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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the 1968 TV Special JAT Productions will release a ''Vinyl 45'' featuring four never released commercials on July 4, 2008.

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Want this one! Always want anything to do with the '68 Comeback Special :wub:
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Want this one! Always want anything to do with the '68 Comeback Special :wub:

 

 

Oh me too, always do. It's my fave 68 Comeback. He looks soooooooo sexy. :yahoo: :cheer: :wub:

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Oh my, that is beautiful, i would also love one of those :wub: :yahoo:

 

 

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Joe Tunzi will release a 45rpm vinyl single as a teaser for the upcoming book 'Elvis '68 at 40'(exepcted in august). This collectors item will be pressed in a worldwide one time batch of 500pcs only.

 

Source : ElvisMatters

 

Sounds cool :cheer:

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Joe Tunzi will release a 45rpm vinyl single as a teaser for the upcoming book 'Elvis '68 at 40'(exepcted in august). This collectors item will be pressed in a worldwide one time batch of 500pcs only.

 

Source : ElvisMatters

 

Sounds cool :cheer:

 

Sounds brilliant, can't wait for that :cheer:

 

40 years ago: The Comeback

 

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40 years ago, Elvis began rehearsing for what later would be called "The Comeback". Noone, including the Colonel, Elvis and producer Steve Binder, would understand at that moment what a big impact the NBC Special would have on Elvis's career. The show, which aired in December of 1968, got top ratings, and put Elvis back where he belonged: on stage, in the spotlights

 

Source: ElvisMatters / Published by: ElvisMatters - Peter Verbruggen

 

Love the pic :wub: :heart: It is almost impossible to believe that it's 40 years since Elvis wowed the world in that leather suit and showed the world, he was back :yahoo:

 

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40 years ago: The Comeback

 

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40 years ago, Elvis began rehearsing for what later would be called "The Comeback". Noone, including the Colonel, Elvis and producer Steve Binder, would understand at that moment what a big impact the NBC Special would have on Elvis's career. The show, which aired in December of 1968, got top ratings, and put Elvis back where he belonged: on stage, in the spotlights

 

Source: ElvisMatters / Published by: ElvisMatters - Peter Verbruggen

 

Love the pic :wub: :heart: It is almost impossible to believe that it's 40 years since Elvis wowed the world in that leather suit and showed the world, he was back :yahoo:

 

 

Elvis still wows mw now dressed in that leather, i bet he sweats alot under that :naughty: :w00t:

 

Full Details - Elvis Complete '68 Comeback Special 4 CD Set

 

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Following are the full details including cover art and tracklisting of the 4 disc box set, "Elvis Complete '68 Comeback Special" which is due for release August 2, 2008. The set contains over 103 songs, a 36 page booklet with each disc housed in mini LP style wallets. The box is 'CD sized Box with text foil stamped lift off lid'.

 

Tracklisting "Elvis Complete '68 Comeback Special" 4 CD Box Set

 

Disc 1. The Original album plus bonus cuts

 

01) Trouble/Guitar Man

02) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy/Baby, What You Want Me To Do

03) Medley: Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up/Can’t Help Falling In Love/Jailhouse Rock/Love Me Tender

04) Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Saved

05) Blue Christmas/One Night

06) Memories

07) Medley: Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Guitar Man/Little Egypt/Trouble/Guitar Man

08) If I Can Dream

09) It Hurts Me

10) Let Yourself Go

11) A Little Less Conversation

12) Memories (stereo Mix)

 

Disc 2 - First 'Sit down' show

 

1) Introductions

2) That's All Right

3) Heartbreak Hotel

4) Love Me

5) Baby What You Want Me To Do

6) Blue Suede Shoes

7) Baby What You Want Me To Do

8) Lawdy Miss Clawdy

9) Are You Lonesome Tonight?

10) When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

11) Blue Christmas

12) Trying To Get To You

13) One Night

14) Baby What You Want Me To Do

15) One Night

16) Memories

 

First 'Stand Up Show'

 

17) Heartbreak Hotel

18) One Night

19) Heartbreak Hotel

20) Hound Dog

21) All Shook Up

22) Can't Help Falling In Love

23) Jailhouse Rock

24) Don't Be Cruel

25) Blue Suede Shoes

26) Love Me Tender

27) Trouble/Guitar Man

28) Baby What You Want Me To Do

29) If I Can Dream

 

Disc 3 Second 'Sit down' show

 

1) Heartbreak Hotel

2) Baby What You Want Me To Do

3) Introductions

4) That's All Right

5) Are You Lonesome Tonight?

