Pages

4/19/2021

Paradise Road Records presents Elvis sings SWEET INSPIRATION and other great songs! Including the complete August 20, 1970 midnight show and recordings from the dinner and midnight show of August 19, 1970 and the dinner show of August 20, 1970. All great sounding audience recordings! Including songs like 'Sweet Inspiration', 'Memphis Tennessee', 'Polk Salad Annie', 'I Just Can't Help Believin', 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', 'Heartbreak Hotel' (with 4 false starts), 'Tiger Man' (2 versions with 1 as the show opener), and song excerpts from 'Ave Maria', 'More' and 'Along Came Jones'. A total of 33 tracks. Of course this cd comes with a nice booklet. 

1. ORCHESTRA INTRO
 2. OPENING VAMP
 3. THAT’S ALL RIGHT
 4. I GOT A WOMAN / AVE MARIA (excerpt)  / I GOT A WOMAN
 5. TIGER MAN
 6. MONOLOGUE / PLAYING WITH LAUGHING BOX
 7. LOVE ME TENDER (with false start)
 8. I’VE LOST YOU
 9. SWEET CAROLINE
10. YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING
11. POLK SALAD ANNIE
12. INTRODUCTIONS
13. SWEET INSPIRATION
14. INTRODUCTIONS
15. JOHNNY B. GOODE
16. INTRODUCTIONS
17. THE WONDER OF YOU
18. HEARTBREAK HOTEL
19. BLUE SUEDE SHOES
20. HOUND DOG
21. MORE (excerpt)
22. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
23. SUSPICIOUS MINDS
24. CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
25. CLOSING VAMP / ANNOUNCEMENTS

BONUS TRACKS
26. OPENING VAMP / TIGER MAN
27. HEARTBREAK HOTEL (with 4 false starts)
28. YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
29. I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVIN’
30. ALONG CAME JONES (excerpt)
31. ONE NIGHT
32. ALL SHOOK UP
33. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE

All tracks recorded live at the Showroom, International Hotel,
Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tracks 2-25 recorded on August 20, 1970, midnight show.
Tracks 1, 29, 31, 32 recorded on August 19, 1970, midnight show.
Track 25 ‘Announcements’ and track 33 recorded on August 20, 1970, dinner show.
Tracks 26, 27, 28, 30 recorded on August 19, 1970, dinner show.

FLAMING STAR & SUMMER KISSES

Originally released in the UK only, september 1965 and never released on cd until now.

All tracks on this album are presented in Mono as on the original album. For this cd release we’ve included 2 bonus tracks: A special recorded message by Elvis to his UK fans for the ‘New Musical Express Poll Concert’, Wembley’s Empire Pool, England, April 26, 1964. Previously unreleased in this quality on cd - and an interview with Peter Noone from August 18, 1965. With these bonus tracks this is THE ELVIS UK ALBUM and deserves a release on cd.
A nice collection that reached #11 on the UK album charts on October 9, 1965. Don't miss this limited edition!

THE ORIGINAL MONO ALBUM
SIDE 1
01. FLAMING STAR
02. MEAN WOMAN BLUES
03. LOVING YOU
04. (Let Me Be Your) TEDDY BEAR
05. IT’S NOW OR NEVER
06. HOT DOG

SIDE 2
07. SUMMER KISSES, WINTER TEARS
08. PARTY
09. LONESOME COWBOY
10. GOT A LOT O’ LIVIN’ TO DO
11. TRUE LOVE
12. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT

BONUS TRACKS
13. 1964 GREETINGS TO HIS UK FANS (master recording)
14. ELVIS AND PETER NOONE (interview)

I guess the Dutch fanclub owner didn't have any time left to desgin a proper cover sleeve? This is terrible!

DEMO & ACETATES

New cd release from Elvis One. ELVIS PRESLEY DEMO & ACETATES is a special edition release with 29 tracks, including (rare) acetate recordings and (songwriter) demos. Some of these recordings are still unreleased by Elvis' record company like the edited movie version of 'Mean Woman Blues', the undubbed movie version of 'Earth Boy', the unedited vocal overdub of 'I've Got To Find My Baby', the instrumental track of 'If I Can Dream', a radio commercial for the 'Big show in Denver, April 8, 1956', and many others. Also included are the acetate homerecordings of 'Dark Moon', 'Write To Me From Naples' and 'My Heart Cries For You'. As a special bonus you can hear six songwriter demos. For most of these recordings we've used the unrepaired recordings so nothing is lost from the original sound.

01. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (private recording) 2:49
02. I’ll Never Stand In Your Way (private recording) 2:02
03. Fool, Fool, Fool (radio demo) 1:53
04. Shake, Rattle And Roll (radio demo) 2:23
05. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (live) 1:50
06. Hearts Of Stone (live) 2:01
07. Radio Spot ‘Big show in Denver, April 8, 1956’ 1:08
08. Dick Clark Phone Interview 4:30
09. Earth Boy (undubbed movie version) 2:40
10. The Walls Have Ears (overdubbed movie version) 2:50
11. Mexico (dubbed movie version) 2:07
12. Girl Happy (original composite master) 2:05
13. I’ve Got To Find My Baby (unused alternate track 1) 2:12
14. I’ve Got To Find My Baby (unedited vocal overdub) 2:09
15. Dark Moon #1 (homerecording) 3:20
16. Dark Moon #2 (homerecording) 2:54
17. Write To Me From Naples (homerecording) 2:36
18. My Heart Cries For You (homerecording) 1:47
19. Almost In Love (instrumental 2006, take 4) 3:11
20. A Little Less Conversation (instrumental) 2:19
21. If I Can Dream (instrumental) 3:08
22. ‘I Play This Record For You’ (personal message by Elvis) 0:09
23. Mean Woman Blues (edited movie version) 2:03

SONGWRITER DEMOS
24. Wisdom of the Ages (demo for ‘Harum Scarum’) 2:23
25. Hard Knocks (demo for ‘Roustabout’) 1:55
26. This Way To Paradise (demo for ‘Viva Las Vegas’) 2:08
27. Easy Come, Easy Go (demo) 1:35
28. I Need Somebody To Lean On (demo for ‘Viva Las Vegas’) 3:03
29. Fun In Acapulco (demo) 2:16

ELVIS PRESLEY IN PERSON, BLOCH ARENA

From The Bootleg Series: 'ELVIS PRESLEY in PERSON, BLOCH ARENA, PEARL HARBOR - THE DOUBLE ALBUM'.

All known recordings from and related to the benefit concert from March 25th, 1961 on one great new cd release. Newly remastered, unedited and complete! We wanted to present this concert in the best possible sound and as originally recorded, so including the accasionally microphone feedback which was part of the show (infact, Elvis reacts on this). And also as complete as possible, so including the complete radio broadcast 'Elvis Salutes The USS Arizona', the complete press conference and interviews, Elvis' arrival, and also the original released press conference excerpt as released on the album 'A Legendary Performer' and the 6 minutes long version of 'Hound Dog' as originally released for the very first time on the 1979 Pearl Harbor bootleg from Golden Archives.  

Limited edition release with a 12 pages booklet with photos and recording information.

DISC 1: ELVIS LIVE AT BLOCH ARENA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25th, 196
01. Introductions
02. Heartbreak Hotel
03. All Shook Up
04. (Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I
05. I Got a Woman
06. Love Me
07. Band introductions
08. Such a Night
09. Reconsider Baby
10. I Need Your Love Tonight
11. That’s All Right
12. Don’t Be Cruel
13. One Night
14. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
15. It’s Now Or Never
16. Swing Down Sweet Chariot
17. Hound Dog
18. (There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) (Pearl Harbor memorial version)

ELVIS SALUTES THE USS ARIZONA 
RADIO BROADCAST

19. Introduction / Take My Hand, Precious Lord
20. Announcer / I Believe In The Man In The Sky
21. Announcer / It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
23. Announcer / Milky White Way
24. Announcer / George Chaplin /He Knows Just What I Need
25. Announcer / William F. Quinn / I Believe
26. Morley Theaker / Message From Elvis / Tribute To The USS Arizona / (There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) / Closing Announcements


DISC 2
01. Tom Moffatt talks with Colonel Parker and Elvis
02. Elvis arrives in Pearl Harbor
03. Press Conference at the Hawaiian Village Hotel
04. Interview by Tom Moffatt
05. Presentation of awards to Elvis (original edit from the album ‘A Legendary Performer’)
06. Hound Dog (extended live version)