Three new LPs were announced: ‘From a Jack to a King’ on the Petticoat import record label, ‘For The Asking - The Alternate Lost Album’ and ‘The European Side of Elvis - The Alternate Album’ on the Victory import record label. All albums come on colored vinyl with either a bonus CD or photo.
Publicity for ‘‘From a Jack to a King’ stated: Petticoat Records returns with another carefully selected release for the serious Elvis Presley collector.
Known for presenting rare, alternate and previously overlooked Elvis recordings on high-quality vinyl, Petticoat Records has built a distinctive reputation among collectors for combining fascinating archival material with beautifully produced, limited-edition vinyl releases. Previous Petticoat editions have explored everything from studio outtakes and alternate mixes to live performances and recordings that made their vinyl debut.
This latest release continues that tradition with 14 outstanding rare and alternate country recordings, offering a fascinating opportunity to hear Elvis in a different light. Carefully selected for their rarity and collector appeal, these performances provide an essential addition to any serious Elvis Presley collection.
The album is presented as a deluxe LP plus bonus CD edition, allowing collectors to enjoy the material in both classic vinyl format and on CD. As with previous Petticoat releases, the album is housed in a stunning full-colour sleeve, beautifully presented and suitable for framing.
Deluxe Collector’s Edition:
• 14 rare and alternate country recordings
• Bonus CD included
• 180-gram virgin vinyl
• Available on YELLOW or CLEAR vinyl
• Stunning full-colour collector's sleeve
• Limited edition
Petticoat Records has always been about giving collectors something beyond the ordinary, and this release is no exception. Don't miss this latest Petticoat Records edition. Add it to your collection and keep your Petticoat Records series complete!
Tracklisting Side A: Green, Green Grass Of Home (Take 1) / Kentucky Rain (Take 3) / Snowbird (Take 2) / Release Me (Recorded Live, February 18, 1977) / Pieces Of My Life (Take 1) / Your Cheatin’ Heart (Take 9, Alternate Master) / He’ll Have To Go (Undubbed Master).
Side B: Fairytale (Take 2) / I Really Don’t Want To Know (Take 2) / From A Jack To A King (Undubbed Master) / Gentle On My Mind (Vocal Repair Version) / Just Call Me Lonesome (Take 6) / Help Me Make It Through The Night (Take 10) / Faded Love (Take 3, Alternate Master).
The CD has the same content.
Publicity for ‘For The Asking’ stated: In 1963, Elvis Presley was at a fascinating turning point in his career. Following the success of ‘Pot Luck’, Elvis returned to RCA’s famous Studio B in Nashville in May 1963 to record what was intended to become his next major studio album.
Over two days, Elvis recorded a remarkable collection of songs, including ‘Devil In Disguise’, ‘Please Don’t Drag That String Around’, ‘Long Lonely Highway,’ ‘Witchcraft’, ‘Echoes Of Love’, ‘Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers’ and ‘Never Ending’. ‘Devil In Disguise’ was the hit single from the 14 masters that were created during the sessions. But then something extraordinary happened. the planned album was shelved.
As Elvis’s movie career accelerated, the demands for soundtrack albums began to dominate RCA’s release schedule. Instead of issuing a brand-new Elvis studio album, the company increasingly relied on movie soundtracks, greatest-hits collections and singles. The recordings from the Nashville sessions were gradually broken up, with individual songs appearing as single B-sides or as bonus selections on soundtrack albums.
The result was an album that existed in the recording vaults, but never appeared as an official Elvis album during his lifetime. For Elvis fans, this makes ‘For The Asking’ something truly special: a glimpse of the studio album that might have been.
At last, decades after the original recordings were made, the collection was assembled and released in 1990 in Europe, under the title ‘For The Asking - The Lost Album’, with the American release following in 1991 as ‘The Lost Album’. Featuring Elvis in the Nashville studio during one of the most intriguing periods of his 1960s career, For The Asking brings together a collection of recordings that were never given the opportunity to stand together as an album when they were new.
The European version of this album came out in 1990 and has one of the nicest album covers in the Elvis catalogue. This album is highly sought after by collectors and is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Victory Records proudly presents an alternate album edition featuring 15 rare and hard-to-find recordings, offering collectors a unique opportunity to discover an album that, in our opinion, should have been available many decades ago.
Carefully selected for their rarity and quality, these recordings make this a truly fascinating release for every serious collector. Available as a strictly limited edition on Red or Blue vinyl, this special release also includes a bonus CD
Tracks side A: Long Lonely Highway (Take 1 / Single Master) / Western Union (Take 3) /
Witchcraft (Take 2) / Love Me Tonight (Take 5) / What Now, What Next, Where To (Original 2- Track Stereo Mix) / Please Don’t Drag That String Around (Take 5) / Blue River (Takes 1 And 2) / Never Ending (Take 1).
