With 5 individual jewelcases, packed in lp sized box including oversized booklet this set will bring you back to the old days of cd/vinyl packaging. Something deluxe. This exclusive 5 cd box set contains approx 5 hours of rare and unreleased material from the legendary 1968 NBC TV SPECIAL. Many for the first time available on CD. Listen to how the musical content for the special develops and how this became a turning point in Elvis’ career, as well as one of the most iconic music specials in TV history. We take you back to 1968! Hear: Trouble / Guitar man / Memories / If i can dream / Let yourself go / Big boss man / It hurts me / Nothingville / Little Egypt and many more.
Disc 1: The Original Mono Album
01 Trouble / Guitar Man 02 Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / All Shook Up / Can’t Help Falling In Love Jailhouse Rock / Love Me Tender 03 Where Could I Go But To The Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved 04 Blue Christmas / One Night 05 Memories 06 Nothingville / Big Boss Man / Guitar Man / Little Egypt / Trouble / Guitar Man 07 If I Can Dream The Outtakes / June 20 1968nothingville / Guitar Man (Part 1) Guitar Man’s Evil Section 1 08 Warming Up 09 Take 1 10 Take 5 & 6 Let Yourself Go (Part 1) Guitar Man’s Evil Section 2 11 Take 1 12 Take 2-5 13 Take 6 14 Take 7 (Master) Guitar Man (Part 2) / Escape Section 1 (Fast) 15 Take 1-3 16 Take 4-5 17 Take 6-8 Calliope Carnival / Escape Section 2 18 Take 1 Big Boss Man / Escape Section 3 19 Take 1-2 It Hurts Me (Part 1) / Escape Section 4 20 Take 1 21 Take 2-4 22 Take 5 23 Take 6-7 (Master Take Call Only)
Disc 2: It Hurts Me (Part 2) / After Karate Section 1 / June 21
01 Take 1 02 Take 2-3 03 Take 4-5 (Tape Cut) Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But To The Lord / Yes, Yes, Yes / Up Above My Head (Intro) / Gospel Section 1 / June 21 04 Rehearsal & Take 1 Up Above My Head / I Found That Light / Saved (Intro) Gospel Section 2 / June 21 05 Take 4 & 7 Trouble / Guitar Man / Guitar Man Opening / June 22 06 Take 1 07 Take 2-3 If I Can Dream - Record Version / June 23 08 Take 1 09 Take 2-4 10 Take 5 (Master) Memories - Vocal Overdub / June 24 11 Track Only Take 3 & 4 With V.O Take 1 It Hurts Me - Vocal Overdub & Playback Amusement Pier Part 2 / June 27 12 Take 1-3 13 Preparation For Next Take 14 Take 4 15 Take 5 16 Take 6-8 17 Take 9-10 (Master) Trouble / Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub Of After Karate Section 3 Track / June 29 6.00 Pm Show 18 Trouble / Guitar Man Trouble / Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub Of After Karate Section 3 Track / Guitar Man With Road / June 29 8.00 Pm 19 Take 1-3 20 Take 4 21 Preparation For Next Take 22 Tiptoe Through The Tulips / Macarthur Park 23 Take 5 Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub Road #2 / June 30 24 Take 1 25 Take 2 (Master) Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub Road #3 / June 30 26 Take 1 27 Take 2 28 Take 3 29 Take 4 30 Take 5 31 Take 6 (Master) 32 If I Can Dream - Dubdown Of June 23 Master
Disc 3: If I Can Dream - Vocal Overdub / June 30
01 Take 1-2 02 Take 3 03 Take 4 (Master) Trouble / Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub & Playbackopening Section #1 / June 30 04 Take 1 05 Take 2 06 Take 3-5 07 Take 6 08 Take 7 (Master) Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub / Alley / June 30 09 Take 1 10 Take 2 11 Take 3-5 12 Take 6 (Master) Little Egypt / Trouble - Vocal Overdub / Nightclub June 30 13 Take 1 14 Take 2 (No Take) 15 Take 3 16 Take 4 (Master) Trouble - Vocal Overdub / Disco / June 30 17 Take 1 18 Take 2 (Master) Trouble - Vocal Overdub / Supper Club / June 30 19 Take 1 20 Take 2 21 Take 3 (Master) Bonus: Memories - Vocal Overdub 22 Memories / June 27 6.00pm Sitdown Show 23 Memories / June 27 8.00pm Sitdown Show Saved (Part 1) / Preach For The Sky / Saved (Part 2) Gospel Section 3 / June 22 24 Take 6 - Incomplete Used For Spliced Master 25 Let Yourself Go - Alternate Master 26 Memories - Mono Master 27 Memories - Stereo Master 28 If I Can Dream - Record Version Mono Master 29 Let Yourself Go - Spliced ‘91 Version 30 Let Yourself Go - Closing Instrumental Dubdown
Disc 4 The Soundtrack Versions 01 Trouble / Guitar Man (Incl. Scratch) 02 Gospel Medley 03 Road Medley Road Medley Composite 04 Complete Version 05 Original Album Version - Unedited Gospel Medley Composite 06 Complete Version 07 Complete Version - Unedited 08 It Hurts Me - Spliced Master 09 Saved - Spliced Master With Edited Intro 10 Trouble / Guitar Man - Stereo Version 11 Tag - Uh Uh Uh / June 30
Disc 5
The Original Singer Commercials
01 Singer Introduces The Nbc Tv Special #1
02 Singer Introduces The Nbc Tv Special #2
03 Singer Commercial #1
04 Singer Commercial #2
05 Singer Commercial #3
06 Singer Commercial #4
07 Singer Commercial #5
08 Singer Commercial #6
09 The ‘68 Comeback Radio Special
One-Hour Radio Special Which Premiered In August 2008 Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of Elvis Presley’s ‘68 Comeback Special.
Original program director Steve Binder, guitarist Scotty Moore and others look back on how this became a turning point in Elvis’ career, as well as one of the most iconic music specials in TV history. Hosted by singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell this interesting special is put together by the same team behind the acclaimed 2007 Elvis Specials 'The Early Years', 'Viva Las Vegas' and 'He Touched Me'. Total Running Time : 59.05