JUNE '75

The Rock N Roll Majesty label did it once again: it stole four shows from other import CD's and this time the label released the shows from the June 1975 tour Elvis fans already have in their collection:

JUNE 6 1975 EVENING SHOW

JUNE 7 1975 AFTERNOON SHOW

JUNE 7 1975 EVENING SHOW

JUNE 8 1975 AFTERNOON SHOW

For some fans who don't know on which CD's these shows can be found, here's a little list:

June 6 1975 ES: The Creeping Crud Express disc 1 / Dallas Seventyfive

June 7 1975 AS: The Creeping Crud Express disc 2

June 7 1975 ES: FTD Another Saturday Night

June 8 1975 AS: Fly Trouble / Look Out Jackson Town

THE ASHEVILLE MARATHON

The well known Import label “AudiRec” is back with a very nice and special 4 CD box, titled “THE ASHEVILLE MARATHON” (AudiRec AR 197507234-2).

Hear three of the most unusual Elvis Presley Shows of the 1970´s! When Elvis came to Asheville, NC in late July of 1975 to play the final shows of his running tour, he was indeed in a “giving” mood. Elvis delivered a whole bunch of rarely performed song material and handled a big part of them in a kind of “Elvis By Request” style. Since his Record Company RCA was not on hand to record these shows professionally, we can be thankful that fans did record the shows at least with private (non-professional) equipment. One thing is clear: It would have been a big pity if none of those three shows would have been recorded and therefore been “lost” forever.

In July 1975, Elvis played 21 shows in 11 different cities. This tour was rated as being one of the very best in Elvis' last years. His powerful vocal delivery, his entertaining mood and his willingness to improvise various unusual songs are what make this tour such a stand-out, and the final 3 shows in Asheville, NC were simply stunning!

In Asheville Elvis also played the longest shows of the tour and performed many rarely sung songs. He was kind of promoting his new album “ELVIS TODAY” with “Shake A Hand”, “Fairytale”, “T.R.O.U.B.L.E.” and “Pieces Of My Life”. More than any time before he was interacting with his audience, singing songs by request. For example “Memphis Tennessee”, “An American Trilogy”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Jailhouse Rock”, “Something”, “Return To Sender” or “Wooden Heart”.

Elvis was in a hilarious mood. He gave away several golden rings and a fan in the first row - Mike Harris from Asheville - was lucky to get Elvis’ Gibson Ebony Dove guitar! It was the famous guitar which Elvis used in Aloha From Hawaii. Later in the show, Mike Harris thought Elvis was gonna ask for the guitar back, but Elvis leaned down and said: “'No that's yours. I gave that to you for a reason, and it's gonna help you out some day.”

These shows were previously released, but all original releases are very hard to find now. Instead of doing a simple “copy & paste” job, we have asked our friends from SA to help us to enhance the sound from scratch, so we are sure that those shows never sounded better! The release is presented in a strong and stable 25 x 14 cm de-luxe 4 CD Long-Box accompanied by a 16-page booklet, filled with a great collection of photos taken in Asheville and press reviews.

To make our release even more attractive for serious collectors, we present it in 3 different variations. It means 3 different covers and each cover´s got its own disc labels, too! The content of the CD´s does of course NOT vary! Choose the one version you like most or “collect all three”! In any case do not miss the opportunity to own your copy / copies of “THE ASHEVILLE MARATHON“! It’s the ultimate release of Elvis' magical July 1975 Asheville shows!

Tracks:

CD1: Asheville, NC, 22.07.1975

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra - 02. C. C. Rider - 03. I Got A Woman / Amen (medley) - 04. Big Boss Man (with reprise) - 05. Why Me Lord (Elvis solo) - 06. Love Me - 07. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - 08. Shake A Hand (performed 1st time, with 6 false starts) - 09. All Shook Up - 10. Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel (medley) - 11. Hound Dog - 12. The Wonder Of You - 13. Dialogue - 14. Memphis Tennessee (with false start) - 15. Funny How Time Slips Away (with reprise) - 16. Polk Salad Annie - 17. Band Introductions by J. D. Sumner - 18. Johnny B. Goode (instrumental, James Burton) - 19. Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) - 20. Bass Solo (Blues - Jerry Scheff) - 21. Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin) - 22. School Days

