 3, 4

      March sessions:
01. Make Me Know It take 3 02:12 1960 March 20
02. Make Me Know It takes 9, 10, 11 02:41 1960 March 20
03. Make Me Know It takes 17, 18 02:47 1960 March 20
04. Soldier Boy takes 2, 3, 7 05:11 1960 March 20
05. Soldier Boy takes 9, 11 03:39 1960 March 20
06. Stuck On You takes 1, 2 02:36 1960 March 21
07. Fame And Fortune takes 4, 5 04:04 1960 March 21
08. A Mess Of Blues take 1 02:56 1960 March 21
09. A Mess Of Blues takes 2, 3 02:51 1960 March 21
10. It Feels So Right take 2 02:06 1960 March 21
11. It Feels So Right takes 4, 3 02:41 1960 March 21
      April sessions:
12. Fever takes 2, 3 04:00 1960 April 3
13. Like A Baby take 1 02:13 1960 April 3
14. Like A Baby take 2 02:41 1960 April 3
15. Like A Baby takes 3, 4 03:34 1960 April 3
16. It's Now Or Never take 2 03:24 1960 April 3
17. It's Now Or Never takes 3, 4 03:56 1960 April 3
18. The Girl Of My Best Friend takes 2, 4, 5, 6 05:15 1960 April 4
19. The Girl Of My Best Friend take 9 02:26 1960 April 4
20. Dirty, Dirty Feeling take 1 01:41 1960 April 4
21. Dirty, Dirty Feeling takes 2, 3 01:44 *2) 1960 April 4
22. Thrill Of Your Love takes 1, 2 04:09 1960 April 4
23. Such A Night takes 2, 3, 4 03:51 1960 April 4
24. The Girl Next Door (Went A' Walking) takes 1, 2, 3 03:42 1960 April 4
25. Are You Lonesome Tonight? takes 4, 3 02:54 1960 April 4
*2) Take 3 of "Dirty, Dirty Feeling" has the last chord from take 4 (master) spliced to the end, as the take breaks down.

2005, Follow That Dream Records
2 cd, 53 tracks (2nd pressing)