The Japanese 24-Bit release of That's The Way It Is runs slow all the way through at differing speeds between tracks, as opposed to the same tracks on the special edition box-set (BMG - 2000) and FTD's That's The Way It Is classic album. The differences between tracks on the 24-Bit CD are as follows:-

I Just Can't Help Believin' (-1,3%)
Twenty Days And Twenty Nights (-1,6%)
How The Web Was Woven (-2,0%)
Patch It Up (-2,3%)
Mary In The Morning (-2,5%)
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (-2,9%)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (-0,9%)
I've Lost You (-1,2%)
Just Pretend (-1,7%)
Stranger In The Crowd (-1,5%)
The Next Step Is Love (-1,9%)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (-2,5%)

Sessions III lists July 18 as being the date when brass and strings were overdubbed to 'Twenty Days And Twenty Nights', 'I've Lost You' and 'The Sound Of Your Cry' but this cannot be the correct date for these overdubs. In the session logs they show that these overdubs were added before July 7, as this is the date of the listing in the logs, and all musicians used for these overdubs are listed as of this date. At the bottom right hand corner of the session log there is a date of what looks to be "06/30" indicating a date of June 30 1970 for this overdub session. The book Day By Day by Ernst Jørgensen and Peter Guralnick, as well as RCA's own single listing notice lists July 14 as the date when the single 'I've Lost You' / 'The Next Step Is Love' was shipped to suppliers, so these two songs couldn't have had overdubs done on July 18!

The count-in's for takes 7 and 9 of 'Twenty Days And Twenty Nights' can be found in the dialogue after Take 6 on FTD's That's The Way It Is classic album.

The undubbed master of 'Twenty Days And Twenty Nights' on the bootlegs You Know, It Don't Have To Be Strictly Country Volume 1 and Pure Diamonds Volume 4, along with the alternate takes of the song on FTD's That's The Way It Is classic album all have the left and right channels swapped.

The master of 'Twenty Days And Twenty Nights' is faded, the complete rough mix master can be found on FTD's That's The Way It Is classic album.

'I've Lost You' is not listed in Sessions III as having backup vocals overdubbed on June 22, but the master contains backup bocals as well as brass and strings overdubs.

The stereo master of 'I've Lost You' is faded at the end during the second "I've lost you, yes i've lost you" part. The complete unedited stereo master can be found on the album Heart And Soul, as well as the Venus bootleg Unedited Masters - Nashville 1970 where it also contains the count-in.

The original mono master of 'I've Lost You' is spliced to take out the first "I've lost you, yes i've lost you, I can't reach you any more, we ought to talk it over now but reason can't stand in for feeling.... oh..." at the end.

Different edits for 'I've Lost You' are shown below:-
Heart And Soul (1) / Single Version (2) / Essential 70s Masters (3)

Last verses
(1-2-3) Ohhh, i've lost you oh, i've lost you
(1-2-3) Though you won't admit its so
(1-2-3) I've lost you on the journey
(1-2-3) But can't remember where or when, oh no
(1-2-3) short solo

(1-3) Oh, i've lost you, yes i've lost you
(1-3) I can't reach you any more, we ought to talk it over now
(1-3) But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh
(1-3) short solo

(1-3) Oh, oh, i've lost you, yes i've lost you
(1-2-3) I can't reach you any more, we ought to talk it over now
(1-2-3) But reason can't stand in for feeling
(1-2) short solo

(1) (very faint Oh, oh)
(1-2) Oh, oh, i've lost you, yes i've lost you
(1-2) I can't reach you any more, we ought to talk it over now (fade at 3:27)
(1) But reason can't stand in for feeling (fade at 3:54)

'I've Lost You' on the bootleg You Know, It Don't Have To Be Strictly Country - Volume 2 (track 19) does not appear to be an original mix. It is possibly just one channel only (centred to mono) of a stereo acetate of the fully overdubbed master which sounds like it has been processed to create a fake stereo effect - electronically produced stereo!

It is unknown when James Burton overdubbed his additional guitar and Charlie Hodge overdubbed his harmony vocal, and when the tambourine was overdubbed to 'I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago', but it could have been done during this session.

Sessions III wrongly lists the unedited undubbed master of 'I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago' as being released on Essential Elvis Volume 4. It wasn't!

'The Sound Of Your Cry' and 'Cindy, Cindy' on Pure Diamonds Volume 2 are both probably just the left channel only (centred) of a stereo acetate of the fully overdubbed master. By eliminating the right channel on the same tracks on Love Letters and the 70s Box I was able to get the exact same results. This is possible because backing vocals (and occasionally strings) tend to be panned 100% right on the original mixes from these sessions, so you can often eliminate them by cutting out the right channel, with no discernable bleed.

The unedited master of 'The Sound Of Your Cry' on Greatest Hits Volume 1 and The Sound Of Your Cry has remixed backing vocals.

In the "In And Outtakes" section of FTD's Elvis Country classic album, it has Take 1 of 'The Fool' listed as being the master, and released on the original album, but Take 2 is the master! Take 1 was originally released on A Hundred Years From Now - Essential Elvis Volume 4.

The master of 'A Hundred Years From Now' is spliced as follows:
0:00-1-10 = Take 2 (0:16-1:26 - guitar notes... "A hundred years from now" to "I won't care a hundred years from now")
1:10-1:23 = Take 1 (1:18-1:32 - second instrumental break)
1:23-1:40 = Take 2 (1:26-1:43 - "Well, a hundred years from now" to end)

It is unknown who provided the harmony vocal on 'Little Cabin On The Hill' - the 16-track tape log only states "Jim's Vocal - Harmony" for that channel. It may be Jimmie Murray, of The Imperials, which could place the harmony vocal being overdubbed on October 1 1970.

On the Venus release Unedited Masters - Nashville 1971, as a bonus track is 'Little Cabin On The Hill' that is listed as being the unedited master (Take 2). This is in fact Take 1 that appeared on FTD's That's The Way It Is classic album release where it also contained the full count-in.

Take 1 of 'Cindy, Cindy' on Essential Elvis Volume 4 is edited to take out Elvis' bad language ("Fade this mother fucker..."), it is complete on FTD's Love Letters From Elvis classic album, and the bootlegs You Know, It Don't Have To Be Strictly Country Volume 1 and There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.

The original title of the Love Letters From Elvis album was entitled Festival, and was going to include the following songs - Hence the inclusion of 'The Sound Of Your Cry' and 'Sylvia' on FTD's Love Letters From Elvis classic album:-

The Sound Of Your Cry
Cindy, Cindy
Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It
I'll Never Know
It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)
This Is Our Dance
Heart Of Rome
When I'm Over You
If I Were You
Sylvia
Love Letters

Elvis also fooled around with the songs 'My Little Friend' and 'I Got A Woman' at these sessions.

By taking out two of the four channels from the rare Japanese Quadraphonic LP of Elvis - That's The Way It Is is how the "previously unreleased versions" were created on the bootleg The Other Side Of Memphis (Bilko).

In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, Legacy releases, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package.

All outtakes and undubbed masters used on the Sony 4xCD set From Elvis In Nashville have been completely remixed and remastered from scratch.

Thanks to Christian Beiden for detailed analysis of the two You Know, It Don't Have To Be Strictly Country bootleg sets.

Thanks to Erik Rasmussen.