CD2: Asheville, NC, 22.07.1975

01. T.R.O.U.B.L.E. - 02. It's Now Or Never - 03. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (performed last time) - 04. How Great Thou Art (with reprise) - 05. Burning Love - 06. Let Me Be There - 07. Heartbreak Hotel - 08. Little Darlin' - 09. Mystery Train / Tiger Man (medley) - 10. Monologue - 11. Can't Help Falling In Love - 12. Closing Vamp

 Asheville, NC, 23.07.1975

13. Also Sprach Zarathustra - 14. C. C. Rider - 15. I Got A Woman / Amen (medley) - 16. BigBoss Man - 17. Love Me - 18. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - 19. It's Midnight - 20. All Shook Up - 21. Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel (medley) - 22. Hound Dog - 23. The Wonder Of You - 24. Turn Around, Look At Me - 25. Polk Salad Annie


CD3: Asheville, NC, 23.07.1975

01. Band Introductions - 02. Johnny B. Goode - 03. Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) - 04. Bass Solo (Blues - Jerry Scheff) - 05. Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin) - 06. School Day - 07. T.R.O.U.B.L.E. - 08. Why Me Lord (funny version) - 09. How Great Thou Art - 10. Let Me Be There (with reprise) - 11. Shake A Hand - 12. Fairytale - 13. Introduction of Vernon Presley - 14. Little Darlin' - 15. Mystery Train / Tiger Man (medley) - 16. Dialogue - 17. Funny How Time Slips Away (with reprise) - 18. It's Now Or Never - 19, Promised Land (performed last time) - 20. Can't Help Falling In Love - 21. Closing Vamp / Announcements.


CD4: Asheville, NC, 24.07.1975

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra - 02. That's All Right - 03. I Got A Woman (with false start) / Amen (medley) - 04. Big Boss Man - 05. Love Me - 06. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - 07. All Shook Up - 08. Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel (medley) - 09. Hound Dog - 10. An American Trilogy (by request) - 11. Heartbreak Hotel (by request) - 12. Jailhouse Rock (by request) - 13. Something (by request, performed last time) - 14. Return To Sender (by request, performed 1st time) - 15. Wooden Heart (by request) - 16. Hawaiian Wedding Song (with reprise, by request) - 17. Bridge Over Troubled Water - 18. Polk Salad Annie - 19. Band Introductions - 20. Johnny B. Goode - 21. Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) - 22. Bass Solo (Blues - Jerry Scheff) - 23. Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin) - 24. School Day - 25. T.R.O.U.B.L.E. - 26. Shake A Hand (one to last performance) - 27. Introduction of Vernon Presley and Dr. Nick - 28. Pieces Of My Life (only live version) - 29. How Great Thou Art (with reprise) - 30. Can't Help Falling In Love - 31. Closing Vamp / Announcements

BLACK TORNADO

2-CD DIGIPACK
E.P. COLLECTOR)  

PUBLIC AUDITORIUM, CLEVELAND, OHIO, USA, 06-11-1971 2;30 PM + 8;30 PM SHOWS

Audience Recording

Our new 2-CD is titled "BLACK TORNADO" 

Now, when majority of Elvis import labels is only re-releasing old stuff in new packages, E. P. Collector label is coming with another surprise! The Cleveland, November 6, 1976 Afternoon & Evening shows are previously unreleased and moreover, they were never available in listenable sound, until now!

Elvis November ’71 tour was rated as one of Elvis’ very best in the 70s. Compared with previous tours in September and November 1970, individual shows were longer and set list was variable more than before. It was the only tour in 1971 and it was the last time when Elvis was accompanied by The Imperials, too. Elvis played 14 shows in 12 days in 12 different cities.

Among the concert highlights there are fantastic performances of ,,Proud Mary“, „You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling“, „How Great Thou Art“ „I’m Leavin’“, „Bridge Over Troubled Water“, „Lawdy Miss Clawdy“ and „ The Impossible Dream“.

Both concerts are taken from direct transfers of recently-found original audience-recorded cassette tapes. Those shows were recorded by Elvis fan Joyce Bauer, who passed away a couple of years ago. She followed much of Elvis' 1971 tour in November, and her tapes have never been in circulation before. You may ask your supplier for samples.

This CD is packaged in a nicely designed double digipak with collection of images taken during both shows, reprints concert tickets and various press reviews and newspaper clippings.

If you have enjoyed our previous releases called „The First Time Ever I Lay With You“ and „Looked Into The Wings”, then you are sure to enjoy our latest release, too. 

