Editorial Reviews As part of the classic album series, the Our Memories of Elvis albums are being reissued by the Follow That Dream Collectors Series as an expanded 2-CD set. The "undubbed" Elvis has always been a favorite with many fans, and listening to these again, is an experience full of pleasant surprises. The albums are being rereleased with an added bonus of the previously unreleased volume 3 master tape, as well as six more cuts that series producer Joan Deary had prepared at the time. Includes a 12-page booklet of memorabilia and photos. Liner notes: When the first volume of OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS was released in February 1989, it was received with great acclaim from many die-hard Elvis fans. At the time, in was considered by many fans that extensive overdubbing and subsequent 'sweetening' of Elvis' seventies arrangements detracted from the overall time of voice and instrumentation. In essence, the intimacy and dynamic of both song and performance wert somehow lost in the mix. Therefore when RCA executive Joan Deary, devised the 'Pure Elvis' concept it was greeted with geiat enthusiasm. For Deary, it served as an opportunity to rectify what she felt has been wrong with Elvis' seventies productions. A frustration she had taken seriously within RCA by trying to get Elvis' producer Felton Jarvis fired. This was a battle she lost. Ironically, it's doubtful that Elvis himself would have approved of the treatment. The less is more view was certainly in line with Colonel Parker's view (Parker was still acting as Elvis' manager at this point), who as far back as King Creole and the June '58 sessions had complained that Elvis' couldn't be heard properly over all the instruments. For this reason, he whole-heartedly embraced Joan's new concept OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS that stripped carefully chosen songs back to basics. Both Elvis' father Vernon and the Colonel gave their consent and even endorsed the project by having their Photo adorn the cover art. With sales of 200,000 (Volume 1) and 150,000 (Volume 2) copies in the U.S. the series certainly made financial sense RCA. Despite the healthy sales, the records didn't have true mass appeal and peaked on the Billboord album charts at #I32 & #137 respectively. Volume 3 had been prepared by Deary but it was shelved as other projects materialised that had more mainstream commercial potential. This extended package includes the original alburns, the unreleased Volume 3, and several extra tracks that were mixed but not used for the third volume.