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Review : 'The Last Farewell' 5 CD box set, 1976 Graceland sessions


By David Adams
Source: Elvis Australia
June 3, 2015

'The Last Farewell' 5 CD / Book set is housed in a stunning pewter box 12" x 12" and 2" high. The set is a one-stop collectors delight containing every recording and outtake known to exist from Elvis' last recording sessions at Graceland, February and October 1976.

Included is much interesting banter from the 'King', to interest any fan.

Elvis Presley, Dick Grob and Ed Parker, February 16, 1977.
Elvis Presley, Dick Grob and Ed Parker, February 16, 1977.

The contents of course being the important factor, and here we have everything, including the 'x-rated' version of HURT, not in the pristine quality of the rest of the set as Felton Jarvis did burn the master, but still, while not the highlight of the set, just part of the set being complete. 

Then the book, 11" x 11", is a combination of interesting excepts of interviews with musicians, articles (Starting with the vacation in VAIL Colorado) and unseen photo's, never published before of Elvis. Nice additions are the write-ups about each song, some brief, others detailed. And the lyrics for each song. 
A LOT of work has gone into the book, including great background images of Elvis on the text pages, that do not interfere with reading the text and really enhance the book.

The set contain's the complete masters and outtakes from the 1976 Graceland sessions in 'Superb Sound Quality', better than ever thought possible. The set is limited to 1000 copies ...

So in all, a really great value set.

Elvis (yes that is the King on the right) in VAIL Colorado, 1976.
Elvis (yes that is the King on the right) in VAIL Colorado, 1976.


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