Side B: (You’re The) Devil In Disguise (Take 3) / Finders Keepers Losers Weepers (Take 1) / Echoes Of Love (Takes 2 And 3) / Slowly But Surely (Take 1) / It Hurts Me (Take 1) / Memphis Tennessee (Take 5) / Ask Me (Take 7).
The CD holds the same tracks.
Publicity for ‘The European Side Of Elvis’ stated: Discover a side of Elvis Presley you may never have heard quite this way before. Every song on ‘The European Side of Elvis - The Alternate Album’ has a connection to Europe. Some were written by European songwriters. Others feature European words, phrases or expressions woven into the lyrics. And some reveal an intriguing musical connection, English-language adaptations of songs originally recorded or written in Italian.
Together, these songs tell a fascinating story of the relationship between Elvis Presley and European music and culture, a connection that can be heard not only in the melodies, but in the words, the writers and the origins behind the songs. From rock ’n’ roll to romance, from Italy to the wider European continent, The European Side of Elvis uncovers the international influences hidden within the music of The King. Different songs, different stories, one unmistakable voice.
This ‘Alternate Album’ version is limited to only 100 copies per color. Each album contains a bonus CD or bonus photo, and is Available in Red or Orange vinyl.
Side A: It’s Now Or Never (Undubbed Master) / Surrender (Spliced Take 7) / You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (Take 2) / Ask Me (Rejected 1963 Master) / Santa Lucia (Vocal Overdub Take 3) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Take 1) / My Way (Live 04-05-77) / What Now My Love (Live 01-14-73) / I Love Only One Girl (Take 1) / Almost Always True (Take 6).
Side B: Wooden Heart (Take 4) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 7).
Side B Bonus Songs: Yesterday (Live, February 1970) / It’s Easy For You (Take 1) / My Boy (Take 2) / Wonderful World (Take 15) / The Last Farewell (Take 2) / Heart Of Rome (Different Mix).
The CD holds the same tracks.
New Follow That Dream Collector Label Releases
The Follow that Dream Collector’s label announced no less than four new book, CD and vinyl sets: the ‘Paradise, Hawaiian Style’ double LP, the ‘The Frankie And Johnny Sessions’ triple CD set, the 'Elvis: Memphis In March ‘74’ triple CD set and the book / 2-CD combo 'Celluloid Sell-Out 1968-1969'. The titles are due for release September 21, 2026.
Publicity for ‘Paradise, Hawaiian Style’ stated: FTD Vinyl is pleased to announce the release of ‘Paradise, Hawaiian Style’. This edition contains a selection of original soundtrack Masters and Studio Outtakes. It may have taken 60 years, but finally the cover features an appropriate portrait photo from the production itself as opposed to 'Fun In Acapulco!'.
Side A: Paradise, Hawaiian Style - This Is My Heaven - Stop Where You Are - A Dog’s Life (Take 5, 6) - House Of SAnd (Master With Movie Intro) - Datin’ (Take 5, 9) - Sand Castles:
Side B: Drums Of The Islands - Scratch My Back (Then I’ll Scratch Yours) - Stop Where You Are (Take 1) - A Dog’s Life (Take 8) - Queenie Wahine’s Papaya (Take 4) - This Is My Heaven (Take 1 - 3) - Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Take 1)
Side C: A Dog’s Life (Take 7) - Datin’ (Take 11, 12) - Drums Of The Islands (Take 1) - Sand Castles (Electric Guitar Version Take 4 - 6) - Queenie Wahine’s Papaya - House Of Sand (Take 2, 3) - Scratch My Back (Then I’ll Scratch Yours) (Take 1)
Side D: Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Take 2, 3) - Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Take 4) - Datin’ (Take 13, 14) - Stop Where You Are (Take 2, 3) - This Is My Heaven (Take 4) - Drums Of The Islands (Take 4, 5) - Sand Castles (A Capella).
Designer Jimmy Carpenter wrote about his work for this cover: This is my gatefold sleeve design and label art for the Sony Music/FTD 2-LP set soundtrack companion to Elvis' 1966 'Paradise, Hawaiian Style' album. This FTD limited edition is based on the design style of the original UK release, and features the Red Dot RCA Victor label. FTD is Sony Music's 'Follow That Dream' custom Elvis label.
Carpenter also noted: Someone on social media has created an edited version of this album art, showing my rear cover design altered with only two sides and with a song from "Blue Hawaii" added. This is obviously a troublemaker with nothing better to do with their time than to try to cause confusion and mayhem. Rest assured, this is the official package shot created by me for FTD.)
