Wednesday, February 03, 2016

February 03 - Repacked, Remastered, Recharted

A new Elvis 4-CD longbox entitled "Elvis in Houston" will be released in a limited run of 400 copies by the Rockabilly import-label. The set contains 4 soundboards from Houston; Houston Astrodome, Houston, Tx, 01-03-1974 Afternoon Show, Hofheinz Pavillion, Houston, Tx, 04-06-1975 8:30 Pm Show, Hofheinz Pavillion, Houston, Tx, 05-06-1975 8:30 Pm Show and the The Summit, Houston, Tx, 28-08-1976 Afternoon Show.

Elvis Remastered

All the audio within Sony’s forthcoming Elvis Presley box set "The RCA Album Collection", has been confirmed as newly remastered according to an update from the Super Deluxe Edition website. Super Deluxe Edition contacted Sony Legacy for clarification and they confirmed that audio engineer Vic Anesini, who has worked on many Elvis Presley projects over the years, has remastered all the audio for this mammoth 60CD set.

US And Canadian Charts


The Billboard charts for the week ending February 13, 2016.

  • Elvis Presley has no entries on the Billboard Album Top 200.
  • "If I Can Dream" rises from #4 to #3 on the Classical Albums Chart.
  • "Heart And Soul" drops from #8 to #10 on the Country Catalog Albums Chart.
  • "Playlist: The Very Best Of Elvis Presley Movie Songs" is a new entry at #25 on the Country Catalog Albums Chart.
  • "If I Can Dream" dropped off the Canadian Album chart.
UK Charts

On the Official UK Album charts for the week ending February 11, 2016 "If I Can Dream" dropped from #12 to #14 with approxomately 6,645 copies sold, making the total sales to date around 981,422 copies. Other entries on the UK Charts for 5th February, 2016.

  • "If I Can Dream" drops from #54 to #67 on the Album Download Chart; remains at #12 on the Album Sales Chart; remains at #9 on the Physical Album Chart and rises from #21 to #20 on the Vinyl Album Chart.
  • "The Elvis Collection" drops from #31 to #47 on the Music Video Chart.
  • The DVD "The King Of Rock’n’Roll" jumped from #49 to #34 on the Official Uk Music DVD chart. 
  • The Warner Home Video 6 DVD Box climbed from #47 to #46 on the Official Uk Music DVD chart. 
European Charts
  • The CD "If I Can Dream" dropped off the Belgian Album chart. 
  • The CD "If I Can Dream" dropped from #14 to #19 on the Irish Album chart
  • "If I Can Dream" drops from #10 to #14 on the Scottish Album Chart.
Australian charts

  • The DVD "The King Of Rock’n’Roll" dropped to #33 to #40 on the Australian Music DVD chart. 

Global charts
  • The CD "If I Can Dream" dropped from #25 to #33 on the Global Album charts.
(Source: FECC / Super Deluxe Edition / Brian Quinn / FECC / The King's World / ACharts)