OL’ SWIVEL HIPS STILL WOVS’ EM APRIL – MAY 1977

This deluxe box set is focused on the third tour of 1977. Elvis’ live performances in 1977 are often criticized and not without a reason. But Elvis was still offering his fans an enjoying time, the magic of seeing Elvis in person probably exceeded the fact he often delivered a standard and sometimes even mediocre performance. The reactions of the spectators are very telling. 

They scream, shout and get wild for their hero. While listening to the recordings of these shows you cannot draw any other conclusion than that the shows were below par. But the charisma of Elvis was enormous, which probably made this unnoticed by most of the fans present. This set mostly contains soundboard & multitrack recordings but also contains two rare audience recordings. These high quality audience recordings of the April 27 & 30 performances deserve a place in this box set. Both being first class audience recordings and remastered from scratch to achieve an optimal listening experience. 

This 6 cd set includes a wonderful booklet with many rare and unpublished photo’s.

Tracklisting 

DISC 1

APRIL 23, 1977 
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, CENTENNIAL HALL
TOLEDO, OHIO
01 O Sole Mio / It’s Now Or Never
02 Little Sister
03 Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
04 And I Love You So
05 Fever
06 Polk Salad Annie
07 My Way
08 Introductions
09 School Days
10 Hurt
11 Hound Dog
12 Can’t Help Falling In Love
13 Closing Vamp
Bonus Stereo / Multitrack Versions:
April 23, 1977  
14 Polk Salad Annie
15 My Way 
Bonus Tracks:
16 Unchained Melody 
Overdubbed Master April 24, 1977
17 If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 
Overdubbed Master April 26, 1977
18 Little Darlin’ 
Overdubbed Master April 24, 1977
 
DISC 2
APRIL 24, 1977
CRISLER ARENA
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
01 Love Me
02 If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
03 You Gave Me A Mountain
04 Tryin’ To Get To You
05 O Sole Mio / It’s Now Or Never
06 Little Sister
07 Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
08 Help Me
09 My Way
10 Polk Salad Annie
11 Hurt
12 Hound Dog
13 Unchained Melody
14 Little Darlin’
15 Can’t Help Falling In Love
16 Closing Vamp
Bonus Stereo / Multitrack Versions:
April 24, 1977
17 Blue Hawaii / Little Sister
18 Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 
19 Help Me 
20 Unchained Melody 
21 Little Darlin’
April 25, 1977 
Civic Center
Saginaw, Michigan
22 Heartbreak Hotel 
23 My Way
 
DISC 3
APRIL 26, 1977 
WINGS STADIUM
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
01 Love Me 
02 Fairytale 
03 If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 
04 You Gave Me A Mountain 
05 Jailhouse Rock 
06 O Sole Mio / It’s Now Or Never 
07 Big Boss Man
08 Heartbreak Hotel  
09 Blue Suede Shoes 
10 And I Love You So 
11 My Way
12 Hound Dog 
13 Can’t Help Falling In Love 
14 Closing Vamp
Bonus Stereo / Multitrack Versions: 
April 26, 1977
15 If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 
16 O Sole Mio / It’s Now Or Never 
April 27, 1977 - Auditorium Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
17 Polk Salad Annie 
April 29, 1977 - Arena, Duluth, Minnesota
18 Bridge Over Troubled Water 19 Big Boss Man 
April 30, 1977 - Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
20 Hound Dog 
May 1, 1977 - Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
21 My Way 
May 2, 1977 - Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
22 Fairytale 23 My Way
 
DISC 4
MAY 3, 1977 
SAGINAW CENTER
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
01 That’s All Right
02 Trouble
03 I Got A Woman / Amen
04 Love Me
05 Happy Birthday / Big Boss Man
06 Hound Dog
07 Tryin’ To Get To You
08 Jailhouse Rock
09 My Way
10 Little Sister
11 Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
12 Help Me
13 O Sole Mio / It’s Now Or Never
14 Love Me Tender
15 Why Me Lord
16 Polk Salad Annie
17 Mystery Train / Tiger Man
18 Can’t Help Falling In Love
Bonus Stereo / Multitrack Versions:
May 3, 1977
19 Help Me
20 Mystery Train / Tiger Man ●
21 Can’t Help Falling In Love ●
● Different Source
 
DISC 5
Bonus Audience Recorded Concert
April 27, 1977
Auditorium Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
01 Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 See See 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 Jailhouse Rock
08 O Sole Mio / It’s Now Or Never
09 Little Sister
10 Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
11 And I Love You So
12 My Way
13 Polk salad Annie
14 Introductions
15 Early Morning Rain – John Wilkinson
16 What’d I Say – James Burton
17 Johnny B. Goode
18 Introduction: Ronnie Tutt Drum Solo
19 Introduction: Jerry Scheff Bass Solo
20 Introduction: Tony Brown Piano Solo
21 Introduction: Bobby Ogdin Electric Keyboard Solo
22 School Days
23 Hurt (& Reprise)
24 Hound Dog
25 Can’t Help Falling In Love
26 Closing Vamp
27 Elvis Has Left The Building
 
