Elvis new Official CD Releases in 2012
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- EIN presents SONY FTD Elvis CD news for 2012 -
'From Elvis Presley Boulevard' FTD In-Depth Review: 'From Elvis Presley Boulevard' was first released in April 1976 but only reached #41 in the charts. It only featured 10 tracks, recorded at Elvis' Graceland home among them 'Hurt', 'Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain' and 'For The Heart'.
BUT if Elvis was "Raised on Rock" then why was 'From Elvis Presley Boulevard' such a middle-of-the-road quagmire of syrupy overdubs and tepid songs? This really wasn’t the album Elvis fans had been waiting for.
In hindsight we now understand more about Elvis’ depressed emotional state at the time and the difficulties involved in getting him enthusiastic enough to record at all.
But if the single ‘Hurt/For The Heart’ was supposed to be the promo for the album, then fans were surely disappointed. Even the cover pretended it was a live concert album - the Colonel must have been desperate! It is certainly one of Elvis’ worst albums.
Go here as EIN's Piers Beagley discovers a new way to enjoy this Classic Album release
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Saturday 15 December 2012 |
FTD December Releases Out Now: Two new FTD CD releases are out now.
- '3000 South Paradise Road' - A two disc 7" "Classic Album" type release with 16-page booklet. It takes a closer look at Elvis’ engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton in August of 1972. The main disc is the dinner concert on August 12, and the second disc is culled from the rehearsals on August 4th, the date of the opening of the engagement.
'3000 South Paradise Road' provides a unique experience of Elvis rehearsing, 6 hours before the opening night at the Las Vegas Hilton on August 4, 1972.
A short review of '3000 Paradise Road' on FECC notes, "Great covershots, great booklet with great photos, and not one in a jumpsuit. Those "casual" (ok, not too casual) clothes Elvis wore on stage then made him look really good. The rehearsal CD is a nice experience as an eavesdropper. Sure elvis does not use his complete vocal range nor does he put a lot of power in the rehearsed songs, but still most of the songs sound good enough for his stage performance. Furthermore it is surprising to me that he did do some songs that really did not |
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need any rehearsal because they have been played regularly since at least the beginning of the year (1972). "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" is a good performance and the band does it well rehearsed. Elvis jokes around at the beginning of "Faded Love" but it still sounds good. The big ballads get their usual lenghty treatment and they sure meant something to him ('What Now My Love', 'My Way') although the sound is an Audience Recording it is really okay. After all, this is a piece of Elvis history that fans would loved to have witnessed.
The Concert CD truly is Full Blast. A great 1972 double." - Jambalaya FECC.
- 'Back In Memphis' - Is also released - the Classic Album double-album series first volume from the 1969 sessions in Memphis with the release of 'Back In Memphis' featuring 'Suspicious Minds' as a bonus track. FTD 115 (506020-975050) (SEE cover pictures below) |
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'My Babe' - August 4 1972 Rehearsal sneak preview from '3000 South Paradise Road'.
Thanks to Elvis Express Radio (and Johnny G) we have this sneak peak at Elvis' 1972 rehearsal.
Click here to listen via YouTube.
(News, Source;JohnnyG/ElvisInfoNet)
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'Prince From Another Planet’ In-Depth Review: Of all the live concert recordings released by RCA during Elvis Presley’s lifetime, none carried the historic significance of his long-awaited New York City shows at Madison Square Garden and now the two RCA recorded concerts and newly found fan-filmed video footage been released in one deluxe package for the 40th Anniversary Edition.
"PRINCE? MAKE THAT KING!" - Go here as Arjan Deelen reviews the new Sony ‘Prince From Another Planet’ package.
It’s been a while since a new Elvis release generated as much publicity as ‘Prince From Another Planet’ - But is it as good as our high expectations?
(CDReviews, Source;ArjanDeelen/ElvisInfoNetwork)
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The '3000 South Paradise Road' new FTD: New flyers have been produced for the '3000 South Paradise Road' new August 1972 special double FTD release.
EIN has been informed that the audio from the August 12 Dinner Show soundboard has been vastly improved upon from its original 'Blazing Into The Darkness' bootleg release. Elvis was very focused and motivated at this engagement which is a surprise at his seventh Las Vegas season.
Our friend Rock Legend also reports that the rehearsal CD is pretty decent audio and better than expected.
Treats are a very relaxed ‘Blueberry Hill’, ‘My Babe’ with a very different James Burton guitar solo not heard in other versions and ‘True Love Travels On A Gravel Road’ is not the rehearsal that we know but a better version, closer to the original release.
Robert Frieser and Hans Slebos have collected some stunning and rare photos (EIN notes - Isn’t it great to see Elvis not in jumpsuit for a change!) plus tons of memorabilia and documents which make the whole package a real winner.
Don’t miss out on this one.
SEE TRACKLISTING BELOW
(News, Source;RockLegend/ElvisInfoNetwork)
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Wednesday 7 November 2012 |
FTD December Releases: Three new FTD releases for December.
- '3000 South Paradise Road' - A two disc 7" "Classic Album" type release with 16-page booklet. It takes a closer look at Elvis’ engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton in August of 1972. The main disc is the dinner concert on August 12, and the second disc is culled from the rehearsals on August 4th, the date of the opening of the engagement.
As with '48 Hours To Memphis' this release has been prepared by Robert Frieser and Hans Slebos, who once again has done a fabulous job of collecting information and materials for the project. There will be additional information in the next few weeks.
'3000 South Paradise Road' provides a unique experience of Elvis rehearsing, 6 hours before the opening night at the Las Vegas Hilton on August 4, 1972. As disc 2 is captured on a personal tape recorder, the sonic quality is below standards, but historical significance more than compensates for its audio limitations. Disc 1 is a soundboard recording.
Recorded live at Vegas Hilton August 12, 1972. Dinner show. |
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This is a great Las Vegas dinner show from August with Elvis in a confident mood, giving excellent performances on almost every song, and enjoying being back on stage. Elvis wore a cool range of two piece suits and was up for lots of karate action and with lots of energy. Previously released as the bootleg 'Blazing Into The Darkness'.
'My Way' was new and Elvis makes a few humorous cracks about not wanting 'My Way' associated with his own personal life "...the end is near and all that jazz, I haven't even ate it up and spit it out yet, I'm still chewing on it!"
The setlist is a great selection (see below) and the sound quality is excellent. Remastered in 2012 it will be a great FTD double-pack. |
THE SHOW: 1) See See Rider 3:00 2) Proud Mary 2:42 3) Until It's Time For You To Go 2:31 4) You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 2:00 5) You've Lost That Loving Feeling 4:34 6) Polk Salad Annie 4:00 7) What Now My Love 3:19 8) Fever 3:13 9) Love Me 2:14 10) Blue Suede Shoes 1:07 11) One Night 1:31 12) All Shook Up 1:01 13) (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 1:47 14) Heartbreak Hotel 1:44 15) Hound Dog 2:28 16) Love Me Tender 3:01 17) Suspicious Minds 4:38 18) Introductions 1:44 19) My Way 4:14 20) An American Trilogy 4:48 21) Can't Help Falling In Love 2:10
Recorded live at The Las Vegas Hilton August 12, 1972. Dinner show.
THE REHEARSAL: 1) You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 2:08 2) Until It's Time For You To Go 4:19 3) You've Lost That Loving Feeling 4:28 4) Burning Love 4:13 5) What Now My Love (version 1) 3:25 6) What Now My Love (version 2) 4:37 7) My Babe 3:37 8) For The Good Times 3:20 9) True Love Travels On A Gravel Road 3:46 10) Fever 4:54 11) Blueberry Hill 1:46 12) Little Sister – incomplete 2:34 13) I’ll Remember You 4:00 14) An American Trilogy 4:40 15) Something 3:57 16) Faded Love 3:58 17) You Gave Me A Mountain 3:36 18) I’m Leavin’ 3:33 19) My Way (version 1) 5:38 20) My Way (version 2) 4:42
Recorded live on a cassette recorder at the Las Vegas Hilton August 4, 1972 rehearsal.
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- 'Back In Memphis' - In our Classic Album double-album series we dive into the 1969 sessions in Memphis with the release of 'Back In Memphis' featuring 'Suspicious Minds' as a bonus track. FTD 115 (506020-975050)
DISC 1 The Original Album 01) Inherit the Wind 3:00 02) This Is the Story 2:32 03) Stranger in My Own Home Town 4:27 04) A Little Bit of Green 3:26 05) And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind 3:14 06) Do You Know Who I Am? 2:52 07) From a Jack To A King 2:28 08) The Fair’s Moving On 3:13 09) You’ll Think of Me 4:04 10) Without Love (There Is Nothing) 2:58 Bonus Song 11) Suspicious Minds 4:24 - First Takes 12) Inherit the Wind (take 1, rehearsal, take 4/M with v.o. #1) 4:15 13) A Little Bit of Green (take 1) 3:43 14) And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind (takes 1-3, 5) 6:35 15) Do You Know Who I Am? (take 1) 2:40 16) From a Jack to a King (takes 1-3) 3:13 17) You’ll Think of me (takes 1-6) 6:39 18) Without Love (There is Nothing) (take 1) 3:17 19) Suspicious Minds (takes 1-5) 8:33 20) Suspicious Minds (take 6)
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DISC 2 Rehearsals 1) Stranger in My Own Home Town (jam-take 1/M) 2) A Little Bit of Green (rehearsal)*
January Outtakes 3) You’ll Think of Me (take 8) 4) You’ll Think of me (take 14) 5) You’ll Think of Me (take 16) 6) A Little Bit of Green (takes 2, 3/M) 7) Inherit the Wind (take 3M with v.o. #2) 8) Without Love (There is Nothing) (takes 2-4) 9) Suspicious Minds (take 7) 3:53
February Outtakes 10) And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind (take 6/M) 11) Do You Know Who I Am? (take 4) Unfinished Masters 12) This is the Story (takes 1-2/M) 13) You’ll Think of Me (take 23/M) 14) A Little Bit of Green (take 3/M with v.o. # 2) 15) From a Jack to a King (takes 4,5/M)** 16) Without Love (There is Nothing) (take 5/M) 2:55 17) Suspicious Minds (take 8/M) 18) And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind (Take 6/M with v.o.) 19) Do You Know Who I Am? (take 7/M with v.o.) 20) The Fair’s Moving On (take 1/M with v.o.) |
'G.I. Blues' – Special Limited Edition 2-DISC VINYL Set- features a "companion album" of alternate takes. As always DMM Mastering by Abbey Road Studios. FTD 302 (506020-975053-8).