Publicity for 'The Frankie And Johnny Sessions' stated: As part of its successful 'Sessions' series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of 'The Frankie And Johnny Sessions - the 60th Anniversary Edition' newly mixed and mastered by Sebastian Jeansson and Vic Anesini, the Masters and Outtakes now offer superior audio to the original 1966 soundtrack album. The 24-page booklet contains many rare photos, memorabilia, movie trivia, recording data and insightful essay.
Disc 1 - Album Masters: Frankie And Johnny - Come Along - Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter - Chesay - What Every Woman Lives For - Look Out, Broadway - Beginner’s Luck - Down By The Riverside And When The Saints Go Marching In - Shout It Out - Hard Luck - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me - Everybody Come Aboard
Outtakes - May 12 - 13, 1965 Sessions: Come Along (Track, Take 6/M) - Beginner’s Luck (Track, Take 5/M) - Down By The Riverside And When The Saints Go Marching In (Track, Take 7/M)
May 13 - 14, 1965 Sessions: Come Along (Vocal Overdub Take 1 To Track 6/M) - Beginner’s Luck (Vocal Overdub Take 2 To Track 5/M) - Down By The Riverside And When The Saints Go Marching In (Vocal Overdub Take 4 To Track 7/M) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 1 - 3) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 4 - 7) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 8 - 9) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 10) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 11 - 16) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 17) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 18) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 19/M)
Disc 2 - Sessions: Shout It Out (Take 1) - Shout It Out (Take 2 - 6) - Shout It Out (Take 7/M) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 1, Track Take 1) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 1, Track Take 2 - 3/M) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 2, Track Take 1/M) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 3, Track Take 1) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 3, Track Take 2/M) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 4, Tracks Take 1 - 2) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 4, Track Take 3/M) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 5, Track Take 1) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 5, Track Take 2/M) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 6, Track Take 1/M & Wild Piano Take 1/M) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 7, Track Take 1 - 2) - Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Part 7, Track Take 3 - 4/M)
May 14 - 15, 1965 Sessions (Tracks 17 to 20 And 22 To 23 Recorded the night before): Frankie And Johnny (Movie Version, Vocal Overdub From Acetate Source) - What Every Woman Lives For (Track, Take 1) - What Every Woman Lives For (Track, Take 2) - What Every Woman Lives For (Track, Take 3 - 5) - What Every Woman Lives For (Track, Take 6/M) - What Every Woman Lives For (Vocal Overdub Take 8 To Track, Take 6/M) - Hard Luck (Track, Take 1) - Hard Luck (Track, Take 2 - 5 & Ending Tag Take 1 - 2) - Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter (Take 1) - Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter (Take 2) - Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter (Take 3)
Disc 3 - May 14 - 15, 1965 Sessions: Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter (Take 4) - Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter (Insert, Take 1 - 3) - Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter (Take 5) - Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter (Take 6/M) - Look Out, Broadway (Take 1 - 5) - Look Out, Broadway (Take 6 - 8) - Look Out, Broadway (Take 9) - Look Out, Broadway (Take 10 - 12/M) - Everybody Come Aboard (Take 1 - 2A) - Everybody Come Aboard (Take 2B - 4) - Everybody Come Aboard (Take 5 - 10) - Everybody Come Aboard (Take 11 - 13) - Everybody Come Aboard (Take 14 - 15/M) - Everybody Come Aboard (Take 16) - Chesay (Take 1) - Chesay (Take 2 - 4) - Chesay (Take 5 - 6) - Chesay (Take 7/M) - Frankie And Johnny (Record Version, Take 1) - Frankie And Johnny (Record Version, Take 2 - 4) - Frankie And Johnny (Record Version, Take 5 - 6M)
May 19,1965 Session - Elvis Vocal Overdub Session At The Samuel Goldwyn Studio: Hard Luck (Vocal Overdub Take 3 To Composite Track Take 5 And End Ending Takes 2 and 1/M) 3:00.
The Elvis Information Network noted: In a similar fashion to 'Paradise Hawaiian Style', Elvis failed to turn up on the first day of the session ("he threw a temper tantrum") and five tracks 'Come Along', 'Beginners Luck', 'Down By The Riverside / When The Saints Go Marchin' In', 'What Every Woman Lives For' and 'Hard Luck' are Vocal Overdubs. The vast majority of 'new' outtakes have been previously released on bootleg.
Publicity for ‘Elvis: Memphis In March ‘74’ stated: As part of its ongoing live on tour series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of ‘Elvis: Memphis In March ‘74’.
