THE MONO MASTERS 1969-1975

ELVIS PRESLEY THE MONO MASTERS (BOOK IN BOX + 5 CD’S)   

LP SIZED HARDCOVER BOOK – 480 PAGES, 5 CD’S BONUS PICTURE WITH 2016 CALENDAR ON BACK

Elvis Presley in MONO  is how most listeners first heard Elvis in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was the predominant audio format. Until 1968, each Elvis album was given a unique MONO and STEREO mix, but Elvis always regarded the MONO mix as primary. This was also true for singles. Up until affordable home STEREO systems in the late 1960s, the record industry always regarded STEREO as secondary, going back to its debut in the late 1950s. MONO singles, EPs and LPs were the standard for retail and radio. Simply put, MONO had all of the sound mixed in a single channel and was meant to be listened to on a turntable with a built-in speaker, a car radio, or a stand-alone AM radio receiver. The goal was to create MONO master takes with as much clarity and power as possible.

When EMI released MONO masters of the Beatles in 2009, they received rave reviews. Left out in the cold were Elvis’ loyal fans. Somehow, SONY didn’t see a reason why they might want the pleasure of listening to his original MONO mixes. So when we first heard about the existence of the original MONO master tapes of Elvis’ hit singles, it was an easy decision to make these available to the fans in a five-disc collection. Elvis' acclaimed MONO tracks have been newly-mastered for CD, using the best digital technology. Hours were dedicated to concentrated listening, fastidiously comparing these master tapes with mint, MONO first pressings. The result is a perfect reproduction of Elvis' original MONO vinyl sound!

Track listing:

Stuck On You - Fame And Fortune - It's Now Or Never - A Mess Of Blues - Are You Lonesome Tonight? - I Gotta Know – Surrender - Lonely Man - I Feel So Bad - Wild In The Country - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame - Little Sister - Can't Help Falling In Love - Rock-A-Hula-Baby - Good Luck Charm - Anything That's Part Of You - She's Not You - Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello - Return To Sender - Where Do You Come From? - One Broken Heart For Sale - They Remind Me Too Much Of You - (You're The) Devil In Disguise - Please Don't Drag That String Around - Bossa Nova Baby - Witchcraft - Kissin' Cousins - It Hurts Me - Kiss Me Quick – Suspicion - What’d I Say - Viva Las Vegas - Such A Night - Never Ending - Ask Me - Ain't That Loving You Baby - Do The Clam - You'll Be Gone - Crying In The Chapel - I Believe In The Man In The Sky - Such An Easy Question - It Feels So Right - I'm Yours - Long Lonely Highway - Puppet On A String - Wooden Heart - Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Blue Christmas - Tell Me Why - Blue River - Frankie And Johnny - Please Don't Stop Loving Me - Love Letters - Come What May – Spinout - All That I Am - If Everyday Was Like Christmas - How Would You Like To Be - Indescribably Blue - Fools Fall In Love - Long Legged Girl - That's Someone You Never Forget - There's Always Me – Judy - Big Boss Man - You Don't Know Me - Guitar Man - Hi-Heel Sneakers - U.S. Male - Stay Away - You'll Never Walk Alone - We Call On Him - Let Yourself Go - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - A Little Less Conversation - Almost In Love - If I Can Dream - Edge Of Reality – Memories - In The Ghetto - Any Day Now - Clean Up Your Own Backyard - The Fair's Moving On - Suspicious Minds -You'll Think Of Me - Don't Cry Daddy - Rubberneckin' - Kentucky Rain - My Little Friend - Mama Liked The Roses - The Wonder Of You - I've Lost You - The Next Step Is Love - Patch It Up - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - I Really Don't Want To Know - There Goes My Everything - Rags To Riches - Where Did They Go Lord – Life Only Believe - I'm Leavin' - Heart Of Rome - It's Only Love - The Sound Of Your Cry - Merry Christmas Baby * - O Come All Ye Faithful * - Until It's Time For You To Go * - We Can Make The Morning * - Bosom Of Abraham * - He Touched Me * - An American Trilogy * - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face * - Burning Love * - It's A Matter Of Time * - Separate Ways * - Always On My Mind * - Fool * - Steamroller Blues * - Raised On Rock * - For Ol' Times Sake * - If You Talk In Your Sleep * - Help Me * - Promised Land * - It's Midnight * - My Boy * - T-R-O-U-B-L-E * - Bringing It Back * - Pieces Of My Life *

