Elvis By The Presleys CD
Buy Elvis By The Presleys
CD
Buy Elvis By The
Presleys DVD
This 2 CD set is an essential companion to the remarkable television special Elvis By the Presleys. Using some of Elvis' best-loved and most emotionally affecting tunes, the collection charts all the romance and drama of life behind-the-scenes with Priscilla and Lisa Marie.
'Elvis by the Presleys' will consist of one primary 24-track
disc with material ranging from the expected ("Heartbreak Hotel," "In
the Ghetto") to less-famous ("I'll Hold You in My Heart," "Got a Lot O' Livin'
to Do!") and a second bonus disc which features eight
rarities, some of which were outlined by album co-producer Ernst Jorgensen: (See
below)
"It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You"
(1954) - "We don't have any unreleased [Sun] demos with Elvis," Jorgensen says,
"but we have this one which was only used once. We wanted to show what Elvis
sounded like before anybody, even Sam Phillips, knew him."
"Jailhouse Rock" (1957) - "We hear him do the first five
takes of 'Jailhouse Rock,' how he builds that song." In Duophonic stereo, with
four of the five takes perviously unreleased.
"You'll Be Gone" (1962) - "A song that Elvis wrote with Red
West and Charlie Hodge. Their initial idea was to re-do 'Begin the Beguine' with
new lyrics, but Cole Porter didn't grant them permission. So the guys decided,
'Let's just change the chords around a bit and create a new song.' The reason
we've included it is because it's the last time Elvis ever wrote a song.
"Too Much Monkey Business" (1968) - "We hear
him goof around in the studio with Jerry Reed, totally enjoying it, semi-jamming
on the song before they get a real take done. It's the same session that
produced 'U.S. Male,' and they're running out of repertoire, so they start doing
this [Chuck Berry] song. They're just having fun, with Elvis going off, singing
small pieces of other songs. Elvis' mannerisms completely take over, because he
knows it's not the final take, that they're still 'getting there.' So it's very
charming."
"Baby What You Want Me to Do"
(1973) - "We've acquired two recordings of Elvis just sitting at the home of
friends. He's sitting there in somebody's living room, playing this Jimmy Reed
song, with just a guitar."
There's more release news in the pipeline for
Elvis fanatics. Jorgensen oversees and produces the Follow That Dream series of
special Elvis releases that are sold only through Graceland, the fan club and
very selected outlets. The series presents live concerts, studio outtakes and
expanded versions of Elvis albums that are deemed too specialty - driven for the
normal marketplace - a "legal bootleg series," if you will. The series is up to
about 40 titles at this point.
Track Listing:
Disc 1: Trying To Get To You - Heartbreak Hotel -
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - I Got A Woman - Got A Lot O'
Livin' To Do - Peace In The Valley - Trouble - Hawaiian Wedding
Song - Indescribably Blue - In The Ghetto - Suspicious
Minds - I'll Hold You In My Heart - Bridge Over Troubled Water -
You've Lost That Loving Feeling - It's Over - Separate Ways -
Always On My Mind - My Way - Burning Love - Welcome To My
World - Steamroller Blues - I Got A Feeling In My Body - If I Can
Dream - A Little Less Conversation (Elvis Vs. JXL)
Disc 2: It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You
(Demo) - Anything That's Part Of You (Previously unreleased, alternate take
9) - You'll Be Gone (Previously unreleased, alternate take 2) - Jailhouse Rock
(Previously unreleased, takes 1-5) - Too Much Monkey Business (Alternate
take) - Baby What You Want Me To Do (Previously unreleased, private
recording) - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Previously unreleased, private
recording) - Blue Christmas (Live '77 version).
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Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD
Never before have we seen an Elvis Presley concert from the 1950's with sound. Until Now! The DVD Contains recently discovered unreleased film of Elvis performing 6 songs, including Heartbreak Hotel and Don't Be Cruel, live in Tupelo Mississippi 1956. Included we see a live performance of the elusive Long Tall Sally seen here for the first time ever. + Plus Bonus DVD Audio.
This is an excellent release no fan should be without it.
The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. The interviews of Elvis' Parents are well worth hearing too. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying : Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. Highly recommended.
Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD Video with Sound.
