*** Recorded July 5, 1954 - June 11, 1958 ***

Here we bring you the best 1950's recordings according to EAP Index. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
1. That's All Right
2. Blue Moon of Kentucky
3. Good Rockin' Tonight
4. You're a Heartbreaker
5. Baby Let's Play House
6. Mystery Train
7. Tryin' to Get to You
8. I Got a Woman
9. Heartbreak Hotel
10. Money Honey
11. I Was the One
12. Blue Suede Shoes
13. My Baby Left Me
14. Tutti Frutti
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
16. Shake, Rattle and Roll
17. Hound Dog
18. Don't Be Cruel
19. Love Me Tender
20. Love Me
21. Long Tall Sally
22. Too Much
23. Ready Teddy
24. Rip it Up
25. All Shook Up
26. Mean Woman Blues
27. Blueberry Hill
28. One Night
29. Loving You
30. Jailhouse Rock
31. Blue Christmas
32. Hard Headed Woman
33. Trouble
34. A Big Hunk O' Love
35. Ain't That Loving You Baby (Fast Tempo)

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Aired December 3, 1968 ***

"Singer Presents ... Elvis", commonly referred to as the "'68 Comeback Special", is an Elvis Presley concert special that aired on NBC-TV on December 3, 1968. It marked Presley's return to live performance after a seven-year period during which he focused on his film appearances.

The concert was initially planned as a Christmas special by the network and Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Producer Bob Finkel hired director Steve Binder, who, rather than creating a Christmas special, created a concert that would reflect the musical trends of the time and appeal to a younger audience.

Filmed in June 1968 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California, the special included a "live" sit-down session that showcased Presley in an informal setting, surrounded by fans and a small band, and a few musical numbers. It ended with the now acclaimed rendition of "If I Can Dream".

The special received positive reviews and topped the Nielsen television ratings for the week in which it aired. It became the most-watched show of the television season, earning 42% of the television audience.

Later known as the Comeback Special, it relaunched Presley's singing career.

Here we bring you the TV program as aired with ads. We hope you like it.

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** As edited by NBC-TV in October 1968 ***

The "'68 Comeback Special" is an Elvis Presley concert special that aired on NBC-TV on December 3, 1968.
It marked Presley's return to live performance after a seven-year period during which he focused on his film appearances.
The concert was initially planned as a Christmas special by the network and Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Producer Bob Finkel hired director Steve Binder, who, rather than creating a Christmas special, created a concert that would reflect the musical trends of the time and appeal to a younger audience.

Filming took place in June 1968 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California.
It relaunched Presley's singing career.

Here we bring you the TV program as edited by NBC prior to the original airing. We hope you like it.

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Filmed at NBC-TV Studio 4 in Burbank, CA, on June 30, 1968 ***

Between June 27th and 30th, 1968, Elvis recorded and filmed the live tracks and scenes for the "ELVIS" TV program.
An important part of the set was the Opening (Trouble / Guitar Man) and Closing (If I Can Dream) sequences, which showcased Elvis as a rock star at the beginning of the program and delivering a special message of peace at the end.
Here we bring you all the takes for the sequences filmed on June 30, 1968 for the "ELVIS [NBC-TV Special]" TV show / album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Filmed at NBC-TV Studio 4 in Burbank, CA, on June 27 & 28, 1968 ***

Between June 27th and 30th, 1968, Elvis recorded and filmed the live tracks and scenes for the "ELVIS" TV program.
An important part of the set was the Guitar Man Sequence (AKA Road Medley), which showcased Elvis in a few scenarios sewed together by the song "Guitar Man".

Here we bring you all the takes for the sequence filmed on June 27 and 28, 1968 for the "ELVIS [NBC-TV Special]" TV show / album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Filmed at NBC-TV Studio 4 in Burbank, CA, on June 27 & 28, 1968 ***

Between June 27th and 30th, 1968, Elvis recorded and filmed the live tracks and scenes for the "ELVIS" TV program.
An important part of the set was the Guitar Man Sequence (AKA Road Medley), which showcased Elvis in a few scenarios sewed together by the song "Guitar Man".

Here we bring you all the takes fot the sequence filmed on June 27 and 28, 1968 for the "ELVIS [NBC-TV Special]" TV show / album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Filmed at NBC-TV Studio 4 in Burbank, CA, on June 28, 1968 ***

Between June 27th and 30th, 1968, Elvis recorded and filmed the live tracks and scenes for the "ELVIS" TV program.
An important part of the set was the Gospel Sequence, in which Elvis showcased his adoration for black music and homaged his musical roots at Lauderdale Courts.

Here we bring you all the takes fot the sequence filmed on June 28, 1968 for the "ELVIS [NBC-TV Special]" TV show / album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Filmed and recorded at NBC-TV Studio 4 in Burbank, CA, on June 29, 1968 ***

On June 27 and 29, 1968, Elvis recorded and filmed the live tracks and scenes for the "ELVIS" TV program.
Part of the attraction would show Elvis sitting or standing up on a small stage and singing his hit songs for an audience for the first time in 8 years.
Needless to say, Elvis did his best and delivered 4 small but memorable concerts. To those privileged in the audience, it was clear the King of Rock had returned.

