Elvis Presley - Early Morning Rain - From First Take to the Master

Elvis' studio rendition of Gordon Lightfoot's "In The Early Morning Rain" contains one of his best vocal performances on record and as such would be a must for the "First Take to the Master" series on my YouTube channel. Unfortunately however, of the twelve takes that Elvis worked through, five takes are missing, presumed lost, and of those remaining only one complete take exists, this take eleven.
The master itself was constructed from a splice of takes three, ten and twelve, all of which are missing from the tape although the count ins or announcements of takes three and ten still remain. This is all a pity as it really would be a treat to hear this song constructed especially considering that there is still such a contrast between this take and the final RCA master.

As with all of these videos, to get the most out of the re-edited audio, I highly recommend you use ear /headphones and turn the volume up as much as you dare!