June 16 - Recorded At The Wrong Place

A Yet unknown import label announced the release of the CD 'Elvis As Recorded Live in Madison, MI' containing a soundboard recording from June 24, 1977, according to a posting on the FECC forum. 


The CD comes with a 12 pages booklet with a newspaper review and many photos. 


The producers messed up the data, the concert  took place in Madison, Wisconsin.

Track-listing:

01 See See Rider

02 I Got A Woman / Amen

03 Love Me

04 If You Love Me (Let Me Know)

05 You Gave Me A Mountain

06 Jailhouse Rock

07 O Solo Mio* / It’s Now Or Never

08 One Night**

09 Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel

10 And I Love You So

11 Danny Boy*

12 Walk With Me*

13 Love Me Tender**

14 Introductions

15 Early Morning Rain

16 What’d I Say

17 Johnny B. Goode

18 Introductions continued

19 I Really Don’t Want To Know

20 Introductions conclusion

21 Hound Dog

22 Introduction of Vernon Presley

23 Can’t Help Falling In Love

24 Closing Vamp

* Performed by Sherrill Nielsen

** Last live recording by Elvis Presley

The King Me: Rock 'n' Roll Royalty Tour App

EPE announced a new app; 'The King Me: Rock 'n' Roll Royalty Tour'. It offers 'a backstage pass into Elvis Presley's world! The app, which is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users, follows Elvis from his birthplace and boyhood home in Tupelo, to his beloved Memphis, to the small studio in Nashville where he recorded more than 250 songs. Along the way, users can swing by his favorite hangouts, shop at the store that made him a fashion icon, and discover the places that influenced the man who would be king.'

Highlights of the new app include:
* Detailed scoop about Graceland, including photos, tour tips and must-see memorabilia
* Essential info to create your own itinerary, including hours, admission prices, links to web sites and maps for more than 30 non-Graceland Elvis attractions
* More than 600 original photos

You can download the app now on iTunes for $3.99!

Memphis Jukebox Volume 3


A third volume was announced in the 'Memphis Jukebox' series. The CD is due July 2011.


From the press-release:


More hot rockin’ 45’s from Elvis Presley’s Graceland jukebox collection. The Memphis Jukebox Volume Three is a fascinating insight into the musical tastes of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. This series of albums are the first ever releases to contain the actual music contained on Elvis Presley’s personal jukebox at his Graceland home. This unique collection allows listeners to experience and enjoy the music that Elvis listened to whilst relaxing at his Graceland home. The 22 singles featured plus 2 special bonus tracks on this collection have been carefully selected by Vee-Tone Records to demonstrate the young Elvis Presley’s wide musical tastes including Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, Rock ‘n’ Roll.



Graceland Hit ... damage to the Mansion

Memphis was hit by a horrible storm last Thursday night and the Graceland mansion & grounds received damage. The mansion had minor damage while the ground lost five of it's trees, four of which were big and visible to visitors. The Racquetball building narrowly missed a direct hit from one of the tree's and the mansion lost power and was running on generator power most of the day.


(Source: FECC)


  

June 15 - Big Press Release

Sony Music released a press-release on the "Young Man With The Big Beat" 5-CD Deluxe set. 


Press-release:


The explosion of Elvis Presley’s career on RCA Records during the 12 months of 1956 was a wondrous evolution. By the end of that fateful year, the rockabilly singer from Memphis whose audience was rooted in the deep Southern states, would be the most famous person in the world. How did it happen?  In one word: music.


"Young Man With The Big Beat" puts the focus on Elvis in 1956. The package includes his RCA studio master recordings and outtakes in New York, Nashville and Memphis; live performances; interviews; and much more. 


Taking its name from an RCA poster campaign for his debut album, the super deluxe 5-CD, 12-inch square box set (with an amazing 80-page book with timeline) is available now for pre-order at www.elvis.com/1956. Pre-order customers will also receive an exclusive replica vinyl 7” of Elvis’ first 45rpm EP for RCA Records. Sharing the same striking cover art as Elvis’ debut album, the EP features “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Tutti Frutti,” “I Got A Woman” and “Just Because.” This vinyl single is only available through this special website offer, and it will ship upon payment for the box set.