Here we bring you the full sit-down and stand-up concerts on June 29, 1968 for the "ELVIS [NBC-TV Special]" TV show / album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
**JUNE 29, 1968 - 6 PM (SIT-DOWN)**
1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #1
3. Introductions
4. That's All Right
5. Are You Lonesome Tonight
6. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #2
7. Blue Suede Shoes
8. One Night
9. Love Me
10. Trying to Get to You
11. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
12. Santa Claus is Back in Town
13. Blue Christmas
14. Tiger Man
15. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
16. Memories
**JUNE 29, 1968 - 8 PM (STAND-UP) [STARTS AT 51:32]**
17. Heartbreak Hotel
18. Hound Dog
19. All Shook Up
20. Can't Help Falling in Love
21. Jailhouse Rock
22. Don't Be Cruel
23. Blue Suede Shoes
24. Love Me Tender
25. Trouble / Guitar Man #1
26. Trouble / Guitar Man #2
27. If I Can Dream

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Filmed and recorded at NBC-TV Studio 4 in Burbank, CA, on June 27, 1968 ***

On June 27, 1968, Elvis began to record and film the live tracks and scenes for the "ELVIS" TV program.
Part of the attraction would show Elvis sitting or standing up on a small stage and singing his hit songs for an audience for the first time in 8 years.
Needless to say, Elvis did his best and delivered 4 small but memorable concerts. To those privileged in the audience, it was clear the King of Rock had returned.

Here we bring you the full sit-down and stand-up concerts on June 27, 1968 for the "ELVIS [NBC-TV Special]" TV show / album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
**JUNE 27, 1968 - 6 PM (SIT-DOWN)**
1. That's All Right
2. Heartbreak Hotel
3. Love Me
4. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #1
5. Blue Suede Shoes
6. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #2
7. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
8. Are You Lonesome Tonight
9. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
10. Blue Christmas
11. Trying to Get to You
12. One Night
13. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #3
14. One Night
15. Memories
**JUNE 27, 1968 - 8 PM (STAND-UP) [STARTS AT 49:30]**
16. Heartbreak Hotel
17. Hound Dog
18. All Shook Up
19. Can't Help Falling in Love
20. Jailhouse Rock
21. Don't Be Cruel
22. Blue Suede Shoes
23. Love Me Tender
24. Trouble
25. Baby, What You Want Me to Do
26. If I Can Dream

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Recorded June 20-24 & 30, 1968 ***

Here we bring you the full recording sessions for the 1968 ELVIS [NBC-TV Special] album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***RECORDING SESSIONS***
**JUNE 20, 1968**
1. Nothingville / Guitar Man (Part 1) (Warm up + Takes 1, 2, 5, 6 & 10 - Master)
2. Let Yourself Go (Part 1) (Takes 1*-6 & 7 - Master) [*Part Used For Alternate Master Cut]
3. Let Yourself Go (Part 1) (First Verse Female Vocal Overdub by Darlene Love, Take 1 - Master)
4. Flicker Routine / Let Yourself Go (Part 2) (Takes 2, 6 & 7 - Master)
5. Let Yourself Go (Composite - Alternate Master)
6. Let Yourself Go (Composite - Record Version Master)
7. Guitar Man (Part 2 - Fast) (Takes 1-8) [Not Used]
8. Calliope Carnival (Takes 1 & 2 - Master)
9. Big Boss Man (Takes 1, 2 & 3 - Master)
10. It Hurts Me (Part 1) (Takes 1-6* & 7 - Master) [*Used For Composite Master]
**JUNE 21, 1968**
11. Guitar Man (Part 2 - Slow) (Takes 6 & 7 - Master)
12. It Hurts Me (Part 2) (Takes 1-5 & 11 - Master)
13. It Hurts Me (Composite Master)
14. Guitar Man (Part 3) / Little Egypt (Takes 1, 6, 8 & 10 - Master)
15. Trouble / Guitar Man (Part 4) (Takes 2 & 3 - Master)
16. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But to the Lord? / Yes, Yes, Yes / Up Above My Head (Intro) (Rehearsal + Takes 1, 4 & 7 - Master)
17. Up Above My Head / I Found That Light / Saved (Intro) (Takes 4 & 7)
**JUNE 22, 1968**
18. Up Above My Head / I Found That Light / Saved (Intro) (Take 13 - Master)
19. Saved (Part 1) / Preach For the Sky / Saved (Part 2) (Takes 1, 2 & 4)
20. Saved (Part 1) / Preach For the Sky / Saved (Part 2) (Unedited Spliced Master)
21. Gospel Medley (Composite Master)
22. Trouble / Guitar Man (Takes 1, 2, 3, 6 & 7)
23. Trouble / Guitar Man (Spliced Master)
**JUNE 23, 1968**
24. The Scratch (Instrumental - Master)
25. Road Medley (Composite Master)
26. If I Can Dream (Takes 1-4 & 5 - Record Version Master)
27. If I Can Dream (Dubdown, Take 2 - Master From Acetate)
28. Memories (Take 3)
29. Let Yourself Go (Closing Instrumental, Takes 1 & 5 - Master)
30. Let Yourself Go (Closing Instrumental - Dubdown, Take 4 - Master)
**JUNE 24, 1968**
31. Memories (Vocal Overdub, Takes 1 & 2 - Overdubbed Take 4 [June 23, 1968]; Record Version Master)
**JUNE 30, 1968**
32. "Uh, Uh, Uh" Tag (Take 1 - Master; Not Used)
33. If I Can Dream (Vocal Overdub For TV Version, Take 3)
34. Opening Medley (Record Version Composite)
35. Gospel Medley (Record Version Composite)
36. Road Medley (Record Version Composite)

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Recorded June 27 & 29, 1968 ***

On June 20, 1968, Elvis began to record and film the tracks and scenes for the "ELVIS" TV program.
Part of the attraction would show Elvis sitting or standing up on a small stage and singing his hit songs for an audience for the first time in 8 years.
Needless to say, Elvis did his best and delivered 4 small but memorable concerts. To those privileged in the audience, it was clear the King of Rock had returned.