CD1

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 Theme)
02. That’s All Right
03. Medley: I Got A Woman / Amen
04. Proud Mary
05. Love Me Tender (with false start)
06. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
07. You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
08. Polk Salad Annie
09. Instrumental / Introductions
10. Johnny B. Goode
11. Love Me
12. Heartbreak Hotel
13. Blue Suede Shoes
14. One Night
15. Hound Dog
16. How Great Thou Art
17. Band Introductions
18. I’m Leavin’
19. Blue Hawaii (excerpt) / Hawaiian Wedding Song
20. I Can’t Stop Loving You
21. Bridge Over Troubled Water (with reprise)
22. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
23. Can’t Help Falling In Love
24. Closing Vamp.

CD2

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 Theme)
02. That’s All Right
03. Medley: I Got A Woman / Amen
04. Proud Mary
05. Love Me Tender
06. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
07. You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
08. Polk Salad Annie
09. Instrumental / Introductions
10. Johnny B. Goode
11. Love Me
12. Heartbreak Hotel
13. Blue Suede Shoes
14. Hound Dog
15. The Impossible Dream
16. Bridge Over Troubled Water
17. Band Introductions
18. I’m Leavin’
19. Suspicious Minds
20. Can’t Help Falling In Love
21. Closing Vamp

As always with the E.P. Collectors label: the sound of this CD is awful. But don't take my word for it, you can hear a sample of this CD here

THERE'S A SWEET SPIRIT IN THIS PLACE

STRAIGHT ARROW - DIGIPACK

Originally Straight Arrow planned only the two CDs Rumble In Rode Island and My Wish Came True. But just weeks ago they were suddenly able to obtain this very interesting recording in excellent sound - and complete. We are aware of the fact that there is a so-called May 4th, 1976 D/S in circulation, but it presents only half of the show in average sound. It was even spliced with about 30 minutes of May 2nd, 1976 D/S! What we are releasing now is the real McCoy, folks!

So now for the first time ever - in excellent audience recorded sound, and complete from beginning to the end! The show is a true delight - Elvis is in a relaxed mood, singing remarkably well... Best show & best sound of the season!

This release is presented in a de-luxe 6-panel digipak with a collection of photos taken in Lake Tahoe, May 1976 as well as an original pre-season promotional article.

Tracklist: 

01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
02. C. C. Rider
03. I Got A Woman / Amen
04. Love Me
05. If You Love Me Let Me Know
06. You Gave Me A Mountain
07. All Shook Up
08. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
09. Tryin' To Get To You (with reprise)
10. My Way
11. Polk Salad Annie
12. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra
13. Early Morning Rain (instrumental)
14. What'd I Say
15. Drum Solo - (Ronnie Tutt)
16. Bass Solo (Jerry Scheff)
17. Piano Solo (Tony Brown)
18. Electric Piano & Clavinet Solo (Lady Madonna - David Briggs)
19. School Day
20. I'll Remember You
21. Hurt #1
22. Hurt #2
23. Hound Dog
24. Hawaiian Wedding Song
25. How Great Thou Art
26. Sweet Sweet Spirit (J. D. Sumner and The Stamps)
27. It's Now Or Never
28. Can't Help Falling In Love
29. Closing Vamp.

MY WISH CAME TRUE

STRAIGHT ARROW - DIGIPACK

It was the 1st tour of 1977 and in spite of his unhealthy look, Elvis was in solid voice - especially near the end of the tour. February 20 is one of best shows of the tour and it marked the first time that Elvis attempted his recent single „Moody Blue“.

Our release has been taken directly from a 1st generation copy of an original audience recorded master cassette tape, as recorded by Claude Baker (aka Crazy Canuck), who passed away in September 2016. Claude attended, and recorded, all of Elvis' shows during the February tour of 1977.

Portions of the Charlotte concert were previously released from a soundboard tape on the official 'Follow That Dream' label, but this show has never been available on CD in its entirety before. Note: This is the very last audience-recorded show from the February 1977 tour that is still unreleased. The sound quality is very good. There are highlights a-plenty, including a soulful 'You Gave Me A Mountain', strong versions of 'My Way' and 'How Great Thou Art', and a truly gorgeous 'Unchained Melody'.

As usual, this release is presented in a de-luxe 6-panel digipak, with a collection of photos taken in Charlotte, February 20th, 1977 and two local press reviews. With special thanks to our dear friend, the late Bob Heis.

