SOLID AS A ROCK

(2-CD DIGIPACK STRAIT ARROW SPECIAL PRODUCTS)  

CD 1 – INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 27-08-1971 DINNER SHOW

CD 2 – INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 27-08-1971 MIDNIGHT SHOW

Audience recording

Straight Arrow is very pleased to bring you, as a first for the label, two concerts from 1971: The Las Vegas August 27th, 1971 dinner & midnight shows. And what a delight it is to get fresh tapes from this year, and from this season, and in rather decent sound too - a rarity for early Vegas seasons. The August 27th, 1971 Dinner and Midnight Shows are taken directly from an original audience recorded master tape Straight Arrow team is always looking for rare, unknown or seemingly lost recordings. Once again, the labels researchers were successful - the Aug. 27, 1971 D/S is a completely new show, even for die-hard Elvis fans. It has never been in circulation - in any form!

The Aug. 27, 1971 M/S was previously released from an awful sounding source. This release have nothing to do with Straight Arrow’s independently taped version! It's an added bonus that these shows are in rather pleasing sound, which is somewhat rare for 1971. This is also a year which is still a bit "under the radar", so any new recordings and insights from that year are most welcome.

Elvis' previous engagement there had shown clear signs of his high performing standard slipping, but here it sounds like he's back on track again. Both shows are tight, no-nonsense affairs with Presley in good voice and in strong form. He performs with focus and professionalism, and he sings a fantastic variety of music. It's interesting to note that already in '71, the difference between the dinner and midnight shows was becoming noticeable. Elvis sounds a tad low-key during parts of the dinner show, but he's firing on all cylinders a couple of hours later - the midnight show is truly sensational! This release is presented in a de-luxe double digipack, collection of photos taken in Del Webbs Sahara Tahoe hotel and at the Las Vegas International hotel in July and August, 1971. Some 1971 candid shots have also been added.

At a time when most labels are perfectly happy to keep on reissuing stuff that you already have in your collection, you can at least count on Straight Arrow to go that extra mile and bring you something new. And this fine release is yet another good example of that.

CD1 - Friday, August 27, 1971 Dinner Show
01. Orchestra Intro - 02. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 03. That’s All Right - 04. I Got A Woman - 05. Proud Mary - 06. Sweet Caroline - 07. Polk Salad Annie – 08. Instrumental intermezzo / Elvis talks - 09. Johnny B. Goode - 10. It’s Impossible - 11. Love Me - 12. Blue Suede Shoes / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Blue Suede Shoes - 13. Heartbreak Hotel - 14. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel - 15. Hound Dog - 16. Suspicious Minds - 17. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 18. I’m Leavin’ - 19. Love Me Tender - 20. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - 21. Can’t Help Falling In Love - 22. Closing Vamp / Announcements

CD2 - Friday, August 27, 1971 Midnight Show
01. Orchestra Intro - 02. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 03. That’s All Right - 04. I Got A Woman - 05. Proud Mary - 06. Sweet Caroline - 07. Polk Salad Annie - 08. Instrumental intermezzo / Elvis talks - 09. Johnny B. Goode - 10. It’s Impossible - 11. Love Me - 12. Blue Suede Shoes / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Blue Suede Shoes - 13. Heartbreak Hotel - 14. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel - 15. Hound Dog - 16. Love Me Tender - 17. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 18. Introduction of singer Vic Damone, actress Diahann Carroll and actress Jill St. John - 19. I’m Leavin’ - 20. Bridge Over Troubled Water (with reprise) - 21. Can’t Help Falling In Love - 22. Closing Vamp.

The Straight Arrow label has released some fine CD's in the past few years with some nice CD cover art. However, this one is very strange. The cover art looks as if someone made it at home in photoshop. This is the worst cover art I've ever seen from this label. 

THAT'S THE WONDER, THE WONDER OF YOU

The Rockabilly label releases this 4 CD longbox with the following material:

CD 1) INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 27-01-1971 MIDNIGHT SHOW

CD 2) INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 28-01-1971 MIDNIGHT SHOW

CD 3) INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 29-01-1971 MIDNIGHT SHOW

CD 4) INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 23-02-1971 CLOSING SHOW

The content of this box is well known to Elvis collectors. All well known stolen material.

A LEGENDARY PERFORMER

(16-CD BOX CROWN JEWEL MEDIA)

A Legendary performer is a 16 CD box by Crown Jewel Media with over 380 electric gems for your Elvis collection. It comes with a booklet with info. The release is a limited edition of 400 sets worldwide. The discs are obviously well known in the "Elvis world" and is only a must-have for the real Elvis collector.

BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY

(1-CD DIGIPACK STRAIT ARROW) 

LAS VEGAS HILTON HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 20-02-1973 DINNER SHOW

AUDIENCE RECORDING

Coming out soon is the new Straight Arrow CD titled "BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY", featuring the Las Vegas, February 20th, 1973 Dinner show. This recording is taken directly from an original Rex Martin „booth recorded“ mastertape. When Straight Arrow started releasing the Rex Martin tapes a few years ago, they caused quite a sensation in the Elvis world. For years they were known to exist, but here they finally were, in a quality that's rare for off-line recorded tapes. In fact, these tapes are so good sonically, that they can easily match anything that's out there. They are certainly as good as the Rick Rennie tapes and bring us the true joy of Elvis Presley on stage in a way that many sterile / unbalanced soundboards were never able to do. The cassette A-side label is marked „20th Feb. 73 Dinner show“, and on flipside there's „20th Feb. 73 Midnight show.“ To the producers big disappointment, the B-side was completely empty, perhaps recorded over / erased by mistake! So the recording of the 20th February 1973 Midnight show is – very likely – lost forever…

Nevertheless, the Feb. 20th, 1973 D/S is another completely new concert recording, even for die-hard Elvis fans. It has never been in circulation - in any form, and the sound quality is exceptionally good! Ask your local dealer for samples!

As usual, our new release is presented in Straight Arrow's standard deluxe digipack. Since there is a hand written notice on the cassette label: „Blue Suit / Silver Stars”, the producers assume that Elvis appeared in the „Owl suit“ - the only blue jumpsuit designed with silver stars. For this reason, we have decided to design the digipack with a collection of photos of Elvis wearing the „Owl suit“, as taken in November 1972

Tracklist:
01. Orchestra Intro - 02. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 03. C. C. Rider - 04. I Got A Woman / Amen - 05. Love Me Tender - 06. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 07. Steamroller Blues - 08. You Gave Me A Mountain - 09. Fever - 10. Love Me - 11. Blue Suede Shoes - 12. I’m Leavin’ - 13. Hound Dog - 14. What Now My Love - 15. Suspicious Minds - 16. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 17. Introduction of actor George Montgomery - 18. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear) / Don’t Be Cruel - 19. Can’t Stop Loving You (with false start) - 20. An American Trilogy - 21. Can't Help Falling In Love - 22. Closing Vamp / Announcements.

SINCERELY ELVIS

SINCERELY ELVIS (MONOPHONIC SOUND EDITION) (1-CD BOOTLEG SERIES SPECIAL EDITION)

Sincerely Elvis - presented as an original album from the sixties! - A great collection of songs released on 5 hitsingles and 1 EP in 1961/1962. Now for the first time on cd in original mono. Plus outtakes from “Wild In The Country” - and an intimate unedited interview from 1962! Comes with a 12 page booklet

THE MONO MASTERS - SIDE A
01 Surrender 1:54

02 Lonely Man 2:43

03 Flaming Star 2:28

04 Summer Kisses, Winter Tears 2:20

05 I Feel So Bad 2:54

06 Wild In The Country 1:53

THE MONO MASTERS - SIDE B

07 (Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame 2:07

08 Little Sister 2:32

09 Good Luck Charm 2:26

10 Anything That’s Part Of You 2:05

11 She’s Not You 2:10

12 Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello 1:57

ELVIS IN HOLLYWOOD - BEHIND THE SCENES

13 Wild In The Country (take 3, 4, 5 & 6) 2:15

14 Wild In The Country (take 7) 1:08

15 Wild In The Country (take 8) 1:42

16 Wild In The Country (take 9) 1:04

17 Wild In The Country (take 15, 17 & 18) 1:40

18 Wild In The Country (master with count-in) 1:55

ELVIS IN HOLLYWOOD - INTERVIEW

19 Intimate interview with Elvis (unedited) 38:28

(August 17, 1962 - Interviewer: Lloyd Shearer)

ELVIS' CHRISTMAS ALBUM

(1CD, ELVISONE, BOOTLEG SERIES)

The 2014 edition of “Elvis’ Christmas Album” by the ELVIS ONE label was sold out fast.

NOW we re-release the ELVIS ONE edition of Elvis’ Christmas Album as a single (budget) disc and with different artwork, including the 1959 cover of this wonderful and historic album! Including a 12 pages booklet.