Here we bring you the full sit-down and stand-up concerts for the 1968 ELVIS [NBC-TV Special] album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
**JUNE 27, 1968 - 6 PM - (SIT-DOWN)**
1. That's All Right
2. Heartbreak Hotel
3. Love Me
4. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #1
5. Blue Suede Shoes
6. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #2
7. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
8. Are You Lonesome Tonight
9. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
10. Blue Christmas
11. Trying to Get to You
12. One Night
13. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #3
14. One Night
15. Memories
**JUNE 27, 1968 - 8 PM - (STAND-UP) [STARTS AT 49:30]
16. Heartbreak Hotel
17. Hound Dog
18. All Shook Up
19. Can't Help Falling in Love
20. Jailhouse Rock
21. Don't Be Cruel
22. Blue Suede Shoes
23. Love Me Tender
24. Trouble
25. Baby, What You Want Me to Do
26. If I Can Dream
**JUNE 29, 1968 - 6 PM - (SIT-DOWN) [STARTS AT 01:16:00]**
27. Heartbreak Hotel
28. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #1
29. Introductions
30. That's All Right
31. Are You Lonesome Tonight
32. Baby, What You Want Me to Do #2
33. Blue Suede Shoes
34. One Night
34. Love Me
36. Trying to Get to You
37. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
38. Santa Claus is Back in Town
39. Blue Christmas
40. Tiger Man
41. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
42. Memories
**JUNE 29, 1968 - 8 PM - (STAND-UP) [STARTS AT 02:05:31]
43. Heartbreak Hotel
44. Hound Dog
45. All Shook Up
46. Can't Help Falling in Love
47. Jailhouse Rock
48. Don't Be Cruel
49. Blue Suede Shoes
50. Love Me Tender
51. Trouble / Guitar Man #1
52. Trouble / Guitar Man #2
53. If I Can Dream

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Recorded June 24 & 25, 1968 ***

On June 20, 1968, Elvis began to record and film the tracks and scenes for the "ELVIS" TV program.
Seven days later, he'd be in front of a live audience for the first time in 8 years.
To assure everything would run smoothly, Elvis rehearsed a few numbers in his dressing room at the NBC-TV Studios on June 24 and 25.

Here we bring you the full rehearsals for the sit-down and stand-up concerts for the 1968 ELVIS [NBC-TV Special] album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***REHEARSING SESSIONS***
**JUNE 24, 1968**
1. I Got a Woman (Incomplete)
2. Blue Moon / Young Love / Oh, Happy Day
3. When it Rains, it Really Pours
4. Blue Christmas
5. Are You Lonesome Tonight / That's My Desire
6. That's When Your Heartaches Begin
7. Peter Gunn Theme
8. Love Me
9. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
10. Blue Christmas / Santa Claus Is Back in Town
**JUNE 25, 1968** (STARTS AT 23:48)
11. Danny Boy
12. Baby, What You Want Me to Do
13. Love Me
14. Tiger Man
15. Santa Claus is Back in Town
16. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
17. One Night
18. Blue Christmas
19. Baby, What You Want Me to Do
20. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
21. Blue Moon of Kentucky

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Recorded June 20-30, 1968 ***

"ELVIS [NBC-TV Special]" is the 26th soundtrack album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released on RCA Victor, catalog number LSP/LPM 4088, on November 22, 1968.
It represents the soundtrack album for the namesake TV program aired on December 3, 1968.

After 11 years doing movies that'd get more and more mediocre with time, Elvis got a little break from Hollywood's claw in late 1967.
To let him vent his frustration off outside the filming studios, a Christmas special was comissioned after the Colonel made a deal with NBC-TV and ensured sponsoring from the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
The initial idea was just to have Elvis singing Christmas songs for 1 hour, something that didn't really appeal to the TV station and angered Presley.
After talking to Parker, NBC convivned him to let the program be centered totally on Elvis and hired director Steve Binder, who agreed with that and felt even more was needed.
Going over Parker and right to Elvis, Binder presented an innovative idea for the show and the premise to bring the King of Rock back - Presley agreed with no questions.

Filming of the program and recording of the soundtrack began on June 20 and ended on the 30th.
Both the TV program and the soundtrack album presented 10 live songs, the first time RCA ever released any extensive Elvis concert bits (apart from "Tiger Man" on "Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star and Others" released a month earlier).
Other 11 songs wwhere studio recordings and two were a mix of studio and live recordings.

RCA was able to compile the 23 tracks into a single 45-minute, 7-track LP.
The album peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200; along with the TV special, it revitalized Presley's career after years of diminishing commercial and critical success.
It was certified Gold on July 22, 1969 and Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA.