* Unreleased original MONO mixes, taken from mint acetates

**The size of this set will be some 30x30x7 cm and it weighs 4,5 kilos.

Please stay tuned for our next release with new and unreleased movie outtakes!

 

LIVE IN LAS VEGAS

(1-CD UNIVERSUM PRODUCTIONS) 

INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 07-08-1969 DINNER SHOW

Audience recording

Coming soon from the new label "Universum Productions" in the Elvis world is the almost complete Dinner Show from August 7,1969. This performance was recorded from the audience at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. It has a familiar sound like other already released audience recorded tapes of that period. We would classify it "average"....ask for a sample and we´re sure you weren´t disappointed. The show itself of course is really great.

Tracklist:

1. Intro - Blue Suede Shoes (2:28) 2. Foolin‘ Around (1:07) 3. I Got A Woman (2:19) 4. All Shook Up (1:49) 5. Elvis Welcomes The Audience (1:22) 6. Love Me Tender (2:56) 7. Jailhouse Rock - Don‘t Be Cruel (2:06) 8. Heartbreak Hotel (2:17) 9. Hound Dog (slightly incomplete) (2:08) 10. Havin‘ Fun On Stage (0:50) 11. Memories (2:55) 12. Talking With The Audience (1:32) 13. Mystery Train - Tiger Man (4:42) 14. Life Story (incomplete) (5:47) 15. Baby What You Want Me To Do (2:31) 16. Runaway (2:18) 17. Are You Lonesome Tonight (3:01) 18. Yesterday - Hey Jude (4:13) 19. Band Introductions (3:14) 20. In The Ghetto (2:41) 21. Suspicious Minds (6:49) 22. What‘d I Say (4:08) 23. Can‘t Help Falling In Love (2:02)

ELVIS REACHES AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

(1-CD DIGIPACK E.P.COLLECTOR) 

MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, 28-03-1977

Audience recording

Expected soon is our new CD titled ”ELVIS REACHES AUSTIN CITY LIMITS” (label E.P. Collector, catalogue number EPC 2016-05), recorded live from the audience in Austin, TX, March 28th, 1977. The 2nd tour of 1977 was cut short due to illness, but some of the concerts were surprisingly good, especially the Abilene show on March 27th. In Austin, Elvis performs another solid and entertaining show. Note: David Briggs was replaced by Bobby Ogdin on electric piano and clavinet. Among the concert highlights are ”You Gave Me A Mountain“, ”Little Sister”, ”Help Me”, “Fever“ and ”Hurt”. Special moment: it was the very last time that Elvis performed “Steamroller Blues” – a really cool performance! The March 28th, 1977 Austin, TX show was previously released 14 years ago by the “Crown” label (a poor sounding CD called “Elvis Slips Into Austin”). Fortunately, the E.P. Collector producers were able to locate the very good sounding original audience recorded master cassette, taped with a recorder equipped with two microphones. The result is a rich and ambient sound - ask for samples! The CD is packaged in a nicely designed digipak filled with a positive concert review from the local press and a collection of cool images taken on March 28, 1977 in Austin, TX.

