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There are quite a few bootleg/Import LP's and CD's with officially unreleased live recordings, but the bootlegs with unreleased STUDIO outtakes are getting less and less.

To start it off... this is one of them:

Elvis Presley / Black star. A 12" vinyl, 45 rpm from SGT Bilko productions, released in 1988. It has only 4 tracks. The cover has a beautiful promo photo for Jailhouse Rock. The cover mentions it as "Printed in Italy". Maybe so, but the vinyl is produced by our famous Dutch bootlegger who also designed the sleeve.

Side 1: Black Star and You Don't Know Me
Side 2: Slicin' Sand and Message To His UK Fans

Black Star is the still unreleased master, being a splice of take 14 and insert#1 take 5. The "master" released by RCA on the Double Features CD is take 14 without the repair. At the time of this release, Black Star was unreleased in any form... so a new song at the time! See Keith Flynn's great site: https://www.keithflynn.uk/recording-ses ... 00808.html

You Don't Know Me is take 1 of the september 11, 1967 remake

Slicin' Sand is take 17

Message To His UK Fans is recorded on april 26, 1964.

Black star - demo version


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In the first post is shown an original pressing (with blue printed label); there was also a counterfeit released with green printed label and less quality.


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It was great when the Venus label released their Welcome To The Jungle series 15 years ago.
The volumes contained a lots of complete and FS takes from the jungle room in 1976 in amazing sound quality.
A lot of them are still not released officially.

Bilbobaggins wrote: November 12th, 2025, 4:45 am There are quite a few bootleg/Import LP's and CD's with officially unreleased live recordings, but the bootlegs with unreleased STUDIO outtakes are getting less and less.

To start it off... this is one of them:

Elvis Presley / Black star. A 12" vinyl, 45 rpm from SGT Bilko productions, released in 1988. It has only 4 tracks. The cover has a beautiful promo photo for Jailhouse Rock. The cover mentions it as "Printed in Italy". Maybe so, but the vinyl is produced by our famous Dutch bootlegger who also designed the sleeve.

Side 1: Black Star and You Don't Know Me
Side 2: Slicin' Sand and Message To His UK Fans

Black Star is the still unreleased master, being a splice of take 14 and insert#1 take 5. The "master" released by RCA on the Double Features CD is take 14 without the repair. At the time of this release, Black Star was unreleased in any form... so a new song at the time! See Keith Flynn's great site: https://www.keithflynn.uk/recording-ses ... 00808.html

You Don't Know Me is take 1 of the september 11, 1967 remake

Slicin' Sand is take 17

Message To His UK Fans is recorded on april 26, 1964.


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It's a mystery why we haven't had this released. Is someone sitting on it, and demanding a lot of money? Does anyone even know who has it?

I think the splice is evident before the last "Black Star," sung by Elvis and the Jordanaires in unison during the final thirteen seconds of this extremely scratchy rip attached here. It's nothing special or distinctive.

Black Star (Composite)

When talking about somewhere in between studio and live....'Singer Presents Elvis' (Venus) has some tracks not officially released

Still have the original Black Star 12 inch release

Bilbobaggins wrote: November 12th, 2025, 4:45 am There are quite a few bootleg/Import LP's and CD's with officially unreleased live recordings, but the bootlegs with unreleased STUDIO outtakes are getting less and less.

To start it off... this is one of them:

Elvis Presley / Black star. A 12" vinyl, 45 rpm from SGT Bilko productions, released in 1988. It has only 4 tracks. The cover has a beautiful promo photo for Jailhouse Rock. The cover mentions it as "Printed in Italy". Maybe so, but the vinyl is produced by our famous Dutch bootlegger who also designed the sleeve.

Side 1: Black Star and You Don't Know Me
Side 2: Slicin' Sand and Message To His UK Fans

Black Star is the still unreleased master, being a splice of take 14 and insert#1 take 5. The "master" released by RCA on the Double Features CD is take 14 without the repair. At the time of this release, Black Star was unreleased in any form... so a new song at the time! See Keith Flynn's great site: https://www.keithflynn.uk/recording-ses ... 00808.html

You Don't Know Me is take 1 of the september 11, 1967 remake

Slicin' Sand is take 17

Message To His UK Fans is recorded on april 26, 1964.


