March Releases from FTD

Expected to be released in the beginning of March, are these three titles: In the classic album series FTD will release the "ON STAGE – FEBRUARY, 1970" album. As usual, it will be a 2-disc 7" digipack with a 12-page booklet. In addition to the original album the set will include all RCA's recordings from three of the shows. In addition FTD will be releasing a 2-disc 5" version of the original "OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS" albums, with an added bonus of the previously unreleased volume 3 LP master tape, as well as six more cuts that series producer Joan Deary had prepared at the time. This will come with a 12-page booklet of memorabilia and photos. The "undubbed" Elvis has always been a favourite with many fans, and listening to these again, is an experience full of pleasant surprises. Further more, FTD vinyl is pleased to announce the release of "HIS HAND IN MINE" - A Special Limited Edition 2-disc 180-gram vinyl set. Very soon, there will be a separate announcement of book titles. Regarding the catalogue of FTD Vinyl, these titles are now sold out and will not be reprinted: BLUE HAWAII, STANDING ROOM ONLY, GOOD TIMES and JAILHOUSE ROCK

"ON STAGE– February, 1970"
DISC 1
ORIGINAL ALBUM
01 See See Rider 2:28 02 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 3:42 03 Sweet Caroline 2:55 04 Runaway 3:05 05 The Wonder of You 3:11 06 Polk Salad Annie 4:40 07 Yesterday 3:15 08 Proud Mary 3:10 09 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

DISC 2
THE FEBRUARY 18 DINNER SHOW RECORDINGS
01 Long Tall Sally 2:58 02 Don't Cry Daddy 2:32 03 Walk a Mile in My Shoes 2:04 04 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 2:53 05 Polk Salad Annie 4:46
("Don't Cry Daddy" was originally released on Greatest Hits Volume 1)

THE FEBRUARY 19 MIDNIGHT SHOW RECORDINGS
06 Long Tall Sally 2:08 07 Don't Cry Daddy 3:29 08 Hound Dog 2:19 09 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"
DISC 1
VOLUME 1
01) Are You Sincere 2:00 02) It's Midnight 3:19 03) My Boy 2:54 04) Girl Of Mine 3:36 05) Take Good Care Of Her 2:51 06) I'll Never Fall In Love Again 3:41 07) Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming 2:48 08) Spanish Eyes 2:22 09) Never Again 2:49 10) She Thinks I Still Care 3:49 11) Solitaire 4:39

VOLUME 2
01) I Got A Feelin' In My Body 3:34 02) Green, Green Grass Of Home 3:33 03) For The Heart 3:28 04) She Wears My Ring 3:21 05) I Can Help 4:02 06) Way Down 2:33 07) There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) 3:04 08) Find Out What's Happening 2:39 09) Thinking About You 3:27 10) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right – long version 8:36

DISC 2
VOLUME 3 – previously unreleased
01) Woman Without Love 3:33 02) Moody Blue 3:56 03) When I'm Over You 3:04 04) It's A Matter Of Time 3:03 05) Sweet Angeline 3:01 06) Hurt 2:06 07) Shake A Hand 3:47 08) Promised Land 2:50 09) 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"
SIDE 1
01. HIS HAND IN MINE 3:16 02. I'M GONNA WALK DEM GOLDEN STAIRS 1:51 03. IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE 2:05 04. MILKY WHITE WAY 2:14 05. KNOWN ONLY TO HIM 2:08 06. I BELIEVE IN THE MAN IN THE SKY 2:12 07. CRYING IN THE CHAPEL (take1) 1:35 08. CRYING IN THE CHAPEL (takes 2, 3-M) 3:16

SIDE 2
01. JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE 2:41 02. HE KNOWS JUST WHAT I NEED 2:12 03. SWING DOWN SWEET CHARIOT 2:33 04. MANSION OVER THE HILLTOP 2:56 05. IF WE NEVER MEET AGAIN 1:59 06. WORKING ON THE BUILDING 1:53 07. I BELIEVE IN THE MAN IN THE SKY (take 1) 2:27 08. KNOWN ONLY TO HIM (takes 1, 2) 2:26

SIDE 3
01. HIS HAND IN MINE (take 5) 3:23 02. I'M GONNA WALK DEM GOLDEN STAIRS (take 4) 2:12 03. IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE (take 7) 2:19 04. MILKY WHITE WAY (takes 1, 2, 3) 3:05 05. KNOWN ONLY TO HIM (takes 3, 4, 5) 3:46 06. I BELIEVE IN THE MAN IN THE SKY (takes 2, 3, 4) 4:02

SIDE 4
01. JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE (take 3) 2:00 02. HE KNOWS JUST WHAT I NEED (take 8) 2:20 03. SWING DOWN SWEET CHARIOT (takes 2, 3) 2:57 04. MANSION OVER THE HILLTOP (takes 2, 1) 4:03 05. IF WE NEVER MEET AGAIN (take 1) 2:01 06. WORKING ON THE BUILDING (takes 3, 4) 2:26 07. MILKY WHITE WAY (takes 4, 6, 5) 3:26
Source: Elvisnews - Update February 2, 2012


Young Man With The Big Beat

YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT - THE COMPLETE '56 ELVIS PRESLEY RECORDINGS. This 55th anniversary 5-CD super deluxe set celebrates Elvis Presley's explosive 1956 RCA debut that changed the world of popular music forever! It befittingly takes its title from RCA's very first Elvis poster campaign for his legendary debut album ELVIS PRESLEY.

THIS SUPER DELUXE EDITION CELEBRATES 1956 in style with this retro 12x12 format and includes:

•5 CDs comprising all the 1956 RCA masters (digitally remastered,) Live performances including a previously unreleased live show, outtakes and rare interviews.
•80 Page 12" x 12" book with 12-month day-by-day chronology, rare memorabilia, photos, artifacts and documents.
•Memorabilia envelope with reproductions of posters, ticket stubs & photos
•Exclusive item with your order: 7" vinyl of Elvis' very first RCA EP - RCA EPA 747

BOOK:
An exlusive deluxe, 12"x12", 80-page book offers rare photos, rare memorabilia, priceless RCA and Elvis Presley Enterprises documents, Billboard news clippings; and a unique factual overview featuring 12-month day-by-day chronology of Elvis' iconic year.

MEMORABILIA
Memorabilia Envelope contains reproductions of the following items:

RCA's original Elvis poster–YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT
Mosque Theater Poster
Venus Room, Las Vegas Flyer
Original RCA Hartbreak Hotel Order form
Cotton Bowl ticket stub
5 8" x 10" rare photographs suitable for framing

EXCLUSIVE ITEM
Exclusive replica 7" vinyl of RCA EPA 747 – Elvis' first 45rpm EP for RCA Records. The original EP released on the same day as the album in March 1956, both titled Elvis Presley.
1.Blue Suede Shoes 2.Tutti Frutti 3.I Got A Woman 4.Just Because

TRACK LISTING:
Disc 1
1.Blue Suede Shoes 2.I'm Counting On You 3.I Got A Woman 4.One-Sided Love Affair 5.I Love You Because 6.Just Because 7.Tutti Frutti 8.Trying To Get To You 9.I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) 10.I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') 11.Blue Moon 12.Money Honey 13.Heartbreak Hotel 14.I Was The One 15.My Baby Left Me 16.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 17.Shake, Rattle And Roll

Disc 2
1.Rip It Up 2.Love Me 3.When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 4.Long Tall Sally 5.First In Line 6.Paralyzed 7.So Glad You're Mine 8.Old Shep 9.Ready Teddy 10.Anyplace Is Paradise 11.How's The World Treating You 12.How Do You Think I Feel 13.I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 14.Hound Dog 15.Don't Be Cruel 16.Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) 17.Too Much 18.Playing For Keeps 19.Love Me Tender 20.Let Me 21.Poor Boy 22.We're Gonna Move

Disc 3
*Recorded At The Venus Room, Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, May 6 1.Heartbreak Hotel 2.Long Tall Sally 3.Blue Suede Shoes 4.Money Honey * Recorded At The Robinson Memorial Auditorium Little Rock, Arkansas, May 16 5.Heartbreak Hotel 6.Long Tall Sally 7.I Was The One 8.Money Honey 9.I Got A Woman 10.Blue Suede Shoes 11.Hound Dog * Recorded At The Hirsch Youth Center, Louisiana Fairgrounds, Shreveport, Louisiana, December 15 12.Heartbreak Hotel 13.Long Tall Sally 14.I Was The One 15.Love Me Tender 16.Don't Be Cruel 17.Love Me 18.I Got A Woman 19.When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 20.Paralyzed 21.Hound Dog

Disc 4 – The Outtakes
First RCA Session Outtakes 1.I Got A Woman – take unknown 2.Heartbreak Hotel – take 06 3.I'm Counting On You – take 13 4.I Was The One – take 02 The Complete February 03 Sessions 5.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 01 6.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 03 7.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 04 8.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 05 9.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 06 10.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – takes 07, 08, 09 11.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – take 10 (master) 12.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – takes 11, 12 13.Shake, Rattle And Roll – takes 01, 02 14.Shake, Rattle And Roll – takes 03, 05, 06, 07 15.Shake, Rattle And Roll – take 08 16.Shake, Rattle And Roll – takes 09, 10, 11, 12, 12 (undubbed master) 17.The Complete Warwick Hotel Interview

Disc 5 – The Interviews
1.The Complete TV Guide Presents Elvis interview 2.Colonel Parker Interview 3.The Truth About Me 4.The Truth About Me Interview 5.Victrola Radio ad 1 6.Victrola Radio ad 2
Source: http://www.elvisthemusic.com - June 16, 2011


AMARILLO '77" & "STAGE REHEARSAL

On June 21, there will be 3 new releases available from FTD:
"AMARILLO '77" – a 1977 soundboard recording from Civic Center, Amarillo. 5" digipack.

"STAGE REHEARSAL" – a collection of stage rehearsals from 1970, 1972 and 1973 recorded at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (later renamed The Las Vegas Hilton). 5" digipack.

"THE 'POT LUCK' SESSIONS" – a limited edition 2-disc 12" vinyl set.

"STAGE REHEARSAL"

Cat. No.: FTD 101 (506020-975026)
1) You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (version 1) 2) I Just Can't Help Believin' 3) Something 4) Sweet Caroline 5) Polk Salad Annie 6) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (version 1) 7) I've Lost You 8) Bridge Over Troubled Water 9) Patch It Up 10) Can't Help Falling In Love 11) You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (version 2) 12) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (version 2)

BONUS SONGS

13) Any Day Now 14) True Love Travels On A Gravel Road 15) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ( a few lines) 16) Fever 17) Portrait Of My Love 18) I'm Leavin' It All Up To You

"AMARILLO '77"

Cat. No.: FTD 100 (506020-975027)
Recorded March 24, 1977, at Civic Center, Amarillo, Texas

01 That's All Right 02 Are You Lonesome Tonight? 03 Reconsider Baby (intro only) 04 Love Me 05 If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 06 You Gave Me a Mountain 07 Jailhouse Rock 08 O Sole Mio / It's Now or Never 09 Little Sister 10 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 11 My Way 12 Band Introductions / Early Mornin' Rain 13 What'd I Say / Johnny B. Goode 14 Band Introductions 15 School Days 16 Hurt 17 Hound Dog 18 Can't Help Falling in Love

BONUS TRACKS

19 And I Love You So 20 Fever 21 Love Me Tender 22 Blue Suede Shoes 23 Steamroller Blues 24 Help Me 25 Why Me, Lord 26 Bosom of Abraham 27 You Better Run 28 How Great Thou Art 29 Trying to Get to You

"THE 'POT LUCK' SESSIONS" – LIMITED EDITION 2-DISC VINYL SET

FTD 68-33 (506020-975025)

Following on from the successful HOW GREAT THOU ART vinyl set, FTD is pleased to announce THE POT LUCK SESSIONS. It contains the best of the outtakes from the hugely successful FTD CD edition. The album is packaged in a gloss gatefold sleeve and features nostalgic original RCA Victor inner bags.

