Posted July 15, 200817 yr Details You Know, It Don't Have To Be Strictly Country http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/elvis1959/preview_itdoesntcountry.jpg Here are a preview of the cover art and press-release for the Gravel Road Music release "You Know, It Don't Have To Be Strictly Country Vol. 1" which is due this month. Press-release: - After 38 years, Elvis's voice remains impressive on each track! - It easily could have been recorded yesterday. - You'll discover more and more after playing it back. - The songs I know, sound better and more complete on this CD. (A few of the first general reactions during a playback session of the master with various Elvis fans) These are the first 22 amazing tracks collected from private collections of which many for the first time in this shape on CD. These are the acetates which Elvis took home to play-back and agreed to be released! All tracks have been digitally restored and re-mastered. These acetates often sounded better & different than what we know and made it to the final release! Some tracks which appear to be known, are now for the first time in their more complete form. This includes studio talk, count in, left & right channels, longer fade outs or even different lyrics or simply differently sung. Most are in stereo. As happened in the past, some releases only used one channel (This was an easy way to reduce the distortion, but so much got lost!). The audio difference between tracks is purely the source and the transfer. Some have been transferred on to DAT, others on to regular cassette tapes in the past. Keep in mind that the original acetates are various in playability. Original acetates can only be played a few times (after that the quality gets less.) We chose for maximum sound quality per track instead of making them similar to each other! In this way you always get the best sound out of very recording. The basic synopsis for this release: The first masters without dubbing, repairs in their complete form. Unfortunately we don't have every master on acetate of the June and September sessions. So we added some first takes to cover all songs. Also a few tracks of work in progress, a rare chance to hear, a song still being built up to a complete dubbed master. Guide-strings, -horns, -backing vocals, the talking, it's all there! Something which will strike everybody is, that Elvis's voice remains impressive on each track. Background information; It's a public known fact that Elvis regularly disagreed with the released version of the songs. Unluckily, he hardly made his point towards the ones responsible, knowing there were times he was wrong and the song became a hit (In the ghetto, Suspicious minds, Burning love & others) This cd contains the versions how Elvis liked it! All together a really new kind of release which will make many Elvis fan's happy to hear these rare acetates available in their best possible form. The purist will be happy since no effects have been used to enhance the sound. There are no further copies of acetates available in better sound, only a very few copies were made of each song and most are gone or badly damaged. The acetate lacquer wears out very fast, so every track is really unique. Note: None of the used versions are included on the recent FTD release of "That's the way it is" or the forthcoming "Love letters from Elvis". Only parts of the acetates, which you can enjoy in full version on this cd are used in the documentary; Elvis "That's way it is". The CD contains 22 songs with a 20 pages full color booklet having extensive liner notes to guide you through the songs, background info about Elvis' 1970 and explains in detail what an acetate really is. Also why and how it's made. This is a limited release so we will be able to continue to release in chronologic order, containing the original acetates in best possible condition. 1970 will be a Volume 1 & 2 which will be release a little later this year. "You Know, It Don't Have To Be Strictly Country Vol. 1" is set for release this month! Don't miss your opportunity to get the ultimate acetate collection. Tracklisting: 01. Twenty days and twenty nights (Take 9 – Master , undubbed –unedited) Acetate 02. I've lost you (Take 7 – Master , undubbed –unedited) Acetate 03. I was born about 10.000 years ago (Take 1 – Master , undubbed –unedited) 04. The sound of your cry (Take 11 – Master , undubbed –unedited) Acetate 05. The fool (Take 1 – try out) 06. Little cabin on the hill (Take 2) – Master, undubbed 07. Cindy ,Cindy (take 1) unedited 08. Bridge over troubled water (Take 8 – Master , undubbed - unedited, unrepaired) 09. Got my mojo working /Keep your hands off it (Take 1 – Master , dubbed brass & horns –unedited) 10. How the web was woven (take 3 – Master, back-up vocals, no additional overdubbing ) (previous unreleased) 11. It's your baby, you rock it (Take 5 – Master , undubbed –unedited) Acetate 12. Stranger in the crowd (take 9 - Master, Guide strings & backing vocals ) (previously unreleased) 13. I'll never know (Take 7 – Master, undubbed –unedited) Acetate 14. Mary in the morning (Take 5 – Master, undubbed, unedited) Acetate 15. Ain't no big thing (Take 9) (dubbed strings) (previously unreleased) 16. You don't have to say you love me (take 3– Alternate Master, dubbed strings – no backing vocals) (previously unreleased) 17. Just pretend (Take 3 – Master , undubbed –unedited) Acetate 18. This is our dance (Take 11 – Master , undubbed –unedited) Acetate 19. Life (Take 20 – Master , undubbed –unedited) Acetate 20. Heart of Rome (Take 3 – Used for composite Master , undubbed –unedited) Stereo (previously unreleased) 21. Bridge over troubled water - V.O July 2 3 (Acetate) stereo (previously unreleased) 22. There goes my everything (Take 3 – Master , undubbed –unedited) Acetate Total running time over 76+ minutes Source: Email / Updated: Jul 14, 2008 Now this looks very promising :dance: I'd love to get a copy :cheer:
July 17, 200817 yr Author Do you know where we can get this from Carole? I would love this. I don't, but I shall definately try and find out cos this looks like a great album :dance:
July 18, 200817 yr I don't, but I shall definately try and find out cos this looks like a great album :dance: It sure does, i will have to try and find out about it.
