September 13 - 'Frankie and Johnny Aim To Please At Christmas

The Knock Out import record label announced the October 2026 release of two new titles: the LP 'Elvis Presley – The Wonderful World of Christmas: The Alternate Album' and the double CD 'We Aim To Please: May 7th 1976 Midnight Show'. 

Publicity for The Christmas LP stated: Just in time for Christmas, Knock Out Records presents this Special Collector’s Edition of 'Elvis Presley - The Wonderful World of Christmas: The Alternate Album' Featuring Alternate Takes and new mixes, this release offers a different listening experience of Elvis’ much-loved Christmas recordings, presented in the best available sound quality.

The album is being released in two collectable colored vinyl editions, on red and on green colored vinyl. Each version also comes with its own unique 30 × 30 cm full-colour glossy bonus photograph, making both colors particularly appealing to collectors.

Publicity for the 1976 Midnight Show CD stated: Knock Out Records presents Elvis Presley’s May 7th, 1976 Midnight Show from the Sahara Tahoe, taken from an original 1st generation tape. Although this concert has previously been released by Rainbow Records, this new edition comes from a 1st generation source, providing much cleaner and clearer sound. Elvis is in great spirits throughout the performance, which runs for almost 92 minutes and includes several highlights, including a rare full version of 'The Wonder Of You' and a dedicated performance of 'I’ll Remember You'. The CD comes as a strictly Limited Collector's Edition, housed in a double digipack. 

CD 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra / C.C. Rider / I Got A Woman - Amen / Love Me / If You Love Me (Let Me Know) / You Gave Me A Mountain / All Shook Up / Teddy Bear - Don’t Be Cruel / The Wonder Of You / Happy Birthday, Sandy / That’s All Right / Are You Lonesome Tonight? / Introducing Ed Parker / I’ll Remember You (incl. Long False Start) / Ku-U-I-Po (Excerpt) / Hawaiian Wedding Song / Polk Salad Annie.

CD 2: Band Intros - Early Morning Rain / What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode / Drum Solo (by Ronnie Tutt) / Bass Solo (by Jerry Scheff) / Piano Solo (by Tony Brown) / Electric Clavinet Solo (by David Briggs) / Love Letters / School Day / My Way / Jailhouse Rock / Love Me Tender / Hurt #1 / Hurt #2 / Heartbreak Hotel / How Great Thou Art / Polk Salad Annie / One Night / It’s Now Or Never / Can’t Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp.

The label also re-issued their recent 'Del Webb's Sahara Tahoe - The Highlights May 1976' double LP on red colored vinyl, the third color variation for this album. This set contains selected highlights from the May 7th Dinner and Midnight Shows and the May 9th Closing Show. As a bonus it also contains unique 30 × 30 cm full-colour glossy bonus photograph, different from those supplied with the previous editions.

Frankie and Johnny

The Australian Via Vision continues its streak of re-issues of classic Elvis movies. Following this year's  DVD and Blu-ray re-issues of 'Easy Come, Easy Go' and 'Change of Habit' the label announced the October 21, 2026 release of 'Frankie and Johnny' (1966) on silver and blue colored discs. 

Description: Elvis Presley stars in 'Frankie and Johnny', a musical Western directed by Frederick De Cordova. A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky redhead, but his girlfriend Frankie is not amused.

Note: This movie has previously been released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber, Llamentol and Explosive Media. 

(Source: Elvis Shop London / Via Vision / The Phoenix Elvis Forum)