Released as a 3-CD 5-Inch digipack, this set features three hometown concert performances from the Mid-South Coliseum. The concerts feature all of the songs that were recorded by the engineer during the March 1974 tour. Recorded in Mono.
Disc 1 - March 16 Show - Afternoon Show: Also Sprach Zarathustra - See See Rider - I Got A Woman /Amen - Love Me - Trying To Get To You - All Shook Up - Steamroller Blues - Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel - Love Me Tender - Johnny B. Goode - Hound Dog - Fever - Polk Salad Annie - Why Me Lord - Suspicious Minds - Introductions - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Help Me - American Trilogy - Let Me Be There - Funny How Time Slips Away - Can’t Help Falling In Love - Closing Vamp
Disc 2 - March 16 Show - Evening Show: Also Sprach Zarathustra - See See Rider - I Got A Woman /Amen - Love Me - Trying To Get To You - All Shook Up - Steamroller Blues - Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel - Love Me Tender - Johnny B. Goode - Hound Dog 1:13Fever - Polk Salad Annie - Why Me Lord - Suspicious Minds - Introductions - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Help Me - American Trilogy - Let Me Be There - Funny How Time Slips Away - Can’t Help Falling In Love - Closing Vamp
Disc 3 - March 17 Show - Afternoon Show: See See Rider - I Got A Woman / Amen - Love Me - Trying To Get To You - All Shook Up - Steamroller Blues - Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel - Love Me Tender - Johnny B. Goode - Hound Dog - Heartbreak Hotel - Fever - Polk Salad Annie - Why Me Lord - Suspicious Minds - Introductions - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Help Me - American Trilogy - Let Me Be There - Funny How Time Slips Away - Can’t Help Falling In Love - Closing Vamp
Note: The March 17, 1974 is previously unreleased.
Publicity for ‘Celluloid Sell-Out 1968-1969’ stated: FTD Books is pleased to announce the release of the Limited Edition book ‘Celluloid Sell Out 1968-1969’ by Bob Pakes.
With 448 pages and over 2000 images, it also includes worldwide movie memorabilia and two soundtrack CDs. This volume focusses on the years movies 1968 to 1969 and the movies 'Speedway', 'Stay Away, Joe', 'Live A Little, Love A Little', 'Charro', 'The Trouble With Girls' and 'Change Of Habit'.
The book is loaded with movie posters, lobby cards, press-books, publicity stills, standees, heralds and much more!
CD 1: There Ain't Nothing Like A Song (With Nancy Sinatra) - Your Time Hasn´t Come Yet, Baby - Five Sleepy Heads - Who Are You? (Who Am I?) - Speedway - Suppose - Let Yourself Go - He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad - Stay Away - Stay Away, Joe - Dominic - All I Needed Was The Rain - Goin´ Home - Too Much Monkey Business - U. S. Male - Wonderful World - Edge Of Reality - A Little Less Conversation- Almost In Love.
CD 2: Change Of Habit - Rubberneckin' - Let's Be Friends - Have A Happy - Let Us Pray - Clean Up Your Own Backyard - Almost - Charro - Let's Forget About The Stars - Let's Forget About The Stars (Rough Mix) - Charro (Rough Mix) - Clean Up Your Own Backyard (Undubbed Master) - Almost (Undubbed Master) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Movie Version) - Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Female Vocals and Brass Overdub) - Signs Of The Zodiac (With Marlyn Mason) - College Songs Medley: Far Above Cayuga's Waters (Featuring Elvis) / Boola Boola / Dartmouth's In Town Again - The Eyes Of Texas - On, Wisconsin / The Wiffenpoof Song (Featuring Elvis) / Fair Harvard / Notre Dame / Violet (Featuring Elvis) - Almost (Take 1, 2, 3) - Almost (Take 4, 6) - Almost (Take 10, 11) - Almost (Take 13) - Almost (Take 14, 15, 16) - Almost (Take 22, 23, 24, 25) - Almost (Take 27, 28) - Almost (Take 29) - Let Us Pray (Alternate Vocal Overdub) - Let Us Pray (Master Vocal Only).
Note: CD 2 is a copy of the 'The Last Movies' FTD compilation.
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Ryman Auditorium Named ACM Theater of the Year
Nashville hosted the 19th annual ACM Honors tonight at The Pinnacle, the Academy of Country Music's yearly celebration of Country Music.
The world-famous Ryman Auditorium was named 'ACM Theater of the Year'. During the presentation, the venue's storied history was celebrated, including a nod to Elvis Presley, one of the legends who once stepped on its stage.
Opened in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle church, the Ryman later became home to the Grand Ole Opry in 1943. It was there, on October 2, 1954, that a then-unknown 19-year-old Elvis made his only Opry appearance, enough to secure his place in the building's legendary history.