July 20, 200817 yr Author Found this yesterday before my wireless started playing up ;) EIN Scoop........October FTD News: EIN has been informed that the next FTD release after the upcoming three delayed July releases will be Jailhouse Rock. Apparently the release will include many previously unreleased outtakes. Read EIN's exclusive February 2007 interview with FTD's Roger Semon where he told us that 'Jailhouse Rock' was already planned. Roger Semon Interview- Roger Semon talks with EIN about new releases, how he met Ernst Jorgensen, the future of FTD, and more.. http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_rogersemon.html (News, Source: Email) Now, today, I've found this :unsure: No Jailhouse Rock FTD Release This October While fans are still awaiting the release of the July CDs from the Follow That Dream label rumurs for a possible follow-up are already going around. Several sites mention that the next release in october will be a re-issue of "Jailhouse Rock" in the Classic Albums series. We contacted Ernst Jorgensen to find confirmation, his answer: "Always curious to know where these rumors start!!!! But it's not true - We will very soon release the information on what the three October releaes will be." Source: Ernst Jørgensen / Updated: Jul 20, 2008
July 22, 200817 yr Author Preview: 'Elvis live at Del Webb’s Sahara Tahoe' :dance: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/elvis1959/laketahoe.jpg Despite the five concert engagements that Elvis gave in Lake Tahoe, little or none is known about the concerts in the Sahara Hotel. Only a handful of pictures, reviews and audio documents are available. When the producers of Praytome Publishing announced their plans to dedicate a complete book to these concerts, nobody thought they were able to fill a complete release. With the help of Sue McCasland, they succeeded in their mission. Sue was in the audience during several Tahoe concerts and owns lots of memorabilia and pictures she took during those performances. This book is literally filled with lots of unseen pictures, never before told stories and rare memorabilia. Published: July 22nd 2008 04:46 PM. Source: Praytome Publishing / Published by: ElvisMatters - David Hamal .
July 30, 200817 yr Author New import releases http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/elvis1959/imports.jpg Two new import releases are coming our way. First one is “Directly From The 1972 Elvis Summer Festival”: A new CD release from the "Las Vegas Archives" label. This CD contains the August 5, 1972 Dinner Show as recorded at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. This release also contains several bonus-tracks recorded during the Midnight Show the same day. Tracklisting: 2001 Theme See See Rider Proud Mary Never Been To Spain You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling Polk Salad Annie What Now My Love Fever Carry Me Back To Old Virginia (excerpt)/Love Me Little Sister/Get Back A Big Hunk Of Love The Wonder Of You Hound Dog Blue Suede Shoes My Way Suspicious Minds Band Introductions American Trilogy Can’t Help Falling In Love/Closing Vamp. Bonus songs (August 5, 1972 Midnight Show Hilton Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada): Proud Mary Never Been To Spain The Wonder Of You For The Good Times My Way Johnny B. Good The second CD is simply “September Nights”, on the SR label, featuring recordings of Elvis' September 4, 1970 Dinner Show and September 7, 1970 Closing Show, both recorded live in Las Vegas. From the press-release: “The forthcoming release from the "SR" label scheduled for the beginning of September is titled "September Nights" and will feature two unreleased shows from Las Vegas September 04, 1970 Dinner Show (part only) + the complete show from September 07, 1970 Closing Night. SR concentrates on the early 70's live period of Elvis' activity, trying to provide unreleased shows with Elvis at the top of his ability. In this our ninth release, we are proud to present two very rare shows, one complete and part of the second to give you a more complete view of the last part of Elvis’ August 1970 season. Despite being the end of the season, Elvis' love of singing is clear in these tapes and we are glad to give you the opportunity to listen to them. The Dinner show from September 4th, as presented on this CD is almost complete, missing the last two tracks only. If we look closely at the late Vegas act of September 1970 we can see that Elvis although tired is still able to concentrate on the music to produce great shows. Elvis sings straight to the audience with pauses and jokes, but the performance is still solid and rough; the basic track listing is presented superbly. Songs like I got a Woman, You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling or Polk Salad Annie sound great; he presents the best of his repertoire from the season. The best song from this dinner show is without doubt the oldie “One Night” here performed in a very rough and concentrated way surely the best version of the season. The Closing Show of a