The five CDs comprise the following, all material originating in 1956:


CD One, Studio Recordings: 17 tracks recorded in New York, Nashville, and Hollywood, starting with the 12 songs on the debut LP, Elvis Presley (‘1254’), followed by non-LP single A-sides and B-sides, and EP tracks


CD Two, Studio Recordings: 22 tracks recorded in New York, Nashville, and Memphis, starting with the 12 songs on the second LP, Elvis (‘1382’), followed by non-LP single A-sides and B-sides, and EP tracks


CD Three, Live Recordings: Rare remasters of shows at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas (four songs); Little Rock, Arkansas (seven songs); and a recently discovered, previously unreleased concert in Shreveport, Louisiana, in December (ten songs)


CD Four, The Outtakes:  Four outtakes from the first historic RCA session in January (“I Got A Woman,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” “I’m Counting On You,” “I Was The One”), segueing into the complete session of February 3rd (11 takes of “Lawdy, Miss Clawdy” and 12 takes of “Shake, Rattle And Roll”); plus the first of the interviews – the complete Warwick Hotel (NYC) interview by Robert Brown in March


CD Five, the Interviews: The Paul Wilder interview, plus his interviews with Colonel Parker and Oscar Davis; plus two segments of Elvis’ rarely heard candid monologue, “The Truth About Me,” and two advertisements for RCA Victrolas.
Over the course of CD One and Two, "Young Man With The Big Beat" compiles Elvis Presley’s complete 1956 masters.  The year was fueled by a run of hits that kept radio well-stocked: “Heartbreak Hotel,” “I Was The One,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Money Honey,” “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You,” “My Baby Left Me,” “Don't Be Cruel,” “Hound Dog,” and “Love Me Tender” topping the list.


In addition to the master takes, outtakes, and live performances heard on CDs One through Four of "Young Man With The Big Beat," there is also the most extensive collection of audio spoken word material ever included on an RCA release. These extended and rare interviews are previously unreleased by RCA Records. The first of these segments, at the end of CD Four, is the complete Elvis interview by Robert Brown that took place at the Warwick Hotel in New York City on March 24th. CD Five then presents:

• The Complete TV Guide Presents Elvis interview (Elvis interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater, Lakeland, Florida, on August 10th)
• Colonel Parker and Oscar Davis (interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater, Lakeland, Florida, on August 10th)
• The Truth About Me (Original spoken word 45 rpm disc included in Teen Parade magazine.  Recorded on the set of Love Me Tender, August 22nd)
• The Truth About Me Interview (Recorded on the set of Love Me Tender, August 22nd)
• RCA Victrola radio ad 1
• RCA Victrola radio ad 2 (both ads never before released commercially)

"Young Man With The Big Beat" will feature one of the most extraordinary books every created at Legacy. The focal point of the book, spread across its 80 pages, will be a unique, meticulously-researched, day-by-day chronology of Elvis’ iconic year, including every concert, every recording date, every television appearance, personal events in Elvis’ life, and much more. A dazzling photo array of memorabilia will illustrate each day and entry. Concert ticket stubs, RCA memoranda, letters from fans, postcards from Elvis to his family, tour itineraries, magazine covers and articles, trade charts, fan club relics, RCA publicity photos, concert photos, candid photos, and more will be a feast for the eyes and the imagination as 1956 unfolds.



Book:

An exlusive deluxe, 12"x12", 80-page book offers rare photos, rare memorabilia, priceless RCA and Elvis Presley Enterprises documents, Billboard news clippings; and a unique factual overview featuring 12-month day-by-day chronology of Elvis' iconic year.

Memorabilia:

Memorabilia Envelope contains reproductions of the following items:

• RCA’s original Elvis poster – Young Man With The Big Beat
• Mosque Theater Poster
• Venus Room, Las Vegas Flyer
• Original RCA Hartbreak Hotel Order form
• Cotton Bowl ticket stub
• 5 8” x 10” rare photographs suitable for framing

Elvis Presley Legacy Edition

In tandem with the release of "Young Man With The Big Beat," RCA/Legacy will also release "Elvis Presley Legacy Edition." This special double-CD package will couple, for the first time, the Elvis Presley and Elvis albums of 1956. "Elvis Presley: Legacy Edition" has as its cover image the classic Elvis Presley debut LP design that has been paid homage by the Clash (London Calling), Big Audio Dynamite (F-Punk), k.d. lang (Reintarnation), and many others. The Legacy Edition booklet will contain new liner notes and rare archival photography.

