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TeeVee Treasures: The '68 Comeback Special

May 26, 2017 | Music

With 5 individual jewelcases, packed in lp sized box including oversized booklet this set will bring you back to the old days of cd/vinyl packaging. Something deluxe. This exclusive 5 cd box set contains approx 5 hours of rare and unreleased material from the legendary 1968 NBC TV SPECIAL. Many for the first time available on CD. Listen to how the musical content for the special develops and how this became a turning point in Elvis’ career, as well as one of the most iconic music specials in TV history. We take you back to 1968! Hear: Trouble / Guitar man / Memories / If i can dream / Let yourself go / Big boss man / It hurts me / Nothingville / Little Egypt and many more.

Disc 1: The Original Mono Album
01 Trouble / Guitar Man  02 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  03 Where Could I Go But To The Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved  04 Blue Christmas / One Night  05 Memories  06 Nothingville / Big Boss Man / Guitar Man / Little Egypt / Trouble / Guitar Man 07 If I Can Dream The Outtakes / June 20 1968nothingville / Guitar Man (Part 1)  Guitar Man’s Evil Section 1 08 Warming Up 09 Take 1  10 Take 5 & 6  Let Yourself Go (Part 1)  Guitar Man’s Evil Section 2 11 Take 1  12 Take 2-5  13 Take 6  14 Take 7 (Master)  Guitar Man (Part 2) / Escape Section 1 (Fast)  15 Take 1-3  16 Take 4-5  17 Take 6-8  Calliope Carnival / Escape Section 2  18 Take 1 Big Boss Man / Escape Section 3  19 Take 1-2  It Hurts Me (Part 1) / Escape Section 4  20 Take 1  21 Take 2-4  22 Take 5  23 Take 6-7 (Master Take Call Only) 

Disc 2: It Hurts Me (Part 2) / After Karate Section 1 / June 21 
01 Take 1  02 Take 2-3  03 Take 4-5 (Tape Cut)  Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / Where Could I  Go But To The Lord / Yes, Yes, Yes / Up Above My Head  (Intro) / Gospel Section 1 / June 21  04 Rehearsal & Take 1  Up Above My Head / I Found That Light / Saved (Intro)  Gospel Section 2 / June 21  05 Take 4 & 7 Trouble / Guitar Man / Guitar Man Opening / June 22  06 Take 1  07 Take 2-3  If I Can Dream - Record Version / June 23  08 Take 1  09 Take 2-4  10 Take 5 (Master)  Memories - Vocal Overdub / June 24  11 Track Only Take 3 & 4 With V.O Take 1 It Hurts Me - Vocal Overdub & Playback Amusement Pier Part 2 / June 27  12 Take 1-3  13 Preparation For Next Take  14 Take 4  15 Take 5  16 Take 6-8  17 Take 9-10 (Master)  Trouble / Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub Of  After Karate Section 3 Track / June 29 6.00 Pm Show  18 Trouble / Guitar Man  Trouble / Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub Of After Karate  Section 3 Track / Guitar Man With Road / June 29 8.00 Pm  19 Take 1-3  20 Take 4  21 Preparation For Next Take  22 Tiptoe Through The Tulips / Macarthur Park  23 Take 5  Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub Road #2 / June 30  24 Take 1  25 Take 2 (Master)  Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub Road #3 / June 30  26 Take 1  27 Take 2  28 Take 3  29 Take 4  30 Take 5  31 Take 6 (Master)  32 If I Can Dream - Dubdown Of June 23 Master 

Disc 3: If I Can Dream - Vocal Overdub / June 30 
01 Take 1-2  02 Take 3  03 Take 4 (Master)  Trouble / Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub & Playbackopening Section #1 / June 30  04 Take 1  05 Take 2  06 Take 3-5  07 Take 6 08 Take 7 (Master)  Guitar Man - Vocal Overdub / Alley / June 30  09 Take 1  10 Take 2  11 Take 3-5  12 Take 6 (Master) Little Egypt / Trouble - Vocal Overdub / Nightclub  June 30  13 Take 1  14 Take 2 (No Take)  15 Take 3  16 Take 4 (Master)  Trouble - Vocal Overdub / Disco / June 30 17 Take 1  18 Take 2 (Master)  Trouble - Vocal Overdub / Supper Club / June 30 19 Take 1  20 Take 2  21 Take 3 (Master)  Bonus: Memories - Vocal Overdub  22 Memories / June 27 6.00pm Sitdown Show  23 Memories / June 27 8.00pm Sitdown Show Saved (Part 1) / Preach For The Sky / Saved (Part 2)  Gospel Section 3 / June 22  24 Take 6 - Incomplete Used For Spliced Master  25 Let Yourself Go - Alternate Master  26 Memories - Mono Master  27 Memories - Stereo Master  28 If I Can Dream - Record Version Mono Master  29 Let Yourself Go - Spliced ‘91 Version  30 Let Yourself Go - Closing Instrumental Dubdown 

Disc 4 The Soundtrack Versions 01 Trouble / Guitar Man (Incl. Scratch)  02 Gospel Medley  03 Road Medley Road Medley Composite  04 Complete Version  05 Original Album Version - Unedited  Gospel Medley Composite  06 Complete Version  07 Complete Version - Unedited  08 It Hurts Me - Spliced Master  09 Saved - Spliced Master With Edited Intro  10 Trouble / Guitar Man - Stereo Version  11 Tag - Uh Uh Uh / June 30 

Disc 5
The Original Singer Commercials
01 Singer Introduces The Nbc Tv Special #1
02 Singer Introduces The Nbc Tv Special #2
03 Singer Commercial #1
04 Singer Commercial #2
05 Singer Commercial #3
06 Singer Commercial #4
07 Singer Commercial #5
08 Singer Commercial #6
09 The ‘68 Comeback Radio Special

One-Hour Radio Special Which Premiered In August 2008 Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of Elvis Presley’s ‘68 Comeback Special.

Original program director Steve Binder, guitarist Scotty Moore and others look back on how this became a turning point in Elvis’ career, as well as one of the most iconic music specials in TV history. Hosted by singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell this interesting special is put together by the same team behind the acclaimed 2007 Elvis Specials 'The Early Years', 'Viva Las Vegas' and 'He Touched Me'.  Total Running Time : 59.05

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Mike Johnson wrote on May 31, 2017
The artwork looks really stunning. But I guess the material on this release is taken from other import and/or FTD cd's? On ebay I saw this for € 70,00 not too expensive, but if there's nothing new it really is. Does anybody know?
Yoshi wrote on June 07, 2017
I'm getting dizzy just by reading the track-list. And I think most others will also quit before reching CD 3. The unreleased material is not marked in any way. So, I assume it's a collection of what's available on FTD, Venus, the old bootleg LPs, the radio spots used by Tunzi before and a radio show circulating in some forums.