DISC 6
Bonus Audience Recorded Concert
April 30, 1977 
Civic Center, Centennial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
01 Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 See See Rider
03 I Got A Woman / Amen
04 Rip It Up
05 Love Me
06 If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
07 You Gave Me A Mountain
08 Jailhouse Rock
09 It’s Now Or Never
10 My Way
11 Hound Dog
12 Kathy Westmoreland 
    My Heavenly Father
13 Polk Salad Annie
14 Introductions
15 Early Mornin’ Rain – 
    John Wilkinson
16 Delta Lady – James Burton
17 Introduction: Ronnie Tutt
18 Introduction: Jerry Scheff
19 Introduction: Tony Brown
20 Introduction: Bobby Ogdin
21 Talking With The Audience
22 The Wonder Of You
23 Blue Suede Shoes
24 Hawaiian Wedding Song
25 Can’t Help Falling In Love
26 Closing Vamp

THE ELVIS SOUND OF THE SIXTIES CD/LP

This high quality album (including bonus CD) featuring 18 rare and hard to find alternate versions of these classics is now available. Great stuff: beautiful ballads as well as some great rockers!

And as always housed in a STUNNING full color sleeve suitable for framing!
This high quality 180 grams virgin vinyl pressing is now available in RED or BLUE vinyl.
Don't miss out on this wonderful limited edition album.

Tracklisting:

SIDE A
(It’s) A Long Lonely Highway – Take 1
Puppet On A String – Take 10
In Your Arms – Take 1
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers – Take 1
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Take 5
What A Wonderful Life – Take 1
Kiss Me Quick – Take 10
Home Is Where The Heart Is – Take 7
Put The Blame On Me – Take 2

SIDE B
Gonna Get Back Home Somehow – Take 4
Tender Feeling – New Mix
Slowly But Surely – Take 1
I Need Somebody To Lean On – Take 5
Bossa Nova Baby – Take 6
What’s She Really Like – Take 5
Anything That’s Part Of You – Take 3
Little Egypt – Movie Version
Come What May – Take 7

COMPACT DISC:
(It’s) A Long Lonely Highway – Take 1
Puppet On A String – Take 10
In Your Arms – Take 1
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers – Take 1
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Take 5
What A Wonderful Life – Take 1
Kiss Me Quick – Take 10
Home Is Where The Heart Is – Take 7
Put The Blame On Me – Take 2
Gonna Get Back Home Somehow – Take 4
Tender Feeling – New Mix
Slowly But Surely – Take 1
I Need Somebody To Lean On – Take 5
Bossa Nova Baby – Take 6
What’s She Really Like – Take 5
Anything That’s Part Of You – Take 3
Little Egypt – Movie Version
Come What May – Take 7

COUNTRY BALLADS

Now available in the well-received "BALLADS" series is "COUNTRY BALLADS". As a follow up to “California Ballads” and after the great success of the previous releases "NASHVILLE BALLADS", "MEMPHIS BALLADS" & “VEGAS BALLADS” this is a compilation of some of his best country style ballads. Housed in a beautiful deluxe 6 panel digipack.

TRACKLSTING:
Just Call Me Lonesome – take 4
Pieces Of My Life – take 4 / undubbed master / incl. count in
Charro – undubbed master
Loving Arms – string overdub of undubbed master
This Is The Story – backup vocal overdub of undubbed master
Never Again – take 4
Gentle On My Mind – repaired undubbed master / different mix
Early Morning Rain – 1973 version / take 1
And I Love You So – take 1 / incl. count in
There’s A Honky Tonk Angel – unedited take 1
Green Green Grass Of Home – take 5 / undubbed master
Let’s Forget About The Stars – master take 5 / rough mix
If I’m A Fool (FOR Loving You) – take 9 / unedited undubbed master
Help Me Make It Through The Night – fs & take 10
Kentucky Rain – take 10 / undubbed master
She Thinks I Still Care – 1980 mix / no backup vocals
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain – 1980 mix
Funny How Time Slips Away – 1980 mix
I Really Don’t Want To Know – live / june 19 1977

ROUSTABOUT AT THE FAIR - spliced takes

Another nice "spliced" album with lots of surprises, this time the producers choose to use both ROUSTABOUT and IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.

Combined you get a new fresh album which sounds like it's brand new mainly due to the clever edits which also brings extended and very different sounding versions of master tracks.

Just listen to the incredible version of "Roustabout" with a running time of 5.01 minutes, including 8 different takes to make a very nice new track.

"It's A Wonderful World" has a longer intro and sounds very different due to the different mix, and also "Big Love Big Heartache' sounds very different although there was only one take to work with.

Fans of the series will know what to expect and will again not be disappointed by this nice release.