Track listing


Disc: 1 Elvis Presley (1956)
01. Blue Suede Shoes
02. I m Counting On You
03. I Got A Woman
04. One-Sided Love Affair
05. I Love You Because
06. Just Because
07. Tutti Frutti
08. Trying To Get To You
09. I m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
010. I ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin )
011. Blue Moon
012. Money Honey
013. Heartbreak Hotel
014. I Was The One
015. My Baby Left Me
016. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
017. Shake, Rattle And Roll

Disc: 2  Elvis (1956)
1. Rip It Up
2. Love Me
3. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
4. Long Tall Sally
5. First In Line
6. Paralyzed
7. So Glad You re Mine
8. Old Shep
9. Ready Teddy
10. Anyplace Is Paradise
11. How s The World Treating You
12. How Do You Think I Feel
13. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
14. Hound Dog
15. Don t Be Cruel
16. Any Way You Want Me (That s How I Will Be)
17. Too Much
18. Playing For Keeps

Love Me Tender EP
19. Love Me Tender
20. Let Me
21. Poor Boy
22. We re Gonna Move

Disc: 3 Elvis Live In '56
Venus Room, Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, May 6, 1956
01. Heartbreak Hotel
02. Long Tall Sally
03. Blue Suede Shoes
04. Money Honey

Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 16, 1956
05. Heartbreak Hotel
06. Long Tall Sally
07. I Was The One
08. Money Honey
09. I Got A Woman
10. Blue Suede Shoes
11. Hound Dog

Hirsch Youth Center, Louisiana Fairgrounds, Shreveport, Louisiana, December 15, 1956, previously unreleased.
12. Heartbreak Hotel
13. Long Tall Sally
14. I Was The One
15. Love Me Tender
16. Don t Be Cruel
17. Love Me
18. I Got A Woman
19. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
20. Paralyzed
21. Hound Dog

Disc: 4  The Sessions
First RCA Session Outtakes, January 10-11, 1956
01. I Got A Woman take unknown
02. Heartbreak Hotel take 06
03. I m Counting On You take 13
04. I Was The One take 02

The Complete February 3, 1956 Sessions
05. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy take 01
06. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy take 03
07. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy take 04
08. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy take 05
09. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy take 06
10. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy takes 07, 08, 09
11. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy take 10 (master)
12. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy takes 11,12
13. Shake, Rattle And Roll takes 01, 02
14. Shake, Rattle And Roll takes 03, 05, 06, 07
15. Shake, Rattle And Roll take 08
16. Shake, Rattle And Roll takes 09, 10, 11, 12, 12 (undubbed master)

Bonus Interview
17. The Complete Warwick Hotel Interview

Disc: 5  Elvis Talks
01. The Complete TV Guide Presents Elvis interview
02. Colonel Parker Interview
03. The Truth About Me
04. The Truth About Me Interview
05. Victrola Radio ad 1
06. Victrola Radio ad 2


The actual box set will be available everywhere September 27, 2011, on RCA/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Both the box set and the Legacy Edition are currently available for pre-order at Amazon.com. Click here to order "Young Man With The Big Beat." Click here to order "Elvis Presley: Legacy Edition."


Order the set:


>>> Pre-order the set from ElvisMatters.


(Source: EPE / Amazon / Elvis Express / ElvisMatters / MPlaydirect)


  

June 14 - eBay Wonderland

On eBay two new releases from the Wonderland import label appeared; 'Tiger Man Anthology Vol.1-4', a four CD set and 'Elvis On Tour '75' an 13 CD set. Both sets are limited editions of 500 copies according to the information from the seller on eBay.


Tiger Man Anthology Vol.1-4


An 4 CD set from the Wonderland import label appeared. A limited edition longbow digi-pack release of 500 copies. 


Elvis On Tour '75


An 13 CD set from the Wonderland import label  containing 13 concert recorded between March and December 1975. This digi-pack sized box comes with a 20 pages booklet with the complete track listings.


The concerts:


CD 1: Las Vegas, March 22 1975, midnight show 
CD 2: Las Vegas, April 1 1975, dinner & midnight show
CD 3: Macon, Georgia, April 24 1975, evening show
CD 4: Jacksonville, Florida, April 25 1975, evening show
CD 5: Lakeland, Florida, April 28 1975
CD 6: Lake Charles, LA May 4 1975, afternoon show
CD 7: Lake Charles, LA May 4 1975, evening show
CD 8: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, May 7 1975
CD 9: Uniondale, NY, July 19 1975 part 1
CD 10: Uniondale, NY, July 19 1975 part 2 & evening show
CD 11: Las Vegas, August 19 1975, dinner show
CD 12: Las Vegas, August 20 1975, dinner show
CD 13: Las Vegas, December 13 1975



Fifth Time Around

The legendary March 20th, 1974 Memphis, TN concert has been released for the fifth time around, this time on the Audionics import label. The label worked with a DAT copy of an original, rough mix tape "as recorded at the Coliseum", no cuts were made, no remixing, no noise reduction. The CD was released in digipack accompanied by 20-page booklet with many photos from the concert and an interesting essay. 


