Sony will celebrate Elvis Presley‘s ’68 Comeback Specialwill a seven-disc super deluxe edition box set, due to be issued at the end of November.
The TV special was actually called Singer… presents Elvis(the Singer corporation being the sponsor) and was rescued from being a schmaltzy affair (with The King singing Christmas Carols) by producer Bob Finkel and director Steve Binder who combined to produce something that would appeal to a younger demographic and help to update Elvis Presley’s sound.
The really memorable section of the show was the ‘sit down’ element, that had Elvis on stage dressed in black leather, guitar in hand, withguitarist Scotty Moore and drummer D.J. Fontana.This performance included raw takes of some of Presley’s best records, including ‘That’s All Right’ and ‘Heartbreak Hotel.’ Great versions of‘Baby, What You Want Me to Do’ and ‘Lawdy, Miss Clawdy’ signaled Presley’s return to rock ‘n’ roll, after years in Hollywood making forgettable movies and dubious soundtracks.
The ’68 Comeback Special, as it became known, aired on 3 December 1968 and helped rejuvenate Presley’s recording career.
The new box set features five CDs and two blu-rays and collects all of the existing audio and video from the show, including including the original album, both ‘sit-down’ and ‘stand-up’ performances, rehearsals and sessions recorded with the Wrecking Crew in June 1968, including outtakes. The box set includesan 84-page book with the story told through interviews conducted for this year’s HBO documentary ‘The Searcher’.
This 50th anniversary ’68 Comeback Special box set will be issued on 30 November 2018.
Elvis Presley, “68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition)
CD 1
The Original Album
1. “Trouble” / “Guitar Man” (Opening)
2. Medley:
“Lawdy, Miss Clawdy”
“Baby, What You Want Me To Do”
Dialogue; Medley: “Heartbreak Hotel” / “Hound Dog” / “All Shook Up”
“Can’t Help Falling In Love”
“Jailhouse Rock”
Dialogue; “Love Me Tender”
3. Medley:
Dialogue; “Where Could I Go But To The Lord” / “Up Above My Head” / “Saved”
4. Medley:
Dialogue; “Blue Christmas” (5:34)
Dialogue; “One Night”
5. Memories
6. Medley: “Nothingville” / Dialogue; “Big Boss Man” / “Guitar Man” / “Little Egypt” / “Trouble” / “Guitar Man”
7. “If I Can Dream”
Bonus Cuts
8. “It Hurts Me” (splice/edit of part 1 – take 7, part 2 – take 7 & part 1 – take 6)
9. “Let Yourself Go” (splice/edit of part 1 – take 1 & part 2 – take 2)
10. “Memories”
11. “If I Can Dream”
CD 2
First ‘Sit Down’ show
1. “That’s All Right”
2. “Heartbreak Hotel”
3. “Love Me”
4. “Baby, What You Want Me To Do”
5. “Blue Suede Shoes”
6. “Baby, What You Want Me To Do
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”
14. “One Night”
15. “Memories”
First ‘Stand Up’ show
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”
CD 3
Second ‘Sit Down’ show
1. “Heartbreak Hotel”
2. “Baby, What You Want Me to Do”
3. Introductions
4. “That’s All Right”
5. “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
6. “Baby, What You Want Me to Do”
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”
Second ‘Stand Up’ show
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”
26. “Trouble” / “Guitar Man”
27. “If I Can Dream”
CD 4
First rehearsal
1. “I Got A Woman”
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”
Second rehearsal
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”
CD 5
The Wrecking Crew Sessions
1. “Nothingville (Guitar Man’s Evil #1)” – takes 5 & 6
2. “Guitar Man (Guitar Man’s Evil #1)” – take 2
3. “Let Yourself Go, part 1 (Guitar Man’s Evil #2)” – take 5 & 7/M
4. “Let Yourself Go, part 2 (Guitar Man’s Evil #3)” – take 7/M
5. “Guitar Man (Escape #1, fast)” – takes 1, 2 & 5
6. “Big Boss Man (Escape #3)” – take 2
7. “It Hurts Me, part 1 (Escape #4)” – take 5
8. “It Hurts Me, part 2 (After Karate #1)” – take 3
9. “Guitar Man (After Karate #2)” – take 1
10. “Little Egypt (After Karate #2)” – take 6
11. “Trouble / Guitar Man (After Karate #3)” – take 2
12. “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” / “Where Could I Go But to the Lord (Gospel #1)” – rehearsal & take 1 (5:23)
13. “Up Above My Head” / “Saved (Gospel #2)” – takes 4 & 7
14. “Saved (Gospel #3)” – takes 2 & 4
15. “Trouble” / “Guitar Man (Opening)” – takes 6 & 7
16. “If I Can Dream” – take 1
17. “If I Can Dream” – takes 2, 3 & 4
18. “Memories” – takes 3 & 4/vocal overdub #1
19. “Let Yourself Go” (closing instrumental)
Blu-ray Disc 1:
Elvis NBC TV Special originally broadcast on Dec. 3, 1968
Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1 – June 27, 1968
Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2 – June 27, 1968
Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1 – June 29, 1968
Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2 – June 29, 1968
Details as follows:
1. Opening Production Number
2. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
3. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
4. Medley: Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / All Shook Up
5. Can’t Help Falling In Love
6. Jailhouse Rock
7. Can I borrow your little whatchacallit?/This leather suit’s hot
8. Love Me Tender
9. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
10. Rock & roll music is . . .
11. Gospel Production Number
12. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
13. Blue Christmas
14. Man, I just work here./No strap.
15. One Night
16. Memories
17. Guitar Man Production Number
18. If I Can Dream – Show Closer
19. Credits Roll
20. Elvis takes the stage.
21. Elvis introduces band-mates.
22. That’s All Right
23. Heartbreak Hotel/Spoken Word
24. Love Me
25. Swapping axes./Are we on television?
26. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
27. Touching body with hands./Rock & roll music is . . .
28. Blue Suede Shoes
29. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
30. Something wrong with my lip./He’s gotta be crazy.
31. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
32. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
33. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
34. Blue Christmas
35. Trying To Get To You
36. One Night – Somebody pulled the plug, man.
37. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
38. Man, I just work here./No strap.
39. One Night
40. Memories
41. Audience warm-up./Mr. Elvis Presley.
42. Heartbreak Hotel
43. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
44. Elvis refers to script./Introduces band-mates.
45. That’s All Right/Spoken Word
46. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
47. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
48. Can’t even touch myself./You gonna get arrested, boy.
49. Blue Suede Shoes
50. We don’t have a strap?/Lines from MacArthur Park.
51. One Night
52. Love Me
53. Hanky flies about./The new music./My style came from . . .
54. Trying To Get To You/Spoken Word
55. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
56. Girl saves Elvis tissue lint./Never ceases to amaze me, baby.
57. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
58. Blue Christmas
59. Tiger Man
60. Another tissue girl./MacArthur Park lines.
61. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
62. Memories/Spoken Word
63. Audience warm-up./Here’s Elvis Presley.
64. Heartbreak Hotel/One Night – Sound Goes Out/Spoken Word
65. Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up/Spoken Word
66. Can’t Help Falling In Love
67. Jailhouse Rock
68. Don’t Be Cruel
69. Blue Suede Shoes
70. Love Me Tender/Spoken Word
71. Anybody got a handkerchief?
72. Trouble/Spoken Word
73. Baby, What You Want Me To Do – Impromptu Jam
74. If I Can Dream – Lip-Synch Performance.
75. Audience warm-up./And it stars Elvis Presley./Heartbreak Hotel – False start.
76. Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up
77. Can’t Help Falling In Love
78. Jailhouse Rock
79. Don’t Be Cruel – Moby Dick!
80. Blue Suede Shoes – False start. One more time, gently.
81. Blue Suede Shoes
82. Can I borrow your little whatchacallit?/This leather suit’s hot.
83. Love Me Tender
84. Preparation./Who’s that strange man out there, Elvis?
85. Trouble – Should I be on the microphone here?/Spoken Word
86. Trouble – I got my lip hung on the microphone./Spoken Word
87. Trouble/Guitar Man
88. Lines from MacArthur Park and Tiptoe Through The Tulips
89. Trouble/Guitar Man/Spoken Word
90. If I Can Dream – Lip-Synch Performance./Spoken Word
Blu-ray Disc 2:
“Trouble” / “Guitar Man” TV Show Opener – June 30, 1968 – All Takes and Raw Components
If I Can Dream TV Show Closer – June 30, 1968 – All Takes
Huh-Huh-Huh Promo – June 30, 1968
Elvis Closing Credits Without Credit Roll – June 30, 1968
“If I Can Dream” Special Music Video 2004 – June 30, 1968
Gospel Production Number – All Takes and Raw Components
“Guitar Man” Production Number – All Takes and Raw Components
Blu-ray Special Feature Re-Cut
Details as follows:
1. Trouble/Guitar Man
2. Trouble/Guitar Man
3. Trouble-Guitar Man/Spoken Word
4. Trouble/Guitar Man