REASONS TO BUY

• Due to the increase in material costs, FTD vinyl prices will increase in July 2011. This release is being made available at the current dealer price.
• Back catalogue items that are still available will increase in July too so it is recommended to get orders in now if stock is required.
• Re-mastered from original analogue US tapes
• Vinyl cutting by ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
• DMM Copper Mastering
• 180 Grams heavyweight vinyl
• Strictly limited pressing

Source: Peter Haan - May 19, 2011







April FTD

FTD will release Elvis Sings Guitar Man and Live In LA in April. 'As with the classic album releases of STANDING ROOM ONLY and MEMPHIS TENNESSEE, ELVIS SINGS GUITAR MAN is an album that never was, but in our opinion should have been. So here it is' As with THE WAY IT WAS and ROCKIN’ ACROSS TEXAS we will release a 5” CD only version of this book project.

For information FTD do NOT plan to release 'CD only' versions of FLASHBACK and WRITING FOR THE KING.

 

Disc 1

01) Guitar Man 2:22 (Jerry Reed)
02) Tomorrow Is A Long Time 5:24 (Bob Dylan)
03) Big Boss Man 2:54 (Al Smith/Luther Dixon)
04) Love Letters 2:52 (Edward Heyman/Victor Young)
05) Indescribably Blue 2:50 (Darrell Glenn)
06) Fools Fall In Love 2:08 (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
07) Hi-Heel Sneakers 2:48 (Robert Higginbotham)
08) Down In The Alley 2:54 (Jesse Stone and The Clovers)
09) Come What May 2:03 (Frank Tableporter)
10) Mine 2:39 (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett)
11) Just Call Me Lonesome 2:08 (Rex Griffin)
12) You Don't Know Me 2:32 (Cindy Walker/Eddy Arnold)
13) Singing Tree 2:22 (Arthur L. Owens/Archie Solberg)
14) I'll Remember You 2:48 (Kuiokalaani Lee)

Bonus Song

15) Beyond The Reef (overdubbed version) (Jack Pitman)

First Takes

16) Guitar Man – takes 1,2,5 4:22
17) Tomorrow Is A Long Time – takes 1,2 6:15
18) Big Boss Man – take 2 3:35
19) Love Letters –take 2 2:53
20) Fools Fall In Love – takes 1,4 2:40
21) Hi-Heel Sneakers – take 5 4:58
22) Down In The Alley – take 1 3:13
23) Come What May – take 2 2:12
24) Singing Tree – take 1 3:11
25) I’ll Remember You – vocal overdub take 2 4:14

Disc 2

May 1966 sessions

01) Down In The Alley – takes 2,3,4 2:18
02) Down In The Alley – take 6 2:51
03) Love Letters – takes 3,4,5,7 4:39
04) Love Letters – take 8 3:12
05) Beyond The Reef – takes 1,2 (undubbed master) 5:42
06) Come What May – takes 3,4 2:27
07) Come What May – take 6 2:07
08) Come What May – take 7 – 2:21

June 1966 sessions

09) Indescribably – (vocal overdub) take 1 2:55
10) I’ll Remember You – (unedited master) vocal overdub 1 4:10

1967 Sessions

11) Guitar Man – takes 7,9 2:52
12) Guitar Man – take 10 2:55
13) Guitar Man – takes 11, 12 (unedited/undubbed master) 4:02
14) Big Boss Man – takes 1,3,4,5 3:19
15) Big Boss Man – takes 7, 9 3:48
16) Singing Tree – takes 2,4 3:28
17) Singing Tree – take 8 3:03
18) Singing Tree – takes 10,13 3:44
19) Just Call Me Lonesome - takes 3,4 2:55
20) Just Call Me Lonesome – takes 5,6 2:31
21) Hi-Heel Sneakers – takes 1,6 2:51
22) Hi-Heel Sneakers – take 7 – (unedited master) 4:57
23) You Don’t Know Me – take 2 2:57
24) Singing Tree – (remake) takes 1,2,3 3:21

 

1. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
2. See See Rider (Traditional; Arr. By Elvis Presley)
3. I Got A Woman / Amen (Ray Charles) / (J. Hairston)
4. Love Me (Jerry Leiber/mike Stoller)
5. Trying To Get To You (Rose Marie Mccoy/charles Singleton)
6. All Shook Up (Otis Blackwell/elvis Presley)
7. Teddy Bear / Don’T Be Cruel (Kal Mann/bernie Lowe) / (Otis Blackwell/elvis Presley)
8. Love Me Tender (Vera Matson/elvis Presley)
9. Steamroller Blues (James Taylor)
10. Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber/mike Stoller)
11. Fever (Davenport/cooley)
12. Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White)
13. Why Me Lord (Kris Kristofferson)
14. Suspicious Minds (Mark James)
15. Introductions
16. I Can’T Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)
17. Help Me (Larry Gatlin)
18. An American Trilogy (Mickey Newbury)
19. Let Me Be There (John Rostill)
20. Funny How Time Slips Away (Willie Nelson)
21. Big Boss Man (Smith/dixon)
22. Can’T Help Falling In Love (Peretti/creatore/weiss)

Bonus Song:

23. You Can Have Her (William Cook)

 

source : Peter Haan - March 2, 2011




Danish Familie Journal Elvis CD Series

The genre series is once again being recycled by Sony, as you can now purchase a CD each week here together with the Danish weekly magazine FAMILIE JOURNAL. The series is now called “100% Elvis”. Price of each CD is about 5.50 euros. The first CD, Rock, was issued on October 11th and a carton housing box for the whole series was also included. The next ones were: R&B (18/10), Movies (25/10) and Inspirational (1/11). Packaging on these releases is rather dull, with the same publicity shot from “Jailhouse Rock” on all covers. In the coming weeks, we will also be getting: Country (8/11), Love (15/11), Live (22/11) and Christmas (29/11). All in all a nice way of introducing Elvis’ music to a new audience, but it’s a pity that this series was not presented in a more attractive and original way.

Source: Arjan Deelen - November 5, 2010


Jailhouse Rock Vol. 2 Tracklist

Here we have the tracklist for "JAILHOUSE ROCK Vol. 2"

DISC 1
01) Jailhouse Rock (2001) takes 1,2,3,4 02) Jailhouse Rock (2001) take 5 03) Treat Me Nice (2003) (first movie version) takes 1,2,3 04) Treat Me Nice (2003) (first movie version) takes 4,5 05) Young And Beautiful (2005) (jail version) take 1 06) Young And Beautiful (2005) (jail version) take 2 07) Young And Beautiful (2005) (jail version) take 3 08) Don’t Leave Me Now (2016) (unused movie version) take 1 09) Don’t Leave Me Now (2017) (hit record version) takes 1,2,3,4,5,6 10) Don’t Leave Me Now (2017) (hit record version takes 7,8 11) Treat Me Nice(2003) (first movie version) takes 6,7 12) Treat Me Nice(2003) (first movie version) takes 8,9 13) I Want To Be Free (2010) (record version) takes 1-8 14) I Want To Be Free (2010) (record version) take 9 15) I Want To Be Free (2011) (first ending) takes1,2 16) Young And Beautiful (2006) (Florita club version) take 1 17) Young And Beautiful (2006) (Florita club version) take 2 18) Don’t Leave Me Now (2017) (hit record version) takes 9,10 19) (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (2015) takes 1,2,3,4

DISC 2

01) Jailhouse Rock (2001) take 6 02) Jailhouse Rock (2001) (takes 7,8) 03) Jailhouse Rock (2002) (ending) takes 1,2 04) Don’t Leave Me Now (2016) (unused movie version) take 2 05) Young And Beautiful (2006) (Florita club version) takes 3,4 06) Young And Beautiful (2006) (Florita club version) takes 5,6 07) Treat Me Nice (2003) (first movie version) takes 10,11,12,13 08) Don’t Leave Me Now (2017) (hit record version) takes 11,12,13 09) Treat Me Nice (2003) (first movie version) takes 14,15 10) I Want To Be Free (2010) (record version) takes 10,11 11) I Want To Be Free (2012) (second ending) takes 1,2,3,4,5 12) Don’t Leave Me Now (2017) (hit record version) takes 14,15,16,17,18 13) Young And Beautiful (2006) (Florita club version) take 7 14) Treat Me Nice (2003) (first movie version) takes,16,17,18,19 15) Don’t Leave Me Now (2017) (hit record version) takes 19,20, 21

ORIGINAL EP – REVISITED

16) Jailhouse Rock 17) Young And Beautiful 18) I Want To Be Free 19) Don’t Leave Me Now 20) (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care 21) Treat Me Nice – (record version)

Source: ElvisUnlimited - November 3, 2010


VIVA ELVIS – THE ALBUM - TRACKLISTING REVEALED

 

First Single, "Suspicious Minds," Mixed by Brendan O'Brien Impacts Radio Monday, October 18. Legacy Recordings Celebrates Elvis’ 75th Birthday Year with an Epic New Studio Work Inspired by "Viva ELVIS" by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas Viva ELVIS - The Album Available Everywhere Tuesday, November 9.

Viva ELVIS - The Album - produced and arranged by Erich van Tourneau

01. Opening (mixed by Robert Meunier & Erich van Tourneau)
02. Blue Suede Shoes (mixed by Serban Ghenea)
03. That's Alright (mixed by Brendan O'Brien)
04. Heartbreak Hotel (mixed by Brendan O'Brien)
05. Love Me Tender (mixed by Robert Meunier & Erich van Tourneau)
06. King Creole (mixed by Robert Meunier & Erich van Tourneau)
07. Bossa Nova Baby (mixed by Serban Ghenea)
08. Burning Love (mixed by Serban Ghenea)
09. Memories (mixed by Robert Meunier & Erich van Tourneau)
10. Can't Help Falling In Love (mixed by Serban Ghenea)
11. You'll Never Walk Alone (Piano Interlude) (mixed by Robert Meunier & Erich van Tourneau)
12. Suspicious Minds (mixed by Brendan O'Brien)

Source: Carlos Ares - http://www.elvis.com.ar/ - October 2, 2010




Elvis ( Fool )

 

ELVIS is a 2-DISC SET in the CLASSIC ALBUM series. Originally released in 1973, the track listing was changed substantially before its commercial release. Here for the first time, ALL the proposed recordings are in included for the first time.

 

In addition, it features great unreleased outtakes. The 7” inch digi-pack format features a 12-page booklet with great photographs and wonderful unseen memorabilia.