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this was an exciting find years ago

I assume employees steal recordings for these

These 3 LP's, The Complete Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions, were released in 1989. To this date they contain quite some unreleased outtakes, ranging from false starts (FS) to complete (CPL). Of course... when FTD releases the sessions for this movie it will be complete (if all the tapes are still in the archives) and in much better sound. The sound on these LP's is rather muffled and in mono. The cover design isn't very artistic either...

Several takes of that are on these LP's also were released on other bootleg LP's and CD's, but as these are the ones I have, and the most complete, I used these as reference.

Volume 1:
Unreleased:

Drums of the islands #1 cpl
Drums of the islands #2 cpl
Drums of the islands #3 cpl
Drums of the islands #6 cpl
Drums of the islands #rehearsal
Drums of the islands (tag ending) #1 fs
Drums of the islands (tag ending) #2 fs
Drums of the islands (tag ending) #3 cpl

This is my heaven #5 cpl
This is my heaven #6 cpl
This is my heaven #8 cpl

Sand castles (KO) #1 cpl
Sand castles (KO) #2 lfs
Sand castles (KO) #3 cpl
Sand castles (KO) #4 fs
Sand castles (KO) #5 lfs
Sand castles (KO) #6 cpl
Sand castles (KO) #7 fs
Sand castles (KO) #8 cpl
Sand castles (KO) #9 cpl
Sand castles (KO) #10cpl

Since there is not a single take of KO officially released... could the tape be lost or, at least, not in the archives?


Volume 2:


Unreleased:

Stop where you are #2 lfs
Stop where you are #3 cpl
Stop where you are (tag ending) #2 fs
Stop where you are (tag ending) #3 cpl
Stop where you are (tag ending) #4 cpl
Stop where you are (tag ending) #5 cpl

Queenie Wahine’s papaya (JO) 6 takes (No Elvis Vocals, Neal Matthews singing)


Volume 3:


Unreleased:

Paradise Hawaiian style #2 fs
Paradise Hawaiian style #3 cpl

A dog’s life #7 cpl

Queenie Wahine’s papaya #1 fs
Queenie Wahine’s papaya #2 lfs
Queenie Wahine’s papaya #3 cpl
Queenie Wahine’s papaya #4 cpl
Queenie Wahine’s papaya #6 cpl
Queenie Wahine's papaya (tag ending) #1 fs
Queenie Wahine's papaya (tag ending) #2 fs

And of course... For more details and the best info, visit Keith Flynn's site: https://www.keithflynn.uk/recording-ses ... 02.html#26

John wrote: November 13th, 2025, 8:26 am

Bilbobaggins wrote: November 12th, 2025, 4:45 am There are quite a few bootleg/Import LP's and CD's with officially unreleased live recordings, but the bootlegs with unreleased STUDIO outtakes are getting less and less.

To start it off... this is one of them:

Elvis Presley / Black star. A 12" vinyl, 45 rpm from SGT Bilko productions, released in 1988. It has only 4 tracks. The cover has a beautiful promo photo for Jailhouse Rock. The cover mentions it as "Printed in Italy". Maybe so, but the vinyl is produced by our famous Dutch bootlegger who also designed the sleeve.

Side 1: Black Star and You Don't Know Me
Side 2: Slicin' Sand and Message To His UK Fans

Black Star is the still unreleased master, being a splice of take 14 and insert#1 take 5. The "master" released by RCA on the Double Features CD is take 14 without the repair. At the time of this release, Black Star was unreleased in any form... so a new song at the time! See Keith Flynn's great site: https://www.keithflynn.uk/recording-ses ... 00808.html

You Don't Know Me is take 1 of the september 11, 1967 remake

Slicin' Sand is take 17

Message To His UK Fans is recorded on april 26, 1964.


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It's a mystery why we haven't had this released. Is someone sitting on it, and demanding a lot of money? Does anyone even know who has it?

My guess is that Sony/BMG does not have the tape with the splice or they would have released it by now.