5. Trouble/Guitar Man
6. Trouble/Guitar Man
7. Trouble/Guitar Man/Spoken Word
8. Trouble/Guitar Man/Spoken Word
9. Trouble/Guitar Man/Spoken Word
10. If I Can Dream
11. If I Can Dream/Spoken Word
12. If I Can Dream
13. If I Can Dream
14. Huh-Huh-Huh Promo
15. Elvis Closing Credits Without Credits Roll
16. If I Can Dream – Special Music Video 2004
17. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head
18. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Spoken Word
19. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Spoken Word
20. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
21. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Spoken Word
22. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Spoken Word
23. Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
24. Up Above My Head/Spoken Word
25. Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
26. Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
27. Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
28. Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
29. Saved/Spoken Word
30. Saved
31. Saved
32. Saved/Spoken Word
33. Saved/Spoken Word
34. Saved
35. Saved/Spoken Word
36. Saved/Spoken Word
37. Saved/Spoken Word
38. Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
39. Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
40. Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
41. Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
42. Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
43. Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
44. Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
45. Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
46. Big Boss Man
47. Big Boss Man
48. It Hurts Me
49. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
50. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
51. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
52. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
53. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
54. It Hurts Me
55. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
56. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
57. It Hurts Me
58. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
59. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
60. It Hurts Me
61. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
62. It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
63. It Hurts Me
64. Let Yourself Go/Spoken Word
65. Let Yourself Go
66. Let Yourself Go/Spoken Word
67. Let Yourself Go/Spoken Word
68. Let Yourself Go/Spoken Word
69. Let Yourself Go
70. Let Yourself Go
71. Let Yourself Go
72. Let Yourself Go
73. Let Yourself Go
74. Let Yourself Go
75. Let Yourself Go
76. Let Yourself Go
77. Bordello – Insert Shots/Spoken Words
78. Bordello – Insert Shots/Spoken Word
79. Bordello – Insert Shots/Spoken Recording
80. Bordello – Insert Shots
81. Bordello – Insert Shots/Spoken Recording
82. Bordello – Insert Shots
83. Bordello – Insert Shots
84. Bordello – Insert Shots/Spoken Recording
85. Bordello – Insert Shots/Spoken Word
86. Bordello – Insert Shots
87. Bordello – Insert Shots/Spoken Word
88. Bordello – Insert Shots/Spoken Word
89. Nothingville
90. Nothingville/Spoken Word
91. Nothingville/Spoken Word
92. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
93. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
94. Guitar Man
95. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
96. Guitar Man
97. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
98. Guitar Man
99. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
100. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
101. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
102. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
103. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
104. Guitar Man/Spoken Word
105. Guitar Man
106. Little Egypt/Trouble/Spoken Word
107. Little Egypt/Trouble
108. Little Egypt/Trouble/Spoken Word
109. Little Egypt/Trouble/Spoken Word
110. Trouble/Spoken Word
111. Trouble/Spoken Word
112. Trouble/Spoken Word
113. Trouble/Spoken Word
114. Trouble/Spoken Word
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