Here we bring you the full 1968 LP. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL ALBUM***
1. Trouble / Guitar Man
2. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy / Baby, What You Want Me to Do / Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / All Shook Up / Can't Help Falling In Love / Jailhouse Rock / Love Me Tender
3. Where Could I Go But to the Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved
4. Baby, What You Want Me to Do / That's All Right (Mama) / Blue Christmas / One Night / Tiger Man / Trying to Get to You
5. Memories
6. Nothingville / Big Boss Man / Guitar Man / Little Egypt / Trouble / Guitar Man
7. If I Can Dream

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Recorded June 20-24, 1968 ***

Months before Elvis' appearance on TV for the first time in 8 years, Colonel Parker had made a deal with NBC-TV and the Singer Sewing Machine Company to produce an Elvis TV show.
Parker wanted an old fashioned Christmas program like Bing Crosby's or Frank Sinatra's, but both Elvis and NBC felt it wouldn't appeal to the masses.
While working on bringing Steve Binder to the project, NBC proposed a different setlist to Parker. For everybody's surprise, he went with it as long as the show would end with a Christmas song.
This concept was dropped instantly when Binder arrived.

Here we bring you the original concept for the 1968 NBC-TV Special "ELVIS". We hope you like it. Enjoy!

**This edit is an attempt to recreate the setlist and isn't a real RCA or NBC-TV edit.**

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL CONCEPT***
**OPENING**
1. Guitar Man
**ARENA SEGMENT #1**
2. A Little Less Conversation* / Elvis Talking
**ARENA MEDLEY**
3. Jailhouse Rock
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Hound Dog**
6. All Shook Up**
7. Don't Be Cruel
8. Can't Help Falling in Love
9. Blue Suede Shoes
10. Love Me Tender
11. U.S. Male
**ARENA SEGMENT #2**
12. A Little Less Conversation*** (Reprise)
**INFORMAL SEGMENT**
13. Cotton Candy Land
14. How Would You Like to Be
15. Wooden Heart
16. Can You Find it in Your Heart****
17. Memories
**GOSPEL SEGMENT**
18. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
19. Where Could I Go But to the Lord
20. Up Above My Head
21. Saved
**GUITAR MAN SEGMENT**
22. Guitar Man #1
23. Let Yourself Go
24. Guitar Man #2
25. Big Boss Man
26. It Hurts Me
27. Guitar Man #3
28. Little Egypt
29. Trouble
30. Guitar Man #4
**SHOW CLOSER**
31. I'll Be Home For Christmas
32. A Little Less Conversation***** (Closing Version)

*Record Master
** Moved from original place for better editing
*** Undubbed Single Master
**** Tony Bennett song - not included
***** Truncated Version of Record Master

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Recorded October 7, 1960 - June 27, 1968 ***

"Singer Presents Elvis Sings Flaming Star and Others" is a compilation album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released promotionally on RCA Camden, catalog number PRS 279, on October 18, 1968.

As the end of 1968 approached, RCA and NBC-TV were enthusiastic with the "ELVIS" program that would air on December 3.
Singer Sewing Machine Company had sponsored the show and asked for some kind of promotion both of the program and their products.
RCA then comissioned a compilation LP to be sold in selected stores with a few movie soundtrack songs and named it "Singer Presents Elvis Sings Flaming Star and Others".

The 9 selections in the LP were up to 8 years old and had a very welcome concept: Only the title track, "Flaming Star", had been previously released.
Seven tracks were songs that either didn't have a place in a soundtrack album, weren't used in the films, weren't released for not being "sellable" or were recording sessions leftovers.
The ninth and last track was a live version of "Tiger Man", recorded during the filming of the "Comeback Special"; this was Elvis' first live performance to ever be released.

This promotional album spent five months available only at select retail stores featuring products by the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
It was reissued for normal retail channels as "Elvis Sings Flaming Star" on RCA Camden catalog number CAS 2304, on March 28, 1969, becoming the first Elvis Presley budget album.
The 1969 release peaked at number 96 on the US Billboard 200 chart and number 1 on the Dutch and UK Albums Chart. Due to its success, RCA elected to release several budget albums through Camden in the following years.
It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999, and Platinum on January 6, 2004, by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Here we bring you the full 1968/69 LP and the surviving bits of its recording sessions. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL ALBUM***
1. Flaming Star (From "Flaming Star")
2. Wonderful World (From "Live a Little, Love a Little")
3. Night Life (From "Viva Las Vegas")
4. All I Needed Was the Rain (From "Stay Away, Joe")
5. Too Much Monkey Business
6. Yellow Rose of Texas / Eyes of Texas (From "Viva Las Vegas")
7. She's a Machine (From "Easy Come, Easy Go")
8. Do the Vega (From "Viva Las Vegas")
9. Tiger Man (June 27, 1968)

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Recorded March 7-11, October 15 & November 25-27, 1968 ***

"Live a Little, Love a Little" and "Charro!" would be 1968/69 soundtrack albums by Elvis Presley at RCA, if released.
They would represent the soundtrack for the namesake films released in 1968 and 1969.
"Live a Little, Love a Little" was released worldwide on Follow That Dream, catalog number 506020 975088, in November 2015.
"Charro!" was released worldwide on CD as "The Last Movies" on Follow That Dream, catalog number 506020 975116, in October 2017 and on LP, catalog number 506020 975121, in June 2018.

