KENTUCKY RAIN, BACK BY POPULAR REQUEST

Sunday, February 22, 1970 Midnight Show, Las Vegas International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

This CD is titled "KENTUCKY RAIN" (SA/SP 2019-57-0Sunday, February 22, 1970 Midnight Show, Las Vegas International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

This CD is titled "KENTUCKY RAIN" (SA/SP 2019-57-02). The February 22nd, 1970 Midnight show is a previously unreleased concert, taken directly from an original audience recorded master tape. This concert was never available in good sound quality thus far (note: in 2007, the "SR" label released a so-called February 22nd, 1970 Midnight show on the "Rock In Black" double CD, but this show was wrongly dated and in fact it was the February 23rd, 1970 Dinner show!)

The February 22nd, 1970 Midnight show recording is slightly incomplete, missing the last song "Can't Help Falling In Love", so we have included this song in the same good sound, as taken from the February 20th, 1970 Dinner show, to make the concert "complete" for listeners' comfort.

As usual, this release is presented in a de-luxe 6-panel digipak, with a collection of photos taken in Las Vegas, NV, February 1970 and a press review.

Tracklist:

01. Opening Vamp - 02. All Shook Up - 03. I Got A Woman - 04. Long Tall  Sally - 05. Don't Cry Daddy - 06. Hound Dog - 07. Monologue - 08. Love Me Tender (with false start) - 09. Kentucky Rain - 10. Let It Be Me - 11. I Can't Stop Loving You - 12. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (false start only) - 13. C. C. Rider - 14. Sweet Caroline - 15. Polk Salad Annie - 16. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 17. Suspicious Minds - 18. Introduction of Roy Orbison - 19. Can't Help Falling In Love.

Track 19 taken from February 20th, 1970 Dinner show.2). The February 22nd, 1970 Midnight show is a previously unreleased concert, taken directly from an original audience recorded master tape. This concert was never available in good sound quality thus far (note: in 2007, the "SR" label released a so-called February 22nd, 1970 Midnight show on the "Rock In Black" double CD, but this show was wrongly dated and in fact it was the February 23rd, 1970 Dinner show!)

The February 22nd, 1970 Midnight show recording is slightly incomplete, missing the last song "Can't Help Falling In Love", so we have included this song in the same good sound, as taken from the February 20th, 1970 Dinner show, to make the concert "complete" for listeners' comfort.

As usual, this release is presented in a de-luxe 6-panel digipak, with a collection of photos taken in Las Vegas, NV, February 1970 and a press review.

Tracklist:

01. Opening Vamp - 02. All Shook Up - 03. I Got A Woman - 04. Long Tall  Sally - 05. Don't Cry Daddy - 06. Hound Dog - 07. Monologue - 08. Love Me Tender (with false start) - 09. Kentucky Rain - 10. Let It Be Me - 11. I Can't Stop Loving You - 12. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (false start only) - 13. C. C. Rider - 14. Sweet Caroline - 15. Polk Salad Annie - 16. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 17. Suspicious Minds - 18. Introduction of Roy Orbison - 19. Can't Help Falling In Love.

Track 19 taken from February 20th, 1970 Dinner show.

LIKE A GREEK GOD

The September 4th, 1970 Midnight show is a previously unreleased concert, taken from an original audience recorded tape. In 2005, the "Memory Records" label used 6 tracks from this tape as a bonus for "The Midnight Hour" CD. Unfortunately, the August 4th, 1970 Midnight show recording is incomplete, missing the last 3 songs. We have decided to add the same songs as taken from the September 5th, 1970 Midnight show to make the show "complete" for listeners' comfort.

The September 7th, 1970 Closing night was released by the "SR" label in 2008 in very poor, muffled sound, taken from a degraded x-generation copy (the "September Nights" CD). Once again we have used an original master tape and restored it to crisp, clear perfection. Elvis' crazy Closing night performance never sounded better - until NOW!

Both concerts presented on this release were recorded by same person. This release is presented in a de-luxe 8-panel digipak, with a collection of photos taken in Las Vegas, NV, August 1970 and a press review.