6) Baby What You Want Me To Do

7) Blue Suede Shoes

8) One Night

9) Love Me

10) Trying To Get To You

11) Lawdy Miss Clawdy

12) Santa Claus Is Back In Town

13) Blue Christmas

14) Tiger Man

15) When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

16) Memories

 

Second 'Stand Up' show

 

17) Heartbreak Hotel

18) Hound Dog

19) All Shook Up

20) Can't Help Falling In Love

21) Jailhouse Rock

22) Don't Be Cruel

23) Blue Suede Shoes

24) Love Me Tender

25) Trouble

26) Trouble

27) Trouble/Guitar Man

28) Trouble/Guitar Man

29) If I Can Dream

 

Disc 4 First rehearsal

 

1) I Got A Woman

2) Blue Moon/Young Love/Oh, Happy Day

3) When It Rains It Really Pours

4) Blue Christmas

5) Are You Lonesome Tonight?/That's My Desire

6) That's When Your Heartaches Begin

7) Peter Gun theme

8) Love Me

9) When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

10) Blue Christmas/Santa Claus Is Back In Town

 

Second rehearsal (substandard audio quality)

 

11) Danny Boy

12) Baby What You Want Me To Do

13) Love Me

14) Tiger Man

15) Santa Claus Is Back In Town

16) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy

17) One Night

18) Blue Christmas

19) Baby What You Want Me To Do

20) When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

21) Blue Moon Of Kentucky

 

Source: Elvis Australia / Updated: Jun 6, 2008

 

Would like this release, but tbh, I don't think you can beat having the Comeback DVD. I mean, far better to actually be able to watch the show as well as listen to the music :yahoo: I would recommend the DVD to anyone, even the casual fan as it shows Elvis literally on top of his game :dance:

Complete '68 Comeback Special Deluxe Package press release:

 

Here is the complete Deluxe Package and press-release for the "'68 Comeback Special" reissue which is due from BMG August 4, 2008.

 

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“The colonel wanted Elvis to wear a powder blue suit and sing carols to children…it turned out a whole lot different!” Steve Binder – Producer of The ’68 Comeback Special.

 

since the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll took to the stage in what became a milestone in televised musical performances and a career highlight, the infamous ’68 Comeback Special. To honour this very special occasion, Sony BMG Music Entertainment will release the ‘Complete ’68 Comeback Special’ 4 CD box set, featuring the whole story from the rehearsals to the finished show, out-takes and rarely-heard gems, packaged in both deluxe and standard versions.

 

During a career of invention and re-invention the ’68 Comeback Special is THE pivotal performance of Elvis’ career. He was back from the movie career that had kept him away from the live arena throughout most of the 60’s and what’s more he looked and sounded amazing.

 

This 4 disc box set will feature over 103 songs including “That’s All Right”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “One Night”, “Love Me” and “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”, all recorded at NBC’s Burbank Studios for a TV special which captured the ‘Guitar Man’ at his captivating best. Full track listings for all 4 Discs to follow.

• 4 CD Album Deluxe Edition and Standard Edition Available

• 40th Anniversary Celebrations

• Released August 4, 2008

Also released by Sony BMG Music Entertainment on August 4 2008, Elvis’s ’68 Comeback Special Deluxe Edition DVD; containing a treasure trove of footage from what was a remarkably intimate show. 40 years on since its original broadcast, Elvis has made another comeback!

 

Product Information:

• Title: Complete ’68 Comeback Special

• Artist: Elvis Presley

• Release Date: August 4 2008

• Format: 4 CD Box Set - Deluxe & Standard Editions

• Extras: 36 page booklet

• Each disc is housed in mini LP style wallets

• Deluxe Edition Only: CD sized box with text foil stamped lift off lid

• Catalogue No’s Standard: 88697332752

• Deluxe: 886973062

 

(News, Source: BMG /Elvis News)

And whilst we're at it, take a look at this collage of pics :wub: :yahoo:

 

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Wow, i wouldn't mind that box set, just to go with my collection. I have the DVD, which is my fave. :thumbup: :wub:

 

 

Love the pics Carole. Wooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :wub: :yahoo: :cheer:

Oh my, that is beautiful, i would also love one of those :wub: :yahoo:

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Saw this advertised in the Sunday Mirror magazine at the weekend. Apparently, it's limited to 2008 copies and costs 5 instalments of £39, a total of £195 :o Oh boy, I would love one though this is a bit expensive :(

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Saw this advertised in the Sunday Mirror magazine at the weekend. Apparently, it's limited to 2008 copies and costs 5 instalments of £39, a total of £195 :o Oh boy, I would love one though this is a bit expensive :(