As the last Elvis movies didn't really have a lot of songs, RCA again didn't comission a soundtrack album for it.
The 6 songs in the movies were released as singles or on budget albums over the next two years.
In 2015 and 2017 FTD brought the unreleased album to the public for the first time.

Here we bring you the full 1968 unreleased album, plus a few bonuses. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE (UNRELEASED 1968 ALBUM)***
1. Wonderful World
2. Edge of Reality
3. A Little Less Conversation
4. Almost in Love (Original Record Master)
***CHARRO! (UNRELEASED 1969 ALBUM)***
5. Charro!
6. Let's Forget About the Stars
**ORIGINAL A-SIDE SINGLE**
7. If I Can Dream
**ORIGINAL B-SIDE SINGLE**
8. Memories
***RECORDING SESSIONS***
**MARCH 7, 1968**
9. Wonderful World (Movie Version, Takes 1-6 & 7 - Unedited Movie Master)
10. Wonderful World (Record Version, Takes 14 & 15 - Unedited Alternate Record Master)
11. Wonderful World (Record Version, Takes 16 & 17 - Unedited Record Master)
12. Edge of Reality (Takes 1-3, 5, 6 & 8 - Unedited Master)
13. A Little Less Conversation (Takes 1, 2, 4-9 & 10 - Unedited Record Master)
14. A Little Less Conversation (Takes 11, 12 & 16 - Unedited Movie / Single Master)
15. A Little Less Conversation (Dubdown From Acetate; Unused Instrumental Track For the '68 Comeback Special)
16. Almost in Love (High Key - Instrumental Test Track, Take 2)
17. Almost in Love (Takes 1, 4, 5 & 6 - Unused Master)
18. Almost in Love (Low Key - Track, Take 4 - Master)
**MARCH 11, 1968**
19. Almost in Love (High Key - Vocal Overdub, Take 4 - Unused Master)
20. Almost in Love (Low Key - Vocal Overdub, Takes 2 & 3 - Unedited Single Master)
21. Almost in Love (Edited Record Master ["Almost in Love" LP])
**NOVEMBER 25, 1968**
22. Let's Forget About the Stars (Rough Mix - Unedited Undubbed Master)
23. Charro! (Rough Mix - Unedited Undubbed Spliced Master)
**BONUS SONGS**
24. A Little Less Conversation (JXL Remix - Radio Edit)
25. A Little Less Conversation (JXL Remix - Extended Version)

#Elvis #ElvisPresley

*** Recorded September 10, 1967 - August 9, 1968 ***

Here we bring you the full recording sessions for the unreleased 1968 album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
**SEPTEMBER 10, 1967**
1.Big Boss Man (Takes 1-10 & 11 - Master)
**SEPTEMBER 11, 1967**
2. Mine (Takes 1-4)
3. Mine (Takes 5-7 - Instrumental)
4. Mine (Takes 8 [Elvis off-mic], 9, 13 & 21 - Master)
5.Singing Tree (1st Version, Takes 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 & 13 - Alternate Master)
6. Just Call Me Lonesome (Take 1 - Master + Takes 3-6)
7. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Takes 1, 5, 6 & 7 - Unedited Master)
8. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Edited Master)
9. You Don't Know Me (2nd Version, Take 1* - Master + Take 2* [*Used For Spliced BMG Master])
10. You Don't Know Me (2nd Version - Spliced BMG Master)
11. We Call On Him (Takes 1-5, 7, 8 & 9 - Master)
12. You'll Never Walk Alone (Takes 1*-6 & 8* [*Used For Spliced Master])
13. You'll Never Walk Alone (Spliced Master)
**SEPTEMBER 12, 1967**
14. Singing Tree (2nd Version, Takes 1-3 & 5 - Master)
**AUGUST 9, 1968**
15. Beyond the Reef (Overdubbed Master)

*** Recorded May 26, 1966 - September 10, 1967 ***

Here we bring you the full recording sessions for the unreleased 1968 album. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
**MAY 26, 1966**
1. Down in the Alley (Takes 1-8 & 9 - Master)
2. Tomorrow is a Long Time (Takes 1, 2 & 3 - Master)
**MAY 27, 1966**
3. Beyond the Reef (Takes 1 & 2 - Unddubbed Master)
**MAY 28, 1966**
4. Come What May (Takes 1-7 & 8 - Master)
5. Fools Fall in Love (Takes 1, 4 & 5 - Unedited Master)
**JUNE 12, 1966**
6. Indescribably Blue (Vocal Overdub, Takes 1 & 2 - Master)
7. I'll Remember You (Vocal Overdub, Takes 1*, 2 & 3* [*Used For Spliced Unedited Master])
8. I'll Remember You (Unedited Master)
9. I'll Remember You (Edited Master)
10. If Every Day Was Like Christmas (Vocal Overdub, Takes 1 & 2 - Unddubbed Master)
**JUNE 20, 1966**
11. If Every Day Was Like Christmas (Overdubbed Master)
**LATE 1966 / EARLY 1967**
12. Suppose (1st Version, Takes 1 & 2 - Undubbed Master)
**MARCH 20, 1967**
13. Suppose (1st Version, Overdubbed Master)
**JUNE 20, 1967**
14. Suppose (2nd Version - Long Master)
15. Suppose (3rd Version - Short Master)
**SEPTEMBER 10, 1967**
16. Guitar Man (Takes 1-11 & 12 - Unedited Undubbed Master)
17. Guitar Man (Unedited Overdubbed Master)
18. Guitar Man (Edited Master)

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*** Recorded May 26, 1966 - September 12, 1967 ***

"Elvis Sings Guitar Man" would be a 1968 compilation album by Elvis Presley at RCA, if released.
The album was released worldwide on Follow That Dream, catalog number 506020 975021 2, in April 2011.