THE ORIGINAL MONO ALBUM

1. Santa Claus Is Back In Town

2. White Christmas

3. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)

4. I’ll Be Home For Christmas

5. Blue Christmas

6. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)

7. Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem

8. Silent Night

9. (There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)

10. I Believe

11. Take My Hand, Precious Lord

12. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)

INSIDE ELVIS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM

13. White Christmas (Master with studio banter & count-in)

14. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) (Take 4)

15. (There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) (Take 5, 6, 8 & master)

16. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) (Take 6, 7, 8 & master)

17. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) (Take 9, 10, 11 & 12)

18. I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Mono version with echo from acetate)

19. Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem (Mono version with echo from acetate)

20. Special Message from Elvis / I’ll Be Home For Christmas

(Original version used for Elvis’ special Christmas program, december 3, 1967)

BONUS TRACKS

21. Peace In The Valley (Live version)

22. Elvis’ Christmas Album commercial (1957)

STEREO MIXES & OTHER VERSIONS All these versions were officially released through the years.

23. Blue Christmas (Original electronic stereo version)

24. Silent Night (Without piano intro)

25. White Christmas (Repaired intro without finger-snap)

26. I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Remastered with stereo effect)

27. Silent Night (Remastered with stereo effect)

28. Blue Christmas (Remastered with stereo effect)

29. White Christmas (Remastered with stereo effect)

30. Special Message from Elvis /  Silent Night (Album version)

ATLANTA SECOND STOP

(1-CD DIGIPACK MxF RECORDS)

OMNI COLISEUM, ATLANTA, USA, 29-06-1973…8:30 PM SHOW
AUDIENCE RECORDING

The MxF label will release soon a new volume dedicated to Elvis’ 1973 June Tour. This cd is entitled Atlanta ,Second Stop, featuring the Omni Coliseum June 29, 1973 8.30 PM Show.

The June Tour represent the second and last tour of the year, Elvis on tour means Elvis at the top of his possibilities. In the Omni coliseum Elvis performed five shows in the single the tour. The show here presented is the second one…The begin of the 1973 presents an Elvis still at the top, no more a rocking singer, He deliveries with enthusiasm the classic repertoire post-72 …...The year was begun with the glorious Hawaii TV satellite Show and after a pale useless Vegas season, Elvis recuperated from the fatigue, started the first tour of the year in a different mood … the second tour is even better with our man very energetic on stage, full of enthusiasm he sings with power delivering a solid and long show, with the classic repertoire of the 1973 including a incredible “Steaming rolling blues” version, together the really dramatic What Now My Love and the classic Bridge Over Troubled Water. In this specific solid show….. Elvis replaced the classic Bridge Over Troubled Water with the gospel How Great Thou Art and added two nice variation the sensitive Help Me Make It through The Night and the Beatles’ song Something… for the rest is the classic songs line up of the tour……. On stage is an impressive figure in the Orange Sunburst, the rocker attitude still intact, the voice great, the atmosphere enormous, the demand terrific, 17.143 lucky people attended at the show.

The show is unreleased and complete, here we present the show directly from a first generation copy of a privately-recorded 60-minute cassette. The sound is very good really impressive without doubt one of the best audience recording coming from the specific June tour. We are very proud to give you the opportunity listening with pleasure this solid show. Considering it was taped from the audience in a big hall the audio is incredibly good.. Elvis and overall the band is loud and clear, the sounds is very powerful in very good balanced mix the audience is never too intrusive giving instead the real feeling of the concert.

Like its predecessors, this new release will be presented in a beautiful four panels digipack with a collection of photos taken during show.. All the photos come from the Steve Rino & Bob Rush book, Elvis June 1973 tour.

The recording good quality and the superb show give to Atlanta second stop the status of UNIQUE.

Track list: As recorded live at Omny Coliseum, June 29, 1973 8.30 PM

01. See See Rider( missing first part) 02. I Got A Woman/Amen 03. Help Me Make It Through The Night 04. Steamroller Blues 05. You Gave Me A Mountain 06. Love Me 07. Blue Suede Shoes 08. Rock Medley 09. Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel 10. I’m Leavin’ 11. How Great Thou Art 12. Hound Dog 13. Fever 14. Something 15. What Now My Love 16. Suspicious Minds 17. Band Introduction 18. I’ll Remember You 19. I Can’t Stop Loving You 20. An American Trilogy 21. A Big Hunk O’ Love 22. Can’t Help Falling In Love 23. Closing Vamp
time 60,00 min.