DISC 1

 

THE ORIGINAL ALBUM

 

1)    Fool 2:44

2)    Where Do I Go From Here 2:41

3)   Love Me, Love The Life I Lead 3:05

4)    It’s Still Here 2:05 

5)    It’s Impossible 2:55

6)     (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me 2:16

7)    Padre 2:30

8)    I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen 2:27

9)    I Will Be True 2:32

10) Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (edited version) 2:48

 

BONUS SONGS

 

11) Steamroller Blues (single mix) 3:05

12) For The Good Times 3:10

13) Until It’s Time For You To Go – remake take 10 3:38

14)Love Me, Love The life I Lead 3:07

ORIGINAL ALTERNATE MIXES

 

15) Love Me, Love The Life I Lead 3:07

16) Padre 2:30

17) Fool 2:49

18) Where Do I Go From Here (edit) 1:45

 

FIRST LP VERSION LEFTOVERS

 

19) Reconsider Baby 2:45

20) Blue Hawaii  2:38

21) Early Mornin’ Rain 3:03   

22) Hawaiian Wedding Song 2:01

23) Ku-U-I-Po 2:14

24) No More 2:38

25) Fool (single master) 2:49

 

 DISC 2

 

THE OUTTAKES

 

1)    (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me – take 1 3:07 

2)    Until It’s Time For You To Go – takes 1 & 2 5:47

3)    Love Me, Love The Life I Lead – takes 1, 2, 4 5:13

4)    Padre - takes 1 & 2 3:32

5)    (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me – takes 3,7, 8 4:58

6)    It’s Still Here – takes 1, 2, 3 4:47

7)    I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen – take 1 (undubbed master) 2:24

8)    I Will Be True – takes 1 & 2 4:24

9)    It’s Still Here – takes 4 & 5 5:39

10) Until It’s Time For You To Go – take 6 4:56

11) Padre – take 11 2:30

12) Love Me, Love The Life I Lead – takes 5 & 6 3:49

13) My Way – takes 1 & 2 3:34

14) My Way – take 3 (master) 4:32

15) (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me – takes 9 & 10 4:09

16) Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – long version unedited 11:20

 

Elvis As Recorded At  Boston Garden '71

 

ELVIS AS RECORDED AT BOSTON GARDEN ’71 features the highly regarded concert that Elvis performed on November 10, 1971. Still at the height of his power, Elvis received critical acclaim for this show and now this official release finally makes it available for fans around the world. With so few live recordings available from this period, this is a key release for anyone’s collection.

 

ELVIS AS RECORDED AT BOSTON GARDEN ’71 is released in a 5” digipack format with an 8-page booklet. 

 

TRACK LISTING

01 Also Sprach Zarathustra

02 That’s All Right

03  Got A Woman/Amen

04 Proud Mary

05 You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

06 You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling

07 Polk Salad Annie

08 Instrumental

09 Love Me

10 Heartbreak Hotel

11  Blue Suede Shoes

12  One Night

13  Hound Dog

14  How great Thou Art (incomplete)

15  Introductions (incomplete)

16  I’m Leavin’

17  Bridge Over Troubled Waters

18  I Can’t Stop Loving You

19  Love Me Tender

20  Suspicious Minds

21  Elvis talks

22  Funny How Time Slips Away

23  Can’t Help Falling In Love

24  Closing Vamp

FTD NEW RELEASES NOVEMBER

 

In mid-November, FTD will be releasing JAILHOUSE ROCK VOL.2 in the 7” CLASSIC album series and ELVIS IN CHICAGO ’76 – featuring shows from the Chicago Stadium on October 14/15,1976. It comes in a  2-CD 5” digi pack format featuring an 8-page booklet.


FTD VINYL

There will be a new release in November.

source : It's Elvis Time - September 9, 2010





The Complete Elvis Presley Masters Collection Limited Edition

 

This is the definitive collection: all 711 master recordings as released during Elvis’ lifetime, mastered from the original analog master tapes where available. Each recording has been carefully restored to achieve the best sound reproduction ever without compromising the audio quality of the original master. The collection also contains 103 additional rare recordings and a 240-page hardbound book featuring an annotated discography, original album artwork, rare and classic photos, a complete song index and an essay by Peter Guralnick. Housed in a beautiful, limited edition display case, THE COMPLETE ELVIS PRESLEY MASTERS is an indispensable piece of music history and the one collection no true connoisseur should be without.

 

Limited Edition First Run of only 1000 Numbered Units .

 

source : Sony Music - August 2, 2010





King Creole - The Music

 

KING CREOLE-THE MUSIC is a 200-page book with images exclusively designed to complement the music from the film. It consists of two main sections; the recording sessions on January 16, 1958 and song scenes from the filming of the movie (including behind-the scenes shots). The images are classic and well-known shots with the majority being previous unpublished and taken by the original still photographers on the set (no freeze-frames) .The accompanying CD consist of  the masters and the well-known alternative masters (no unreleased session reels have been found). As always, the music has been re-mastered.

 

KING CREOLE – THE MUSIC

 

CD TRACK LISTING

 

01 King Creole – take 13 – 2:08 ; 02 As Long As I Have You – take 10 – 1:50 ; 03 Hard Headed Woman – take 10 – 1:53 ; 04 Trouble – take 5 – 2:17 ; 05 Dixieland Rock – take 14 – 1:47 ; 06 Don't Ask Me Why – take 12 – 2:06 ; 07 Lover Doll - take 7 – 2:08 ; 08 Crawfish – take 7 – 1:49 ; 09 Young Dreams – take 8 – 2:23 ; 10 Steadfast, Loyal And True 1:15 ; 11 New Orleans – take 5 1:59     

 

BONUS MATERIAL

 

12 Danny – take 10 – 1:52 ; 13 As Long As I Have You – (movie version) – take 4 – 0:56 ; 14 Lover Doll (undubbed EP master) – take 7 – 2:14 ; 5 King Creole (1. version) - take 3 – 2:05 ; 16 Steadfast, Loyal And True (1. version) – take 6 – 1:31 ;  17 As Long As I Have You (unused movie version) – take 8 – 1:24 ; 18 King Creole (1. version) – take 18 – 2:16 ; 19 Steadfast, Loyal And True (undubbed version) – 1:15

Good Times – The Outtakes Limited Edition 2 Disc Set

 

Following on from our previous strictly Limited Edition series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of a special 2-disc 180-gram vinyl set of GOOD TIMES – THE OUTTAKES. Supplied in a deluxe gatefold sleeve, it features the superb original draft artwork design that was superseded prior to release. UNIQUE!

 

KEY POINTS

 

·         Vinyl cutting by ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS

·         DMM Copper Mastering

·         180 Grams heavyweight vinyl

·         Re-mastered by Vic Anesini and Jean-Marc Juilland

·         Strictly limited pressing

·         Unique facsimile of the original album sleeve design!

 

 

Side 1

 

Take Good Care of Her - rehearsal & take 1     

Loving Arms - take 1 & rehearsal      

I Got a Feelin' in My Body - take 1    

If That Isn't Love - take 1   

She Wears My Ring - take 8     

I've Got a Thing about You, Baby - take 1

My Boy – take 1

Side 2

 

Talk about the Good Times - take 3

Spanish Eyes - takes 1, 2

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - takes 7, 8

I Got a Feelin' in My Body - take 4

I've Got a Thing about You, Baby - take 14

My Boy - take 2

Take Good Care of Her - take 4

 

Side 3

 

I've Got a Thing about You, Baby - takes 6, 8, 10, 11

Loving Arms - take 2   

I Got a Feelin' in My Body - take 2     

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - takes 1, 4, 6            

Take Good Care of Her - takes 2, 3   

Spanish Eyes - take 4 (undubbed master)

 

Side 4

 

Talk about the Good Times - takes 1, 2

Talk about the Good Times - take 4 (undubbed master)

She Wears My Rings - takes 1-7

I Got a Feelin' in My Body - take 7    

My Boy - take 3 (undubbed master)     

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - take 9 (unedited undubbed master)

If That Isn't Love - splice of takes 5 (LFS) & 7   

 

SEPTEMBER

 

On September 14, FTD will release the soundboard of the November 10, 1971 BOSTON GARDEN Show (previously released on bootleg) as this is the only available show from the early tours of the seventies. We believe that this is of such historical importance, that it should be available to everyone. This will be a 5” digi-pack with a photo booklet

 

On the same date, a 2-CD set of ELVIS (FOOL) in the CLASSIC ALBUM series.. This will feature  a 7” digi-pack with an 8-page booklet.

source : Peter Haan/It's Elvis Time - July 11, 2010 





How Great Thou Art

 

Please be advised that on June 21st, FTD will be releasing a deluxe edition of Elvis’ GRAMMY AWARD winning album HOW GREAT THOU ART. HOW GREAT THOU ART is a 2-DISC SET in the CLASSIC ALBUM series. Originally released in 1967, it was Elvis' second Gospel album. The original album featured a collection of thirteen sacred songs including the hit single “CRYING IN THE CHAPEL”. In addition to the masters, it features many great outtakes. The 7” inch digi-pack format features a 12-page booklet with great photographs and RARE memorabilia.

 

 Disc 1

 

ORIGINAL ALBUM Side 1

 

01 How Great Thou Art

02 In The Garden

03 Somebody Bigger Than You And I

04 Farther Along

05 Stand By Me

06 Without Him

 

ORIGINAL ALBUM Side 2

07 So High

08 Where Could I Go But To The Lord

09 By And By

10 If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side

11 Run On

12 Where No One Stands Alone

13 Crying In The Chapel

 

 

BONUS SONGS

 

14 You’ll Never Walk Alone

15 We Call On Him

16 If Everyday Was Like Christmas

 

FIRST TAKES

             

17 How Great Thou Art – takes 1 & 2

18 Somebody Bigger Than You And I – takes 1,3,11

19 Stand By Me – takes 1 & 2

20 Without Him – take 1

21 So High – take 1

22 By And By – take 4

23 If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side – take 1

24 Run On – takes 1 & 2

25 Where No One Stands Alone – takes 1 & 4 spliced

26 You’ll Never Walk Alone – take 1

27We Call On Him – takes 1 & 2

 

 

Disc 2

 

MAY 1966 SESSIONS

1   Run On – takes 3-6

2   Stand By Me – takes 5-7

3   Stand By Me – takes 9 & 10

4   Where No One Stands Alone – takes 2, 3 & wp 1

5   Where No One Stands Alone – wp takes 2, 3 & 5

6   So High – takes 2 & 3

7   Farther Along – takes 1& 2

8   By And By – takes1, 2, 3, 4 (fs), 5 & 7

9    By And By – takes 8 & 9

10  In The Garden – takes 1-3

11  Somebody Bigger Than You And I – take 12

12  Somebody Bigger Than You And I – takes14 (fs), 15 & wp 5

13  Without Him – takes 4 & 8

14  Without Him – takes 11, 13 & 14

15  If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side – takes 2-4

16  If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side – take 6

 

JUNE 1966 SESSIONS

17  If Every Day Was Like Christmas – takes 1 & 2 (undubbed master)  

 

 

