Presley, Elvis: 68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition)
Presley, Elvis
SKU: 36886203
Presley, Elvis: 68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition)
Presley, Elvis
SKU: 36886203
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Title: 68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition)
Artist: Presley, Elvis
Label: Sony Legacy
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 190758840222
Genre: Rock
Limited seven disc (five CDs + two Blu-rays) box set. '68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition) is the definitive chronicle of the now legendary NBC-TV show, Elvis. After years of making formulaic movies, Elvis was finally unleashed to perform live again on an intimate stage with his original sidemen, Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana. Playing "That's All Right", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and many of his great hits, the sheer rawness and excitement of the performances attracted unanimous critical acclaim. Greil Marcus in his book Mystery Train said, "If ever there was music that could bleed, this was it". 1968 was a profound year for America. Martin Luther King had been assassinated, and while Elvis was making the special, Bobby Kennedy was shot. The closing song "If I Can Dream" encapsulates every emotion that Elvis and the entire production crew felt during the making of the special. NBC-TV's Elvis is as raw and inspirational today as it was in 1968. This 50th Anniversary Edition includes all the known audio recordings from RCA's vault and all the videotaped performances are here for the first time on Blu-ray. Includes 80-page book includes a new, oral history on the special, crafted from interviews with producer Steve Binder, recording engineer Bones Howe, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Priscilla Presley, Emmylou Harris, Scotty Moore conducted for Thom Zimny's 2018 documentary, "Elvis Presley: The Searcher."
Tracks:
1.1 The Original Album
1.2 Trouble / Guitar Man (Opening)
1.3 Medley:
1.4 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
1.5 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
1.6 Dialogue; Medley: Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / All Shook Up
1.7 Can't Help Falling in Love
1.8 Jailhouse Rock
1.9 Dialogue; Love Me Tender
1.10 Medley:
1.11 Dialogue; Where Could I Go But to the Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved
1.12 Medley:
1.13 Dialogue; Blue Christmas (5:34)
1.14 Dialogue; One Night
1.15 Memories
1.16 Medley:
1.17 Nothingville / Dialogue; Big Boss Man / Guitar Man / Little Egypt / Trouble / Guitar Man
1.18 If I Can Dream
1.19 *Bonus Cuts
1.20 It Hurts Me (Splice/Edit of Part 1 - Take 7, Part 2 - Take 7 ; Part 1 - Take 6)
1.21 Let Yourself Go (Splice/Edit of Part 1 - Take 1 ; Part 2 - Take 2)
1.22 Memories
1.23 If I Can Dream
2.1 *First "Sit Down" Show
2.2 That's All Right
2.3 Heartbreak Hotel
2.4 Love Me
2.5 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
2.6 Blue Suede Shoes
2.7 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
2.8 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
2.9 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
2.10 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
2.11 Blue Christmas
2.12 Trying to Get to You
2.13 One Night
2.14 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
2.15 One Night
2.16 Memories
2.17 *First "Stand Up" Show
2.18 Heartbreak Hotel
2.19 Hound Dog
2.20 All Shook Up
2.21 Can't Help Falling in Love
2.22 Jailhouse Rock
2.23 Don't Be Cruel
2.24 Blue Suede Shoes
2.25 Love Me Tender
2.26 Trouble
2.27 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
2.28 If I Can Dream
3.1 *Second "Sit Down" Show
3.2 Heartbreak Hotel
3.3 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
3.4 Introductions
3.5 That's All Right
3.6 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
3.7 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
3.8 Blue Suede Shoes
3.9 One Night
3.10 Love Me
3.11 Trying to Get to You
3.12 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
3.13 Santa Claus Is Back in Town
3.14 Blue Christmas
3.15 Tiger Man
3.16 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
3.17 Memories
3.18 *Second "Stand Up" Show
3.19 Heartbreak Hotel
3.20 Hound Dog
3.21 All Shook Up
3.22 Can't Help Falling in Love
3.23 Jailhouse Rock