Starting in May 1966, Elvis recorded 14 standalone Masters from there until September 1967.
They were used as singles and extras on soundtrack LPs before RCA realized that they could very well compose a vibrant compilation album.
But after wasting the potential of such recordings, the recording company decided to leave the project aside in 1968, even after having already worked on a tracklist and a cover.
In 2011 FTD brought the original album to the public for the first time as planned by RCA.

Here we bring you the full 1968 unreleased album, plus a few bonuses. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL 1968 ALBUM***
1. Guitar Man (Released in 1968 as A-Side to "Hi-Heel Sneakers")
2. Tomorrow is a Long Time (Released in 1966 in "Spinout")
3. Big Boss Man (Released in 1967 as A-Side to "You Don't Know Me")
4. Love Letters (Released in 1966 as B-Side to "Come What May")
5. Indescribably Blue (Released in 1967 as A-Side to "Fools Fall in Love")
6. Fools Fall in Love (Released in 1967 as B-Side to "Indescribably Blue")
7. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Released in 1968 as B-Side to "Guitar Man")
8. Down in the Alley (Released in 1966 in "Spinout")
9. Come What May (Released in 1966 as A-Side to "Love Letters")
10. Mine (Released in 1968 in "Speedway")
11. Just Call Me Lonesome (Released in 1967 in "Clambake")
12. You Don't Know Me (2nd Version) (Released in 1967 as B-Side to "Big Boss Man")
13. Singing Tree (Released in 1967 in "Clambake")
14. I'll Remember You (Released in 1966 in "Spinout")
**EXTENDED ALBUM**
15. If Every Day Was Like Christmas (Released in 1967 as A-side to "How Would You Like to Be")
16. We Call On Him (Released in 1968 as A-Side to "You'll Never Walk Alone")
17. You'll Never Walk Alone (Released in 1968 as B-Side to "We Call On Him")
18. Singing Tree (1st Version, Alternate Master) (Released in 1996 in "There's Always Me, Volume 2")
19. Suppose (1st Version, Overdubbed Master) (Released in 2010 in "The Complete Elvis Presley Masters")
20. Beyond the Reef (Overdubbed Master - August 9, 1968) (Released in 2011 in "Elvis Sings Guitar Man" [FTD])
**BONU SONGS**
21. Guitar Man (1968 Version)
22. Love Letters (1971 Version)
23. Big Boss Man (Only Time as Show Opener - August 19, 1974 OS)
24. You'll Never Walk Alone (Only Time Live - July 19, 1975 ES)
25. Love Letters (February 14, 1977)

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*** Recorded June 20, 21 & 26, 1967 ***

"Speedway" is the 25th and last soundtrack album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released on RCA Victor, catalog number LSP / LPM 3989, on May 1, 1968.
It represents the soundtrack album for the namesake film released that year.

By the beginning of 1968, it was clear that Elvis' soundtrack albums had reached rock bottom.
The recording sessions for his new soundtrack LP were held at MGM studios in Hollywood, something that pointed to its slow death.

Eight tracks were recorded, with "Suppose", the only song that held interest for Elvis, dropped from the movie.
"Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby" and "Let Yourself Go" were issued as singles, both making the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 and bombing sales-wise.
"There Ain't Nothing Like a Song," rejected from "Spinout", and "Your Groovy Self". both featuring lead vocals by Nancy Sinatra, were recorded at a separate session on June 26.
Three leftover tracks, including one from the May 1963, were unearthed to round out the album.

"Speedway" took over the new low for chart position and album sales by Elvis, selling fewer than 100,000 copies, and jeopardizing his recording career.
Much to his relief, it killed the soundtrack formula, this being the final Presley feature film to have a soundtrack album.
It was also the last Presley album to be released in both stereo and mono editions as mono was being phased out by the industry, thus making its rare mono pressing (LPM-3989) a collectors item.
The LP peaked at number 82 on the Billboard 200.

Here we bring you the full 1968 LP and the surviving bits of its recording sessions. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL ALBUM (STEREO)***
1. Speedway
2. There Ain't Nothing Like a Song
3. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
4. Who Are You? (Who Am I?)
5. He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad
6. Let Yourself Go
7. Your Groovy Self
8. Five Sleepy Heads
9. Western Union
10. Mine
11. Goin' Home
12. Suppose
***RECORDING SESSIONS***
**JUNE 20, 1967**
13. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby (Movie Version From Acetate)
14. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby (Mono Master)
15. Five Sleepy Heads (Mono Master)
16. Who Are You? (Mono Master)
**JUNE 21, 1967**
17. Speedway (Take 4 - Unedited Master)
18. Speedway (Mono Master)
19. Suppose (Long Version, Take 1 - Alternate Master)
20. Suppose (Short Version - Mono Master)
21. Let Yourself Go (Takes 5 & 6 - Used For Spliced Master)
22. Let Yourself Go (Mono Master)
23. He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad (Mono Master)
**JUNE 26, 1967**
24. There Ain't Nothing Like a Song (Nancy Sinatra VO, Take 8 - Unedited Master)
25. There Ain't Nothing Like a Song (Mono Master)
26. Your Groovy Self (Mono Master)
**BONUS**
27. Let Yourself Go (1968 Version)
28. Let Yourself Go (1968 Version - Instrumental)

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*** Recorded October 1, 1967 & January 15-17, 1968 ***

"Stay Away, Joe" would be a 1968 soundtrack album by Elvis Presley at RCA, if released.
It would represent the soundtrack album for the namesake film released that year.
The album was released worldwide on Follow That Dream, catalog number 506020 975056, on May 8, 2013.