Side 1 – The Companion Album 1. Tonight Is So Right For Love (take 4) 2. What’s She Really Like (takes 12, 13) 3. Frankfort Special (version 1, take 12) 4. Wooden Heart (takes 2-4M) 5. G. I. Blues (take 5) 6. Tonight Is So Right For Love (instrumental) (Barcarolle from "The Tales Of Hoffman" by Jacques Offenbach) 7. Tonight’s All Right For Love (alternative version, take1) 8. Big Boots (medium tempo version)
Side 2 – The Companion Album 1. Pocketful Of Rainbows (version 1, take 10) 2. Shoppin’ Around (version 1, take 5) 3. Big Boots (slow version, takes 2, 3) 4. Didja’ Ever (take 1) 5. Shoppin’ Around (instrumental, take 4) 6. Doin’ The Best I Can (takes 1-3) 7. Doin’ The Best I Can (takes 4-7)
Side 3 – The Original Album 1. Tonight Is So Right For Love 2. What’s She Really Like 3. Frankfort Special 4. Wooden Heart 5. G. I. Blues Bonus Tracks 6. Tonight Is So Right For Love (alternative version) 7. G. I. Blues (take 1) 8. Wooden Heart (take 1)
Side 4 – The Original Album 1. Pocketful Of Rainbows 2. Shoppin’ Around 3. Big Boots 4. Didja’ Ever 5. Blue Suede Shoes 6. Doin’ The Best I Can Bonus Track 7. Doin’ The Best I Can (takes 8, 9)
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'Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden' Vinyl 2 LP: Being released on November 13, 2012 to coincide with the DELUXE CD/DVD 'Prince From Another Planet' - the new double-vinyl LP repressing of Elvis "As Recorded At Madison Square Garden" will ONLY feature the June 10th EVENING performance by Elvis.
Some Elvis websites are still carrying the confusing information that the 2012 Vinyl release features both the June 10, 1972 evening and afternoon concerts over the 2 LPs. - Amazon has it for sale for $23.48 CLICK HERE >.Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Touted as his first live shows in New York since the '50s, this live set was taped at the evening performance and released a week later. Initially, the album was released as a single LP but is now properly released as a double LP vinyl.
VINYL Tracklist below:
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Side A
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
2. That's All Right
3. Proud Mary
4. Never Been To Spain
5. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
6. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Side B
1. Polk Salad Annie
2. Love Me
3. All Shook Up
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Medley; (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear\Don't Be Cruel
6. Love Me Tender |
Side C
1. The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
2. Introductions by Elvis
3. Hound Dog
4. Suspicious Minds
5. For The Good Times
Side D
1. American Trilogy
2. Funny How Time Slips Away
3. I Can't Stop Loving You
4. Can't Help Falling In Love
5. End Theme (Orchestra)
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Wednesday 24 October 2012 |
October FTD Releases OUT NOW: The three new FTDs due for October release are OUT NOW and at your local dealers.
1. 'From Elvis Presley Boulevard' Classic Album.
Featuring a large number of officially unreleased Jungle Room outtakes, it comes with the usual 12-page booklet featuring Behind The Scenes and memorabilia.
2. 'Hits Of The 70's' the 1974 UK album as a "Classic Album" double 7" release.
3. 'Elvis Country' FTD VINYL special Limited Edition 2-album release.
SEE full tracklist and information BELOW.
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'Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden' Vinyl 2 LP: Being released on November 13, 2012 to coincide with the DELUXE CD/DVD 'Prince From Another Planet' - the new double-vinyl LP repressing of Elvis "As Recorded At Madison Square Garden" will ONLY feature the June 10th EVENING performance by Elvis.
Some Elvis websites are still carrying the confusing information that the 2012 Vinyl release features both the June 10, 1972 evening and afternoon concerts over the 2 LPs. - Amazon has it for sale for $23.48 CLICK HERE >.Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Touted as his first live shows in New York since the '50s, this live set was taped at the evening performance and released a week later. Initially, the album was released as a single LP but is now properly released as a double LP vinyl.
VINYL Tracklist below:
(News, Source;ElvisInformationNetwork)
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Side A
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
2. That's All Right
3. Proud Mary
4. Never Been To Spain
5. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
6. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Side B
1. Polk Salad Annie
2. Love Me
3. All Shook Up
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Medley; (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear\Don't Be Cruel
6. Love Me Tender |
Side C
1. The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
2. Introductions by Elvis
3. Hound Dog
4. Suspicious Minds
5. For The Good Times
Side D
1. American Trilogy
2. Funny How Time Slips Away
3. I Can't Stop Loving You
4. Can't Help Falling In Love
5. End Theme (Orchestra)
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'Prince from Another Planet' Release Delayed to November 12: The two versions are now scheduled for release on November 12. Pre-Order cheap - now the DELUXE DVD version is available for only US$29 from Amazon - plus the cheaper budget version without the DVD.
Great news is that the DVD featuree 30 mins of hand-held footage filmed at the June 10th Afternoon Show synced to the complete show - as well as 20 minutes of the Press Conference. Release date is October 30, 2012.
Elvis Presley: Prince from Another Planet, As Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden, New York City, June 10, 1972 - Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition 2-Cd+Dvd Box Set Presents Historic Afternoon And Evening Concerts – Newly Remixed - In One Package For First Time
BONUS DVD:1. Afternoon show filmed June 10, 1972 (approx. 1 hour hand-held footage) 2. Afternoon press conference held June 9, 1972 (approx. 20 minutes).
CLICK HERE for all the details, Tracklist and band details - or via
EIN's recent Spotlight on Madison Square Garden 40 Years Ago
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Wednesday 19 September 2012 |
October FTD Releases: There will be three new FTD releases in October, two "Classic Albums" and one vinyl release.
1. The major release is 'From Elvis Presley Boulevard' as a Classic Album.
Featuring a large number of officially unreleased Jungle Room outtakes, it comes with the usual 12-page booklet featuring Behind The Scenes and memorabilia.
'From Elvis Presley Boulevard' was first released in April 1976 but only reached #41 in the US album charts. Originally it only featured 10 tracks, recorded at Elvis' Graceland home among them 'Hurt', 'Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain', 'For The Heart' and 'Solitaire'.
The first Disc features the original album plus ‘The Alternate Album’ made of session highlights while the second disc features the other outtakes and some master rough mixes. The album is Mastered by Vic Anesini and compiled by Jean-Marc Juilland. Surely an essential purchase for any Jungle Room sessions fans.
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DISC 1
THE ORIGINAL ALBUM
1 Hurt
2 Never Again
3 Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
4 Danny Boy
5 The Last Farewell
6 For The Heart
7 Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall
8 Solitaire
9 Love Coming Down
10 I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS: "THE ALTERNATE ALBUM"
11 Hurt – takes 1,2
12 Never Again – take 11
13 Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain – take 4
14 Danny Boy – take 9
15 The Last Farewell – take 3 + ending of take 2
16 For The Heart – take 1
17 Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall – take 6
18 Solitaire – take 3
19 Love Coming Down – take 3
20 I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – takes 4,5
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS: THE ALTERNATE SINGLE
21 For The Heart – takes 3B, 4B, 5B
22 Hurt- composite of takes 4 & 3
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SESSIONS: THE MAKING OF
1. For The Heart – takes 2,3
2. Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall – take 1
3. I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – takes 1,3
4. Hurt – take 3
5. The Last Farewell – take 1
6. The Last Farewell – take 2
7. Never Again – takes 2,3 & 9
8. For The Heart – take 4A
9. Danny Boy – takes 6,7
10. Danny Boy – take 8
11. Love Coming Down – take 4
12. Blue Eyes In The Rain – takes 1,2
13. Solitaire – takes 5,7
14. Hurt – takes 6,5
15. Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall – takes 3-5
16. For The Heart – take 5A
17. The Last Farewell – take 4, Master Rough mix
18. I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Master Rough mix
19. Never Again – Master Remix
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2. The 1974 UK album 'Hits Of The 70's' is also released as a "Classic Album" double 7" release.
The original 12 track album included many songs that had only been available in the UK as singles ('I'm Leavin'', 'Rags To Riches', 'I've Lost You' etc) and was a firm favourite with English fans. Maybe this rather odd choice for release is because FTD's Roger Semon is English and has fond memories of this album. At the time it featured no hits later than 1972 due to the dodgy RCA buy-out deal in 1973.
Now FTD release their expanded version with 24 Elvis 1970's single A & B sides plus the bonus track 'My Way' (which was released after Elvis' death). For once the album does not feature any outtakes or unreleased material.
