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I did some more recording...still afflicted by the remnants of the Cold That Came To Stay, unfortunately, but I managed to get some stuff done, that I'm happy with, before my throat finally succumbed. This time, when my voice worked it was close enough to 100%...and when it didn't, it was close enough to 100% failure (I won't be sharing those!). :D I thought maybe my symptoms were such that I could get away with it but I guess the singing aggravated things and I had to edit out a ton of coughing and sniffling from the final tracks (guitar breaks were basically coughie breaks for me). Of course, I wouldn't even think of quitting 'cos, despite it all, it was (sweaty) fun. :-)

I hoped to do "Always On My Mind," cos Mrs Grumpy mentioned it the other day and I love the song, and "Bridge Over Troubled Water," because Taverner started a thread about it. Actually, I prioritized the titles I wanted to do and my intent was to do a bunch of '70s live material but I instead got on a '60s kick that led to an insane '50s kick (I say insane because among the titles I tried was "Heartbreak Hotel," a weird song that's hard to do and especially so when you're not 21 years old and, of course, not 21-year-old Elvis). I squeezed in a couple of '70s stage songs at the end when I couldn't do them justice. I think it was all johnnie's fault for bringing up so many '60s song titles in the "Bridge Over Troubled Water" thread. :P

I did actually give "Bridge" a try -- perversely, right at the end when I had no voice left (the few attempts I did of the 1968 TV Special medley linked below were, alone, enough to leave my poor vocal cords in tatters). It gave me a headache that I had all day yesterday. :-(

I haven't yet had time or energy enough to work on much of what I recorded, but here are a few samples for those who are interested (with Elvis' recording dates noted).

Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1YS58CRPS4V4D2J8BNZ3G24YLY

Rip It Up (1956)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0DNQC748OSF4G38X1K8ZZ17JW8

Trouble (1958)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0VLRL6NFD68IS0NSAMQAIGDNVA

King Creole (1958...I'm afraid that the stupid track I used, unlike Elvis' original, has the Obnoxious Motherf***ing Backup Singers From Hell all over it)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SHRZ5WBJALQA2CNHV8GKK7DAL

Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962...my heartfelt tribute to the bodacious womyn of DU :D )
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2A7ECIZFK3NSE0JO02564EMB6F

You Don't Know Me (1967)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1TWKG87O1O3HP20Z5885NPTRSF

US Male (1968)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2WMCMDXE9D2BA1QVTZJ89Q30A3

Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Let Yourself Go (1968 - TV Special..."Let Yourself Go," a production number set in a bordello, was cut from the NBC broadcast for being too racy)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2H5RU4J3U7SPR3TE7WVXHJ6FFB

Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (1968)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0BZSITC17NWFH2QVMFDYDIXCY8

I'm a little frustrated, to say the least, that my chest and head congestion hasn't gone away yet. Not that I've been taking medicine. I'm almost fully restored, but almost doesn't cut it when you try to push volumes of air through your vocal cords with the hope that they will be harmonically pleasing. I'm going to do a bit more of this stuff over the next few days, most likely, so maybe I can beat the cold remnants into submission through sheer persistence.

If you click on these to download, I hope they entertain you for a few minutes. This whole Elvis thing is totally nuts, man... :D

But it sure is fun.

It's like playing superhero. :-)





P.S.: sorry to post and run, but I've got to get to work in the superhero costume and cape. :D