Thursday, June 30, 2011

June 30 - An Alternate Black Diamond


 Just out is a re-release of 'Black Diamond' featuring an audience recording of Elvis’ last Las Vegas show on December 12th 1976.  The 2xCD set comes in a digipack longbox.


Tracklisting:


CD-1: 2001 Theme / CC Rider / I Got A Woman - Amen / Love Me / My Way (with false start) / Fairytale / You Gave Me A Mountain / Elvis Talks With The Audience / Jailhouse Rock / Little Sister / O Solo Mio - It’s Now Or Never / Trying To Get To You / Happy Bbirthday Charlie Hodge / Blue Christmas / Softly As I Leave You / Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing With The Audience) / That’s All Right / Bridge Over Troubled Water.


CD-2: Band Introductions / Early Morning Rain / What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode / Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) / Fender Bass Solo (Jerry Scheff) / Piano Solo (Tony Brown) / Electric Piano Solo (David Briggs) / Love Letters / Band Introductions/ School Days / Hurt / Such A Night / Sweet Caroline / Can’t Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp.


The Alternate Promised Land

Just announced is a new gatefold digipack import release of the 'Promised Land' album, simply entitled 'The Alternate Promised Land'.

Mr. Dynamite Released By Special Request

JAT Productions has just released the book 'Elvis By Special Request '71 At 40' and CD package 'Elvis In The Beginning - Mr. Dynamite' package. The set contains an 1955 interview to promote Elvis’ performance in Texarkana, Arkansas, at the Arkansas Municipal Auditorium and comes with a reproduction of the the first 100% Elvis tour book, 'Mr. Dynamite' that  accompanied Elvis on his concert stops..


(Source: Essential Elvis / FECC)