In the months ahead, probably in either November 2006 or January 2007, the three complete episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show that Elvis appeared on will be released on a 3-disc DVD set. This release by SOFA Entertainment, the owner of the Ed Sulllivan Show catalog, is in partnership with Elvis Presley Enterprises. The distributor is Image Entertainment.
A formal press release will be issued closer to the release date of the DVD set. It should include details from SOFA Entertainment regarding the remastering of the sound and picture and point out special aspects of the footage, including the restoration of a "lost" medley.
Andrew Solt, who heads up SOFA Entertainment, will present a preview of the DVD set in a segment of Day Two of this year's Elvis Insiders Conference during Elvis Week 2006.
Here are the details:
DISC ONE: September 9, 1956
1 CHARLES LAUGHTON Show Opening" 2:47
2 AMIN BROTHERS Acrobats 4:33
3 DOROTHY SARNOFF "Something Wonderful" from "THE KING AND I" 6:05 4 LINCOLN COMMERCIAL 2:40
5 VAGABONDS "Up A Lazy River" 4:32
6 ELVIS PRESLEY "Don't Be Cruel" 3:49
7 ELVIS PRESLEY "Love Me Tender" 3:50
8 CONN AND MACK Tap Dancers "Tea For Two" 3:57
9 LINCOLN MERCURY COMMERCIAL 0:47
10 CHARLES LAUGHTON "Little Red Riding Hood" 3:47
11 AMRU SANI "I'm In The Mood For Love" 3:27
13 CARL BALLANTINE Comedy & Magic 3:03
15 Preview of Next Week's "ED SULLIVAN SHOW" 1:23
12 TOBY THE DOG Novelty Act 4:00
14 LINCOLN MERCURY COMMERCIAL 2:47
16 ELVIS PRESLEY "Ready Teddy" 2:59
17 ELVIS PRESLEY "Hound Dog" 1:07
19 CHARLES LAUGHTON SAYS "GOODNIGHT" 0:34
20 CREDITS 1:58
TOTAL SHOW RUNNING TIME 58:05:00
DVD has "Play All Elvis Performances" option.
Bonus Material:
ELVIS & ED REMEMBERED BY…
Sam Phillips - Founder of Sun Records
Gordon Stoker - Member of The Jordanaires
Marlo Lewis - Producer (1948-1959)of "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Gordon Stoker - Member of The Jordanaires
Wink Martindale - TV Host & Friend of Elvis
George Klein - Disc Jockey & Friend of Elvis
WHY ED DIDN'T HOST ELVIS'S FIRST APPEARANCE
This sequence sets up Ed Sullivan and his show and tells the story of Ed's car accident and why he was unable to host the show with Elvis's debut appearance.
DISC TWO: October 28, 1956
1 OPENING 0:49
2 LITTLE GAELIC SINGERS "Dandelion Song" "Believe Me" 3:58
3 MERCURY COMMERCIAL 1:42
4 ELVIS PRESLEY "Don't Be Cruel" 2:24
5 ELVIS PRESLEY "Love Me Tender" 3:44
6 SEÑOR WENCES 6:22
7 1957 LINCOLN CONVERTIBLE COMMERCIAL" 3:13
8 ELVIS PRESLEY "Love Me" 3:48
9 JOYCE GRENFELL "Countess of Cotley" 5:16
10 "Happy To Make Your Acquaintance" From the Broadway musical "THE MOST HAPPY FELLA" 7:15
11 "Big D" "THE MOST HAPPY FELLA" 6:13
12 MERCURY COMMERCIAL 1:26
13 Preview of Next Week's "ED SULLIVAN SHOW" 0:45
14 ELVIS PRESLEY "Hound Dog" 3:41
15 UNUS Balancing Act 6:01
16 ROBERT WEBB (Audience Bow) Director of "Love Me Tender" 1:11
17 ED SULLIVAN SAYS "GOODNIGHT" 1:00
18 CREDITS 1:55
TOTAL SHOW RUNNING TIME 1:00:44
DVD has "Play All Elvis Performances" option.
Bonus Material:
ALL ABOUT ELVIS & ED 7:38
7/15/56 Two months before Elvis' 1st appearance.
9/2/56 Patti Page introduces next week's "Ed Sullivan Show" headliners.
9/16/56 One week after Elvis's 1st Appearance, Ed Sullivan returns to host the show.
10/21/56 One week before Elvis's 2nd appearance.