Tracklist:
01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
02. C. C. Rider
03. I Got A Woman / Amen
04. Love Me
05. Fairytale
06. You Gave Me A Mountain
07. Jailhouse Rock
08. O Sole Mio (Sherrill Nielsen) / It's Now Or Never
09. Little Sister
10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
11. My Way
12. Moody Blue (excerpt)
13. How Great Thou Art
14. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra
15. Early Mornin' Rain
16. What'd I Say
17. Johnny B. Goode
18. Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt)
19. Bass Solo #1 (Blues - Jerry Scheff)
20. Bass Solo #2 (Battle Of New Orleans - Jerry Scheff)
21. Piano Solo (Tony Brown)
22. Love Letters
23. School Day
24. Hurt (with reprise)
25. Hound Dog
26. My Wish Came True (excerpt)
27. Unchained Melody (with false start)
28. Can't Help Falling In Love
29. Closing Vamp / Announcements.

RUMBLE IN RHODE ISLAND

STRAIGHT ARROW - DIGIPACK

Musical Chairs at The King's LairOur first release is titled “Rumble In Rhode Island: Musical Chairs at The King’s Lair”. This is Straight Arrow’s very first release from Elvis' June/July 1974 tour and the Providence concert is easily one of the best of the tour!

The Straight Arrow team is always looking for rare, unknown or seemingly lost recordings. Once again, the labels researchers were successful - the Providence, June 22nd, 1974 3pm is a completely new show, even for die-hard Elvis fans. It has never been in circulation - in any form! (note: there is CDR with a so-called Providence, June 22, 1974 Afternoon show in circulation, but this one is wrongly dated recording, in fact this is the evening show).

Our CD is taken directly from an original audience recorded mastertape source. It was recorded by the same guy who taped those other Providence concerts on June 26, 1976 (afternoon) and the May 23rd, 1977 shows, which we released in 2011 („Matinee Majesty“ and „Funny How Time Slips Away“, both hard to find CDs now). The sound quality is very good for an off-line recording in a big auditorium. Highlights include a pounding 'Big Boss Man', and a truly dynamite 'Trying To Get To You'. 'Help Me' is sung with great warmth and sincerity.

This release is presented in a de-luxe 6-panel digipak. Unfortunately, only very few useful Providence June 22, 1974 3pm photos were available, and other shots taken during June/July 1974 tour have been used.

Tracklist:

01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
02. C. C. Rider
03. I Got A Woman / Amen
04. Love Me
05. Tryin' To Get To You
06. All Shook Up
07. Love Me Tender
08. Hound Dog
09. Fever
10. Polk Salad Annie
11. Why Me Lord
12. Suspicious Minds
13. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra 
14. I Can't Stop Loving You
15. Help Me
16. An American Trilogy
17. Let Me Be There (with reprise)
18. Funny How Time Slips Away
19. Big Boss Man
20. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
21. Can't Help Falling In Love
22. Closing Vamp / Announcements.

ELVIS 1967

Elvis 1967 contains 23 tracks, including 22 outtakes previously unreleased by Elvis' record company; Also 3 official previously unreleased binaural recordings; and more!

As a bonus we've included all five radio spot announcements for the movie 'Clambake'. Only announcement #2 was available before on the Elvis Anthology cd from the Elvis One label. The booklet is complete with recording information and some rare photos! A new limited edition release from Elvis One!

01  A House That Has Everything (takes 2 & 3) 2:37
02  Stay Away, Joe (movie version, takes 1 & 2) 2:18
03  Let Yourself Go (binaural master) 3:12
04  You Don’t Know Me (movie version, take 18) 2:19
05  Speedway (unedited binaural master, take 4) 2:44
06  The Girl I Never Loved (takes 8, 10 & 11) 2:49
07  Stay Away, Joe (movie version, takes 3 & 4) 1:49
08  Suppose (instrumetal overdub) 3:04
09  Guitar Man (take 3) 0:56
10  You Don’t Know Me (movie version, takes 12 & 13) 2:59
11  Your Time Hasn’t Come Yet, Baby (binaural master) 2:04
12  Stay Away, Joe (movie version, takes 5 & 6) 2:22
13  He’s Your Uncle, Not Your Dad (dubdown for movie version) 2:38
14  You Don’t Know Me (movie version, takes 1 & 2) 2:24
15  Mine (takes 5, 6 & unused instrumental take 7) 3:19
16  Stay Away, Joe (movie version, take 8) 1:49
17  Stay Away, Joe (movie version, take 9) 1:41
18  Suppose (backing track) 3:04

Bonus tracks
19  Clambake (radio spot announcement # 1) 0:57
20  Clambake (radio spot announcement # 2) 0:56
21  Clambake (radio spot announcement # 3) 0:29
22  Clambake (radio spot announcement # 4) 0:29
23  Clambake (radio spot announcement # 5) 0:09

YOUNG AND BEAUTIEFUL

A new cd release from THE BOOTLEG SERIES by ELVIS ONE.