memorable season maybe the best one, although shorter with respect to the early shows and not of comparable intensity but still valuable. Elvis performs the show in essence as his greatest hits of the season and he performs it as only he can at that moment. Songs like I Just Can’t Help Believing’, You’ve Lost Than Loving Feeling’ and Polk Salad Annie sound solid and well performed overall with feeling, the same feeling the we find at the end with Bridge Over Troubled Water, the best song of the show. These recordings come from an early generation copy of the master tape; the sound quality is very good considering the early season. The sound was restored in a studio to achieve the best possible results. We have spent hours in the studio over the digital restoration of the sound, to achieve the best possible results and to give you the chance to listen with pleasure. For the Third time from this label, this new CD will come in a deluxe digipack, containing a collection of live unreleased photographs of the August season, with a wide spectrum of jumpsuits included.” Approximate Total running time: 79.30 Tracks: 01. Opening Vamp 0.38 02. That's All Right Mama 1.37 03. I Got A Woman 2.31 04. I Walk The Line (exc) 0.11 05. Monologue/Love Me Tender 6.53 06. I’ve Lost You 2.29 07. You’ve Lost Than Loving Feelin’ 4.09 08. Polk Salad Annie 4.12 09. Band Intro 2.34 10. Hound Dog (exc) 0.05 11. Johnny B.Goode 1.37 12. Band Intro 1.49 13. The Wonder Of You 3.07 14. One Night 1.37 15. Opening Vamp 0.31 16. That's All Right Mama 2.20 17. I Got A Woman 2.36 18. I Walk The Line (exc)1.54 19. Monologue 3.07 20. I’ve Lost You 2.33 21. I Just Can’t Help Believin’ 4.37 22. You’ve Lost Than Loving Feelin’ 4.44 23. Polk Salad Annie 4.46 24. Introductions 8.05 25. Blue Suede Shoes 1.50 26. All Shook Up (inc.) 1.21 27. Hound Dog 2.01 28. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4.59 29. Can't Help Falling In Love 1.55 30. Closing Vamp. (inc.) 0.14 Published: July 30th 2008 10:40 PM. Source: ElvisNews / Published by: ElvisMatters - Peter Verbruggen
July 31, 200817 yr Author FTD Updates Ernst Jorgensen informed fan clubs on the upcoming October Follow That Dream releases; three titles, six discs in total. The first release is a still untitled soundboard recording from August 1974 in Las Vegas. The opening show will be part of this double CD set in best possible sound quality according to the update. The second and third releases in October will be double CD versions of "Elvis Country" and "Elvis In Person". All titles are still work in progress, more information will follow as soon as we have it. Source: Various / Updated: Jul 31, 2008 Sounds like Ernst is busy :dance:
July 31, 200817 yr Author Lots more releases :cheer: Surprise Records to release Joan Deary Elvis tapes: Coming late August or early September. Surprise Records proudly presents ...… a new CD full with great Elvis songs taken directly from the Joan Deary Tapes! 24 great Elvis tracks with a total playing time over 77 minutes - in stunning never-before heard sound quality. The late Joan Deary (Elvis' RCA record producer) worked on these tracks for a possible future release on the "Greatest Hits" series, but after Volume 1 was released back then in 1981 (?) a Volume 2 never followed. So these professionally remixed tapes were put into the archives. For years a CD-R was circulating with these great tracks, but now for the first time they will be made available on a professional silver pressed disc! This CD comes along with a beautiful full color booklet containing all necessary information about every track along with great pictures of Elvis. Also the lyrics to each song will be included - exactly transcribed word for word as Elvis did sing them! Tracklist: 01. Hey Jude 02. Help Me Make It Through The Night 03. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Trade) 04. I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen 05. When I’m Over You 06. Always On My Mind 07. It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing) 08. I’m Leavin’ 09. Where Do I Go From Here 10. Until It’s Time For You To Go 11. If I Were You 12. Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It 13. Fool 14. This Is Our Dance 15. Cindy, Cindy 16. Separate Ways 17. (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me 18. Life 19. Love Letters 20. I’ll Never Know 21. We Can Make The Morning 22. Early Morning Rain 23. Sylvia 24. The Sound Of Your Cry Surprise Records will also include a special bonus feature … Look out for this great release that will be the first in a series of great future releases Liebe grüsse Herbi von www.elvisnachrichten.de (News, Source: Email) September Nights" CD: The SR label announced their new release: recordings of Elvis' September 4, 1970 Dinner Show and September 7, 1970 Closing Show, both recorded live in Las Vegas. