August 29 - Vinyl Reprints

The Norwegian Flaming Star fan-club re-issued two expanded versions of the 'Jailhouse Rock' and 'Love Me Tender' soundtrack albums as 'The Jailhouse Rock Sessions' and 'The Love Me Tender Sessions'. Both sets come as a double vinyl /CD combo on yellow and on black colored vinyl, both colors limited to 250 copies each.

Tracks "Jailhouse Rock' side 1: Opening Theme  (Take 6) / Jailhouse Rock (Take 5) / I Want To Be Free (Take 11) / Treat Me Nice (Second Movie Version, Take 2) / Young And Beautiful (Florita Club, Take 2) /Baby I Don’t Care (Take 1) / Don’t Leave Me Now (Version 2, Take 21).

Side 2: Treat Me Nice (First Movie Version, Take 7) / Jailhouse Rock (Take 4) / Young And Beautiful (Record version,Take 3) / Don’t Leave Me Now (First Version, Take 1) / Treat Me Nice (Take 15) / I Want To Be Free (Record Version, Take 9) / Young And Beautiful (Jail Version, Take 2).

Side 3: Jailhouse Rock (Take 6) / Treat Me Nice (Take 13) / I Want To Be Free  (Jail version, Take 11) / Young And Beautiful (Florita Club,  Take 4) / Don’t Leave Me Now (First Version, Take 2) / Treat Me Nice (First Movie Version, Take 5) / Baby I Don’t Care (Movie Edit, Takes 16 and 6).

 

Side 4: Young And Beautiful (Take 19) / I Want To Be Free  (Jail version, Take 4) / Treat Me Nice (First Movie Version, Take 9) / Don’t Leave Me Now (Version 2, Take 18) / Young And Beautiful (Florita Club, Take 6) / Jailhouse Rock (Movie Version) /  TV Commercial (Ted Steele talks with two kids in a soda shop).

Tracks 'Love Me Tender' side 1: Love Me Tender (Mono) / Let Me (Mono) / Poor Boy (Mono) / We’re Gonna Move (Mono) / Love Me Tender (End Title Version).

Side 2: We’re Gonna Move (Take 4) / We’re Gonna Move (Take 9) / Poor Boy (Original 2 verse master - Take 3) / Poor Boy (Remake - Take 1) / Poor Boy (3rd verse, vocal overdub - Take 6) / Let Me (Vocal overdub - Take 3) / Let Me (Vocal overdub - Take 4).

 

Side 3: Love Me Tender (Stereo) / Let Me (Stereo) / Poor Boy (Stereo) / We’re Gonna Move (Stereo) / Love Me Tender Promo (Radio spot 1956) / Charlie Walker Interviews Elvis (April 15, 1956, San Antonio, Texas).

 

Side 4: The Truth About Me (Original included in Elvis Answers Back)  / The Truth About Me (Recorded August 22, 1956 on the movie set) / Paul Wilder Interviews Elvis (August 1956,  Lakeland, Florida) / 

Love Me Tender (Live) (The Ed Sullivan show September 9, 1956) / Al Hickock Interviews Elvis (October 14, 1956 San Antonio, Texas).

Tickets

For the lucky fans living near Toronto, tickets for the world premiere of 'EPiC - Elvis Presley in Concert' are available for pre-order from >>> Ticketmaster.

Video News Report

The September Elvis Presley News Report is available. It covers all the relevant Elvis Presley news from August 2025 and includes Baz Luhrmann announcement of the ‘EPiC’ movie premiere , future plans for Graceland, a new Video Screen Concert tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2027, the ‘Sunset Boulevard’ box music chart positions, the ‘Elvis Evolution’ controversy and more. 

(Source: Bootleg Elvis Facebook Group / Emiel Maier)