SEPTEMBER 1967 SESSIONS

18  We Call On Him – takes 4 & 5

19  We Call On Him – take 7

20  We Call On Him – take 8

21  You’ll Never Walk Alone – take 2

22  You’ll Never Walk Alone – takes 3, 4, 6 & 8

 

Wp = work parts

Fs=false start

source : Peter Haan - June 6, 2010

 




Showtime! & High Sierra

FTD announced two new releases that will be scheduled for May 10th, both HIGH SIERRA and SHOWTIME! – Birmingham / Dallas ’76. HIGH SIERRA features mainly the performance from May 21, 1974 at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel with additional highlights from other shows that month. HIGH SIERRA is released in a 5” digipack format with an 8-page booklet.
HIGH SIERRA

 

01 See See Rider  ; 02 I Got A Woman / Amen ; 03 Love Me 1:34 ; 04 Trying To Get To You ; 05 All Shook Up ; 06 Love Me Tender ; 07 You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me ; 08 Hound Dog ; Fever ; 10 Polk Salad Annie ; 11 Why Me Lord ; 12 Suspicious Minds ; 13 Introductions ; 14 I Can’t Stop Loving You ; 15 Help Me ; 16 Bridge Over Troubled Water ; 17 Let Me Be There ; 18 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ; 19 Big Boss Man ; 20 Can’t Help Falling In Love ; 21 ; Closing Vamp

 

BONUS SONGS

 

22 Johnny B. Goode  ; 23 Steamroller Blues ; 24 Spanish Eyes ; 25 How Great Thou Art ;  26 It's Now Or Never ; 27 I’m Leavin’ ; 28 Introducing Billy Eckstine

 

All tracks recorded live at the High Sierra Room at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada

 

Tracks 1-21 recorded May 21, 1974 at the dinner show

Tracks 22 & 27 recorded May 25, 1974 at the midnight show

Tracks 23, 24 & 25 recorded May 19, 1974 at the dinner show

Track 26 recorded May 23, 1974 at the dinner show

Track 28 recorded May 27, 1974 at the 3:00 a.m. show

 

SHOWTIME! Birmingham / Dallas ’76 is a 2-Disc Set that features Elvis in top form at 2 great shows!  It comes packaged as a 5” digipack with 8-page booklet.  The Birmingham Show is from the Jefferson County Coliseum and Dallas from the Memorial Auditorium.

 

Disc 1 – BIRMINGHAM – December 29, 1976

1) Also Sprach Zarathustra  ; 2) See See Rider ; 3) I Got A Woman / Amen ; 4) Love Me ; 5) Fairytale ; 6) You Gave Me A Mountain ; 7) Jailhouse Rock ;  8) It's Now Or Never ; 9) Trying To Get To You ; 10) My Way ; 11) Polk Salad Annie ; 12) Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain ; 13) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode ;  14) Love Letters ; 15) School Days ; 16) Funny How Time Slips Away ; 17) Hurt ; 18) Hound Dog ; 19) For The Good Times ; 20) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ; 21) Unchained Melody ; 22) Mystery Train/Tiger Man ; 23) Can’t Help Falling In Love ; 24) Closing vamp

 DISC 2 – DALLAS – December 28, 1976 

 

1) Also Sprach Zarathustra 0:58 ; 2) See See Rider 3:37 ; 3) I Got A Woman / Amen 6:19  ; 4) Love Me 2:25  ; 5) Fairytale 2:32 ; 6) You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14 ; 7) Jailhouse Rock 1:43 ; 8) It's Now Or Never 2:31 ; 9) Trying To Get To You 3:19 ; 10) Blue Suede Shoes ; 11) My Way ; 12) Polk Salad Annie ; 13)  Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain 2:49 ;  14) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode 7:00  ; 15) Love Letters 3:24 ; 16) School Days 0:55 ; 17) Hurt 3:59 ; 18) Hound Dog 1:30 ; 19) Unchained Melody ; 20) Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:43 ; 21) Closing vamp

 

The original source tape is damaged. We have chosen to keep track 6 & 7 on this release for historical reasons in spite of the damage. However “Hound Dog”, performed between “Hurt” and “Unchained Melody” was beyond any element of repair and has consequently been left out.

 

NEW DELETION


Please be advised that So High – FTD 31 is being deleted when stocks are depleted!

 

Source: Peter Haan - April 10, 2010




Jailhouse Rock FTD LPs

 

Roger Semon (Follow That Dream Records) sent out a newsletter that the new vinylrelease Jailhouse Rock will be shipped out next week only. Normally this release should have been available by now.

The tracklisting will be as following:

Side ONE:


THE ORIGINAL EP: Jailhouse Rock / Young And Beautiful / I Want To Be Free / Don’t Leave Me Now /
Baby I Don’t Care
ORIGINAL SINGLE: Treat Me Nice  
ALTERNATE RCA MASTERS: Jailhouse Rock (2001, take 5) / Don’t Leave Me Now - second version (2017, take 18)/ I Want To Be Free (2010, take 11)/ Treat Me Nice (2008, splice of takes 10/13) / Young And Beautiful (2004, take 19)


SIDE TWO:  


MOVIE MASTERS: Jailhouse Rock - movie opening theme (2527, take 6)** / Treat Me Nice - movie version with overdubs (2008)** / Jailhouse Rock - movie version)** /
Young And Beautiful - Florita club version (2006 , take 7)* /
Baby I Don’t Care - movie edit (2013, take 16/2021, take 6)* / Don’t Leave Me Now - recording studio version 2 (2022, take 12) / I Want To Be Free - jail version (2009, splice of takes 10/12/13) / Don’t Leave Me Now - second version (2017, take 21) / Young And Beautiful - end title version (2004, splice of takes 8/12/18/22)  
ALTERNATE MOVIE MASTER: Jailhouse Rock - male vocal overdub version
BONUS Treat Me Nice (2003, take 19)* /
Baby I Don’t Care - movie master (2015, take 1)*


SIDE THREE: 


BINAURAL SESSIONS: Treat Me Nice - second movie version (2008, takes 1-2, 5-13) /  I Want To Be Free - jail version (2009, takes 1-2, 4-6)/


SIDE FOUR:


I Want To Be Free - jail version (2009, takes 10-13) / Young And Beautiful - record version (2004 , takes 1,4-6,11,16,19,21-22)
*Binaural   **Stereo

 

Source : Peter Haan - April 2, 2010

 



A Minnesota Moment

 

"A Minnesota Moment will be released on February 15, 2010. It features Elvis’ live performance on October 17, 1976 at Metropolitan Sports Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bonus songs are from Dayton and Sioux Falls on the same tour. This release continues FTD’s ambition to make shows available from as many of Elvis’ tours as we possibly can. During the first 6 months of 2010, FTD will aim to release every 6 weeks, commencing with the February 15 release.

There will be further announcements by the end of January, but it has been decided that the April 1 release will be a “Classic album” 2 CD set.

 

Track list :

 

01: Also Sprach Zarathustra  ; 02: See See Rider ; 03: I Got A Woman / Amen ; 04: Love Me ; 05: If You Love Me (Let Me Know) ; 06: You Gave Me A Mountain ; 07: Jailhouse Rock ; 08: All Shook Up ; 09: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel ; 10: And I Love You So ; 11: Fever ; 12: Steamroller Blues ; 13: Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain ; 14: What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode ; 15: Love Letters ; 16: School Days ; 17: Hurt ; 18: Hound Dog ; 19: One Night ; 20: It's Now Or Never ; 21: Mystery Train/Tiger Man ; 22: Funny How Time Slips Away ; 23: Can’t Help Falling In Love ; 24: Fairytale ; 25: America
26: Hawaiian Wedding Song ; 27: Blue Christmas ; 28: That’s All Right

 

source: Elvis Matters / FECC Forum - January 6, 2010

 



FTD Update : Good Times

GOOD TIMES is a 2-disc set in the classic album series. Originally released in 1974, this great album features the legendary Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues , My Boy ” and I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby ”. In addition to the masters, it will contain many great outtakes from the Stax Sessions of 1973. The 7” inch digi-pack format features a 12-page booklet and scheduled for December 1st.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support during 2009 and wish you a very happy holiday season and New Year. 

GOOD TIMES 

Disc 1 

THE ALBUM –Side 1 

1) Take Good Care Of Her ; 2) Loving Arms ; 3) I Got A Feelin’ In My Body ; 4) If That Isn’t Love ; 5) She Wears My Ring 

Side 2 

6) I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby ; 7) My Boy ; 8)  Spanish Eyes ; 9) Talk About The Good Times ; 10) Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues 

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS 

11) Take Good Care Of Her – rehearsal + take 1 ; 12) Loving Arms – take 1 + rehearsal ; 13) I Got A Feelin’ In My Body – take 1; 14) If That Isn’t Love – composite of take 5 & 7 ; 15) She Wears My Ring – take 8 ; 16) I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby – take 1 ; 17) My Boy – take 1 ; 18) Spanish Eyes – takes 1,2 ; 19) Talk About The Good Times – take 3 ; 20) Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues – takes 7,8 ; 21) I Got A Feelin’ In My Body – take 4 ; 22) Ive Got A Thing About You Baby – take 14 ; 23) Take Good Care Of Her – take 4 ; 24) If That Isn’t Love – splice of takes 5 and 7 

Disc 2 

1)     I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby – take 15 (rough mix of master) ; 2)     Loving Arms – take 2 ; 3)     I Got A Feelin’ In My Body – take 2 ; 4)     Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues – takes 1,4,6 ; 5)     My Boy – take 2 ; 6)     Take Good Care Of Her – takes 2,3 ; 7)     If That Isn’t Love – take 4 (undubbed master) ; 8)     She Wears My Ring – takes 1-7 ; 9)     I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby – take 5 ; 10)  Talk About The Good Times – takes 1,2 ; 11)  Talk About The Good Times – take 4 (undubbed master) ; 12)  Loving Arms – take 3 (undubbed master) ; 13)  I Got A Feelin’ In My Body – take 3 (undubbed master) ; 14)  If That Isn’t Love – take 6,7 ; 15)  She Wears My Ring – take 10 (undubbed master) ; 16)  I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby – takes 6,8,10,11 ; 17)  Take Good Care Of Her – take 5 ; 18)  Take Good Care Of Her – take 6 (undubbed master) ; 19)  I Got A Feelin’ In My Body – take 7 ; 20)  My Boy – take 3 (undubbed master) ; 21)  Spanish Eyes – take 3 ; 22)  Spanish Eyes – take 4 (undubbed master) ;   23)  Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues – take 9 (unedited undubbed master)

source: Peter Haan / FTD - November 13, 2009


Elvis Presley: 50 Australian Top Ten Hits 1956-1977

Sony Music Entertainment will celebrate the 75th anniversary of The King's birthday in style with the release of Elvis Presley: 50 Australian Top Ten Hits 1956-1977 in Australia on January 8, 2010.

This double CD set is the first ever Elvis Presley Australian hits compilation. Together with the 50 hit songs, an 18 page booklet containing specially written liner notes and images of original RCA releases, and CD label art inspired by his first album release, the set provides a unique insight into Elvis Presley's popularity in Australia, a country where he managed an incredible twenty-year streak of placing hits on the singles charts.