3.24 Don't Be Cruel
3.25 Blue Suede Shoes
3.26 Love Me Tender
3.27 Trouble/Guitar Man
3.28 Trouble/Guitar Man
3.29 If I Can Dream
4.1 *First Rehearsal
4.2 I Got a Woman
4.3 Blue Moon / Young Love / Oh, Happy Day
4.4 When It Rains It Really Pours
4.5 Blue Christmas
4.6 Are You Lonesome Tonight? / That's My Desire
4.7 That's When Your Heartaches Begin
4.8 Peter Gunn Theme
4.9 Love Me
4.10 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
4.11 Blue Christmas / Santa Claus Is Back in Town
4.12 *Second Rehearsal
4.13 Danny Boy
4.14 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
4.15 Love Me
4.16 Tiger Man
4.17 Santa Claus Is Back in Town
4.18 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
4.19 One Night
4.20 Blue Christmas
4.21 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
4.22 20. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
4.23 2Blue Moon of Kentucky
5.1 *The Wrecking Crew Sessions
5.2 Nothingville (Guitar Man's Evil #1) - Takes 5 ; 6
5.3 Guitar Man (Guitar Man's Evil #1) - Take 2
5.4 Let Yourself Go, Part 1 (Guitar Man's Evil #2) - Take 5 ; 7/M
5.5 Let Yourself Go, Part 2 (Guitar Man's Evil #3) - Take 7/M
5.6 Guitar Man (Escape #1, Fast) - Takes 1, 2 ; 5
5.7 Big Boss Man (Escape #3) - Take 2
5.8 It Hurts Me, Part 1 (Escape #4) - Take 5
5.9 It Hurts Me, Part 2 (After Karate #1) - Take 3
5.10 Guitar Man (After Karate #2) - Take 1
5.11 Little Egypt (After Karate #2) - Take 6
5.12 Trouble / Guitar Man (After Karate #3) - Take 2
5.13 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But to the Lord (Gospel #1) - Rehearsal ; Take 1 (5:23)
5.14 Up Above My Head / Saved (Gospel #2) - Takes 4 ; 7
5.15 Saved (Gospel #3) - Takes 2 ; 4
5.16 Trouble / Guitar Man (Opening) - Takes 6 ; 7
5.17 If I Can Dream - Take 1
5.18 If I Can Dream - Takes 2,3 ; 4
5.19 Memories - Takes 3 ; 4/Vocal Overdub #1
5.20 Let Yourself Go (Closing Instrumental)
6.1 Blu-ray Disc 1: Elvis NBC TV Special Originally Broadcast on December 3, 1968
6.2 Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1 - June 27, 1968
6.3 Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2 - June 27, 1968
6.4 Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1 - June 29, 1968
6.5 Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2 - June 29, 1968
7.1 Blu-ray Disc 2: Trouble/Guitar Man TV Show Opener - June 30, 1968 - All Takes and Raw Components
7.2 If I Can Dream TV Show Closer - June 30, 1968 - All Takes
7.3 Huh-Huh-Huh Promo - June 30, 1968
7.4 Elvis Closing Credits Without Credit Roll - June 30, 1968
7.5 If I Can Dream Special Music Video 2004 - June 30, 1968
7.6 Gospel Production Number - All Takes and Raw Components
7.7 Guitar Man Production Number - All Takes and Raw Components
7.8 Blu-ray Special Feature Re-Cut
Artist: Presley, Elvis
Label: Sony Legacy
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 190758840222
Genre: Rock
Limited seven disc (five CDs + two Blu-rays) box set. '68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition) is the definitive chronicle of the now legendary NBC-TV show, Elvis. After years of making formulaic movies, Elvis was finally unleashed to perform live again on an intimate stage with his original sidemen, Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana. Playing "That's All Right", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and many of his great hits, the sheer rawness and excitement of the performances attracted unanimous critical acclaim. Greil Marcus in his book Mystery Train said, "If ever there was music that could bleed, this was it". 1968 was a profound year for America. Martin Luther King had been assassinated, and while Elvis was making the special, Bobby Kennedy was shot. The closing song "If I Can Dream" encapsulates every emotion that Elvis and the entire production crew felt during the making of the special. NBC-TV's Elvis is as raw and inspirational today as it was in 1968. This 50th Anniversary Edition includes all the known audio recordings from RCA's vault and all the videotaped performances are here for the first time on Blu-ray. Includes 80-page book includes a new, oral history on the special, crafted from interviews with producer Steve Binder, recording engineer Bones Howe, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Priscilla Presley, Emmylou Harris, Scotty Moore conducted for Thom Zimny's 2018 documentary, "Elvis Presley: The Searcher."