Tracklist:

CD1 (04.09.1970 M/S)
01. Orchestra Intro (ending only) / Opening Vamp - 02. That's All Right - 03. I Got A Woman / Amen - 04. Monologue / La Bamba (one line) / I Walk The Line (one line) - 05. Love Me Tender (with false start) - 06. I've Lost You - 07. I Just Can't Help Believin' - 08. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - 09. Polk Salad Annie - 10. Crying Time (one verse) - 11. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 12. Johnny B. Goode - 13. Introductions cont'd / playing with laughing box - 14. Introduction of Trini Lopez, Paul Anka / My Way (one line) - 15. The Wonder Of You - 16. Heartbreak Hotel (false starts only) - 17. One Night (with false start) - 18. Blue Suede Shoes - 19. Hound Dog - 20. Bridge Over Troubled Water - 21. Can't Help Falling In Love - 22. Closing Vamp.

Track 18 spliced with 05.09.1970 Midnight show.

Tracks 19-22 taken from 05.09.1970 Midnight show.

CD2 (07.09.1970 C/S)

01. Orchestra Intro - 02. Opening Vamp - 03. That's All Right - 04. I Got A Woman / Amen - 05. Monologue / I Walk The Line (one line) - 06. Love Me Tender (false start only) - 07. I've Lost You - 08. I Just Can't Help Believin' - 09. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - 10. Polk Salad Annie - 11. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra / Bob Dylan impersonations - 12. Introduction of Shirley Bassey, actor James Shigeta ("Paradise Hawaiian Style") - 13. Introduction of Colonel Tom Parker, Vernon Presley, Priscilla Presley - 14. Heartbreak Hotel (only 4 funny false starts) - 15. Blue Suede Shoes / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Blue Suede Shoes - 16. Introduction of sound engineer Bill Porter, Felton Jarvis, light man - 17. All Shook Up (with false start) - 18. Hound Dog (with 2 false starts) - 19. Bridge Over Troubled Water - 20. Can't Help Falling In Love (with 2 false starts) - 21. Closing Vamp.

DUETS AND HARMONIES

CMT 

Over the years there were many duets released with Elvis, during his life, but even more after his death , many "Stars" wanted to do a song with "The King" .

CMT is proud to present this incredible release, which has original duets, rare "harmony" versions and some newly made duets not released on any cd!
Duets include: Lisa Marie Presley, Connie Francis, Ray Charles, Cliff Richard, Anita Wood, Dale Watson, Kitty White, Charlie Hodge, Michael Buble, Nancy Sinatra, Ann Margret, J.D. Sumner, Barbara Streisand, Dolly Parton, Helene Fischer, Jerry Reed, Celine Dion, Shaun Nielsen, The Gatlin Brothers and Glen Cambell!
Some harmony versions included in this set are also not  to be missed! "Fever" has Elvis singing multiple verses at once which sounds very rare and unusual.

"Kissin' Cousins" combines both the "Hillbilly" overdub and the "Regular" overdub... this is the only release where "Josh and Jody" sing the whole song together!
"Baby, I Don't Care" has two very different sounding takes of Elvis, and does now sound like a nice duet!
Combine all these tracks with some great duets from earlier hard to find releases and you will have a very unusual new album including 28 tracks!
The artwork fits the release very well, inside all the stars have "signed" their autograph, giving it an authentic touch since it is made just like a record album with fold out sleeve.

Tracklisting
I Love You Because - with Lisa Marie Presley
My  Happiness - with Connie Francis
Blue Suede Shoes - with Cliff Richard
I Can’t Help It - with Anita Wood
I’ll Never Stand in Your Way - with Ray Charles
Baby, I Don’t Care - Harmony version
Tomorrow Night - with Dale Watson
Crawfish - with Kitty White
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - with Michael Buble
Santa Lucia - Harmony version
I Will Be Home Again - with Charlie Hodge
Fever - Harmony version
Kissin’ Cousins - Harmony version
There Ain’t Nothing Like A Song - with Nancy Sinatra
Today, Tomorrow and Forever - with Ann Margret
Let Me - Harmony Version
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - with J.D. Sumner
(featuring The Imperials and The Jordanaires)
Love Me Tender - with Barbara Streisand
Just Pretend - with Helene Fischer
In the Ghetto - with Dolly Parton
Proud Mary - featuring Ike and Tina Turner
Guitar Man - with Jerry Reed
If I Can Dream - with Celine Dion
Softly, As I Leave You - with Michael Buble
(featuring Sherril Nielsen)
Bringing it Back - with Sherril Nielsen
Help Me - with The Gatlin Brothers
We Call on Him - with Glen Campbell
Where No One Stands Alone - with Lisa Marie Presley

Just listen to the beautiful duet between Elvis and Dolly Parton, this version of "In the Ghetto" is very different from the original, and stands on it's own... it could have been a great release for a record, and without a doubt would have topped the charts!