It comes with a 12-page booklet featuring the UK and US single sleeves plus chart information and historic release notes. |
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DISC 1
ORIGINAL ALBUM – SIDE 1
01. The Wonder Of You
02. I’m Leavin’
03. Burning Love
04. Always On My Mind
05. I Just Can’t Help Believin’
06. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
ORIGINAL ALBUM – SIDE 2
07. There Goes My Everything
08. Rags To Riches
09. Until It’s Time For You To Go
10. Kentucky Rain
11. I’ve Lost You
12. An American Trilogy
BONUS A SIDES
13. Don’t Cry Daddy
14. Polk Salad Annie
15. Fool
16. Take Good Care Of Her
17. If You Talk In Your Sleep
18. My Boy
19. Promised Land
20. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
21. Green, Green Grass Of Home
22. Hurt
23. Moody Blue
24. Way Down
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DISC 2
THE ‘B’ SIDES – SIDE 1
01. Mama Liked The
02. Heart Of Rome
03. It’s A Matter Of Time
04. Separate Ways
05. How The Web Was Woven
06. Patch It Up
THE ‘B’ SIDES – SIDE 2
07. I Really Don’t Want To Know
08. Where Did They Go, Lord
09. We Can Make The Morning
10. My Little Friend
11. The Next Step Is Love
12. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
BONUS ‘B’ SIDES
13. Rubberneckin'
14. See See Rider
15. Steamroller Blues
16. I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby
17. Help Me
18. Loving Arms
19. It’s Midnight
20. Mr. Songman
21. Thinking About You
22. For The Heart
23. She Thinks I Still Care
24. Pledging My Love
BONUS TRACK
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3. 'Elvis Country' FTD VINYL special Limited Edition 2-album release. As always it features...
- Re-mastered from original studio tapes
- Vinyl cutting by ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
- DMM Copper Mastering
- 180 Grams heavyweight vinyl
- Limited pressing
SEE TRACKLIST BELOW
December 2012 FTD Releases have also been announced:
'Back In Memphis' as a "Classic Album"
'AUGUST 1972' - A two CD set. CD1 unreleased Rehearsals from early August 1972 (From the new tapes that Ernst recently acquired) CD 2 Live Soundboard August 12, 1972, dinner show. Probably with bonus tracks.
'G.I. Blues' FTD VINYL - special 2-album vinyl release.
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Side 1
1. Snowbird takes 4,5
2. Tomorrow Never Comes take 11
3. Whole Lot-ta Shakin’ Goin’ On (rough mix with horns)
4. Funny How Time Slips Away (undubbed rough mix)
5. I Really Don’t Want To Know (undubbed rough mix)
Side 2
1. There Goes My Everything take 1
2. It’s Your Baby, You Rock It (alternate master)
3. Faded Love take 3 (alternate master)
4. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (undubbed rough mix)
5. Make The World Go Away take 1* (undubbed rough mix) |
Side 3
1. I Didn’t Make It On Playing Guitar (studio jam)
2. Where Did They Go, Lord take 1
3. The Fool – take 1
4. Faded Love (Country version)
5. Little Cabin On The Hill take 1
6. A Hundred Years From Now – take 2
7. Snowbird (rehearsal and take 1)
8. I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago (master)
Side 4
1. Snowbird – takes 4,5
2. Tomorrow Never Comes take 2
3. Faded Love takes 2,1* (undubbed rough mix)
4. The Next Step Is Love* (undubbed rough mix)
5. Where Did They Go, Lord takes 2,3
6. When I’m Over You* (undubbed rough mix) |
FTD Deletions: After the announcement of the new October/December releases, FTD also note the deletion of the following items.
5" Digi-packs: 'Burbank 68', 'It’s Midnight', 'Closing Night', 'Rockin’ Across Texas'
7" Classic Album Series: 'Tickle Me'
12" Vinyl Albums: 'Blue Hawaii', 'Standing Room Only', 'Good Times', 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Elvis Is Back'.
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Tuesday 18 September 2012 |
'Prince from Another Planet' GREAT NEW DEAL: Two versions being released but now the DELUXE DVD version is available for only US$29 from Amazon - plus the cheaper budget version without the DVD.
Great news is that the DVD featuree 30 mins of hand-held footage filmed at the June 10th Afternoon Show synced to the complete show - as well as 20 minutes of the Press Conference. Release date is October 30, 2012.
Elvis Presley: Prince from Another Planet, As Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden, New York City, June 10, 1972 - Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition 2-Cd+Dvd Box Set Presents Historic Afternoon And Evening Concerts – Newly Remixed - In One Package For First Time
5,000-word liner notes essay by Lenny Kaye, historian and guitarist for Patti Smith
BONUS DVD:1. Afternoon show filmed June 10, 1972 (approx. 1 hour hand-held footage) 2. Afternoon press conference held June 9, 1972 (approx. 20 minutes).
Rarely is unseen footage of Elvis in concert discovered, so this footage lends historical importance to the package. The film is a revealing portrait of a physically commanding Elvis and his powerhouse TCB Band, background vocalists, and orchestra. |
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'Young Man with the Big Beat' SPECIAL DEAL - Now ONLY $89!: Released to coincide with the 55th anniversary celebration of Elvis' national break-through year, 'Young Man with the Big Beat' is a 5-disc box set in a retro format containing all of the 1956 RCA Masters including the complete albums 'Elvis Presley' (#1254) and the second 'Elvis' (#1382). It also includes a previously-unreleased live show, outtakes and rare interviews with the Elvis along with an 84-page book with a day-by-day chronology plus assorted photos and memorabilia.
This week SONY is offering this great set for only $89 - reduced from $140 - a great deal. CLICK HERE for the SONY Special price.
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'The Classic Christmas Album' New Elvis compile: With Elvis' Christmas collections being some of the biggest selling albums SONY is always coming up with new compilation ideas. For 2012 SONY is releasing 'The Classic Christmas Album' featuring 17 of his best yuletide tracks. The interesting feature here is that the first two tracks are from his Xmas Duets album, 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' with Carrie Underwood and 'Blue Christmas' with Martina McBride - the rest are the standard Christmas fare.
Release date October 2, 2012 from Sony Legacy.
Only US$9.00 from Amazon
- Click here for tracklisting and to pre-order.
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'A Boy From Tupelo' FTD Tracklist Announced: FTD have finally announced the tracklisting for upcoming deluxe SUN book set.
"A Boy From Tupelo - Complete 53-55 Recordings" includes for the first time in one collection every known Elvis Presley SUN master and outtake, plus two private records Elvis paid for with his own money, as well as thrilling radio and concert performances from the period. This 3 CD package features 10 previously-unreleased cuts.
All audio has been re-mastered and restored as best we could, but Disc 3 has pretty rough audio.
FTD has noted that the 3 CD package features 10 previously-unreleased cuts. EIN had been informed unofficially that the following songs have been mastered for the project. 'Little Mama', 'Heartbreaker', 'Heart of Stone', 'Blue Moon of Kentucky', 'Shake, Rattle & Roll' plus the already announced by Ernst 'That’s All Right' from Meridian. The studio outtakes feature more of 'When It Rains, It Really Pours’, How Do You Think I Feel' (Sun rehearsal) as well as new versions of 'Harbor Lights'.
Surprisingly this is the first official RCA release of Elvis' original 'That's All Right' without the added RCA echo.
For FULL Tracklisting & preview of 'A Boy From Tupelo' go here. |
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Elvis dealers are asking for final orders for the new deluxe book - FTD are finalising numbers with their distributors. Order now if you don’t want to miss out on this long-awaited Ernst Jorgensen SUN project.
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| 'Prince From Another Planet' More Details: A glimpse at the new Madison Square Garden 40th Anniversary release. Looking at a career that had more artistic and commercial triumphs than most in the 20th century, one could be forgiven for thinking that Elvis’ run of four shows at Madison Square Garden on June 9-11, 1972 was just another one of these big events. But for Elvis, it wasn’t. Back in February, in his Las Vegas hotel suite, he took his friend, singer Tom Jones to one side, and shared his concerns. Elvis’ main anxiety stemmed from his legendary appearance on The Milton Berle Show on June 6, 1956 that was deemed ‘scandalous’ by most of the media who voiced outrage over his vulgar gyrating performances. |
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The New York media was definitely in the forefront of these attacks.
However, Any reticence Elvis had would soon be ruled out as he became the first artist ever to sell-out four shows at the 20,000-seat arena. Elvis had never played in NYC before, except for television appearances on the Dorsey Brothers’ Stage Show, The Steve Allen Show and Ed Sullivan’s Toast Of The Town. The stars of the day flocked to see him. George Harrison meets Elvis backstage; John Lennon and Paul Simon are rumored to be there, a young Bruce Springsteen, Art Garfunkel and David Bowie are all in attendance. But for the sold-out Garden, there is only one star that matters. Most fans have been waiting a lifetime to see their Elvis, and, as he enters from stage right, he is greeted with an explosive roar that has been held in check from 1956 until his New York debut.
On June 9, A press conference was held at the New York Hilton at 4 p.m. In eager anticipation, photographers, TV crews and newspaper men filled the room. Dressed in a stunning blue outfit and gold belt, Elvis entered the room flanked by his father Vernon and manager Colonel Tom Parker. He opened by stating: "I plead innocent of all charges," setting a humorous and disarming tone during the 20-minute encounter. With boyish charm, he made fun of his past, saying how tame he was compared to present-day performers. With sincerity, he avoided questions of a
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controversial or political nature by stating: "I’m just an entertainer." The press and critics were ecstatic: LIKE A PRINCE FROM ANOTHER PLANET screamed the The New York Times headline, complete with rave reviews, following Elvis’ four sold-out shows. Elvis had FINALLY made it to New York, he conquered NYC and proved beyond doubt that he was truly THE KING OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL!
Go here to EIN's recent Spotlight on Madison Square Garden 40 Years Ago
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'Prince From Another Planet' New MSG Legacy Release: Fantastic news with ElvisMemories announcing the release of a special Madison Square Garden Legacy Release including a special DVD.
"Recorded at Madison Square Garden: 40th Anniversary Edition"
Elvis was the first artist to sell out four straight shows at Madison Square Garden.
It was also Elvis' first-ever live appearance in New York, except for performing on TV shows in 1956-57.
John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Paul Simon and many other celebrities were said to have attended. And now we get a chance to relive these fantastic concerts and they should be seen & heard.