A special edition from The Bootleg Series by Elvis One - Including all the original album/single masters in stereo from the only known recordings surviving from the pre-stereo era plus some additional alternate versions. No fake stereo or electronic stereo but just as recorded in 1956 and 1957. For the first time together on one great new album and in the best possible sound! A new limited edition release from Elvis One!

01. Young And Beautiful 

02. I Want To Be Free 

03. Jailhouse Rock 

04. Loving You (Alternate take, KX take 8) 

05. Is It So Strange (Undubbed master take 12) 

06. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 

07. Blueberry Hill 

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

09. I Beg Of You (Alternate master) 

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

11. Mean Woman Blues 

12. Let Me 

13. Poor Boy 

14. We’re Gonna Move 

15. Love Me Tender 

16. Treat Me Nice (Undubbed movie master) 

17. Don’t Leave Me Now (Alternate master - hit record version) 

18. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (Alternate take 2)

SWINGING INTO THE ACTION

To be released soon, Swinging Into The Action (SR Records) with focus on Elvis’ April&June 1972 tour, featuring Albuquerque NM April 19th 1972 and the Milwaukee WI, June 14th, 1972. Both the shows are previously unreleased taken directly from a first generation tape.

The SR attitude is to present Elvis at the peak of his possibility and without any doubt Elvis’ first two Tours in 1972 present him at the top of his possibilities, delivering maybe shows shorter than the previous November 1971 tour, but still solid. If Rock is an attitude the man still has it. The performances are terrific, rough and sharp.

Here are presented two unreleased shows from the April and June tour. Both the show are very similar, the track list is minimized and the shows are practically identical, with some minor exception like the rare “The First Time Ever Saw Your Face “ included in the final Show of Albuquerque..

We are happy and proud of the result we hope you can enjoy too, in spite of the limitation of the audience recording, we are talking of a big Arena shows not of the intimate Las Vegas showroom. The shows are fantastic and the track listing is solid, Elvis is delivering us a sort of greatest hits. Starting from his latest single Until It’s Time For You To Go then with the Anthem An American Trilogy passing the best single of 1969, Suspicious Minds without forgetting the glorious fifties with Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog…. All the songs are very well performed.

This new SR special Product will be housed in a deluxe LONG DIGIPACK, containing a 6 pages of foldout booklet with focus and details on the tour including a collection of live photographs newspapers clips and memorabilia plus a high quality glossy 135 gram paper poster of 50x26 cm size and a high glossy paper bonus art card of 25x13 cm of size..

In matter to have a special collector item, the 400 copies will be presented with FOUR different sleeves VARIATION .All the copies will come hand numbered and individually sealed and Please remember!! This is a LIMITED HAND NUMBERED 400 COPIES

Recorded Live At Tingley Coliseum , Albuquerque NM April 19th 1972
Time 57 min
01. 2001 Theme 02. CC Rider 03. Proud Mary 04. Never Been To Spain 05. Love Me Tender 06.You Gave Me A Mountain 07. Until It’s Time For You To Go 08. Polk Salad Annie 09. Love Me 10. All Shook Up 11.Teddy Bear 12. Don’t Be Cruel 13. Heartbreak Hotel 14. Hound Dog 15. How Great Thou Art 16 I Can’t Stop Loving You 17. Suspicious Minds 18. Band Introductions 19. For The Good Times 20. An American Trilogy 21. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 22. Funny How Time Slips Away (+ reprise) 23. Can’t Help Falling In Love 24. Closing Vamp
Recorded Live At Auditorium Arena, Milwaukee WI, June 14th, 1972
Time 52 min.
01.That’s All Right 02. Proud Mary 03. Never Been To Spain 04. Until It’s Time For You To Go 05.You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 06. Polk Salad Annie 07. Love Me 08. All Shook Up 09 .Heartbreak Hotel 10.Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 11. Love Me Tender 12. Bridge Over Troubled Water (missing the reprise) 13. Hound Dog (missing first part) 14. Suspicious Minds 15. Band Introductions 16. For The Good Times 17. An American Trilogy 18. Funny How Time Slips Away 19. I Can’t Stop Loving You 20. Blue Suede Shoes 21.Can’t Help Falling In Love 22. Closing Vamp

THE BAD NAUHEIM TAPES PART 1 & 2

These days, it’s almost a miracle when something new turns up, especially when it’s from Elvis’ finest years. Two hours’ worth of homerecordings from 1959 sounds too good to be true, and yet here it is.