The artwork also "combines"  the two movies in a clever way.

TRACKLISTING:

Roustabout - Spliced take 1,2,3,5,5,7,10,12

Take Me To The Fair - Spliced take 5,5,7

It's Carnival Time - Spliced take 9,12

I'm A Roustabout - Extended Master

One Broken Heart For Sale - Spliced take 2,3,1

One Track Heart -  Extended Master

Hard Knocks - Spliced take 4,11

Beyond the Bend - Spliced take 1,2,3

Little Egypt - Spliced take 21,15,15

How Would You Like To Be - Spliced take 3,4

Carny Town -  Extended Master

It's A Wonderful World -  Extended Master

A World of Our Own -  Extended Master

Poison Ivy League - Alternate Master

Cotton Candy Land - Spliced take 3,4

Relax - Spliced take 12,13

I'm Falling In Love Tonight - Spliced take 7,8

Wheels On My Heels -  Extended Master

Big Love, Big Heartache - Spliced Master

They Remind Me Too Much Of You - Spliced take 6,1,4,4

There's A Brandnew Day -  Extended Master

Happy Ending - Spliced take 4,6

 

TO GOOD TO BE CRUE - Live Chronicles volume 3

After his '69 comeback on stage Elvis wanted more. In 1970 there were two more seasons in Vegas, both were partly recorded for a live release. (On Stage and That's The Way It Is) Lots and lots of songs were tried out, some stayed in the show, some were only song once. The title of this new CMT album lives up to their name, since it has an amazing collection of live songs, presented on 2 discs, one for the February Season, and one for the August Season. Like the previous releases in this series, the edits make it sound like it is one great live show... which would be... "To Good To Be True"  

TRACKLISTING:

 All tracks are from Multi track except for *  

DISC ONE:

All Shook Up - January 26 (OS) *
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road - January 26  (OS) *
Blueberry Hill/Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - February 23 (CS) *
It's Now Or Never - February 23 (CS) *
Don't Cry Daddy - February 18 (DS)
Kentucky Rain - Spliced version February 16 (DS) / 19 (MS)
The Wonder of You - February 19 (MS)
Sweet Caroline - February 17 (DS)
Proud Mary - February 19 (DS)
Walk A Mile in My Shoes - February 16 (DS) 
Polk Salad Annie - February 17 (DS)
C.C. Rider - February 18 (MS)
Release Me - February 19 (MS)
Long Tall Sally - Spliced version  February 19 (MS) /18 (DS)
Hound Dog - February 15 (MS)
Let It Be Me - February 16 (MS)

DISC TWO:
That's All Right - August 12 (MS)
Just Pretend - August 12 (MS)
The Next Step is Love - August 10 (OS)
I Just Can't Help Believing - August 10 (OS)
I've Lost You - August 11 (DS)
You've Lost That Loving Feeling - August 12 (MS)
One Night - August 12 (MS)
Blue Suede Shoes - August 12 (MS)
Patch It Up - August 10 (OS)
Little Sister/Get Back - August 12 (MS)
I Was the One - August 12 (MS)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - August 11 (MS)
Stranger in the Crowd - August 13 (DS)
Something - August 11 (DS)
Twenty Days and Twenty Nights - August 12 (DS)
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - August 10 (OS)
There Goes My Everything - August 11 (MS)
Make the World Go Away - August 13 (DS)
Suspicious Minds - August 13 (DS)
Can't Help Falling in Love - August 13 (DS)
BONUSTRACKS:
Folsom Prison Blues - August 14 (MS) *
I Walk the Line - August 14 (MS) *
Sweet Inspiration - August 20  *
When the Snow is On the Roses - August 24 (MS) *
Oh Happy Day - August 14 (MS)  *

 

ELVIS GOOD TIMES IN VEGAS

A new release by Touchdown! We’re proud to present our new release „Good Times In Vegas“ which contains the former released midnight show from August 9, 1972. The new release of the Las Vegas concert does sound excellent for this kind of recordings. Elvis delighted his audience with a strong setlist and lots of highlights. As usual the release is accompanied with a 16 page booklet and lots of rare photos and seldom seen memorabilia.

 

Tracklisting

(01) Also Sprach Zarathustra

(02) See See Rider

(03) Proud Mary

(04) Until Its Time For You To Go

(05) You Dont Have To Say You Love Me

(06) Youve Lost That Loving Feeling

(07) Polk Salad Annie

(08) Elvis Talks With The Audience 

(09) What Now My Love

(10) Fever

(11) Love Me

(12) Blue Suede Shoes

(13) One Night

(14) Little Sister-Get Back

(15) Heartbreak Hotel

(16) Hound Dog

(17) Elvis Talks With The Audience 

(18) For The Good Times

(19) Suspicious Minds

(20) Band Introductions

(21) My Way

(22) A Big Hunk Of Love

(23) An American Trilogy

(24) Cant Help Falling In Love

(25) Closing Vamp