2 CDs + DVD + 48-page booklet with many unpublished photos. Also includes liner notes by guitarist Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), about the June 10, 1972 afternoon show that he saw as a young writer for the Rolling Stone magazine.
DISC 1 & 2: Afternoon and Evening Concerts from June 10, 1972. Remixed by Michael Brauer (Coldplay, John Mayer, etc).
DVD: A 40 minute DVD with previously-unreleased material!
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This includes the historic Madison Square Garden Press Conference, plus the first time EVER official release of Elvis' live performance from the shows.
The German Elvis Memories notes that while the U.S. version will be released on October 2, 2012, the boxset will be issued in Germany on September 28.
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'From Hawaii to Las Vegas' FTD CD Review: 'From Hawaii To Las Vegas’ is from a previously unreleased cassette recording of Elvis’ January 25 1973 dress rehearsal for his January/February Las Vegas Hilton season.
The rough audio quality is more than compensated for by the fascinating insight into how Elvis worked in order to create his shows. With little talk, and a lot of music, we are invited to a first row presentation of what Elvis had in mind, and yet he decided to change the repertoire the next day.
Among the many songs is "Separate Ways" a song that Elvis chose to never perform in public - as well as a stunning "Steamroller Blues" and the fabulously rare 'I’m Leavin’ It All Up To You'
Go here as EIN contributor David Tinson checks out this new FTD and discovers if it is a good as hoped for.
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LAST CHANCE TO VOTE 'Elvis By Request' Australia "Best Of" CD: Don’t forget to keep voting for your favorite Elvis song for this special Australian 40 track compilation.
Unlike the international single CD 'I Am An Elvis Fan', Australians are able to select their favourites to be included on the 40 track set from every Elvis Master.
The voting promotion is until end of TODAY Friday July 13.
Pre-order the CD online before July 13 and your name will be included with other Australian fans on an exclusive fan edition poster – included with the CD.
TOP TEN voted so far...
An American Trilogy
If I Can Dream
Suspicious Minds
Always on My Mind
Can't Help Falling in Love |
The Wonder of You
In the Ghetto
Love Me Tender
Memories
Kentucky Rain |
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"The Perfect Elvis Presley Collection" 20 CD Boxset: Announced earlier this month the final artwork has now been published.
The box holds 20 Original Albums and is released on August 6th 2012.
The box will match the previous "Singles" box sets from 2007.
Released by Sony Music CMG and priced at £48.40 or US$76
Not everyone would call this the "Perfect Elvis Collection" since no "Golden Record" albums are included and only ONE album from the fifties. The key "Comeback Special" is also notably absent.....
Click here for more info & to preorder>> The Perfect Elvis Presley Collection
The 20 featured albums are the following:
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1. Elvis Presley (1956)
2. Elvis Is Back (1960)
3. Something For Everybody (1961)
4. Pot Luck (1962)
5. Elvis For Everyone! (1965)
6. From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
7. On Stage (1970)
8. That's The Way It Is (1971)
9. Elvis Country (1971)
10. Love Letters From Elvis Presley (1971) |
11. Elvis Now (1972)
12. Aloha From Hawaii (1973)
13. Elvis [aka The Fool Album] (1973)
14. Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973)
15. Good Times (1974)
16. Promised Land (1975)
17. Today (1975)
18. From Elvis Presley Boulevard (1976)
19. Moody Blue (1977)
20. Welcome To My World (1977) |
'Another Saturday Night' FTD Review: Mid 1975 found Elvis back in good form and having fun on stage. Slimmed down and looking great in his new Indian Feather jump-suit Elvis seemed rejuvenated and happy to be back on stage.
As the Memphis Commercial Appeal commented … "It didn't seem to matter what Elvis sang, the audience went wild every time he moved and he made if clear he knew what was turning them on."
FTD has now released the Shreveport June 7th 1975 Evening Show - a previously UNISSUED performance, even on bootleg.
While the set-list may seem a little familiar, Elvis sure knows how to put on a crowd-pleasing show.
Go here as Elvis super-fan Geoffrey McDonnell checks out whether this previously UNRELEASED concert offers anything new for Elvis collectors....
(FTD Reviews, Source;ElvisInformationNetwork)
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'From Memphis To Hollywood' FTD book preview: Although the publication has been delayed, here is a marvellous YouTube preview of this fabulous looking book.
Written by David English the book takes Elvis from Memphis back to the movie making business in Hollywood, and the actual production of G.I. BLUES. As with its predecessor, the book is filled to the brim with great, rare and informative photos and documents.
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'Elvis By Request' Australia's "Best Of" CD outsmarts 'I Am An Elvis Fan'!: EIN has now had confirmed that the Australian 'Best Of' collection will be a 40 track double CD compilation which has (possibly!) been in the planning stage before the 'I Am An Elvis Fan' international version!
Australians will also be able to select their favourites to be included on the 40 track set from every Elvis Master.
This is also going to be promoted via the 'Golden Oldies' type radio stations and with TV promotion as well. Thus hitting, and making a mark, on the 'General Public' rather that the EPE subscribed Elvis fan.
The concept is to wake up the "General Public" to Elvis’ on going popularity as the 35th Anniversary approaches.
The voting promotion is from June 4 until Friday July 13.
Pre-order the CD online before July 13 and your name will be included with other Australian fans on an exclusive fan edition poster – included with the CD.
Fans outside Australia may order the CD unfortunately only residents of Australia will receive the exclusive poster.
The poor timing we noted below was just an unfortunate slip.
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'Elvis Uncovered' new Sony budget CD: A new budget compile out June 19 from Sony Special Products.
The promo states.. In the years between his 1968 Comeback and his death in 1977, Elvis Presley reinvented himself as both a bigger-than-life concert performer and an astute interpreter of contemporary pop material. During that period, his studio albums and live concerts were dominated by his distinctive readings of recent hits and older pop standards. This collection spotlights that phase of Presley's career, collecting a dozen notable cover numbers from his last decade. Complete with 8-page booklet and Liner Notes
Tracklist: 1. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, 2. Proud Mary, 3. Something, 4. You've Lost That Loving Feeling, 5. Sweet Caroline, 6. Words, 7. Bridge Over Troubled Water 8. Hey Jude, 9. Make The World Go Away, 10. My Way, 11. Steamroller Blues 12. Unchained Melody.
Go here for info & to pre-order Only $12> .Elvis Uncovered .
(News, Source;Amazon/ElvisInfoNet)
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'I Am An Elvis Fan (Fanatic Edition)' now available for Pre-Order outside USA: Until today the Pre-Order system for the new 'I Am An Elvis Fan' CD was not working for outside the USA.
This has now been fixed and fans worldwide can now Pre-Order the CD as well as Upload their names and photos for the cover.
FOR A LIMITED TIME: Pre-order your copy of the album now to get your name in the package (while space is available)!
This exclusive offer includes: 21 Fan-Voted Favorite Elvis Songs, 12-page booklet with liner notes and career-spanning photos, An exclusive fan poster including names of fans who pre-ordered before 11:59pm ET on 12 May 2012
This special edition of I AM AN ELVIS FAN is not available in stores
Fans have to pick their Top 3 favorite songs from each of the seven categories: 50s, 60s, Gospel, Love Songs, Movies, Country, In Concert. Then the Top 3 most voted songs from each category will be used to create the I AM AN ELVIS FAN album! Voting ends at 11:59pm ET May 12, 2012.
EIN notes that the website STILL mentions the eigth category of "R&B" - but strangely that category is not actually featured.
TO PRE ORDER & UPLOAD PHOTO . CLICK HERE.
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Four New June FTD Releases: The following FOUR releases have been announced by FTD for late June.
'G.I. Blues Vol.1' Classic Album – The long-awaited first volume of G.I. BLUES material in the classic album series. As always in a 7" inch digi pack format with booklet. However like the ‘Jailhouse Rock Classic album’ the first volume will be without the In-and-Outtakes section, which will be featured in Volume 2 and will summarize all the G.I. Blues recordings. A lot of effort (and money) has gone into making these the best sounding G.I. Blues recordings ever.
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DISC 1
The Original Album
1) Tonight Is So Right For Love
2) What's She Really Like
3) Frankfort Special
4) Wooden Heart
5) G. I. Blues
6) Pocketful Of Rainbows
7) Shoppin' Around
8) Big Boots
9) Didja' Ever
10) Blue Suede Shoes
11) Doin' The Best I Can
ALTERNATE SONG
12) Tonight's All Right For Love
BONUS SONGS
13) Shoppin' Around (version #1)
14) Frankfort Special (fast version)
15) Big Boots (fast version)
16) Pocketful Of Rainbows (version #1, take 12)
17) Big Boots (medium tempo version)
18) Tonight Is So Right For Love (instrumental)
FIRST TAKES
19) Tonight Is So Right For Love (takes 1-2)
20) What's She Really Like (takes 1-5)
21) Frankfort Special (fast version takes 1-2)
22) Wooden Heart (take 1)
23) G.I.Blues (take 1)
24) Pocketful Of Rainbows (version #1, takes 1-2)
25) Shoppin' Around (version #1, take 1)
26) Big Boots (fast version, takes 1-2)
27) Big Boots (slow version, take 1)
28) Didja' Ever (take 1)
29) Tonight's All Right For Love (take 1)
30) Doin' The Best I Can (takes 1-3)
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DISC 2
APRIL 27-28 SESSIONS
1) Pocketful Of Rainbows (version #1, take 3)
2) Shoppin' Around (instrumental take 4)
3) Shoppin' Around (version #1, takes 2-4)
4) Shoppin' Around (version #1, take 5)
5) Doin' The Best I Can (takes 4-7)
6) Doin' The Best I Can (takes 8-9)
7) G.I. Blues (takes 2-4)
8) G.I. Blues (take 5)
9) Tonight Is So Right For Love (take 3)
10) Tonight Is So Right For Love (take 4)
11) Tonight Is So Right For Love (takes 5-7)
12) Frankfort Special (fast version, takes 3-7)
13) Frankfort Special (fast version, take)
14) Big Boots (fast version, take 3)
15) Big Boots (fast version, take 4)
16) Big Boots (slow version, takes 2-3)
17) What's She Really Like (takes 6-7)
18) What's She Really Like (takes 8-11)
19) What's She Really Like (takes 12-13)
20) Pocketful Of Rainbows (version #1, takes 4-7)
21) Pocketful Of Rainbows (version #1, take)
22) Pocketful Of Rainbows (version #1, take 9)
23) Pocketful Of Rainbows (version #1, take 10)
24) Wooden Heart (takes 2-4M)
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‘From Hawaii To Las Vegas’ (Unreleased 1973 Rehearsal)- The new 5" digi pack release ‘From Hawaii To Las Vegas’ is from a previously unreleased cassette recording of Elvis’ January 25 1973 dress rehearsal for his January/February Las Vegas Hilton season. The rough audio quality is more than compensated by the fascinating insight into how Elvis worked in order to create his shows. With little talk, and a lot of music, we are invited to a first row presentation of what Elvis had in mind, and yet he decided to change the repertoire the next day. Among the many songs is "Separate Ways" – rehearsed with and without the orchestra - a song that Elvis chose to never perform in public. This will be a fabulous collectors’ release.