As the movie only featured 4 songs and Elvis' EP releases had been killed over a year before it hit the theaters, RCA decided to not create a soundtrack album for an Elvis film for the first time in 12 years.
Only the opening credits song, "Stay Away", was released at the time to promote the movie. As the other songs didn't have any selling potential, the single's B-side was a recording sessions leftover, "U. S. Male".
Apart from "All I Needed Was the Rain" and "Stay Away, Joe" were shelved and released on budget albums over the next two years. "Dominic" would only be released in 1994.
In 2013 FTD brought the unreleased album to the public for the first time.

Here we bring you the full 1968 unreleased album, plus the surviving recordings sessions and a bonus. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***UNRELEASED 1968 ALBUM***
1. Stay Away (Fast Tempo - Record / Single Master) (Released in 1968 as A-side to "U. S. Male")
2. Stay Away, Joe (Record Master) (Released in 1970 in "Almost in Love")
3. Dominic (Released in 1994 in "Double Features: Kissin' Cousins / Clambake / Stay Away, Joe")
4. All I Needed Was the Rain (Record Master) (Released in 1968/69 in "Elvis Sings Flaming Star")
**BONUS TRACKS**
5. Goin' Home (Released in 1968 in "Speedway")
6. Too Much Monkey Business (Released in 1968 + 1969 in "Elvis Sings Flaming Star")
7. U. S. Male (Released in 1968 as B-side to "Stay Away")
***RECORDING SESSIONS***
**OCTOBER 1, 1967**
8. Stay Away, Joe (Movie Version, Takes 1-16 & 17 - Unedited Master)
9. All I Needed Was the Rain (Unedited Movie Version Master)
10. Dominic (Takes 1-3 & 5 - Unedited Master)
**JANUARY 15, 1968**
11. Too Much Monkey Business (Takes 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10 & 12)
**JANUARY 16, 1968**
12. Goin' Home (Takes 2-5, 9-12, 14-19, 21-24 & 26-29)
13. Stay Away (Takes 1 & 2 [Slow Tempo] + Takes 3-14 & 15 [Fast Tempo] - Undubbed Master)
14. Stay Away (Guitar Overdub by Jerry Reed, Takes 1 & 2)
15. Stay Away (Movie Version Master)
**JANUARY 17, 1968**
16. U. S. Male (Takes 1-11)
**BONUS SONGS**
17. U. S. Male (1987 Edit)
18. Too Much Monkey Business (1981 Edit)

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*** Recorded June 10, 1958 - June 12, 1966 ***

"Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 4" is a hits compilation album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released only on RCA Victor, catalog number LSP / LPM 3921, on January 8, 1968.

Although he had remained a popular artist since the release "Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 3" (1963), placing eight albums in the Top Ten and 17 singles in the Top 40 Presley's sales had cooled off since his heyday.
The compilation album "Elvis for Everyone!" (1965) was his first to sell under 300,000 copies, and his last five soundtrack albums had all done progressively worse in the marketplace, units shifted dropping to under 200,000.
Singles were no longer reaching the Top 40 automatically, and while his recent single "Big Boss Man" sold 350,000, that fell short of the needed 500,000 to qualify for gold status in US singles sales.

RCA then comissioned a fourth hits album to try and increase its selling revenue, but it failed to do it even with the compilation spamming through 8 years of hits.
Usually a guaranteed seller, this volume sold only 400,000 copies; better than his recent soundtrack albums, but well off the mark set by its three predecessors.
The Colonel's ignorance of popular music trends and styles and Elvis' unwavering loyalty to Parker were ruining Presley's career.

Here we bring you the full 1968 LP and a few bonuses. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL ALBUM***
1. Love Letters
2. Witchcraft
3. It Hurts Me
4. What'd I Say
5. Please Don't Drag That String Around
6. Indescribably Blue
7. (You're the) Devil in Disguise
8. Lonely Man
9. A Mess of Blues
10. Ask Me
11. Ain't That Loving You Baby
12. Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
**BONUS**
13. Love Letters (1971 Version)
14. It Hurts Me (1968 Version)
15. What'd I Say (August 23, 1969 MS)
16. Love Letters (February 14, 1977)

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*** Recorded December 1956 - February 1967 ***

As we know, Elvis spent a lot of fun times at home whenever he could.
He'd always be surrounded by friends and family in these moments and someone would always hit the record button on a tape recorder to capture the magic that was having Elvis sing and have fun at home.

Here we bring you all the known and released home recordings made from late 1956 to early 1967 in the best quality possible.
Some recordings (namely the May 17, 1958 tape at Eddie Fadal's home and the 1958/59 recordings in Germany) are omitted as they were already posted in a previous video.
We hope you like it. Enjoy!