These remarkable recordings were made while Elvis lived in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Listening to these recordings, it’s clear that he is having a good time with his pals, but the keen listener will also note that he is mapping out his musical future.  

Gospel music was always his first love, so naturally that’s well represented here. Most notable are several stabs at ‘He Knows Just What I Need’, and it’s not unlikely that the idea to record it at some point was born here. Same with ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’, a song that would be a million seller for him one year later.

There’s some clowning around by all involved (most notably a goofy Lamar Fike reading the news), but what stands out most from these recordings is Elvis’ commitment to his music, his level of ambition and his determination to master several of these songs. What you hear on these significant recordings is an artist who knew that he had to reinvent himself in order to sustain a successful career. These private recordings offer a fascinating insight into the artist redefining his art at a crucial point in his career, and as such, this is essential listening for the Elvis fan & scholar.

Only a small part from these tapes have been released before, but the bulk of it is unreleased – almost three hours of Elvis at home, relaxed, doing what he loved most – making music.

            

ElvisOne is proud to be able to release these recordings as a 2 + 1 CD set, with rare photos from te timeframe, background notes and detailed track info. Available now!

THE BAD NAUHEIM TAPES | PART 1

CD 1:

I'm Beginning To Forget YouI Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (ending only)Mono LisaI Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)Guitar PieceDanny Boy (take 1)Danny Boy (rehearsing a few lines)*Danny Boy (take 2)*Loving YouI'm Beginning To Forget You (not Elvis)*Dialogue / Christmas / Santa Claus Is Back In Town / Loving YouDialogueLoving You (not Elvis)*Lamar Fike's radio commercials*I'm Beginning To Forget You (not Elvis)*I'm Beginning To Forget You (incomplete)I'm Beginning To Forget You
For the first time you can hear all tracks unedited!
*Previously unreleased

CD 2:
All tracks on cd 2 previously unreleased!
ELVIS THE BAD NAUHEIM TAPES - PART 2
I Asked The Lord (take 2)
Apron Strings (#1)
Soldier Boy (take 1)*
Such A Night (1 line) / Soldier Boy (take 2)
I Asked The Lord (take 3)
I Asked The Lord (take 4)
I Asked The Lord (rehearsing the ending)*
I Asked The Lord (incomplete)
I Asked The Lord (working on final notes)
I Asked The Lord (working on song's conclusion)*
Piano Solo (#1)*
Earth Angel (take 1)
Earth Angel (take 2)
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (fast #1)
Hound Dog (incomplete)*
Piano Solo (#2)*
At The Hop
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (slow #1)
Apron Strings (#2)
It's Been So Long Darling / Dialogue
Earth Angel (intro) / I Will Be True
There's No Tomorrow
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (slow #2)
Que Sera Sera / Hound Dog (#1)
I Asked The Lord
I Asked The Lord (rehearsing the ending)
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (fast #2)
Apron Strings (#3)
The Titles Will Tell
At The Hop (2 lines) / Give Me Oil In My Lamp
Que Sera Sera / Hound Dog (#2)
Piano Solo (#3)
Send Me Some Lovin' (#1)*
Dialogue / Send Me Some Lovin' (#2)
For the first time you can hear all tracks unedited!

*Previously unreleased

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT - THE UNCUT BAD NAUHEIM TAPES

VIK known for their release GREETINGS FROM GERMANY is proud to present THE COMPLETE UNCUT BAD NAUHEIM TAPES.
3 hours of Elvis recordings from Bad Nauheim.
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? OH LONESOME ME LIKE A BABY COOL WATER (YES! THE MARTY ROBBINS SONG) HIS HAND IN MINE
AND MANY MORE!
THIS 3 CD SET WILL BE RELEASED IN A DELUXE FOLD OUT LONGBOX PACKAGING.
Ask your dealer for the original VIK release. There is only one original.