The one track ‘I'm Leavin' It All Up To You’ was previously released on the FTD ‘Stage Rehearsal’ and was one of the best tracks on that compilation. The audio quality was pretty good as we noted in our review "Elvis tries it out in rehearsal and it’s another spontaneous Elvis moment, luckily captured in pretty good sound – the best quality bonus track here."
Tracklist: 1) Something 2) You Gave Me A Mountain 3) Steamroller Blues 4) My Way 5) Love Me 6) It’s Over 7) Blue Suede Shoes, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry 9) Welcome To My World 10) I’ll Remember You 11) Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On 12) An American Trilogy 13) A Big Hunk O’ Love 14) I’m Leavin’ It All Up To You 15) Faded Love 16) I Can’t Stop Loving You 17) Separate Ways – with band 18) Separate Ways – with
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band and orchestra 19) Bridge Over Troubled Water 20) Can’t Help Falling In Love - incomplete Recorded on stage January 25, 1973 at the Las Vegas Hilton.
‘From Memphis To Hollywood’ Book: Hot on the heels of WELCOME HOME ELVIS comes its sequel, another Flaming Star production written by David English, which brings Elvis from Memphis back to the movie making business in Hollywood, and the actual production of G.I. BLUES. As with WELCOME HOME ELVIS the book features an album – this time not surprising the newly found original mono LP master for G.I. BLUES. As with its predecessor, the book is filled to the brim with great, rare and informative photos and documents.
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‘That’s The Way It Is’ Double-Vinyl: A Special Limited Edition 2-disc 180-gram vinyl set. This release follows the other FTD special edition albums and features a great selection of alternate takes and rehearsals as the tracklisting - See below.
• Vinyl cutting by ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
• DMM Copper Mastering
• 180 Grams heavyweight vinyl
• Strictly limited pressing
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Side 1
1. I Just Can't Help Believin' (MGM rehearsal) 6.08
2. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights (take 3)
3. Patch It Up (live)
4. Mary In The Morning (take 4)
5. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (takes 1, 2)
Side 2
1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (stage rehearsal)
2. I've Lost You (live)
3. Stranger In The Crowd (master take 9, rough mix)
4. The Next Step Is Love (live)
5. Bridge Over Troubled Water (live) |
Side 3
1. Just Pretend (takes 1, 2)
2. How The Web Was Woven (master)
3. Patch It Up (alternate master take 9)
4. Sweet Caroline (live)
5. Make The World Go Away (live)
6. The Wonder Of You (live)
Side 4
1. Little Sister/Get Back (live)
2. Something (live)
3. Patch It Up (take 1)
4. The Next Step Is Love (takes 9, 10)
5. I've Lost You (takes 4-6) |
'A Boy From Tupelo - Complete 53-55 Recordings' More News: Elvis collectors' holy-grail 'Little Mama' is included. Out in AUGUST 2012 the deluxe book + 3CD set has been announced for August release. For over five years “Follow That Dream” /Sony Elvis Committee president Ernst Jorgensen has been working on the Definitive Elvis At Sun Records & book, which is possibly the most ambitious project of his entire career. The Genesis of rock n roll has to be the combination of Elvis and the Memphis based Sun Records Company, and at last this outstanding labour of love is about to be published.
This will be no ordinary volume of facts and figures. It will be a massive superlative Elvis Presley production including the rarest of pictures, recording data, the real story behind Elvis’ time at Sun with unique Elvis artifacts, photographs, together with a companion of Elvis Sun recordings on THREE CDs which will excite your senses.
FTD has noted that the 3 CD package features 10 previously-unreleased cuts. EIN has been informed unofficially that the following songs has been mastered for the project. 'Little Mama', 'Heartbreaker', 'Heart of Stone', 'Blue Moon of Kentucky', 'Shake, Rattle & Roll' plus the already announced by Ernst 'That’s All Right' from Meridian.
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The 'Little Mama' acetate audio which was believed to be unrepairable, is better than expected.
The studio outtakes feature more of 'When It Rains, It Really Pours’. The official full tracklisting has not yet been announced.
The accompanying book is, in essence, a fully-illustrated travelogue. It thoughtfully details the birth of Elvis' career through.
Go here for more 'A Boy From Tupelo' details.
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'Our Memories of Elvis Vols 1,2 &3' FTD CD Review: Ernst Jorgensen originally said that FTD were unlikely to release this Joan Deary 1979 "Pure Elvis Sound" concept on CD stating, "I think we have more important things to do."
However FTD have discovered 18 Previously Unreleased "Pure Elvis Sound" tracks and in 2012 have now issued a stunning 38 track compilation gathering up all the audio engineer Dick Bogert created "Pure Elvis Sound" masters. And what a great concept it is.
Most of the selected tracks were Elvis' Master versions with some but not all of the overdubs removed - and were unique. These tracks were almost never the "Undubbed Masters" that are now being released on FTD.
Go here as EIN's Piers Beagley digs deep, providing an incredibly in-depth review - examining every track in detail and discovers The Good and The Disappointing...
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'On Stage' FTD Classic Album Review: The long-awaited double-CD Classic Album version of RCA's 1970's 'On Stage' - and featuring three officially unreleased LIVE concerts. Recorded in Las Vegas February 1970, the original album was released in June 1970 and for Elvis fans the album was an absolute stunner showcasing some fabulous original material.
A few months ago EIN reviewed ‘ReBooked’ the deluxe 4CD bootleg set of Elvis’ Jan/ Feb 1970 Vegas season. Now FTD follows up with a marvellous "Classic Album" version that very cleverly matches the bootleg release giving us 25 brand new unreleased performances.
"I’m about to lose this damn thing. Get me a belt! Excuse us while we forgot what we were doing - because I lost control hours ago!" - Elvis Presley in Las Vegas Feb 19th 1970.
Go here to Piers Beagley's in-depth review with photos and extracts.
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Three new FTD Releases for late April: Three new FTD releases have been announced for late April release, one soundboard, one book and a double-vinyl Promised Land.
- 'Another Saturday Night' 1975 soundboard: A previously unreleased concert, from June 7 1975 Evening Show not even on a bootleg audience recording, plus three well-chosen bonus tracks! If one place is to be picked as the most important in the career of Elvis Presley, it is without doubt Shreveport in the northwest part of Louisiana. The exposure that Elvis got through the radio broadcast of The Louisiana Hayride in 1954-56 was one of the key factors of establishing the early part of his career. With the exception of Las Vegas, there is no place where Elvis played more shows, and his return to the city in 1975 was like a homecoming to both Elvis and the many fans he had there since he started out. We have chosen to release the soundboard from the evening show of June 7 – definitely a show that Elvis and the audience truly enjoy, and with a great set list featuring old and new favourites.
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Back in January EIN noted the rumour that this would be an FTD March release, we were close!
The CD comes in a 5" digipack with an eight-page booklet featuring photos from the June 1975 tour.
TRACKLISTING - 1 Also Sprach Zarathustra 1:17, 2 See See Rider 3:21, 3 I Got A Woman/Amen 6:15, 4 Love Me 3:15,
5 If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 2:57, 6 Love Me Tender 2:48, 7 All Shook Up 1:13, 8 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel 2:12, 9 Hound Dog 1:30, 10 The Wonder Of You 2:15, 11 Burning Love 3:32, 12 Introductions/Johnny B. Goode 4:50, 13 Introductions/School Day 2:56, 14 T-R-O-U-B-L-E 3:33
15 Why Me Lord 2:40, 16 How Great Thou Art 4:41, 17 Let Me Be There 3:19, 18 An American Trilogy 4:53, 19 Funny How Time Slips Away 3:48, 20 Little Darlin’ 2:05, 21 Mystery Train/Tiger Man 2:46,
Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:51, Bonus songs - 23 I’ll Remember You 2:32, 24 Hawaiian Wedding Song 2:05, 25 Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:18
Tracks 1-3: Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis. June 10, afternoon show
Tracks 4-22: Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport. June 7, evening show
Track 23: Municipal Auditorium, Mobile. June 2, 1975, afternoon show
Track 24 & 25 University of Alabama Coliseum, Tuscaloosa. June 3, 1975, evening show |
- Welcome Home Elvis 1960: Flaming Star, in collaboration with FTD, publishes a 260 pages book (with bonus CD) about the vital weeks in 1960 where Elvis regained control over his career. The format is the same as the well-known FTD book format (King Creole -The Music and A Moment In Time). The book includes:
- More than 300 photos, many of them previously unpublished,
- text by David English
- CD with the original mono master for "ELVIS IS BACK".