Tracks:
1.1 The Original Album
1.2 Trouble / Guitar Man (Opening)
1.3 Medley:
1.4 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
1.5 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
1.6 Dialogue; Medley: Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / All Shook Up
1.7 Can't Help Falling in Love
1.8 Jailhouse Rock
1.9 Dialogue; Love Me Tender
1.10 Medley:
1.11 Dialogue; Where Could I Go But to the Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved
1.12 Medley:
1.13 Dialogue; Blue Christmas (5:34)
1.14 Dialogue; One Night
1.15 Memories
1.16 Medley:
1.17 Nothingville / Dialogue; Big Boss Man / Guitar Man / Little Egypt / Trouble / Guitar Man
1.18 If I Can Dream
1.19 *Bonus Cuts
1.20 It Hurts Me (Splice/Edit of Part 1 - Take 7, Part 2 - Take 7 ; Part 1 - Take 6)
1.21 Let Yourself Go (Splice/Edit of Part 1 - Take 1 ; Part 2 - Take 2)
1.22 Memories
1.23 If I Can Dream
2.1 *First "Sit Down" Show
2.2 That's All Right
2.3 Heartbreak Hotel
2.4 Love Me
2.5 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
2.6 Blue Suede Shoes
2.7 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
2.8 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
2.9 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
2.10 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
2.11 Blue Christmas
2.12 Trying to Get to You
2.13 One Night
2.14 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
2.15 One Night
2.16 Memories
2.17 *First "Stand Up" Show
2.18 Heartbreak Hotel
2.19 Hound Dog
2.20 All Shook Up
2.21 Can't Help Falling in Love
2.22 Jailhouse Rock
2.23 Don't Be Cruel
2.24 Blue Suede Shoes
2.25 Love Me Tender
2.26 Trouble
2.27 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
2.28 If I Can Dream
3.1 *Second "Sit Down" Show
3.2 Heartbreak Hotel
3.3 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
3.4 Introductions
3.5 That's All Right
3.6 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
3.7 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
3.8 Blue Suede Shoes
3.9 One Night
3.10 Love Me
3.11 Trying to Get to You
3.12 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
3.13 Santa Claus Is Back in Town
3.14 Blue Christmas
3.15 Tiger Man
3.16 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
3.17 Memories
3.18 *Second "Stand Up" Show
3.19 Heartbreak Hotel
3.20 Hound Dog
3.21 All Shook Up
3.22 Can't Help Falling in Love
3.23 Jailhouse Rock
3.24 Don't Be Cruel
3.25 Blue Suede Shoes
3.26 Love Me Tender
3.27 Trouble/Guitar Man
3.28 Trouble/Guitar Man
3.29 If I Can Dream
4.1 *First Rehearsal
4.2 I Got a Woman
4.3 Blue Moon / Young Love / Oh, Happy Day
4.4 When It Rains It Really Pours
4.5 Blue Christmas
4.6 Are You Lonesome Tonight? / That's My Desire
4.7 That's When Your Heartaches Begin
4.8 Peter Gunn Theme
4.9 Love Me
4.10 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
4.11 Blue Christmas / Santa Claus Is Back in Town
4.12 *Second Rehearsal
4.13 Danny Boy
4.14 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
4.15 Love Me
4.16 Tiger Man
4.17 Santa Claus Is Back in Town
4.18 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
4.19 One Night
4.20 Blue Christmas
4.21 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
4.22 20. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
4.23 2Blue Moon of Kentucky
5.1 *The Wrecking Crew Sessions
5.2 Nothingville (Guitar Man's Evil #1) - Takes 5 ; 6
5.3 Guitar Man (Guitar Man's Evil #1) - Take 2
5.4 Let Yourself Go, Part 1 (Guitar Man's Evil #2) - Take 5 ; 7/M
5.5 Let Yourself Go, Part 2 (Guitar Man's Evil #3) - Take 7/M
5.6 Guitar Man (Escape #1, Fast) - Takes 1, 2 ; 5
5.7 Big Boss Man (Escape #3) - Take 2
5.8 It Hurts Me, Part 1 (Escape #4) - Take 5
5.9 It Hurts Me, Part 2 (After Karate #1) - Take 3
5.10 Guitar Man (After Karate #2) - Take 1
5.11 Little Egypt (After Karate #2) - Take 6
5.12 Trouble / Guitar Man (After Karate #3) - Take 2
5.13 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But to the Lord (Gospel #1) - Rehearsal ; Take 1 (5:23)
5.14 Up Above My Head / Saved (Gospel #2) - Takes 4 ; 7
5.15 Saved (Gospel #3) - Takes 2 ; 4
5.16 Trouble / Guitar Man (Opening) - Takes 6 ; 7
5.17 If I Can Dream - Take 1
5.18 If I Can Dream - Takes 2,3 ; 4
5.19 Memories - Takes 3 ; 4/Vocal Overdub #1
5.20 Let Yourself Go (Closing Instrumental)
6.1 Blu-ray Disc 1: Elvis NBC TV Special Originally Broadcast on December 3, 1968
6.2 Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1 - June 27, 1968
6.3 Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2 - June 27, 1968
6.4 Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1 - June 29, 1968
6.5 Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2 - June 29, 1968
7.1 Blu-ray Disc 2: Trouble/Guitar Man TV Show Opener - June 30, 1968 - All Takes and Raw Components
7.2 If I Can Dream TV Show Closer - June 30, 1968 - All Takes
7.3 Huh-Huh-Huh Promo - June 30, 1968
7.4 Elvis Closing Credits Without Credit Roll - June 30, 1968
7.5 If I Can Dream Special Music Video 2004 - June 30, 1968
7.6 Gospel Production Number - All Takes and Raw Components
7.7 Guitar Man Production Number - All Takes and Raw Components
7.8 Blu-ray Special Feature Re-Cut