 

 

 

Wow, that is expensive, more than my budget will allow at the moment, at least i have my £19.99 Elvis Ironing board. :thumbup:

 

 

Wow, that is expensive, more than my budget will allow at the moment, at least i have my £19.99 Elvis Ironing board. :thumbup:

Me too :yahoo:

 

Elvis '68 At 40 ''Vinyl 45'' possibly Sold Out?:

 

The forthcoming vinyl 45 release Elvis '68 At 40 is sold out through JAT Productions based on pre-orders only. Featuring four "never released" commercials it may be possible to obtain a copy from your favorite dealer or any other carrying this product. EIN is not certain as to exactly how many of these vinyl $45s were even pressed. At US$19.95 it seems a high price to pay for four commercials. It will be released on July 4, 2008 and followed a month later or so by Steve Binder book Elvis - '68 At 40 Retrospective.

 

(News; Source;JAT

Elvis - Memories of the '68 Comeback Show CD with Steve Binder and DJ Fontana

 

A 70 minute interview CD, Elvis - Memories of the '68 Comeback Show with Steve Binder & DJ Fontana will be released at the end of June. On this CD you will hear Steve Binder recapture this iconic time recorded exclusively in Rotterdam, Holland on November 26, 2006

 

http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/cd/cd_prom...k_special.shtml

 

Would love to hear this one :dance:

 

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It was Forty Years Ago Today!: :yahoo:

 

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On Saturday June 29th 1968 Elvis Presley taped the two "Stand Up" segments of the television special that would revitalise his career, emphasise his musical importance and once again rock the world. "Singer Presents Elvis" was a great moment in music, in television, and in the narrative of his own life -- a moment of change, when what was lost is found again. Elvis regained his voice -- and in so doing became at once who he was and who he would become. His singing still featured the excitement of youth but this time with a mature edge. He was 33 years old, lean and chiselled and -- what he had not seemed in years -- a little dangerous.

The special begins in darkness, to the sound of a whomping, Muddy Waters-ish blues riff, and then a famous face fades in, turning toward the camera, filling the screen, meaning business.

 

If you're looking for trouble

You came to the right place

If you're looking for trouble

Just look right in my face

I was born standing :yahoo:

 

'The Night Elvis Reclaimed His Crown'

 

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/spotlight_thenight68.html

 

The '68 Special - 40th Anniversary Celebration

 

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"Elvis - Complete '68 Comeback Special" 4CD boxset

 

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/cd_68boxset_2008.html

 

(News, Source;EIN)

 

Perfect excuse for a leather fest :wub: :dance: :cheer: :yahoo:

 

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Can’t forget the white suit ;)

 

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Later, when reviewing the show, rock writer John Landau says:

 

There is something magical about watching a man who has lost himself find his way back home...He sang with the kind of power people no longer expect from rock ‘n’ roll singers.

 

Years later, rock writer Greil Marcus will remember it this way:

 

"You can feel the shock waves the show made. Elvis looks gorgeous and he knows it; you see joy, command, and certain slyness with a you-must-be-kidding-me grin, which serves him perfectly. Wearing a black leather suit as if he was born in it - standing alone or sitting with Scotty Moore and his friends, Elvis sang his old songs, but they did not sound old. He invested them with so much emotion - emotions his original recordings of say, Tryin' to Get to You, One Night or Can't Help Falling in Love did not contain - that each became a thing in itself. Suddenly these were less songs then events, where Elvis himself is moved the most.

 

When Elvis relaxes into the first of five dives of Baby, What you Want Me to Do, the deep well of the sessions where every few minutes Elvis returns for a more open rhythm, a harder beat and knowledge that cannot be put into words. He's locked into a music that any musician can tell you anyone can make and almost no one can, into something that is so powerful it doesn't seem real, reaching as if under the guitar for notes that cannot be advertised. The music rises, slams down, and rises again as if a whole new language has been discovered - as if this night, it has to be made to say everything, because it will never be spoken again."

It was the finest music of his life. If ever there was music that bleeds, this was it. ‘’

 

Elvis, the 1968 TV special, is to become widely regarded as one of the truly great television moments in pop/rock music history. After this show everything changes for Elvis. He pours renewed creative energy into his recording work, is soon to wrap up his movie contract obligations and to return full-time to the concert stage, beginning a new and exciting era of his career. His superstardom is yet to reach its height.

 

All I will say is it was Ultimate Elvis :wub: :thumbup:

 

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Absolutly fantstic Carole, thanks for posting that, made my day looking at all those pics, also enjoyed the read :yahoo: :wub: :thumbup:

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