11/18/56 Ed introduces Elvis's 1st Film, "Love Me Tender" (3:43)
FIRST FILM OF ELVIS PRESLEY 2:45
Elvis performance at Magnolia Gardens near Houston, Texas in these rare home movies shot on August 7, 1955
DISC THREE: January 6, 1957
1 SHOW OPENING 0:33
2 ELVIS PRESLEY Medley - "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender" & "Heartbreak Hotel" 3:25
3 ELVIS PRESLEY "Don't Be Cruel" 0:50
4 "ARTHUR WORSLEY Ventriloquist 4:19
5 WILL JORDAN Ed Sullivan Impressionist 3:10
6 LINCOLN COMMERCIAL 2:52
7 CAROL BURNETT Comedy Routine "Your Eyes Have Told Me So," "I Love You," "The Lady Is A Tramp," "Paper Moon" and "I Feel A Song Coming On" 5:50
8 ELVIS PRESLEY "Too Much" 2:28
9 ELVIS PRESLEY "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" 1:56
10 SUGAR RAY ROBINSON Ed interviews Boxing Great 2:14
11 NANCI CROMPTON Tap Ballet "Thunder and Lightening" 2:32
12 LENY EVERSONG "El Cubanchero" 2:19
13 LINCOLN COMMERCIAL" 1:13
14 THE SIX GUTIS Clown Act 2:48
15 DON BUDGE Tennis Champion (Audience Bow) 1:08
16 JACKIE ROBINSON Baseball Great (Audience Bow) 0:50
17 BORY AND BOR Comedy Dance 1:29
18 LENY EVERSONG "Jezebel" 2:29
19 MERCURY COMMERCIAL 2:46
20 Preview of Next Week's "ED SULLIVAN SHOW" 0:35
21 ELVIS PRESLEY "Peace In The Valley" 1:33
22 ED SULLIVAN SAYS "GOODNIGHT" 1:58:29
23 CREDITS 1:58:39
TOTAL SHOW RUNNING TIME 1:00:46
DVD has "Play All Elvis Performances" option.
Bonus Material:
SPECIAL "ELVIS MOMENTS" 6:34
4/27/58 Ed talks about Elvis being in the Army.
6/21/64 "A Tribute to The Colonel" by comedian John Byner.
2/9/64 Elvis & The Colonel send a telegram to the Beatles.
9/26/65 "Rock 'n' Roll Ed" - comedian Jack Carter.
9/18/66 Elvis and Colonel Parker congratulate Ed Sullivan.
JERRY SCHILLING'S HOME MOVIES 4:31
Jerry shows his home movies of Elvis and Priscilla horseback riding at Graceland, some of the first shots of Elvis and Priscilla's daughter Lisa Marie, and Elvis and the gang cutting up on a film set.
GALLERY OF PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS
Photos and documents related to the three episodes in the DVD set. Some from Sofa Entertainment's Sullivan archives and some from the Elvis Collection.
Content Elvis Episodes Of "The Ed Sullivan Show" DVD Box
August 08, 2006 | Video
Santa Claus wrote on
August 08, 2006
Every crap has been released on DVD. I wonder why it took 50 year until somebody came up with the idea of remastering these historic shows.
E.J.F... wrote on
August 08, 2006
Finally justice is being done to these historical performances. Let's hope the same treatment will be done to the Dorsey/Steve Allen/Milton Berle shows. Hopefully in our lifetime!
CD King wrote on
August 08, 2006
Smart move EPE- this one's gonna sell like hot cakes! It will be even better if they colorized the whole things as well? Let the DVDs have BOTH the b/w original versions and the new color versions. x
Tony C wrote on
August 08, 2006
Wow! This is the best Elvis DVD since the release of the deluxe editions of "Elvis" and "Aloha From Hawaii" two years ago.
Steve V wrote on
August 08, 2006
Best news in a long long time! Finally the medley from the last show which I havent seen since 1957. Wow is all I can say!
rgray_69 wrote on
August 08, 2006
I hope the running time on the January 6 1957 version of Don't be Cruel is wrong because if i recall Elvis did the full version and not a 50 second version. Other than that its a very cool release and i'm glad they're giving us the option to play the elvis songs by themselves.
MauriceColgan wrote on
August 08, 2006
Great artwork! Great news. The Little Gaelic singers must be all growed up now. Reading Elvis news on google.com where a certain Elvis Presley 25th Anniversary Declaration rides high. Just chancing my arm as we say here in Irelandtoo :-)
drghanem1 wrote on
August 09, 2006
Exciting news to say the least, I´m anxiously waiting to watch these great performances from a time when television was something extraordinary. Thanks Sofa!
Sean Ryan wrote on
August 10, 2006
June, i hope they bring out The Steve Allen Show.Elvis performed a fantastic version of I Want You,I Need You, I Love You.
Steve V wrote on
August 10, 2006
I hope they bring out all the 50's TV shows in restored quality! We need them now!