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/elvis1959/cd_september_nights.jpg The press-release: The forthcoming release from the "SR" label scheduled for the beginning of September is titled "September Nights" and will feature two unreleased shows from Las Vegas September 04, 1970 Dinner Show (part only) + the complete show from September 07, 1970 Closing Night. As everybody knows SR concentrates on the early 70's live period of Elvis' activity, trying to provide unreleased shows with Elvis at the top of his ability. In this our ninth release, we are proud to present two very rare shows, one complete and part of the second to give you a more complete view of the last part of Elvis’ August 1970 season. Despite being the end of the season, Elvis' love of singing is clear in these tapes and we are glad to give you the opportunity to listen to them. The Dinner show from September 4th, as presented on this CD is almost complete, missing the last two tracks only. If we look closely at the late Vegas act of September 1970 we can see that Elvis although tired is still able to concentrate on the music to produce great shows. Elvis sings straight to the audience with pauses and jokes, but the performance is still solid and rough; the basic track listing is presented superbly. Songs like I got a Woman, You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling or Polk Salad Annie sound great; he presents the best of his repertoire from the season. The best song from this dinner show is without doubt the oldie “One Night” here performed in a very rough and concentrated way surely the best version of the season. The Closing Show of a memorable season maybe the best one, although shorter with respect to the early shows and not of comparable intensity but still valuable. Elvis performs the show in essence as his greatest hits of the season and he performs it as only he can at that moment. Songs like I Just Can’t Help Believing’, You’ve Lost Than Loving Feeling’ and Polk Salad Annie sound solid and well performed overall with feeling, the same feeling the we find at the end with Bridge Over Troubled Water, the best song of the show. These recordings come from an early generation copy of the master tape; the sound quality is very good considering the early season. The sound was restored in a studio to achieve the best possible results. We have spent hours in the studio over the digital restoration of the sound, to achieve the best possible results and to give you the chance to listen with pleasure. For the Third time from this label, this new CD will come in a deluxe DIGIPACK, containing a collection of live unreleased photographs of the August season, with a wide spectrum of jumpsuits included. Tracks: 01. Opening Vamp 0.38 02. That's All Right Mama 1.37 03. I Got A Woman 2.31 04. I Walk The Line (exc) 0.11 05. Monologue/Love Me Tender 6.53 06. I’ve Lost You 2.29 07. You’ve Lost Than Loving Feelin’ 4.09 08. Polk Salad Annie 4.12 09. Band Intro 2.34 10. Hound Dog (exc) 0.05 11. Johnny B.Goode 1.37 12. Band Intro 1.49 13. The Wonder Of You 3.07 14. One Night 1.37 Time 33.32 15. Opening Vamp 0.31 16. That's All Right Mama 2.20 17. I Got A Woman 2.36 18. I Walk The Line (exc)1.54 19. Monologue 3.07 20. I’ve Lost You 2.33 21. I Just Can’t Help Believin’ 4.37 22. You’ve Lost Than Loving Feelin’ 4.44 23. Polk Salad Annie 4.46 24. Introductions 8.05 25. Blue Suede Shoes 1.50 26. All Shook Up (inc.) 1.21 27. Hound Dog 2.01 28. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4.59 29. Can't Help Falling In Love 1.55 30. Closing Vamp. (inc.) 0.14 Time 45.46 Approximate Total running time: 79.30 Addition from FECC Forum: B) Here is the more in-depth tracklist for the shows, there are some songs missing: Las Vegas. September 4th Dinner Show - Vegas - 9/4/70 DS (available on CD-R) Songs performed at this show: That's All Right: I Got A Woman: I Walk The Line(excerpt): Cattle Call(Excerpt): Love Me Tender (False Start):I've Lost You: You've Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’: Polk Salad Annie: Introduction of Band: Hound Dog (excerpt): Johnny B. Goode: Introduction of Band: The Wonder Of You: Heart Break Hotel(2 false start only): One Night: Everybody Loves Somebody(Excerpt): Blue Suede Shoes-Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin’ on: Hound Dog: Bridge Over Troubled Water: Can't Help Falling In Love Las Vegas. September 8th 3AM Closing Show - King of Vegas Vol. 6 (Available on CD-R) Songs performed at this show: That's All Right: I Got A Woman-Amen: I Walk The Line (excerpt): Love Me Tender (false start only): I've Lost You: I Just Can't Help Believin’: You've Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’: Polk Salad Annie: Introduction of Band: Introduction of Colonel Parker and Vernon and Priscilla Presley: Heartbreak Hotel (2 false start): Blue Suede Shoes-Whole Lotta Shakin' On-Blue Suede Shoes: Introduction of Bill Porter. Felton Jarvis, and Light Man: All Shook Up (false start): Hound Dog (false start): Bridge Over Troubled Water: Can't Help Falling in Love (false start) Suit Worn At This Show: Chain Suit W/ Red Macramé Belt Musicians: White Top and Pants The Sweet Inspirations: White Top and Pants (News, Source: Elvis News)
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