DISC 1
01 Conversation 02 I’m Beginning To Forget You #1 03 I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You) 04 Mona Lisa 05 I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You) 06 Guitar Jam 07 Danny Boy #1 08 Danny Boy #2 09 Danny Boy #3 / Loving You 10 Unknown Jam 11 I’m Beginning To Forget You (not Elvis) 12 Clowning Around / WHBQ advertisement 13 Chubby “Lamar” Fike Take The Mike / Funny Talk 14 I’m Beginning To Forget You #2 15 Elvis Does A MGM Commercial 16 Talking And Clowning Around 17 Santa Claus Is Back In Town 18 Loving You 19 Clowning Around 20 Loving You (not Elvis) 21 Clowning Around 22 Lamar Fike – Reading The News For WHBQ 23 I’m Beginning To Forget You – few seconds only 24 Lamar Fike – Reading The News For WHBQ 25 I’m Beginning to Forget You 26 I’m Beginning To Forget You (not Elvis) 27 I’m Beginning To Forget You – few attemps + complete 28 I’m Beginning To Forget You – Few attempts till tape runs out.

DISC 2
01 I Asked The Lord 02 I Asked The Lord #2 03 Apron Strings #1 04 Soldier Boy 05 Such A night 06 Soldier Boy #2 07 I Asked The Lord #3 08 I Asked The Lord #4 09 I Asked The Lord – rehearsal of the ending 10 I Asked The Lord #5 11 I Asked The Lord – rehearsal of the ending 12 Piano Solo – Jingle Bells 13 Earth Angel #1 14 Earth Angel – rehearsal of the ending 15 I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen #1 16 Hound Dog 17 Piano Solo 18 At The Hop 19 I’ll Take You Home Kathleen #2 20 Apron Strings #2 21 It’s Been So Long Darling 22 Earth Angel / I Will Be True 23 There’s No Tomorrow 24 I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen #3 25 Que Sera Sera / Hound Dog 26 I Asked The Lord #6 + ending reprise 27 I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen #4 28 Apron Strings # 3 29 The Titles Will Tell 30 At The Hop – Give Me My Oil Lamp 31 Que Sera Sera – Hound Dog – Piano Solo 32 Send Me Some Lovin’ 33 Send Me Some Lovin’ #2
DISC 3
01 Dialogue 02 He Knows Just What I Need #1 / Working On The Building 03 He Knows Just What I Need #2 04 He Knows Just What I Need #3 05 He Knows Just What I Need #4 06 He Knows Just What I Need #5 07 He Knows Just What I Need #6 08 He Knows Just What I Need #7 09 Funny News reading 10 He Knows Just What I Need #8 11 He Knows Just What I Need #9 12 He Knows Just What I Need #10 13 Cool Water 14 Like A Baby 15 His Hand In Mine 16 Young Love (Red West) 17 His Hand In Mine (few attempts) 18 Return To Me 19 His Hand In Mine (few attempts) 20 His Hand In Mine 21 His Hand In Mine – ending taped over 22 Bits & Pieces 23 Just A Closer Walk With Thee 24 If I Didn’t Care For You 25 Are You Sincere 26 Are You Lonesome Tonight? 27 Stand By Me (several attempts) 28 Just A Closer Walk With Thee 29 Take My Hand, Precious Lord 30 Oh Lonesome Me

This is Elvis like you never heard him before. With loads of unreleased material & notes from the files of Rex Mansfield. An awesome collection! For the first time you will hear Elvis sing in private:

This is exact how it appeared on the tapes, remastered for your listening pleasure but UNCUT! So expect some microphone overload or volume changes througout the tape. These tapes "UNCUT" is how real collectors need to have it in their collection.

SUMMER FESTIVAL 1970 - SPLICED TAKES

Another great album in this fine series, containing some very rare tracks from the “That’s the Way It Is” era.

This time some amazing splices were made from some of the rehearsals for the actual movie, since they were for rehearsal purposes the actual listening pleasure is missing in some way, because of the many breaks and repeating parts, until now.

Next to the rehearsals, excellent studio splices are also included as well as a great live version of “Just Pretend” with reprise.