Pictures include Elvis coming home from the army, several press conferences, pictures at Graceland, coverage of the Sinatra TV show and much more.
CD Tracks - 01 Make Me Know It, 02 Fever, 03 The Girl Of My Best Friend, 04 I Will Be Home Again, 05 Dirty, Dirty Feeling, 06 Thrill Of Your Love, 07 Soldier Boy, 08 Such A Night, 09 It Feels So Right, 10 Girl Next Door Went A’Walking, 11 Like A Baby, 12 Reconsider Baby
EIN notes that unlike some of Elvis' later mono singles (See FEIM Legacy Review) this mono album was a simple 'fold-down' from the Stereo tapes, not a specific different mix.
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'Promised Land, The Companion Album' Double-Vinyl FTD:
FTD vinyl is pleased to announce the release of "Promised Land – The Companion Album" - A Special Limited Edition 2-disc 180-gram vinyl set. This release follows the other FTD "sessions" albums in not featuring the Masters but only alternate takes.
• Disc 1- alternative version of album featuring Stax outtakes
• Disc 2 – STAX more outtakes!
• Vinyl cutting by ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
• DMM Copper Mastering
• 180 Grams heavyweight vinyl
• Strictly limited pressing
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SIDE A
1. Promised Land – takes 3, 4
2. There’s A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) – take 4 + composite of takes 5, 3, 8
3. Help Me – take 1 (f.s.+ remixed master)
4. Mr. Songman – take 2
5. Love Song Of The Year – take 1
6. Promised Land
SIDE B
1. It’s Midnight – take 7 (3:45)
2. Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming - take 10 (3:54)
3. If You Talk In Your Sleep – take 5 (2:28)
4. Thinking About You – take 4 (4:03)
5. You Asked Me To – take 3A (3:31)
6. There’s A Honky Tonk Angel () – take 1
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SIDE C
1. Promised Land – take 5 (3:37)
2. Love Song Of The Year – takes 3, 4, 6
3. It’s Midnight – take 11 (3:23)
4. You Asked Me To – take 2B (3:54)
5. Thinking About You – take 3 (4:06)
SIDE D
1. If You Talk In Your Sleep - take 9 (undubbed master)
2. You Asked Me To – takes 1, 2A
3. There’s A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) – takes 6, 7
4. Mr. Songman – takes 3, 5
5. Promised Land – take 6 (undubbed master)
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FTD March Releases OUT NOW: The new FTD releases are OUT NOW and at your local Elvis dealers.
1 – ‘ON STAGE – FEBRUARY, 1970’ Classic Album. A 2cd 7" digipack with the regular 12-page booklet. As well as the Original Album (mastered by Vic Anesini) the album will include all of RCA’s multi-track recordings from three of Elvis’ shows.
2 – ‘OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS’ – FTD release the 2cd 5" digipack version of the original albums, with an added bonus of the previously unreleased Volume 3 LP master tape plus six more cuts that series producer Joan Deary had prepared at the time. It comes with a 12-page booklet of relevant memorabilia and photos. Despite earlier thoughts that "Our Memories" was not a priority FTD release, the success of the recent bootleg of the same albums may have changed FTD’s plans.
3 – ‘HIS HAND IN MINE’ vinyl 2-album set. Special Limited Edition 2-disc 180-gram vinyl set.
Click HERE for FTD/Sony 2012 New CD Releases for tracklists and more
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FTD Good News, Bad News - How many years to go?: In the EXCELLENT new issue of 'Elvis The Man & His Music' editor Trevor Cajiao catches up for a long and interesting interview with Ernst Jorgensen.
In it Ernst answers questions about the new FTD releases 'Promised Land' and 'Wonderful World Of Christmas' (why the true undubbed 'Merry Christmas Baby' was not included), the odd idea behind the splicing of 'Stage Rehearsal', Legacy releases, FTD books (the fiasco of 'Fashion For A King' "I think the book is important but the mistakes are very annoying") as well as a long discussion on Public Domain releases and the MRS label.
Bad News is the decline in sales for FTD and all CD releases -
Ernst - "There is a steady decline on sales of all product, but that's happening in the record business generally. To some extent it's also the same with FTD - no more so on 5" than on 7" - at least only marginally. In the beginning we couldn't see that PD releases and bootlegs affected the sales of our product, but we certainly can now. There is a LOT of product available to the fans, and obviously almost everybody is struggling to keep up.
We sell less than half of what we did a few years ago.
On how long FTD will be able to keep releasing live concert soundboards - "A shot from the hip - two to three years? Ask me again then."
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On the 1969 Memphis sessions outtakes "of course the material will be made available at some point"
On Classic Albums - "We will release all the original albums in the 'Classic Albums' format, if we have something to include that makes it worthwhile."
He also notes that "Elvis In Concert" is in FTD's release plan, although not anywhere in the near future.
On the Legacy Series - "They sell very well in America - on a completely different level than FTD. The decision on how many more and how much longer is entirely up to the Legacy people. Roger and I just come up with proposals."
Go here for EIN's collected Ernst Jorgensen & Roger Semon Interviews.
And please purchase this issue of 'Elvis The Man and His Music' for the whole, very interesting interview.
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FTD new March Releases Confirmed: The official announcement has been made of the up-coming new FTD releases for early March.
1 – ‘ON STAGE – FEBRUARY, 1970’ Classic Album. A 2cd 7" digipack with the regular 12-page booklet. As well as the Original Album (mastered by Vic Anesini) the album will include all of RCA’s multi-track recordings from three of Elvis’ shows.
2 – ‘OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS’ – a nice surprise as FTD releases a 2cd 5" digipack version of the original albums, with an added bonus of the previously unreleased Volume 3 LP master tape plus six more cuts that series producer Joan Deary had prepared at the time. It comes with a 12-page booklet of relevant memorabilia and photos. Despite earlier thoughts that "Our Memories" was not a priority FTD release, the success of the recent bootleg of the same albums may have changed FTD’s plans.
3 – ‘HIS HAND IN MINE’ vinyl 2-album set. Special Limited Edition 2-disc 180-gram vinyl set.
Elvis Matters also announces that "There will be a separate announcement of book titles" soon.
The following FTD Vinyl editions are now sold out and will not be reprinted: BLUE HAWAII, STANDING ROOM ONLY, GOOD TIMES and JAILHOUSE ROCK.
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‘ON STAGE – FEBRUARY, 1970’ Classic Album. TRACKLISTING
DISC 1 -
ORIGINAL ALBUM
1 See See Rider 2:28
2 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 3:42
3 Sweet Caroline 2:55
4 Runaway 3:05
5 The Wonder of You 3:11
6 Polk Salad Annie 4:40
7 Yesterday 3:15
8 Proud Mary 3:10
9 Walk a Mile in My Shoes 3:16
10 Let It Be Me (Je t’appartiens) 4:29
THE FEBRUARY 18 MIDNIGHT SHOW RECORDINGS
11 Long Tall Sally 3:14
12 Don't Cry Daddy 2:53
13 Kentucky Rain 3:18
14 Let It Be Me (Je t’appartiens) 3:18
15 I Can't Stop Loving You 2:24
16 Walk a Mile in My Shoes 2:52
17 The Wonder of You 3:00
18 Introductions 1:42
19 Suspicious Minds 5:13
20 Can't Help Falling in Love 1:57
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THE FEBRUARY 18 DINNER SHOW RECORDINGS
1 Long Tall Sally 2:58
2 Don't Cry Daddy 2:32
3 Walk a Mile in My Shoes 2:04
4 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 2:53
5 Polk Salad Annie 4:46
Note - "Don’t Cry Daddy" was originally released on Greatest Hits Volume 1
THE FEBRUARY 19 MIDNIGHT SHOW RECORDINGS
6 Long Tall Sally 2:08
7 Don't Cry Daddy 3:29
8 Hound Dog 2:19
9 Love Me Tender 3:11
10 Kentucky Rain 3:13
11 Let It Be Me (Je t’appartiens) 3:29
12 I Can't Stop Loving You 2:51
13 Walk a Mile in My Shoes 2:49
14 In The Ghetto 3:08
15 The Wonder of You 3:19
16 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 3:12
17 Polk Salad Annie 7:56
18 Introductions 2:13
19 Suspicious Minds 5:06
20 Can’t Help Falling in Love 2:04 |
‘OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS’ – a nice surprise as FTD releases a 2cd 5" digipack version of the original albums, with an added bonus of the previously unreleased Volume 3 LP master tape plus six more cuts that series producer Joan Deary had prepared at the time.
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"OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS"
DISC 1
VOLUME 1
1) Are You Sincere 2:00
2) It’s Midnight 3:19
3) My Boy 2:54
4) Girl Of Mine 3:36
5) Take Good Care Of Her 2:51
6) I’ll Never Fall In Love Again 3:41
7) Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming 2:48
8) Spanish Eyes 2:22
9) Never Again 2:49
10) She Thinks I Still Care 3:49
11) Solitaire 4:39
VOLUME 2
1) I Got A Feelin’ In My Body 3:34
2) Green, Green Grass Of Home 3:33
3) For The Heart 3:28
4) She Wears My Ring 3:21
5) I Can Help 4:02
6) Way Down 2:33
7) There’s A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) 3:04
8) Find Out What’s Happening 2:39
9) Thinking About You 3:27
10) Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – long version 8:36
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DISC 2
VOLUME 3 – previously unreleased
1) Woman Without Love 3:33
2) Moody Blue 3:56
3) When I’m Over You 3:04
4) It’s A Matter Of Time 3:03
5) Sweet Angeline 3:01
6) Hurt 2:06
7) Shake A Hand 3:47
8) Promised Land 2:50
9) Heart Of Rome 2:51
10) If You Don’t Come Back 2:41
VOLUME 3 Bonus material – previously unreleased
11) Mr. Songman 2:08
12) For Ol’ Time Sake 3:36
13) Love Coming Down 3:06
14) Pledging My Love 5:09
15) Raised On Rock 2:52
16) The Last Farewell 4:01
17) Fool 2:34 |
'His Hand In Mine' - Special Limited Edition VINYL 2-Disc 180-gram set.