Tracklist:

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 Theme) - 02. C. C. Rider - 03. medley: I Got A Woman / Amen - 04. Love Me - 05. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - 06. You Gave Me A Mountain - 07. Jailhouse Rock - 08. medley: O Sole Mio (Sherrill Nielsen) / It's Now Or Never - 09. Little Sister - 10. medley: Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel - 11. That's All Right (with false start and break) - 12. Steamroller Blues (performed for last time) - 13. Help Me - 14. Fever - 15. Band Introductions - 16. Early Mornin' Rain - 17. What'd I Say - 18. Johnny B. Goode - 19. Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) - 20. Bass Solo (Blues - Jerry Scheff) - 21. Piano Solo (Tony Brown) - 22. Electric Piano Solo (Bobby Ogdin) - 23. School Day - 24. Hurt - 25. Hound Dog - 26. Can't Help Falling In Love - 27. Closing Vamp / Announcements. 

Running time: 62:13

LIVE AT DEL WEBB'S

(1-CD TOUCHDOWN)  

SAHARA HOTEL, LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA, USA, 25-05-1974 MIDNIGHT SHOW

Audience recording

"The new Touchdown release will be a good sounding audience recording from the midnight show on May 25, 1974 in Lake Tahoe. Also the recording isn’t fully complete, we thought as it is such a fine concert that it deserves a release. For your information we like to add, that the introductions of the musicians, the singers and the orchestra are missing. Also omitted from the recording is “Funny How Time Slips Away”. A different source includes the song, but the soundquality was really bad. So for a better listening experience we decided to not include it. “Big Boss Man” and “Can’t Help Falling In Love” are from the same source as the main part of the show, but both are probably from a lower-generation tape. They were first used for the old bootleg "Big Boss Man In Lake Tahoe" to complete the recording of the Dinner Show on May 24, 1974. Nonetheless the soundquality is nearly the same. Added to the midnight show from May 25, 1974 are three bonus songs from the dinner show on May 24, 1974: “Help Me”, “An American Trilogy” and “I’ll Remember You” (first released on the CD “Big Boss Man At Lake Tahoe”).

Tracklisting

[01] See See Rider [2:53] - [02] I Got A Woman/Amen [5:36] - [03] Elvis Welcomes The Audience [0:32] - [04] Love Me [1:33] - [05] Trying To Get To You [2:34] - [06] All Shook Up [1:07] - [07] Love Me Tender [1:47] - [08] Havin‘ Fun On Stage [0:29] - [09] Surrender (one line)/ You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me [2:02] - [10] Johnny B Goode [1:53] - [11] Hound Dog [1:22] - [12] Fever [3:12] - [13] Polk Salad Annie [4:04] - [14] Why Me Lord [2:53] - [15] You Gave Me A Mountain [3:25] - [16] Suspicious Minds [3:43] - [17] I Can’t Stop Loving You [2:21] - [18] I’m Leavin’ [3:31] - [19] Bridge Over Troubled Water [4:30] - [20] Let Me Be There [2:52] - [21] The Wonder Of You [2:04] - [22] Big Boss Man [2:33] - [23] Can’t Help Falling In Love [2:06] - [24] Help Me [2:39] - [25] An American Trilogy [3:54] - [26] I’ll Remember You [2:25]

Tracks 1-23 recorded on May 25, 1974 (MS)

Tracks 24-26 recorded on May 24, 1974 (DS)

Note:

Unfortunately this is again an audience recording. Although the Touchdown releases are fine to listen too, I think we can honestly say: "do we need this?". I mean, during the years we already had a good sounding soundboard release from Fort Baxter "And The King For Dessert" and a few years later the same show was re-released as Elvis At Lake Tahoe Nevada by the Elvis Concert Fan label.

ELVIS IN HOUSTON

(4-CD LONGBOX, ROCKABILLY EMPIRE) 

CD 1) HOUSTON ASTRODOME, HOUSTON, TX, USA, 01-03-1974 AFTERNOON SHOW

CD 2) HOFHEINZ PAVILLION, HOUSTON, TX, USA, 04-06-1975  8:30 PM SHOW

CD 3) HOFHEINZ PAVILLION, HOUSTON, TX, USA, 05-06-1975  8:30 PM SHOW

CD 4) THE SUMMIT, HOUSTON, TX, USA, 28-08-1976  AFTERNOON SHOW

As you can see, this is only for the real Elvis collector. There's nothing new here [as usual with these boxsets].