Expect such hits as 'Heartbreak Hotel', his first Top Ten hit which peaked at #3 in July 1956. Others include 'Jailhouse Rock' (November 1957), 'Can't Help Falling In Love' (December 1961), 'In the Ghetto' (July 1969) and 'Suspicious Minds' (October 1969). Although Elvis never travelled to Australia, it was, and remains, one of his most successful territories outside of the United States. He is ranked #1 Solo Male Artist in this territory with the most #1s (1956 to 2009) with 14 #1 singles in this period. He also has the record for the number of years between his first #1 single and his last one - the first was in May 1959 with 'A Fool Such As I', the last in June 2002 with 'A Little Less Conversation'. In this period he had 120 chart topping singles.

Elvis Presley's success is not only measured in sales numbers and #1 hits but a unique combination of the right time, the right moves and the right look. His impact on popular music and popular culture continues to be felt across all generations around the world. As we approach his 75th birthday we toast his successes and reflect on his enormous impact on what we now call popular music. Elvis Aaron Presley: Born January 8, 1935.
For the fans who are interested in this CD, you can order it
here.
Source: Elvis Australia - November 13, 2009


FTD News



Elvis : Rockin' Across Texas

Rockin’ Across Texas will be released in October as a 2-CD 5” set. It features Elvis live in Amarillo, Texas at the Civic Center, June 19, 1974 and Fort Worth, Texas at the Tarrant County Convention Center, Recorded July 3, 1976. This CD only version contains the same content as featured in the acclaimed FTD book that is now deleted.

 

Elvis : New Haven 76 

Following on from his appearance in Fort Worth, Elvis rocked New Haven, Connecticut on July 30 at the Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum. Featuring photos from Steve Barile’s archives, New Haven ’76 is a 1-CD 5” digipack.  

A credible live version of Return To Sender is featured as a bonus track from Hampton Roads Coliseum on August 1, 1976.

Tracks : 

1)    Also Sprach Zarathustra ; 2)    See See Rider ; 3 )  I Got A Woman / Amen ; 4)   Love Me ; 5) If You Love Me (Let Me Know) ; 6)    You Gave Me A Mountain ; 7) Help Me ; 8)  All Shook Up ; 9) (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel ; 10) And I Love You So ; 11) America ; 12) Jailhouse Rock ; 13) Funny How Time Slips Away ; 14) Introductions – incomplete ; 15)  Early Mornin’ Rain ; 16) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode ; 17) Love Letters ; 18) School Days ; 19) Hurt ; 20) Hound Dog ; 21) Hawaiian Wedding Song ; 22) Can’t Help Falling In Love ; 23) Closing vamp ; BONUS SONG -  24) Return To Sender

         

The Jungle Room Sessions - Limited Vinyl Edition 

 

FTD Vinyl next release is a limited edition 2-Disc vinyl set of THE JUNGLE ROOM SESSIONS. It contains all of the tracks featured on the CD edition and several added outtakes from other releases. Supplied in a new gatefold sleeve featuring additional Graceland images, it will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and DMM Copper mastered at Abbey Road Studios,London.  

both Blue Hawaii and Standing Room Only vinyl will be back in stock by Oct 1 for a limited period only. Both will be officially deleted once this stock is depleted. Thanks for your support on this new vinyl venture for FTD.

Side 1

 1)      MOODY BLUE (takes 7,5) ; 2)     BITTER THEY ARE, HARDER THEY FALL (takes 3, 4, 5) ; 3)     SHE THINKS I STILL CARE (takes 1, 2) ; 4)     PLEDGING MY LOVE (take 3) ; 5)     THE LAST FAREWELL (take 2)  

Side 2 

6)     HURT(take 3) ; 7)     DANNY BOY (take 8) ; 8)     LOVE COMING DOWN (take  3) ; 9)     NEVER AGAIN (take  11) ; 11)  BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN (take 2) ; 12)  I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN (take 5)  

Side 3

13)  WAY DOWN (take 2) ; 14)  IT’S EASY FOR YOU (take 1) ; 15)  PLEDGING MY LOVE (unedited master) ; 16)  HE’LL HAVE TO GO (rough-mix master) ; 17)  MOODY BLUE (take 6) ; 18)  SOLITAIRE (take 3) 4:47 

Side 4 

19)  LOVE COMING DOWN (take 4) ;  20)  FOR THE HEART (take 1) ; 21)  SHE THINKS I STILL CARE (takes 3, 4) ; 22)  BITTER THEY ARE, HARDER THEY FALL (take 1) ; 23)  HURT (take 5) ; 24)  DANNY BOY (take 9) ; 25)  FIRE DOWN BELOW (instrumental)  3.44 ; 26)  AMERICA  (closing part only)  0.21   

 

 

Good Times 

December 7

1)    GOOD TIMES is a 2-disc set in the classic album series. Originally released in 1974, this great album featured the legendary “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”, “My Boy” and “I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby”. In addition to the masters, it will contain many great outtakes from the Stax Sessions of 1973. The package features the 7” inch digipack format with 12-page booklet.

2)    Track listing to follow. 

GIRL HAPPY is now in reprint and will soon be available with IMPROVED REMASTERED AUDIO and improved / updated graphics.

 source: Peter Haan - September 30, 2009


1. “JAILHOUSE ROCK”


SEPTEMBER 

1. FOLLOW THAT DREAM will simultaneously release two new albums in mid-September. 

JAILHOUSE ROCK is a 2-disc set in the classic album series. DISC 1 features one disc of masters, alternate masters, movie masters and a few bonus cuts in mono. DISC 2 consists of session takes – all in binaural. The package features the 7” inch digipack format with 12-page booklet.  

There is no IN AND OUTTAKES section to the booklet, as FTD will be releasing JAILHOUSE ROCK VOL. 2 next year, and it will make more sense to have this section when the entire intended repertoire content is released.

DISC 1 

ORIGINAL EP  -Side 1 

1) Jailhouse Rock 2:35  ; 2) Young And Beautiful 2:04   

 Side 2

 3) I Want To Be Free 2:14 ; 4) Don't Leave Me Now 2:03 ; 5) (You’re So Square) Baby I Don't Care 1:52 

ORIGINAL SINGLE 

6) Treat Me Nice – record version 2:20                                                               

                                                     

ALTERNATE RCA MASTERS 

7) Jailhouse Rock (2001, take 5)  2:06 ; 8) Treat Me Nice (2008, splice of takes 10/13)  2:06 ; 9) Don’t Leave Me Now – second version (2017, take 18)  1:59 ; 10) Don’t Leave Me Now – second version (2017, take 21)  2:01 ; 11) I Want To Be Free (2010, take 11)  2:23 ; 12) Young And Beautiful (2004, splice of takes 18/21)  2:08 ; 13) Young And Beautiful (2004, take 19)  2:11

 MOVIE MASTERS  

14) Jailhouse Rock – movie opening theme (2527, take 6)  1:21 ** ; 15) Young And Beautiful – jail version (2005, take 3)  1:21 ; 16) I Want To Be Free – jail version (2009, splice of takes 10/12/13)  2:21 ; 17) Young And Beautiful – Florita club version (2006, take 7)  1:08 * ; 18)  Don’t Leave Me Now – movie set version  0:15 ; 19) Don’t Leave Me Now – recording studio version 1 (2023, take 2)  2:13 * ; 20) Don’t Leave Me Now – recording studio version 2 (2022, take 12)  2:16 ; 21) Treat Me Nice – movie version with overdubs (2008)  2:02 ** ; 22) Treat Me Nice (2008, splice of takes 10/13)  2:06 ; 23) Jailhouse Rock – movie version  2:58** ; 24) (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care – movie edit (2013, take 16/2021, take 6)  2:03* ; 25) Young And Beautiful – end title version (2004, splice of takes 8/12/18/22)  2:20 

ALTERNATE MOVIE MASTERS 

26) Jailhouse Rock – male vocal overdub version  2:30 ; 27) Don't Leave Me Now – unused first version (2016, take 2) 1:47  

BONUS 

28) Treat Me Nice (2003, take 19)  2:13* 

**  Stereo 

Disc 2  

BINAURAL SESSIONS 

Treat Me Nice – second movie version (2008)  Takes 1-13 

I Want To Be Free – jail version (2009)  Takes 1-13 

Young And Beautiful – record version (2004)  Takes 11-22

 

2. “FROM SUNSET TO VEGAS”

2. FROM SUNSET TO VEGAS is a 2-disc set in FTD’S 5 “ digipack format. The main body of the release is the rehearsal recorded at RCA’s studio on Sunset Blvd on August 16, 1974. There is a bonus section on Disc 2 with 10 live recordings from Elvis’ Las Vegas engagement in August/September 1974.

AUGUST 74
 
THE REHEARSAL – Recorded at RCA’s Studios, Hollywood. August 16, 1974

DISC 1

1) If You Love Me (Let Me Know). Version 1 2:30 ; 2) If You Love Me (Let Me Know). Version 2 3:10 ; 3) Promised Land. Version 1 2:55 ; 4) Promised Land. Version 2 3:53 ; 5) Down In The Alley. Version 1 2:40 ; 6) Down In The Alley. Version 2 3:22 ; 7) It’s Midnight 4:19 ; 8) Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming 4:06 ; 9) Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues 3:22 ; 10) Softly As I Leave You. Version 1 2:19 ; 11) Softly As I Leave You. Version 2 4:18 ; 12) I’m Leavin’ 4:49 ; 13) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:13 ; 14) Proud Mary 3:09 ; 15) If You Talk In Your Sleep 4:23

DISC 2

THE REHEARSAL – continued
 
1) If You Love Me (Let Me Know). Version 3 7:01 ; 2) If You Love Me (Let Me Know). Version 4 8:17 ; 3) The Twelth Of Never 2:50 ; 4) Faded Love 3:24 ; 5) Just Pretend 5:06

THE LIVE RECORDINGS - Recorded live at The Las Vegas Hilton. August-September, 1974
 
6) Trying To Get To You 3:19  August 20 – Dinner show ; 7) Heartbreak Hotel 1:34 August 20 – Dinner show ; 8) Suspicious Minds 4:49   August 22 – Midnight show ; 9) Help Me 2:47  August 22 – Midnight Show ; 10) The Wonder Of You 2:10 August 27 – Midnight Show ; 11) American Trilogy 4:25  August 22 – Midnight show ; 12) Elvis talking 1:21 August 22 – Midnight show ;13) Hawaiian Wedding Song 2:37  August 27 – Midnight Show  ; 14) Elvis talking 2:01 August 27 – Midnight Show ;15) It's Now Or Never 2:22  August 27 – Midnight Show ; 16) Bringin’ It Back (featuring Sherrill Nielsen as lead vocalist) 2:49  September 2 – Midnight Show 17) Aubrey (featuring Sherrill Nielsen as lead vocalist) 3:31 ; September 2 – Midnight Show

NOVEMBER 

There will be 4 releases around November 1.

1) GOOD TIMES is a 2-disc set in the classic album series. Originally released in 1974, this great album featured the legendary “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”, “My Boy” and “I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby”. In addition to the masters, it will contain many great outtakes from the Stax Sessions of 1973. The package features the 7” inch digipack format with 12-page booklet.  