I Just Can’t Help Believing – July 24, rehearsal
Twenty Days and Twenty Nights – July 14, rehearsal
How the Web Was Woven – Alternate Master *
Patch It Up – Spliced take 2,7,1
Mary in the Morning – July 24, rehearsal
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – August 4, rehearsal
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – July 24, rehearsal (funny version)
I’ve Lost You – August 10, rehearsal
Just Pretend – Live August 11/12 (with reprise)
Stranger in the Crowd – July 24, rehearsal
The Next Step is Love – Spliced take 2,6
Bridge Over Troubled Water – July 24, rehearsal 

ELVIS' FORTY GREATES ONES

We’d like to present to you a collection containing Elvis’ first takes, recorded throughout the 60's and 70's. We at Gladyson consider these first takes to be on par and sometimes even better than the master recordings. Elvis in the studio did some magnificent first takes, but as sessions tend to go, the songs keep evolving, and everything gets perfected, but some of the magic seems to dissapear with each passing take. We have chosen the best first takes and collected them in this 40 track housed in a beautiful 6 panel double disc digi-pack, which we hope you enjoy. We have left some dialogue in where fitting, and are pleased with the results. Instead of listening to the masters, get out of your shell, put this disc into your player, and enjoy ''The Perfect 1''.

Disc 1:
01. Such A Night (Take 1) 02. Make Me Know It (Take 1) 03. Fever (Take 1) 04. I Met Her Today (Take 1) 05. I Believe In The Man In The Sky (Take 1) 06. Joshua Fit The Battle (Take 1) 07. Lonely Man (Take 1, Solo) 08. Forget Me Never (Take 1) 09. In My Way (Take 1) 10. In Your Arms (Take 1) 11. Anything That's Part Of You (Take 1) 12. Please Don't Drag That String Around (Take 1) 13. Memphis, Tennessee (Take 1, 1963 Version) 14. Down In The Alley (Take 1) 15. You'll Never Walk Alone (Take 1) 16. Wonderful World (Take 1) 17. It Hurts Me (1968 Version, Take 1) 18. If I Can Dream (Take 1) 19. Without Love (Take 1) 20. Power Of My Love (Take 1)

Disc 2:
01. Cindy, Cindy (Take 1) 02. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Take 1) 03. How The Web Was Woven (Take 1) 04. Heart Of Rome (Take 1) 05. Snowbird (Take 1) 06. Where Did They Go Lord (Take 1) 07. Miracle Of The Rosary (Take 1) 08. I've Got Confidence (Take 1) 09. Put Your Hand In The Hand (Take 1) 10. He Is My Everything (Take 1) 11. Fool (Take 1) 12. Girl Of Mine (Take 1) 13. I Miss You (Take 1) 14. I've Got A Feelin' In My Body (Take 1) 15. My Boy (Take 1) 16. Loving Arms (Take 1) 17. And I Love You So (Take 1) 18. T-R-O-U-B-L-E (Take 1) 19. It's Easy For You (Take 1) 20. Moody Blue (Take 1)

What can I say about this release? In my opinion a "live shot" for a studio outtakes album makes no sense. If you do a search in your favourite music programme on "[song, take 1] then you will found out that these first take songs are taken from FTD releases!  So this is a total waste of money and skip this one!

UNEDITED MASTER - LIFE

After a short break VENUS PRODUCTIONS continues their very successful series Unedited Masters

Once again, we managed to present you unreleased-/ unedited-/alternate tracks. All tracks are digitally transferred from the ORIGINAL studio tapes to guarantee you the best possible sound you’ll ever gonna get. Highlight of this release are, without a doubt, the unreleased takes of LIFE. Get ready for some great surprises!

Track listing:

MARY IN THE MORNING*  alternate mix (Take 4)  - I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW*  alternate mix (Take 4) - I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER**  Complete master, overdubbed (Take 1) – LIFE*  unreleased (Take 17) - 20 DAYS AND 20 NIGHTS  Take 6,7*,8 - STRANGER IN THE CROWD  Take 1 & 7* - FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY*  alternate mix (Take 1) – LITTLE CABIN ON THE HILL*  longer/from better source (Take 1) – RAGS TO RICHES  from better source (Take 2) – JUST PRETEND  from better source (Take 1,2) – THE SOUND OF YOUR CRY  from better source (Take 4,5,6) – I’LL NEVER KNOW  from better source (Take 4) – TOMORROW NEVER COMES  from better source (Master) – WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ GOING ON  from better source (Take 2) - LIFE*  masturbator version (Take 18,19) -  POWER OF MY LOVE*  Master no overdubs (Take 7)  - MY LITTLE FRIEND*  Vocal overdub of January 16  - TRUE LOVE TRAVELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD*  Master different mix (Take 11)  - POWER OF MY LOVE  Master alternate mix  

* Unreleased
** Officially unreleased