- Contains all the masters plus many outtakes
- Vinyl cutting by ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
- DMM Copper Mastering
180 Grams heavyweight vinyl
- Strictly limited pressing
- Insightful liner notes
"HIS HAND IN MINE" - Deluxe Double VINYL set.
Side 1
1. His Hand In Mine 3:16
2. I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs 1:51
3. In My Father’s House 2:05
4. Milky White Way 2:14
5. Known Only To Him 2:08
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6. I Believe In The Man In The Sky 2:12
7. Crying In The Chapel (Take1) 1:35
8. Crying In The Chapel (Takes 2, 3-M) 3:16
Side 2
1. Joshua Fit The Battle 2:41
2. He Knows Just What I Need 2:12
3. Swing Down Sweet Chariot 2:33
4. Mansion Over The Hilltop 2:56
5. If We Never Meet Again 1:59
6. Working On The Building 1:53
7. I Believe In The Man In The Sky (Take 1) 2:27
8. Known Only To Him (Takes 1, 2) 2:26
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Side 3
1. His Hand In Mine (Take 5) 3:23
1. I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs (Take 4) 2:12
2. In My Father’s House (Take 7) 2:19
3. Milky White Way (Takes 1, 2, 3) 3:05
4. Known Only To Him (Takes 3, 4, 5) 3:46
5. I Believe In The Man In The Sky (Takes 2, 3, 4) 4:02
Side 4
1. Joshua Fit The Battle (Take 3) 2:00
2. He Knows Just What I Need (Take 2:20
3. Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Takes 2, 3) 2:57
4. Mansion Over The Hilltop (Takes 2, 1) 4:03
5. If We Never Meet Again (Take 1) 2:01
6. Working On The Building (Takes 3, 4) 2:26
7. Milky White Way (Takes 4, 6, 5) 3:26 |
| Sunday & Monday 1 & 2nd January 2012 - - HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our readers |
'Promised Land' FTD CD Review: The long-awaited double-CD "Classic Album" version of 1974's 'Promised Land' album. Recorded in December 1973 at Stax Records in Memphis, the original album was released in 1974 and is thought by some to be the best Elvis studio album from the 1970s.
The title track, "Promised Land" was a cover of a 1965 hit by Chuck Berry and was issued as a single and hit number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and landed in the UK top ten.
Unlike the previous STAX classic albums, this time FTD present us with a second disc as "The Making Of" this wonderful album - in a similar style to the FTD ‘Let Yourself Go’ being ‘The Making Of’ the Comeback Special. This means lots of studio interaction and banter as Elvis and the band work-through to the final Masters – and it is a real delight.
Go here as EIN contributor David Tinson checks out this new FTD
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‘Elvis Country’ Legacy Edition: OUT TODAY January 2nd the UK 'Elvis Country' Legacy release.
Presley biographer Peter Guralnick wrote, "Elvis has come out with a record which gives us some of the very finest and most affecting music since he first recorded for Sun almost 17 years ago." Ernst Jorgensen wrote about the session, "Elvis seemed inspired, singing with a passion and soulfulness that recalled Memphis, the band fell in with equal feeling, their confidence and expressiveness growing along with his. Both singer and band were performing out of genre, improvising their own rhythms and phrasing on the spot, challenging each other." To paraphrase Jorgensen, "they had something to be proud of."
- Go here to the complete SONY US LEGACY article.
- - - - - - - Go here to CHECK OUT the Great Price on Amazon UK >>>
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| Sunday 25 December 2011 Wishing everyone a HAPPY CHRISTMAS |
Elvis Country Legacy Edition – 14 days until its release!: In January 1971, Elvis was well and truly back and on top of his game. During 1970, he chalked up no less than 4 Platinum and 3 Gold album awards and 5 Gold singles. As if this sales achievement wasn't enough, on January 16, he was given the award as one of the "Top Ten Young Men of The Year" by the United States Jaycees. His new album Elvis Country released that same month received critical acclaim.
In an outstanding review for Rolling Stone, biographer Peter Guralnick said: "... Elvis Presley has come out with a record which gives us some of the very finest and most affecting music since he first recorded for Sun almost 17 years ago."
Elvis Country is, obviously, a return to roots. But it's the singing, the passion and engagement most of all which mark this album as something truly exceptional. All the familiar virtues are there. The intensity. That peculiar combination of hypertension and soul. |
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There is even, for those who care to recall, a frenzied recollection of what the rock era once was, as Elvis takes on Jerry Lee Lewis' masterful "Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On" and comes out relatively unscathed. He has never sung better.
Elvis Country received an RIAA Gold certification and spent 21 weeks on the Billboard album chart. The single "I Really Don t Want To Know" c/w "There Goes My Everything" reached #9 and #21 on the Billboard country and pop charts respectively. The June 1971 follow-up studio album Love Letters From Elvis also contains songs recorded during the historic four-day Nashville session that spawned Elvis Country, including "Got My Mojo Working" and "Life" (Billboard #53).
This new 2-CD Legacy Edition features both these classic original albums plus 6 bonus tracks, including the full version of "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago," the studio jam "A Hundred Years From Now" and the single "Where Did They Go, Lord" c/w "Rags To Riches," which reached #33 on the Billboard chart. (News, Source: Amazon)
EPE Fan Club Presidents 2011 CD: Always a lovely Elvis collectable, this is the 2011 Christmas CD that EPE sends to all official Elvis fan club presidents.
This year it unusually features three tracks...
- Here Comes Santa Claus
- Merry Christmas Baby
- On A Snowy Christmas Night
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New FTDs Released! The four new releases from the FTD label have arrived at the dealers. Especially for Christmas we get the 7" digipack Classic album release of ‘Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas’ plus the highly anticipated Classic Album release of ‘Promised Land’. FTD also publish the companion book to the ‘Young Man With the Big Beat’, Michael Rose’s ‘A Moment In Time: 4 Days in '56’ featuring a stunning glimpse of Elvis' life in May 1956.
They also release another new Vinyl double-album ‘The Elvis Is Back Sessions’.
SEE ALL details and tracklistings BELOW
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‘Elvis Country’ Legacy Edition: Sony Legacy have issued a press release publicising the new January 3rd release.
It includes…
The original 12-song Elvis Country (subtitled "I'm 10,000 Years Old"), debuted January 23, 1971 on the Billboard album chart, peaked at #12, spent 21 weeks on the chart, and was certified RIAA Gold.
In the original Rolling Stone review future Presley biographer Peter Guralnick wrote, "Elvis has come out with a record which gives us some of the very finest and most affecting music since he first recorded for Sun almost 17 years ago." The idea of inserting excerpts of "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago" in between the album tracks gave the LP a conceptual feel that had never been encountered before. And the songs, from the high-energy rock of "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (which gives Jerry Lee Lewis a run for the money), to the big ballads that were becoming an Elvis trademark (Eddy Arnold's "I Really Don't Want To Know" and Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" among them) that were some of Elvis' greatest performances ever.
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Elvis Country was a breath of fresh air for most of his millions of fans, and signaled a renaissance of his creative energies.
The new Nashville band had the feel of the Memphis hitmakers of 1969, mainly because their core members were part of the original Muscle Shoals sound which put that town on the map: bassist Norbert Putnam, pianist David Briggs, and drummer Jerry Carrigan. Add in masterful guitarist James Burton - who had become indispensable to Elvis after the two recent Las Vegas residencies - and the scene was set.
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present He laid down first and second takes with ease, and then turned around and initiated impromptu studio jams that kept the musicians firing on all cylinders.
It all came to a head on the fourth night. After a couple of warm-ups (including Eddy Arnold's "I Really Don't Want To Know"), they thought back to the country tunes they'd already recorded, and the idea of a country album began to take shape. In short order, Elvis laid down Bob Wills' western-swing standard "Faded Love" and Ernest Tubb's "Tomorrow Never Comes." After cutting Hank Cochran's barroom weeper "Make The World Go Away" (via Eddy Arnold), Elvis and crew moved on to Willie's "Funny How Time Slips Away" and then "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water," familiar to rock and roll fans of Johnny Rivers, but originally a big country hit for Stonewall Jackson.
Ernst Jorgensen wrote about the session, "Elvis seemed inspired, singing with a passion and soulfulness that recalled Memphis, the band fell in with equal feeling, their confidence and expressiveness growing along with his. Both singer and band were performing out of genre, improvising their own rhythms and phrasing on the spot, challenging each other." To paraphrase Jorgensen, "they had something to be proud of."
OUT January 3rd 2012 - Go here to the complete LEGACY article.
SEE BELOW for tracklist
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Another 'Original Album Classics' 1960s box: Continuing their theme of cheap box-sets of original Elvis albums, SONY will release another 5-cd selection combining 'Blue Hawaii', 'Pot Luck', 'Girls! Girls! Girls!', 'Fun In Acapulco' and 'Viva Las Vegas'.
Release date 9 Jan 2012.
Priced around US$20 for all five.
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'Elvis Country' next Legacy Release Confirmed : As we stated last saturday, it is now confirmed that 'Elvis Country' will be the next double-disc Elvis Legacy release from SONY, with the release date noted as January 3, 2012.
The coupling is with the rather pedestrian June 1971 'Love Letters' album albeit with some bonus single extras.