**----------TRACKLIST----------**
**DECEMBER 1956 - MEMPHIS, TN**
1. Home Sweet Home (Gladys Presley)
2. When the Saints Go Marching in
**NOVEMBER 1960 - BEL-AIR, CA**
3. You'll Never Walk Alone (Incomplete)
4. If I Loved You
5. The Lord's Prayer / If I Loved You (Reprise)
6. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder
7. An Evening Prayer (Incomplete)
8. Make Believe
9. She Wears My Ring
10. Sweet Leilani
11. Beyond the Reef (Incomplete)
12. When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
13. He
14. Hands Off
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Incomplete)
**FEBRUARY 1966 - BEL-AIR, CA**
16. After Loving You
17. If I Loved You
18. Show Me Thy Ways, O' Lorde
19. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
20. Hide Thou Me (Rock Of Ages)(#1)
21. It's No Fun Being Lonely
22. San Antonio Rose
23. Tennessee Waltz
24. I've Been Blue
25. Mary Lou Brown
26. Moonlight Sonata
27. Blue Hawaii
28. Oh, How I Love Jesus
29. I, John (Incomplete)
**EARLY 1966 - BEL-AIR, CA**
30. Write to Me From Naples (From Acetate)
31. My Heart Cries For You (From Acetate)
32. Dark Moon (From Acetate)
33. Indescribably Blue
**LATE 1966 - BEL-AIR, CA**
34. Fools Rush in
35. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
36. What Now My Love
37. Five Hundred Miles
38. Blowin' in The Wind
**FEBRUARY 1967 - BEL-AIR, CA**
39. Suppose (Takes 1 & 2 - First Version Master)
**BONUS**
40. Anita Woods Calls Elvis (1961)

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*** Recorded February 21-23 & September 10-19, 1967 ***

"Clambake" is the 24th soundtrack album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released only on RCA Victor, catalog number LSP / LPM 3893, on October 10, 1967.
It represents the soundtrack album for the namesake film released that year.

By the end of 1966, Presley was fed up with the songs he was obligated to record.
When the recording sessions for his new soundtrack began in February 1967, he had little enthusiasm and the project was already in jeopardy before it started.

Of the eight songs recorded, two had been edited out of the film, and even with "How Can You Lose What You Never Had" restored to the soundtrack, that left an album of merely seven songs.

All realms of popular music had totally bypassed him during the 1960s while he had been "lost in Hollywood", so Presley decided to begin recording music written by accomplished songwriters.
A session to record additional material in Hollywood was scheduled at RCA Studio B in September; from it, "Big Boss Man" and "Guitar Man" became hit singles.

But even with five popular non-soundtrack songs in its tracklist, "Clambake" peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard 200 and faired worst than its preecessor "Double Trouble".
With it, the soundtrack album days were coming to an end.

Here we bring you the full 1967 LP and the surviving bits of its recording sessions. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL ALBUM***
1. Guitar Man
2. Clambake
3. Who Needs Money?
4. A House That Has Everything
5. Confidence
6. Hey, Hey, Hey
7. You Don't Know Me (1st Version)
8. The Girl I Never Loved
9. How Can You Lose What You Never Had
10. Big Boss Man
11. Singing Tree
12. Just Call Me Lonesome
**ORIGINAL B-SIDE**
13. Hi-Heel Sneakers
***RECORDING SESSIONS***
**FEBRUARY 21, 1967**
14. The Girl I Never Loved (Takes 4, 5, 8 & Count-in For Take 9 - Master + Takes 10 & 11)
15. The Girl I Never Loved (Movie Version)
16. How Can You Lose What You Never Had (Takes 1-3 & 6)
17. You Don't Know Me (1st Version / Movie Version, Takes 1-3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 18 & 20 - Unedited Movie Version Master)
18. A House That Has Everything (Takes 2-6)
**FEBRUARY 23, 1967**
19. Hey, Hey, Hey (Vocal Overdub,Takes 3 & 5-8)
20. Clambake (Vocal Overdub,Takes 1, 3b & 5)
21. Clambake (Reprise - Vocal Overdub,Takes 1-3 & 4 - Master)
**MARCH 6, 1967**
22. Who Needs Money? (Movie Version)
**SEPTEMBER 19, 1967**
23. Confidence (Movie Version)

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*** Recorded April 27, 1960 - September 30, 1966 ***

"Easy Come, Easy Go and Songs From Other Elvis Films" is a soundtrack album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released only in New Zealand on RCA Victor, catalog number RPLS 3414, in July 1967.

While RCA Victor US was still pondering about Elvis' EPs, most of its other branches had already abandoned the format.
This was New Zealand's case, as RCA had decided to end their Elvis' EPs after "Easy Come, Easy Go" reached stores and before it was released there.
RCA New Zealand then decided to expand the originally mediocre 6-tracks EP into a full LP. And not only that, they also made available some songs the public really wanted to hear from other consacrated movies.

Here we bring you the full 1967 New Zealander LP. We hope you like it. Enjoy!

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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL ALBUM***
1. Easy Come, Easy Go
2. The Love Machine
3. Yoga Is as Yoga Does
4. You Gotta Stop
5. Sing You Children
6. I'll Take Love
7. Tonight Is So Right For Love
8. G. I. Blues
9. Bossa Nova Baby
10. Vino, Dinero y Amor
11. Moonlight Swim
12. Can't Help Falling In Love

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