Una sconosciuta label ha da poco pubblicato un cofanetto di 5 CD e 1 DVD con materiale registrato per i
TV Special del 1968.
Nulla di nuovo in quanto si attinge dalle numerose emissioni riguardanti questo storico avvenimento.
Il DVD è quello della “
STAR” intitolato “
I’m saved”.
CD 1. The original mono album
01 Trouble / guitar man
02 Lawdy miss clawdy / baby what you want me to do / heartbreak hotel / hound dog / all shook up / can’t help falling in love / jailhouse rock / love me tender
03 where could i go but to the lord / up above my head / saved
04 blue christmas / one night
05 memories
06 nothingville / big boss man / guitar man / little egypt / trouble / guitar man
07 if i can dream
The outtakes / june 20 1968. Nothingville / Guitar man (part 1) / Guitar man’s evil section 1
08 warming up
09 take 1
10 take 5 & 6
Let yourself go (part 1) / Guitar man’s evil section 2
11 take 1
12 take 2-5
13 take 6
14 take 7 (master)
Guitar man (part 2) / escape section 1 (fast)
15 take 1-3
16 take 4-5
17 take 6-8
Calliope carnival / escape section 2
18 take 1
Big boss man / escape section 3
19 take 1-2
It hurts me (part 1) / escape section 4
20 take 1
21 take 2-4
22 take 5
23 take 6-7 (master take call only)
CD 2.
It hurts me (part 2) / after karate section 1 / june 21
01 take 1
02 take 2-3
03 take 4-5 (tape cut)
Sometimes i feel like a motherless child / where could I go but to the lord / yes, yes, yes / up above my head / (intro) / gospel section 1 / june 21
04 rehearsal & take 1
Up above my head / I found that light / saved (intro) / gospel section 2 / june 21
05 take 4 & 7
Trouble / guitar man / guitar man opening / june 22
06 take 1
07 take 2-3
If i can dream – record version / june 23
08 take 1
09 take 2-4
10 take 5 (master)
Memories – vocal overdub / june 24
11 track only take 3 & 4 with v.o take 1
It hurts me – vocal overdub & playback / amusement pier part 2 / june 27
12 take 1-3
13 preparation for next take
14 take 4
15 take 5
16 take 6-8
17 take 9-10 (master)
Trouble / guitar man – vocal overdub of after karate section 3 track / june 29 6.00 pm show
18 trouble / guitar man
Trouble / guitar man – vocal overdub of after karate section 3 track / guitar man with road / june 29 8.00 pm
19 take 1-3
20 take 4
21 preparation for next take
22 tiptoe through the tulips / macarthur park
23 take 5
Guitar man – vocal overdub road #2 / june 30
24 take 1
25 take 2 (master)
Guitar man – vocal overdub road #3 / june 30
26 take 1
27 take 2
28 take 3
29 take 4
30 take 5
31 take 6 (master)
32 if i can dream – dubdown of june 23 master
CD 3.
If I can dream – vocal overdub / june 30
01 take 1-2
02 take 3
03 take 4 (master)
Trouble / guitar man – vocal overdub & playback / opening section #1 / june 30
04 take 1
05 take 2
06 take 3-5
07 take 6
08 take 7 (master)
Guitar man – vocal overdub / alley / june 30
09 take 1
10 take 2
11 take 3-5
12 take 6 (master)
Little egypt / trouble – vocal overdub / nightclub. June 30
13 take 1
14 take 2 (no take)
15 take 3
16 take 4 (master)
Trouble – vocal overdub / disco / june 30
17 take 1
18 take 2 (master)
Trouble – vocal overdub / supper club / june 30
19 take 1
20 take 2
21 take 3 (master)
Bonus: Memories – vocal overdub
22 memories / june 27 6.00pm sitdown show
23 memories / june 27 8.00pm sitdown show
saved (part 1) / preach for the sky / saved (part 2)
gospel section 3 / june 22
24 take 6 – incomplete used for spliced master
25 let yourself go – alternate master
26 memories – mono master
27 memories – stereo master
28 if I can dream – record version mono master
29 let yourself go – spliced ‘91 version
30 let yourself go – closing instrumental dubdown
CD 4:
The soundtrack versions
01 trouble / guitar man (incl. scratch)
02 gospel medley
03 road medley
Road medley composite
04 complete version
05 original album version – unedited
Gospel medley composite
06 complete version
07 complete version – unedited
08 it hurts me – spliced master
09 saved – spliced master with edited intro
10 trouble / guitar man – stereo version
11 tag – uh uh uh / june 30
CD 5.
The original singer commercials
01 singer introduces the nbc tv special #1
02 singer introduces the nbc tv special #2
03 singer commercial #1
04 singer commercial #2
05 singer commercial #3
06 singer commercial #4
07 singer commercial #5
08 singer commercial #6
09 The ‘68 comeback radio special (speciale radiofonico di un’ora presentato in anteprima
nell’agosto 2008 per il 40° anniversario dello Special del ’68. Il direttore del programma originale Steve Binder, il chitarrista Scotty Moore e altri, ripensano a come questo evento divenne un punto di svolta nella carriera di Elvis, nonché uno degli speciali musicali più iconici della storia della televisione. Presentato dalla cantautrice Laura Cantrell)