2) ROCKIN’ ACROSS TEXAS will be released as a 2-CD set without the book that is now deleted. The 2 disc set features Elvis live in Amarillo, Texas at The Civic Center, June 19, 1974 and in Fort Worth, Texas at Tarrant County Convention Center, Recorded July 3, 1976.  

3) A NEW SOUNDBOARD (TBC)

4. “THE JUNGLE ROOM SESSIONS” 

A Limited Edition – 2 Disc 180-Gram Vinyl Set

FTD Vinyl next release is a limited edition 2-Disc vinyl set of THE JUNGLE ROOM SESSIONS. Supplied in a new gatefold sleeve featuring additional Graceland images, it will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and DMM Copper mastered at Abbey Road Studios,London.

source: Peter Haan - August 28, 2009


“THE WONDER OF YOU”

On June 29, FTD will be releasing THE WONDER OF YOU. Featuring the complete concert performance from The International Hotel, Las Vegas on August 13, 1970, it’s been mixed FOR THE FIRST TIME in its entirety by Vic Anesini. Filmed as part of the legendary THAT’S THE WAY IT IS movie, unique performances include; Stranger In The Crowd, In The Ghetto, Make The World Go Away and Don’t Cry Daddy.
THE WONDER OF YOU is a single disc digipack. Both Blue HAWAII and STANDING ROOM ONLY vinyl will be issued on June 29 along with ‘The Wonder Of You’. Tracklisting:
1) That’s All Right 2:56 (Arthur Crudup) 2) I Got A Woman 2:29 (Ray Charles) 3) Hound Dog 3:19 (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) 4) Love Me Tender 4:32 (Elvis Presley/Vera Matson) 5) Don’t Cry Daddy 2:33 (Mac Davis) 6) In The Ghetto 2:44 (Mac Davis) 7) I Just Can’t Help Believin’ 3:49 (Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil) 8) Stranger In The Crowd 4:00 (Winfield Scott) 9) Make The World Go Away 3:21 (Hank Cochran) 10) Sweet Caroline 3:22 (Neil Diamond) 11) You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ 4:15 (Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil) 12) Polk Salad Annie 5:35 (Tony Joe White) 13) Introductions 3:42 14) The Wonder Of You 2:39 (Baker Knight) 15) Heartbreak Hotel 1:41 (Mae Boren Axton/Tommy Durden/Elvis Presley) 16) Blue Suede Shoes 1:09 (Carl Perkins) 17) One Night 1:52 (Dave Bartholomew/Pearl King) 18) All Shook Up 1:19 (Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley) 19) Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:22 (Paul Simon) 20) Suspicious Minds 6:06 (Mark James) 21) Can’t Help Falling In Love 2:09 (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss)

Guitar: James Burton, John Wilkinson, Elvis Presley Guitar & vocals: Charlie Hodge Bass: Jerry Scheff Drums: Ronnie Tutt Piano: Glen D. Hardin Vocals: The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations, Millie Kirkham Joe Guercio and his Orchestra
Source: Peter Haan - June 2, 2009


Dixieland Delight

On May 18, FTD will be releasing a 2-CD set called DIXIELAND DELIGHT. Featuring concert performances from May 31, 1975 and June 1, 1975 in Huntsville, Alabama, it’s released in cooperation with the forthcoming multimedia box set release by Bud Glass and Praytome Publishing. 

Elvis was truly inspired by the superb reaction he received in Huntsville, selling out five shows. It’s the only time in his career that he did so many consecutive performances in one City.

 

DIXIELAND DELIGHT will be released as a 5” digipack and includes a 4-colour booklet.

CD1 - Love Me* / If You Love Me (Let Me Know)* / Love Me Tender* / All Shook Up* / (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Don’t Be Cruel* / The Wonder Of You* / Burning Love* / Introductions* / Trouble (incomplete)* / T-R-O-U-B-L-E* / Hawaiian Wedding Song* / Let Me Be There* / An American Trilogy* / Funny How Time Slips Away* / Blue Suede Shoes* / For The Good Times* / Little Darlin’* / Can’t Help Falling In Love*. Bonus Songs: Johnny B. Goode / Hound Dog / I’m Leavin’.

First 18 (*) tracks recorded May 31st 1975 at the matinee show
Rest recorded May 31st 1975 at the evening show
Beginning of Matinee show not recorded. Bonus tracks have been added from the evening performance.

CD2 - Love Me* / If You Love Me (Let Me Know)* / Love Me Tender* / All Shook Up* / (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Don’t Be Cruel* / The Wonder Of You* / Burning Love (incomplete)* / Polk Salad Annie* / Introductions* / I Can’t Stop Loving You* / T-R-O-U-B-L-E* / I’ll Remember You* / Let Me Be There* / Why Me Lord* / An American Trilogy* / Funny How Time Slips Away* / Little Darlin’* / Can’t Help Falling In Love*. Bonus Songs: I Got A Woman - Amen / Release Me / Heartbreak Hotel / How Great Thou Art.

First 18 (*) tracks recorded June 1st 1975 at the evening show
Rest recorded June 1st 1975 at the matinee show

source: Peter Haan - April 20, 2009


Another Beautiful Promo CD from China

Elvis - Today Tomorrow & Forever. This 12 tracks For In-Store Promotion Only CD is a real beauty from BMG China. Not easy to find.
But happy hunting anyway!
Source: HT Long - March 5, 2009

Elvis - Standing Room Only

On March 23, 2009 the Follow That Dream Collector's label will release a 2CD version of the "Standing Room Only" album. From the press release: "as you know the album was never officially released and it's possible that the version we create was never meant to be, but it's the best way we can present the Las Vegas masters from February of 1972 and the masters and out-takes from the March 1972 sessions at RCA".

The album will also be released on vinyl, it should be released with the FTD April title.

The label is also planning two more CDs for the first half of 2009; scheduled for release mid-April and mid-May.


Disc 1 -The Album

Side 1 : 1- *Separate Ways 2:35 ; 2- Never Been To Spain 3:25 ; 3- You Gave Me A Mountain 3:13 ; 4- *For The Good Times 3:08 ; 5- *Fool 2:41 ; 6- The Impossible Dream 2:28

Side 2 : 1- *Burning Love 2:50 ; 2- *Always On My Mind 3:37 ; 3- *It's A Matter Of Time 3:02 ; 4- It's Over 2:18 ; 5- It's Impossible 2:52 ; 6- *Where Do I Go From Here 2:37 ; 7- An American Trilogy 4:28
 
The Bonus Songs :  1- Little Sister / Get Back 1:54 ; 2- All Shook Up 1:02 ; 3- (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 1:48 ; 4- Hound Dog 2:11 ; 5- A Big Hunk O' Love 1:59

*studio recordings


Disc 2 - The Studio Outtakes

1- Always On My Mind - take 2 3:59 ; 2- Where Do I Go From Here - take 2 2:37 ; 3- Separate Ways - takes 1,2,3,4,5,11,12,13, 20 & 21 (undubbed master) 10:27 ; 4- For The Good Times - takes 1-2 3:40 ; 5- Burning Love - take 2 3:00 ; 6- Where Do I Go From Here - takes 3-5 3:28 ; 7- Always On My Mind - take 3 3:33 ; 8- Fool - take 1 4:02 ; 9- Where Do I Go From Here - take 6 2:30 ; 10- It's A Matter Of Time - takes 1-4 6:08 ; 11- For The Good Times - take 3 3:16 ; 12- Always On My Mind - take 4 3:43 ; 13- Burning Love - takes 3-4 5:35 ; 14- Separate Ways - takes 22-25 5:16 ; 15- Where Do I Go From Here - takes 7 & 8 (undubbed master) 4:07

source : Elvis Unlimited - February 21, 2009



Elvis' Christmas Album

This Cd from BMG Entertainment UK & Ireland was released in Romania. 

source: Barry McLean - February 2, 2009


Next FTD "Blue Hawaii"

Here's the latest newsletter:
On February 15 we will release a 2 CD version of BLUE HAWAII in our classic album series (see track listing below). FTD will also be producing a strictly limited edition 2-disc vinyl edition of BLUE HAWAII. A separate newsletter will be circulated soon. On March 15 we will follow up with a 2CD version of STANDING ROOM ONLY. As you know the album never came out, and it’s possible that the version we create was never meant to be, but it’s the best way we can present the Las Vegas masters from February of 1972 and the masters and outtakes from the March 1972 sessions at RCA. We are planning two more CDs for the first half of 2009, and at this time we have scheduled them for mid-April and mid-May.
Blue Hawaii (Cat no. 8869729733-2)

DISC 1

THE ORIGINAL ALBUM, SIDE 1 01) Blue Hawaii 2:37 (Leo Robin/Ralph Rainger) 02) Almost Always True 2:24 (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman) 03) Aloha Oe 1:55 (Arranged and adapted by Elvis Presley) 04) No More 2:24 (Don Robertson/Hal Blair) 05) Can't Help Falling In Love 3:04 (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss) 06) Rock-A-Hula Baby 2:01 (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman/Dolores Fuller) 07) Moon¬light Swim 2:22 (Sylvia Dee/Ben Weisman) SIDE 2 08) Ku-U-I-Po 2:23 (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss) 09) Ito Eats 1:25 (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett) 10) Slicin' Sand 1:37 (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett) 11) Hawaiian Sunset 2:35 (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett) 12) Beach Boy Blues 2:05 (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett) 13) Island Of Love 2:41 (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett) 14) Hawaiian Wedding Song 2:53 (Charles King/Al Hoffman/Dick Manning) NEW BONUS TRACKS 15) Steppin' Out Of Line (movie version) 1:56 (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman/Dolores Fuller) 16) Beach Boy Blues (movie version) 1:59 17) Can’t Help Falling In Love (movie version) 1:54 18) Moonlight Swim (undubbed master) 2:25 19) Steppin’ Out Of Line (record version) 1:57 FIRST TAKES 20) Blue Hawaii – takes 1,2,3 3:54 21) Almost Always True – take 3 2:33 22) Aloha Oe (section 2) – take 1 1:20 23) No More – take 7 2:36 24) Can’t Help Falling In Love – take 13 2:38 25) Rock-A-Hula Baby – takes 1, 2, 3 3:41 26) Moonlight Swim – take 2 2:38 27) Ku-U-I-Po – take 1 2:34 28) Ito Eats – takes 1, 2 2:36 29) Slicin’ Sand – takes 1, 2, 3 2:59 30) Hawaiian Sunset – take 1 2:42 31) Island Of Love – take 8 3:02 32) Hawaiian Wedding Song – take 1 3:00
SIDE 2
DISC 2 1) Hawaiian Sunset – take 2 2:46 2) Hawaiian Sunset – takes 6, 3 3:18 3) Aloha Oe (section 2) – take 6 1:19 4) Aloha Oe (section 2) - takes 7/5 0:55 5) Ku-U-I-Po – takes 2, 4, 5 3:55 6) Ku-U-I-Po – takes 6, 7 2:51 7) No More – takes 1, 2, 4, 8 6:15 8) No More – takes 11, 15 (insert ending) 3:16 9) Slicin’ Sand – take 4 1:43 10) Slicin’ Sand – takes 5, 6, 7 3:32 11) Slicin Sand – takes 8, 13, 15, 16, 14 4:06 12) Blue Hawaii – takes 4, 5, 6 4:39 13) Ito Eats – takes 4, 6, 5 2:21 14) Island Of Love – takes 1, 2, 4, 6 4:31 15) Island Of Love – takes 7, 9 3:16 16) Steppin’ Out Of Line (movie version) – takes 4, 5, 7/8 3:22 17) Steppin’ Out Of Line (record version) – takes 10, 11, 16, 15 4:08 18) Steppin’ Out Of Line (tag for movie) – takes 18/19 1:15 19) Always Almost True – takes 2, 4, 5 5:11 20) Almost Always True – takes 7, 6 2:52 21) Moonlight Swim – takes 1, 4 3:54 22) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 14, 15, 16 3:08 23) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 4:27 24) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 25, 26 2:15

Source: Peter Haan - Jan 14, 2009


If I Get Home On Christmas Day

This is the new Christmas CD from EPE.

source: Barry McLean - January 9, 2009



Two New Original Camden Re-released

Sony / BMG USA released these two new Camden original LP on CD. Both contains the same songs as the original LP and mastered by Vic Anesini.

source : Barry McLean - December 9, 2008 



In Person & I'll Remember You

IN PERSON is a classic album. 2 CD’s with disc 2 being the complete Friday, August 22 dinner show, mixed and mastered by Vic Anesini. 