TRACKLIST Disc: 1 (Elvis Country)
1. Snowbird (2:17)
2. Tomorrow Never Comes (4:07)
3. Little Cabin On The Hill (1:58)
4. Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On (3:10)
5. Funny How Time Slips Away (4:32)
6. I Really Don't Want To Know (2:54)
7. There Goes My Everything (3:10)
8. It's Your Baby, You Rock It (3:04)
9. The Fool (2:34)
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11. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (3:57)
12. Make The World Go Away (3:49)
13. I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago (3:13)
14. A Hundred Years From Now (1:40)
15. Where Did They Go, Lord (2:27)
Disc: 2 (Love Letters From Elvis)
1. Love Letters (2:49)
2. When I'm Over You (2:26)
3. If I Were You (3:01)
4. Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It (4:34) |
5. Heart of Rome (2:53)
6. Only Believe (2:47)
7. This Is Our Dance (3:14)
8. Cindy, Cindy (2:31)
9. I'll Never Know (2:24)
10. It Ain't No Big Thing (2:47)
11. Life (3:10)
12. The Sound Of Your Cry (3:17)
13. Sylvia (3:18)
14. Rags To Riches (1:54) |
'Elvis Is Back Sessions' - Special double-VINYL version: The special 2-disc, 180-gram vinyl set is sure to make Elvis fans around the world happy because it’s been the most requested FTD album for vinyl release ever. This very limited release has been re-mastered from the original analogue tapes and includes lots of great photos from the Graceland archives in Memphis.
"Elvis Is Back!" was released in April 1960 and was Elvis’ tenth album. Recording sessions took place on March 20 and April 3, 1960, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. It was his first album to be released in true stereo and peaked at number two on the Top Pop Albums chart and is included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die." The album was certified Gold on July 15, 1999, by the RIAA.
SEE BELOW for tracklisting and details
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Four new FTD releases for December: FTD has announced four new upcoming releases for early December....
1. 'Promised Land' - The long-awaited double-CD "Classic Album" version of 1974's 'Promised Land' album.
Recorded in December 1973 at Stax Records in Memphis, the original album was released in 1974 and is thought by some to be the best Elvis studio album from the ‘70s.
The title track, "Promised Land" was a cover of a 1965 hit by Chuck Berry and was issued as a single and hit number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and landed in the UK top ten.
FTD says the Tracklist still in development
DISC 1
THE ORIGINAL ALBUM
1 Promised Land
2 There’s A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In)
3 Help Me
4 Mr. Songman
5 Love Song Of The Year
6 It’s Midnight
7 Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming
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8 If You Talk In Your Sleep
9 Thinking About You
10 You Asked Me To
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS – THE ALTERNATE ALBUM
11 Promised Land – take 4
12 There’s A Honky Tonk Angel – takes 3,2,7
13 Help Me - take 1 (undubbed master)
14 Mr. Songman – take 2
15 Love Song Of The Year – take 1
16 It’s Midnight – take 9
17 Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming - take 10
18 If You Talk In Your Sleep - take 5
19 Thinking About You – take 4
20 You Asked Me To – ?
MORE SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
21 Promised Land – take 5
22 Love Song Of The Year – take 7
23 It’s Midnight – take 11
24 Thinking About You – takes 5,6
25 You Asked Me To – ?
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SESSIONS – THE MAKING OF
1 It’s Midnight – takes 1-4, 8,7
2 You Asked Me To – ?
3 Mr. Songman take 1
4 Thinking About You – rehearsal
5 Thinking About You – take 3
6 Promised Land – take 3,2
7 Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming – takes 2,3
8 Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming – take 4
9 There’s A Honky Tonk Angel – take 1
10 Love Song Of The Year – rehearsal
11 Love Song Of The Year – take 2
12 It’s Midnight – take 10
13 If You Talk In Your Sleep –takes 6,7, 8
14 Mr. Songman – takes 3,6
15 Love Song Of The Year – takes x,y, 8 (undubbed master)
16 You Asked Me To – take 3B (4 ??)
17 There’s A Honky Tonk Angel – takes ?
18 It’s Midnight – takes 15,16
19 Promised Land – take 6 – undubbed master
20 Thinking About You – ?
21 Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming – take 8
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2.'Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas' - The double-CD "Classic Album" version of the 1971 album.
Every fan knows Christmas was special to Elvis and decorating Graceland for the holidays was one of his favourite things to do each year. First released as a LP in 1971, "Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas" is a true classic. It reached number one on Billboard’s Christmas/Holiday albums chart and sold more than threemillion copies, being certified triple PLATINUM by the RIAA. This 2-CD set includes some of Elvis’ greatest Christmas recordings that were included on the original album as well as many first takes that you have never heard before.
DISC 1 THE ORIGINAL ALBUM
1 O Come, All Ye Faithful 2:48
2 The First Noel 2:09
3 On A Snowy Christmas Night 2:49
4 Winter Wonderland 2:17
5 The Wonderful World Of Christmas 1:57
6 It Won’t Seem Like Christmas (Without You) 2:41
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7 I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day 3:48
8 If I Get Home On Christmas Day 2:51
9 Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees 2:52
10 Merry Christmas Baby 5:44
11 Silver Bells 2:26
BONUS SONG
12) I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day
– remake master 3:43
FIRST TAKES
13 It Won’t Seem Like Christmas (Without You) -takes 1-3 4:36
14 If I Get Home On Christmas Day - take 1 3:37
15 I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day - takes 1-3 7:54
16 Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees - takes 1,2 3:13
17 Silver Bells - takes 1,2 4:41
18 I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day – remake takes 1,2 5:48 |
DISC 2
1 I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day – take 4 4:58
2 If I Get Home On Christmas Day - takes 2,3 3:51
3 Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees - take 3 2:27
4 I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day – remake take 3 4:24
5 It Won’t Seem Like Christmas - takes 4,5 3:03
6 O Come, All Ye Faithful – take 2 4:28
7 If I Get Home On Christmas Day - take 5 3:00
8 The Lord’s Prayer 3:01 (Public Domain)
9 I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day - takes 5,6 4:26
10 Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees - takes 4 2:36
11 It’ Won’t Seem Like Christmas - take 6 3:14
12 Merry Christmas Baby – take 1 (unedited version) 8:29
13 I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day – remake takes 4-9 7:24
14 If I Get Home On Christmas Day - take 7 2:57
15 Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees - takes 5-8 3:39
16 Winter Wonderland – takes 7,8 3:53 |
3. 'Elvis Is Back' - Special double-VINYL version: The special 2-disc, 180-gram vinyl set is sure to make Elvis fans around the world happy because it’s been the most requested FTD album for vinyl release ever. This very limited release has been re-mastered from the original analogue tapes and includes lots of great photos from the Graceland archives in Memphis.
"Elvis Is Back!" was released in April 1960 and was Elvis’ tenth album. Recording sessions took place on March 20 and April 3, 1960, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. It was his first album to be released in true stereo and peaked at number two on the Top Pop Albums chart and is included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die." The album was certified Gold on July 15, 1999, by the RIAA.
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"Elvis is Back!’ Sessions"
Side 1
1. Such a Night (take 1) 3:14
2. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
(takes 1, 2) 3:39
3. Make Me Know It (take 3) 2:12
4. It’s Now Or Never (take 1) 3:28
5. It Feels So Right (take 1) 2:08
6. Thrill Of Your Love (takes 1,2,1-PB) 4:09
7. Stuck on You (take 1) 2:19
Side 2
1. Reconsider Baby (master) 3.44
2. Soldier Boy (take 1) 3:03
3. A Mess Of Blues (take 1) 2:56
4. The Girl Of My Best Friend
(takes 2, 4, 5, 6) 5:15
5. Fame And Fortune (take 2) 2:33
6. Like A Baby (take 1-FS/BD) 2:13
7. Like A Baby (take 2) 2:42
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1.Dirty, Dirty Feeling
(takes 2, 3-sp last chord from 4/m) 1:44
2. I Gotta Know (including take 1) 2:57
3. Such A Night (takes 2, 3, 4/5-sp) 3:50
4. Fever (take 1) 3:48
5. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
(takes 4-FS, 3, wp 1/2-sp) 2:54
6. Make Me Know It (takes 9, 10, 11) 2:41
7. The Girl Next Door (Went A’Walking)
(Takes 1, 2, 3) 3:43
Side 4
1. It’s Now Or Never (take 2) 3:245
2. It’s Now or Never (takes 3, 4) 3:56
3. It Feels So Right (takes 4, 3) 2:41
4. The Girl Of My Best Friend (take 9) 2:26
5. A Mess Of Blues (takes 2, 3) 2:50
6. Soldier Boy (takes 9, 10) 3:39
7. Make Me Know It (takes 17, 18) 2:46 |
4. 'Elvis Presley – A Moment in Time, 4 Days in ’56' by "Return To Tupelo" producer Michael Rose chronicles the four days from early 1956 as Elvis barnstorms from Detroit through Columbus, and finally back to Memphis and his new home at Audubon Drive - May 25 to May 28th 1956.
In Memphis for Elvis Week 2012 Ernst Jorgenson said that it was a 192 page photo book being produced as a companion release to the Sony/Legacy 5CD box set, "Young Man With The Big Beat".
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Updated 'Young Man with the Big Beat' In-Depth Review: Released to coincide with the 55th anniversary celebration of Elvis' national break-through year, 'Young Man with the Big Beat' is a 5-disc box set in a retro format containing all of the 1956 RCA Masters including the complete albums 'Elvis Presley' (#1254) and the second 'Elvis' (#1382). It also includes a previously-unreleased live show, outtakes and rare interviews with the Elvis along with an 84-page book with a day-by-day chronology plus assorted photos and memorabilia.
Back in March 1956 an RCA promotional poster billed Elvis Presley as a "Young Man with the Big Beat". There is no doubt that the billboard’s designers would have had no idea what an impact that BIG BEAT would have on future generations, shaking the very ground of the until now easy-listening entertainment world.
Can this new box-set really capture everything that Elvis achieved in this great Rock'n'Roll year
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