"Never Again" Rehearsal from Jungle Room Sessions at Graceland

Venus now presents their second release with recordings from Elvis' last studio sessions on 'Welcome To The Jungle : Never Again'. The CD contains every available take of 'Danny Boy', 'Never Again' and 'Love Coming Down' including the undubbed master take and last but not least the dubbed master takes. The CD comes with a nicely designed 16-page booklet and perfectly written liner notes. So we return again to the 'The Den' - better known as the 'Jungle Room' - listening to the recordings from February 5 to February 7, 1976. The CD starts with take 5 of 'Danny Boy'. You can hear Elvis giving the order 'gimme a key!'. The take ends after 1.46 min. Elvis obviously wasn't very comfortable with the key when he had to sing the high notes. Therefore he changed to a lower key. Take 6 is next and Elvis struggles at the same point and interrupted himself after 1.26 min. For the next take he changed the key once more. Elvis interrupted take 7 exactly as he did on take 6 clearing his throat and commenting 'I got to much sh*t in me. I'd like to do it in C. That's where I'd like to do it better.' The sound quality on all three takes is very good. -