I’LL REMEMBER YOU is a single disc 5” soundboard recording of the dinner show from February 3, 1973. This is a Las Vegas engagement that has not previously been covered by FTD, and the release is in line with our policy of releasing at least one show from every Las Vegas/Lake Tahoe season and every tour. As most of you know we unfortunately don’t have soundboard recordings from every show, but we are still trying to find more.

IN PERSON

Disc 1 

ORIGINAL ALBUM

01 Blue Suede Shoes 2:05

02 Johnny B. Goode 2:19

03 All Shook Up 2:07

04 Are You Lonesome Tonight? 3:15

05 Hound Dog 1:53

06 I Can’t Stop Loving You 3:19

07 My Babe 2:05

08 Mystery Train / Tiger Man 3:43

09 Words 2:45

10 In The Ghetto 2:55

11 Suspicious Minds 7:45

12 Can’t Help Falling In Love 2:12 

BONUS SONGS – originally released on ON STAGE – FEBRUARY 1970

13 Runaway 2:32

14 Yesterday 2:29 

RARE PERFORMANCES

15 This Is The Story 2:55

16 Inherit The Wind 3:41

17 Rubberneckin’ 3:53

18 Reconsider Baby 3:17

19 Funny How Time Slips Away 2:38 

Disc 2 

THE COMPLETE AUGUST 22, 1969 DINNER SHOW

01 Blue Suede Shoes 2:26

02 I Got A Wo­man 2:54

03 All Shook Up 3:18

04 Love Me Tender 2:40

05 Jailhouse Rock / Don't Be Cruel 3:21

06 Heartbreak Hotel 2:37

07    Hound Dog 4:00

08 Memories 2:50

09 Mystery Train / Tiger Man 4:23

10    Monologue 9:09

11 Baby, What You Want Me To Do 3:15

12 Runaway 2:59

13 Are You Lonesome Tonight? 2:42

14    Yesterday / Hey Jude 4:37

15 Introductions 2:59

16 In The Ghetto 2:51

17 Suspicious Minds 7:17

18 What’d I Say 4:11

19 Can’t Help Falling In Love 2:11

 

I’LL REMEMBER YOU

01.  Also Sprach Zarathustra 1:12

02.  See See Rider 2:59

03. I Got A Woman / Amen 3:09

04. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:30

05.You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 2:05

06.  Steamroller Blues 2:54

07.  You Gave Me A Mountain 3:17

08.  Fever 2:48

09.  Love Me 1:34

10.  Blue Suede Shoes 1:11

11.  Love Me Tender 1:54

12.  Johnny B. Goode 1:37

13.  Hound Dog 2:09

14.  What Now My Love 3:08

15.  Suspicious Minds 5:04

16.  Introductions By Elvis 1:27

17. I’ll Remember You 2:46

18.  I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:20

19.  American Trilogy 4:35

20.  Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:45 

Bonus Song:

21. Sweet Caroline 2:35

source : Peter Haan - November 6, 2008



Christmas Duets ( Walmart Edition )

This is the Walmart Edition ( USA ) of the Christmas Duets release. It inludes a bonus Elvis card for a 20 minute '' behind the scenes '' making-of video download.

source : Barry McLean - November 3, 2008



Christmas Duets

This is the digipak deluxe US version of the new Sony/ BMG release of Elvis' first ever duets album .  

source: Barry McLean - October 29, 2008 



Elvis - Inspirational Memories

This Collector's Edition tin can set from Sony / BMG USA includes a CD, a guitar candle, a booklet, a DVD and 6 postcards. The CD features 9 tracks and the DVD 3 songs previously released material from Aloha From Hawaii & '68 Comeback plus a video photo montage to music.

source: Barry McClean - October 25, 2008 




Christmas Duets

This is the Canadian version of the new Sony/ BMG release of Christmas Duets. The Canadian version features a duet with Renée Martel ( country singer from Québec ) with the song "On A Snowy Christmas Night".
source: Barry McLean - October 17, 20081

The Essential Elvis Presley-Limited Edition 3.0

The Essential Elvis Presley is a new Sony / BMG USA three CD fold out digipak set. The Limited Edition 3.0 contains a bonus 3rd CD with 8 tracks. This set includes a nice booklet.
source : Barry McLean - September 19, 2008

“Elvis Country & Nevada Nights

Here's the latest info on the upcoming FTD's.
Unfortunately it has been necessary to postpone the classic album release of “IN PERSON”. This is due to an overwhelming workload at Sony. The album will now come out approx. December 1st, together with a soundboard from February 1973 at The Las Vegas Hilton. If possible, we will try to ship these two titles at the end of November. The other two releases will be shipped in October – as early as we can. The double CD from August 1974 has been titled “NEVADA NIGHTS”.

Source: Peter Haan - September 10, 2008



'68 Comeback Special Radio Sampler

This is the Sony / BMG USA Radio Sampler. It includes 14 selections from the The Complete '68 Comeback Special - 40th Anniversary Edition

source: Barry McLean - September 6, 2008 


Elvis Presley et le Quebec

Released August 26th only in the Province of Quebec in Canada, is the 15 track Sony/BMG, Tandem release:
Elvis Presley et le Quebec, une histoire d'amour:
Selections
1. Heartbreak Hotel 2. Don’t be cruel 3. Hound dog 4. Love me tender 5. Love me 6. All shook up 7. (Let me be your) Teddy Bear 8. Jailhouse Rock 9. Hard headed woman 10. It’s now or never 11. Surrender 12. Can’t help falling in love 13. Suspicious minds 14. Are you lonesome tonight 15. A little less conversation (Remix)
Source: e-mail - August 28, 2008

INCREDIBLY RARE NEWLY DISCOVERED CHINA PROMO CD!!!

Here are the artwork of the newly discovered a previously unknown BMG China promo CD that was released in 2001 but was never actually sent out. This is a real beautiful collectors' treasure!
Happy hunting!
Source: HT Long - August 12, 2008


Elvis Presley - A Christmas With Elvis

This is from Sony/BMG Australia set for release for Christmas 2008 under Sony /BMG's "Hits and Stars" campaign is a duets album featuring Sony/BMG artists with Elvis on his Christmas songs.
source: Evan Mueller - August 6, 2008

Rare Promo – In The Ghetto (Outtake)

Here we have a very rare and hard to find in-house Sony BMG promo CD. It feature only 1 song "In The Ghetto (OUTTAKE) 1:31" cataloguenumber RCA BMG 74321 973202
Source: Peter Haan / It's Elvis Time - August 2, 2008

Promo Vinyl '68 Comeback Show

This 7 inch single was handed out to all buyers of the 40th anniversary set of Elvis, The Complete 68 Comeback Special on July 31 at the special party in Purmerend, Holland. Cataloguenumber is: RCA 07312008PR
A Side: That's All Right First Sit Down Show version
B Side: That’s All Right – Second Sit Down Show version
Promotional use only, not for sale and limited to 300 copies
Source: Peter Haan, It's Elvis Time - August 1, 2008

FTD October releases

Here's the first information on the October 2008 releases.
1) Untitled - 2 CD of soundboards from August 1974, including the opening show
2) 2 CD version of ELVIS COUNTRY
3) 2 CD version of IN PERSON More information top follow as work progresses
Source: Peter Haan - July 31, 2008

Elvis Presley - Hit Collection

Sony / BMG Germany issued in 2007 this 20 tracks compilation titled Hit Collection. There are several tracks expected in such type of compilation but some are a bit surprising.
Track list : Love Me Tender / It's Now Or Never / Are You Lonesome Tonight ? / Don't / Loving You / Can't Help Falling In Love / Love Letters / I Want You, I Need You, I Love You / That's When Your Heartaches Begin / True Love / Young And Beautiful / Doin' The Best I Can / Something Blue / Angel / That's Someone You Never Forget / Just Pretend / For The Good Times / Woman Without Love / He'll Have To Go / It's Impossible
source: Barry McLean - July 30, 2008

68 Comeback Special Deluxe Boxset Out Now

The '68 Comeback Special Boxsets are rolling out of the factory and have arrived at the SONY/BMG headquarters, at least here in Holland they have. This is what the Boxset looks like and it is looking quite stunning! This release, aimed at the general public, certainly fits nicely next to the Complete '68 Special Dvd Boxset. There is a very nice and informative booklet included and the overall sound is very good, thanks to Vic Anesini. The audio on the dressingroom rehearsals seems to have improved quite a bit as well! The Boxset is dedicated in memory of Todd Morgan. In Holland, the Boxset will be first released this coming thursday during a special release party where fans will get a very limited 7" vinyl promo single for free when the buy the Boxset.
Source: Rogier van Luyken - July 26, 2008

Elvis Presley - Original Album Classics

This is an Sony / BMG EU release containing 5 CD. The first two albums, Loving You, Elvis Is Back and G.I. Blues. Oddly enough the 5 discs were made in Canada though.

source: Barry McLean - July 17, 2008


July FTDs Delayed

Roger Semon from the FTD label sent a communique stating the July FTD releases were being delayed.