"Ray Charles" provides a great "orchestrated" version of "I'll Never Stand In Your Way" where a very young Elvis joins him as if he was singing along with the record at home, the same goes for "My Happiness" with "Connie Francis" "Ike and Tina Turner" start of "easy" and Elvis takes over with a very "rough" rockin' version of "Proud Mary".

The 1958 duet "Crawfish" featuring Kitty White and Elvis has been re-edited now this really is a duet version which works very well!

Another highlight is the included version of "Softly, As I Leave You" .. "Michael Buble" sings the song, where Elvis recites the words.. in the end "Shaun Nielsen" joins in to make a breathtaking ending which leaves you with goosebumbs!

"JD Sumner" takes the lead, where "The Imperials" blend in to do the first part of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" , then Elvis and "The Jordanaires" bring the song home!

Most of the CMT/Star releases are nice to listen to, but this is really a very bad job, what a pathetic release this is!

OUT IN HOLLYWOOD - VOLUME TWO

We all remember the "good old days" when FTD released their first releases like "The Jungle Room Sessions", "Fame and Fortune" and "Out in Hollywood". Time for some action!

The new label " MTP " (Meant to be Played) is proud to present their first release:
"OUT IN HOLLYWOOD volume 2" a release with some very rare and hard to find "complete" outtakes!
The artwork matches the original first release and has the same "feel" ... this looks to be a real winner!

"OUT IN HOLLYWOOD volume 2" 
1.    Roustabout - take 13
2.    Bossa Nova Baby - take 11
3.    Let Yourself Go - Reversed Master
4.    Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby - take 1   
5.    If You Think I Don't Need You take 2
6.    A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You take 2
7.    Flaming Star take 5 
8.    Wonderful World take 3
9.    Catchin' On Fast - Take 4 (unedited)
10.  Do the Vega - take 2 
11.  Yoga is As Yoga Does - take 4
12.  My Desert Serenade - take 10
13.  Sand Castles KO take 8   
14.  I Need Somebody To Lean On take 5 
15.  It's Carnival Time take 12
16.  Stay Away, Joe - take 9
17.  Edge of Reality take 2
18.  Charro! - Rough Mix 
19.  Almost - take 25
20.  I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here take 5 
21.  Kissin' Cousins (regular overdub) take 2
22.  Let Me - take 3

Those cds were in our players for weeks, due to all the unreleased stuff, great sound quality and last but not least the fact there were a lot of complete outtakes never heard before.

After a while, although the releases were still fantastic, we got more and more cds with lots of outtakes from the same songs, great for collecting, but listening pleasure was a bit less fun...

I DO A LOT O' THINGS, BUT I CAN''T FLY!

Touchdown proudly presents another show from the August/ September engagement in 1971, recorded on August 20, 1971 dinner show. 

The tracklisting is enjoyable and so is Elvis! We worked hard to improve the sound quality and hope that you'll enjoy the result as much as we do. As usual the CD is accompanied by a full-color 16 page booklet with lots of rare photos and information on the event itself.

01 Radio Advert for the Summer Engagement (0.21)
02 Also Sprach Zarathustra (1.36)

03 That‘s Alright Mama (2.19)

04 Proud Mary (2.45)05 Love Me Tender (with fs) (2.40)

06 ‘Honey, I Do A Lot O‘Things...’ (0.34)

07 Sweet Caroline (2.26)

08 Polk Salad Annie (4.14)

09 “I Recorded 420 Songs, But...” (0.50)

10 Johnny B. Goode (1.43)

11 It‘s Impossible (with fs) (3.41)

12 Love Me (1.40)

13 Blue Suede Shoes/Whole Lotta Shakin‘ Goin‘ On (1.35)

14 Heartbreak Hotel (1.40)15 Teddy Bear/ Don‘t Be Cruel* - incomplete (2.10)

16 So High (one line only) (1.15)

17 Hound Dog (1.11)

18 Little Sister/ Get Back (2.04)

19 Elvis Talks With The Audience (0.23)

20 Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1.54)

21 Band Introductions (2.29)

22 I‘m Leavin‘ (3.17)

23 Help Me Make It Through The Night (1.57)

24 Mystery Train/ Tiger Man* (2.09)

25 Karate Demonstration (0.25)

26 Can‘t Help Falling In Love (2.02)