*(1972) RCA ''I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen'' (Take 1 Undubbed Master) Elvis Presley

''I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen'' (APA4-1263) (Take 1 Undubbed Master) (2:00 AM - 4:00 AM)
Recorded Thursday May 20, 1971 at RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Name (Or. No. of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocals & Piano
Producer - Felton Jarvis
Recording Engineers Al Pachucki
"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" is a popular song written by Thomas Paine Westendorf (1848-1923) in 1875. (The music is loosely based on Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Flat Minor Opus 64 Second Movement). In spite of its German-American origins, it is widely mistaken to be an Irish ballad.
Westendorf, born in Virginia of German parents, was then teaching at the reform school known as the Indiana House of Refuge for Juvenile Offenders in Hendricks County, Indiana. He wrote it for his wife (who was, however, named Jane), who had made a visit to her home state of New York due to homesickness. It is an answer song to a popular ballad of the time, "Barney, Take Me Home Again," composed by Westendorf’s close friend, George W. Brown, writing under the nom de plume of George W. Presley.
A version by Will Oakland on Edison Amberol (catalog 1102) was popular in 1912. On 30 January 2011 Jon Boden released a version as part of his A Folk Song A Day project. On March 31, 1971 Johnny Cash sang a version of this song on the 56th episode of his television show The Johnny Cash Show. Frank Connors (released by Varsity Records) as catalog number 519, with the B-side "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"). Eugene Conley, American operatic tenor, recorded a version released by London Records. Michael Crawford performed the song for his album In Concert in 1998, and also in his concert tour. Bing Crosby and John Scott Trotter's Orchestra (recorded on July 17, 1945, released by Decca Records as catalog numbers 18721B and 28261, both with the B-side "The Bells Of St. Mary's"; also as catalog number 23789B with the B-side "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral"). Merv Griffin (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4749, with the B-side "Wild Colonial Boy"). Irish tenor Josef Locke recorded a version around the late 1940s. Danny Malone (recorded November 27, 1934, released by Decca Records as catalog number 12052A, with the B-side "All That I Want Is in Ireland"). Mitch Miller - Favorite Irish Folk Songs - Originally released in 1959 (now Sony BMG Music Entertainment - USSM10020418). Henry Moeller (released by Gennett Records as catalog number 10069, with the B-side "Sing Me To Sleep"). Popular English-born singer Cavan O'Connor recorded and regularly performed the song. British novelty pop band Lieutenant Pigeon (released by Decca Records in 1974 as Decca F13486), with the B-side "Big Butch Baby", reached number 3 in Australia.
Elvis Presley released a version (with overdubbed accompaniment) of him singing to his own piano-playing on the 1973 self-titled album called ''Elvis'' on RCA Records, better known as ''The Fool'' album. He can be seen rehearsing the song by himself in the 1981 documentary ''This Is Elvis'' as taken from the footage for the 1970 film ''That's The Way It Is''. He can also be heard performing the same song while in the Army while stationed in Germany in the so-called "Bad Neuheim Medley" of the 1997 RCA CD boxset ''Platinum: A Life In Music''.
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