'' Due to the larger than expected orders for the 3 new FTD releases, our manufacturer will be unable to deliver the complete finish stock to the warehouse until July 28.This means that the orders will ship on August 1st. Apologies for the delay but thanks for the orders! ''

source: Peter Haan / It's Elvis Time - July 13, 2008


Baby Let's Play House Spankox Remix

This Spankox remix of  '' Baby Let's Play House '' from Sony / BMG is only available in the USA through Graceland or/and their on-line shop. The CD contains a radio edit version ( 2:52 min. ), an extended version ( 5:10 min. ) and the original version ( 2:15 min. ).

source : Barry McLean - July 10, 2008


Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee

DISC 1     

THE ALBUM    : 01  Witchcraft  2:24 - 02 Please Don't Drag That String Around  1:57 - 03 Love Me Tonight  2:03 - 04 Slowly But Surely  2:15 - 05 It Hurts Me 2:30 - 06 Echoes Of Love  2:42 - 07 (It’s A) Long Lonely Highway  2:23 - 08 (You’re The) Devil In Disguise  2:22 - 09 Never Ending 2:02 - 10 Ask Me  2:09 - 11 Memphis, Tennessee  2:11 - 12 Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers 1:53 - 13 Western Union  2:14 - 14 Blue River  2:11 - 15 What Now, What Next , Where To  2:01 

REJECTED MASTERS  16 Memphis, Tennessee  2:16 - 17 Ask Me  2:10

FIRST TAKES :  18 Witchcraft – take 1  2:40 - 19 Please Don’t Drag That String Around – take 1  2:09 - 20 Love Me Tonight – take 1  2:12 - 21 Slowly But Surely – take 1  2:32 - 22 It Hurts Me – take 1  2:41 - 23 Echoes Of Love – take 1  2:52 - 24 (It’s A) Long Lonely Highway - take 1  2:58 - 25    (You’re The) Devil In Disguise -take 3  2:39 - 26    Never Ending – take 1  2:06 - 27    Ask me – takes 1 & 2  2:40 - 28    Memphis Tennessee – take 1  2:47 - 29    Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers – take 1  2:05 - 30    Western Union – take 1  2:09 - 31    Ask Me (1963 version) – take 1  2:30 

DISC 2 

MAY 1963 SESSIONS : 01 Echoes Of Love – takes 2,4,5,3  5:51 - 02 Please Don’t Drag That String Around – take 2  2:10 - 03 Please Don’t Drag That String Around – takes 3,4,5  3:55 - 04 (You’re The) Devil In Disguise – takes 1,2,4,5,6(M) 5:07 - 05 Never Ending – take 2 & 3(M)  3:20 - 06 Witchcraft – take 2  2:33 - 07 Finder Keepers, Losers Weepers – takes 2 &3M  3:14 - 08 Love Me Tonight – takes 2,3,4  3:00 - 09 Love Me Tonight – takes 6 & 5  2:59 - 10 Memphis, Tennessee (‘63 version)– take 1   2:34 - 11 Western Union – takes 2 & 3  3:29 - 12 Slowly But Surely – takes 2,3,4  2:53 - 13 Blue River – takes 1 & 2  2:29 - 14 Ask Me – takes 3 & 4  3:25 - 15 Ask Me – takes 5 & 6 (alt. master)  3:43 - 16 Echoes Of Love – takes 6 & 7  2:01 - 17 Echoes Of Love – takes 9 & 8 (alt. master) 3:25 

JANUARY 1964 SESSIONS :  18 Memphis, Tennessee – takes 2,3,4,5  4:28 - 19 Ask Me – take 3  2:29 - 20 Ask Me – takes 4,5,6,7  3:54 - 21 Ask Me – takes 8,10,9  2:53 - 22 It Hurts Me – takes 2,3,4,5(M)  4:14

 

Love Letters From Elvis

The Original Album : 1)   Love Letters -2)    When I’m Over You - 3)      If I Were You - 4)      Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It - 5)    Heart Of Rome -6)    Only Believe - 7)     This Is Our Dance  - 8)     Cindy, Cindy - 9)    I’ll Never Know - 10)  It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing) - 11)  Life 

New Bonus Songs : 12)  The Sound Of Your Cry - 13)  Sylvia - 14)  Rags To Riches - 15)  Something 

First takes : 16)  The Sound Of Your Cry – takes 1, 2, 3  -17)  Cindy, Cindy – take 1 - 18)  I’ll Never Know – take 1 - 19)  It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing) – takes 1, 2 - 20)  Life – take 1, 2 - 21)  Heart Of Rome – take 1 - 22)  If I Were You – take 1- 23)  Rags To Riches – rehearsal, take 2  

Disc 2 – Session outtakes & undubbed masters :  01) Radio Commercial - 02) The Sound Of Your Cry – takes 4, 5, 6 - 03) Cindy, Cindy – takes 2, 3 (undubbed master) - 04) Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It – take 1(undubbed master) - 05) I’ll Never Know – takes 2, 3 - 06) It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing) – takes 3, 4, 5, 6 - 07) This Is Our Dance – takes 6, 7, 9,11 (undubbed master) - 08) Life – take10 - 09) Heart of Rome – take 2 (undubbed master) - 10) Love Letters – takes 3, 1 - 11) If I were you - takes 2, 3, 4, 5 - 12) Only Believe - takes 1, 2, 3, 4 (undubbed master) - 13) Sylvia - takes 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 - Rags To Riches - take 3

 

America

2001 Theme / See See Rider / I Got A Woman - Amen / Love Me / If You Love Me (Let Me Know) / You Gave Me A Mountain /Trying to get to You/ All Shook Up / Teddy Bear - Dont Be Cruel / Heartbreak Hotel / America The Beautiful / Polk Salad Annie / Introductions / Hurt / Hound Dog / Help Me / How Great Thou Art / Little Darlin'/Its Now Or Never/Funny How Time Slips Away / Can't Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp. Bonus songs from Spokane, WA 27.4.76 : Burning Love/My Way.

source: Peter Haan - July 2, 2008


Elvis Greatest Hits - Steel Box Collection

This is a brand new issue by Sony/BMG Canada with the Steel Box Collection ( 16 tracks ). This time it features the usual Greatest Hits such as ; It's Now Or Never, Hound Dog and All Shook Up with others not usually part of these hits collection like ; Mystery Train, Hard Headed Woman and My Baby Left Me. 

source: Barry McLean- June 18, 2008


America

One of the July FTD release is the CD America featuring the complete show from April 22, 1976 recorded in Omaha, NB. This CD will also contain two tracks recorded during the last show of the tour in Spokane,WA.

Tracklist :

2001 Theme / See See Rider / I Got A Woman - Amen / Love Me / If You Love Me (Let Me Know) / You Gave Me A Mountain /Trying to get to You/ All Shook Up / Teddy Bear - Dont Be Cruel / Heartbreak Hotel / America The Beautiful / Polk Salad Annie / Introductions / What I'd Say (featuring James Burton) / Ronnie Tutt drums solo / Jerry Scheff bass solo / Tony Brown piano solo / David Briggs electric piano solo / Love Letters/ Marty Harrell orchestra / Hail! Hail! Rock N Roll / Hurt / Hound Dog / Help Me / How Great Thou Art / Little Darlin'/Its Now Or Never/Funny How Time Slips Away / Can't Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp. Bonus songs from Spokane, WA 27.4.76 : Burning Love/My Way.
source: FECC Forum/Man And His Music magazine - June 2, 2008


Elvis

This is a 2 CD-R promo set ( 22 tracks ) from Sony/BMG and Cherry Lane USA. On the discs it states '' Music Licensing 2007 ''. Almost every songs featured on both CD-R are from movie soundtracks excepted for a few such as : So High, Suspicion, Power Of My Love, If I Can Drean and It Won't Seem Like Christmas Without You.

source: Barry McLean - May 21, 2008


FTD News From Ernst Jorgensen

Many of our customers have asked to have information about new releases as early as possible. Consequently we hereby publish the information about the July 2008 releases. As they are all work in progress, this is just basic information. Track listings and cover art is not ready yet. AMERICA soundboard release from April 1976, with the body of the recordings being from the Omaha show. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE (The Lost Album)2 CD version in our Classic Album series ( 7” digipack with booklet ).  LOVE LETTERS FROM ELVIS2 CD version in our Classic Album series ( 7” digipack with booklet ).

source: Elvis Unlimited

The excellent magazine The Elvis Mag from Essential Elvis UK reports in his latest May/June 2008 issue the following albums will be released in 2008/2009 :

Louisiana Hayride Farewell Concert 1956 ; The Sun Era 1954-1955 ( Photo book with CD ) ; Live In Hawaii 1961 ; Good Times ; Promised Land ; How Great Thou Art

source: Essential Elvis UK - May 16, 2008


Discover Elvis Presley

This is the new Sony/BMG Canada issue of Discover Elvis Presley, which came out last year in the USA. The CD features 5 tracks ( listed above on the back cover ), and also contains a PIN number for a free download of the song Viva Las Vegas. This is aimed to the people who doesn't know much of Elvis and his music, and specifically for the younger generations.

source: Barry McLean - April 19, 2008


BMG Reissues

Sony/BMG USA re-released on April 1st the three Gospel CDs. They all come with bonus tracks and a sticker on the packaging mentions : Original Album with Bonus Tracks - Mastered from the original analog masters for optimum sound quality .

source: Barry McLean- April 2nd, 2008


That's The Way It Is & The Way It Was FTDs

The Way It Was is a 5'' digipack and has same audio content as first released and featured in the FTD book. That's The Way It Is Deluxe is a 7'' double CD set with a 20 page full color booklet.

That's The Way It Is

DISC 1 

THE ALBUM 

1)      I Just Can’t Help Believin’ (live) 

2)      Twenty Days And Twenty Nights

3)      How The Web Was Woven

4)      Patch It Up (live) 

5)      Mary In The Morning   

6)      You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 

7)      You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (live) 

8)      I’ve Lost You (live) 

9)      Just Pretend 

10)  Stranger In The Crowd 

11)  The Next Step Is Love 

12)  Bridge Over Troubled Water

BONUS TRACKS 

13)  Patch It Up (studio version) 

14)  I’ve Lost You (studio version) 

15)  Twenty Days And Twenty Nights – take 8 

16) Bridge Over Troubled Water (live) 

17)  Little Sister/Get Back (live)   

18)  Something (live) 

19)  The Next Step Is Love - undubbed master 

20) Patch It Up – take 1 

21) Bridge Over Troubled Water –alternate mix 

Disc 2 

THE SESSIONS 

1)      Tiger Man (jam)

2) Twenty Days And Twenty Nights – rehearsal, takes 1,2,3 

3) I’ve Lost You – rehearsal, take 1 

4) Bridge Over Troubled Water – take 1 

5) You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me – rehearsal composite 

6)      The Next Step Is Love – rehearsal, takes 2,3,6 

7) How The Web Was Woven – rehearsal, take 1 

8) Stranger In The Crowd – rehearsal, takes 1,3,4,5 

9) Stranger In The Crowd – master take 9 – rough mix 

10) Mary In The Morning – takes 1,2,3,4    

11) Patch It Up – takes 2-7 

12) Patch It Up – take 9 – alternate master 

13) You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me – takes 1,2 

14) Just Pretend – takes 1,2 

15) The Next Step Is Love – takes 7,8,9,10 

16) Bridge Over Troubled Water – rehearsal, takes 2,5 

17) I’ve Lost You – takes 4,5,6 

18) Twenty Days And Twenty Nights – takes 5,6 

19) Twenty Days And Twenty Nights – take 9 master – rough mix

source: Peter Haan - February 25, 2008


Love, Elvis

Sony/BMG Canada  released on January 29, 2008 the 3 CD set Love, Elvis . The tracks ate mixed and mastered from original source tapes using DSD technology. The set includes a previously/ rare alternate version of '' For The Good Times '' ( take 3 ).

This is interesting to note the sticker on front stating the tracks featured  are '' Official Masters '' while the French translation word for word doesn't make much sense here. 

source: Barry McLean - February 2, 2008