(Source: eBay)

June 12 - Young Man With the Big Beat

On Amazon U.K. and U.S. three new releases popped up; 'Original Album Classics', a five CD box-set due from Sony Music August 1, 2011. 'Young Man With the Big Beat' a box set from Sony Legacy, due September 27, 2011 with an $155.52 price tag. Due the same date is the Legacy Edition of the classic 'Elvis Presley' album. 



On June 14th. Elvis Express had a small update:

'"I have been contacted by one source who confirms that word from Ernst Jorgensen who says he is unable to make any comment regarding this upcoming release. But what he did say about the set was "It's beautiful". Sony will be making an official announcement soon."


(Source: FECC / Amazon / Poster Central)

June 11 - Elvis On Tour

The DVD 'Elvis On Tour' dropped off the Dutch DVD Top 30 after re-entering one week earlier. 


(Source: Dutch Charts)

June 10 - Japanese DVD's

The movie 'Elvis The Movie' featuring Kurt Russell as The King will be released on August 10, 2011 in Japan with the title 'The Singer'. 
About one month earlier, on July 7th., the concert movie 'Elvis That's The Way It Is SE' will be released in Japan. 


(Source: Elvis World Japan)

Follow That Dream
Don't forget your June Follow That Dream releases! Pre-order your new Follow That Dream releases from Shop ElvisMatters, the cheapest place on the web: 
1. >> Stage Rehearsals
2. >> Live In Amarillo
3. >> Pot Luck (vinyl edition)

June 09 - Japanese Heat At 40

Released in Japan is the 120 pages 'Elvis Presley Songbook'. 



Memphis Heat

The Toucdown Productions import release 'Memphis Heat', containing an audience recording of the March 16, 1974, Evening Show in Memphis, was released. 


Elvis By Special Request: '71 At '40 


JAT Publishing announced that the book 'Elvis By Special Request: '71 At '40' will be released at the end of June. 



From the press-release:

This is the first JAT book devoted solely to 1971, something that has been requested many times of the years. This special edition hardcover book will feature many rare photographs of the rarely seen and exciting 1971 tour. With over 100 unpublished color and black and white photos, this book will be a throwback to some of the early classic JAT titles. Over its 23 years JAT Publishing has captured almost every element of Elvis Presleys illustrious career with the exception of a book devoted entirely to the November 1971 tour. This is a book not to be missed.





(Source: Elvis World Japan / Amazon / FECC / JAT / Elvis On CD)

July 08 - Encore Performances

SOFA Entertainment, Inc. announced the re-issue of the 'Elvis Presley: The Great Performances' documentaries on August 2, 2011 in the USA.  


Product Description:


The ultimate DVD collection celebrating the life of Elvis Presley returns to the marketplace, after several years, boasting over 2 hours of remastered video, new packaging and never-before-seen interviews with legendary artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins along with others who were close to the beloved and undisputed King of Rock `n Roll. The two-disc Elvis: The Great Performances (Hip-O/SOFA Entertainment), released August 2, 2011, brings together classic performances spanning more than 20 years, from his first televised appearance that shocked a nation to a concert a few weeks before his death on August 16, 1977.


(Source: Amazon)

June 07 - Flaming Star #65

The Norwegian Flaming Star fan-club published the cover volume 65 of their self-titled magazine which focusses on Elvis the piano-player, 'Harum Scarum' and contains an interview with Sonny West. The magazine was send out June 10th. 


(Source: Flaming Star)

June 06 - It Happened At The Auction

Juliens Auctions put a vintage Gibson LG-2 guitar on the auction block. The guitar belonged to, and was used by Elvis Presley on screen during filming of 'It Happened At The World's Fair' (MGM, 1963).


The guitar is accompanied by photos of Elvis from the film and a typed letter dated April 11, 1993, signed by Charlie Hodge. The letter states, "... The sunburst design Gibson acoustic guitar had a blue twine type strap on it ... I think the studio put it on and we never changed it back. Elvis would play jam sessions during breaks in the filming and he and I both used to use it at home. It got to the point I used it more than Elvis and he eventually gave the guitar to me. I've had it ever since that time..."


The Gibson LG-2  in sunburst finish with factory order number "6959 3" stamped on the neck block of the guitar and "LG-2" stamped on interior brace. The guitar features a rectangular bridge, 19 fret fingerboard with dot inlay, modern Gibson logo on headstock that has been colored over with black marker, and tapered thickness headstock. Based upon the tapered headstock that was discontinued in 1950 and available factory order number information the guitar is from 1950 or 1951.



Love Me Tender

The Dutch Weton budget label released the 2CD /1DVD box-set 'Love Me Tender'.

(Source: Julien's / Scotty Moore / Weton)