Follow That Dream -- SECOND EDITION

Did the day vacation between tours help E It's a real pleasure to be here in this beautiful place'. The label kept their promise that the overall sound quality of these recordings would be improved thanks to new remastering. All in all, Memphis Recording Service: The Complete Works is an excellent release that will not only be of interest to those who missed out on A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete Recordings but to anyone who wants to have all of Elvis' Sun recordings collected in one place and in the best sound quality possible right now.

Forty-five years ago, only eleven days after astronaut Neil Armstrong took his famous 'one small step' on the moon, Elvis Presley took his own giant leap. Experiencing relatively complete shows like this one, when Elvis was in top form, means a lot to me. This is FTD 's best concert release to date , and I'll be enjoying this show for years to come.

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Akin to admiring two beautiful paintings, and discovering a third, a clever compile results in a pleasing listen which augments the stellar Memphis recording sessions trilogy with aplomb. Sometimes living a long life has its rewards. Shorn of the intrusive post production dubs, orchestration and background harmonies of the original releases, and given some inspired sound mixing, the songs on this FTD release are a joy to listen to. The improvement in sound and feel of the original releases is remarkable The first soundboard that we have for a long, long time from the official label is a good show with some surprises.

The show was recorded in Tucson, Arizona in June 1st The artwork is weak, but I have seen worse on the FTD-series. I like the design of the disc itself. The sound is very clear and loud, with all the instruments very audible, but somehow it does not give you that 'live feeling' like on Let Me Take Your Home or Holding Back The Years, for example. But let's talk about the very good content. Good Times marked the second album released from Elvis' sessions at Stax studio in Memphis. This version from the Follow That Dream collectors label includes all ten tracks from the original album and thirty-seven additional tracks of alternate takes and undubbed masters.

FTD's Classic Album series serves as the best possible format for this album, with sound quality in most cases as good or better than previous releases. The sound here is warm, detailed and full on the soundtracks original EP recordings. The I'm 10, Years Old: Elvis Country' album 'tells us as much about the man who created it as anything he ever did'.

That record, ' I'm 10, Years Old: Elvis Country ', the singer's 30th of original material excluding live collections, compilations and greatest hits sets , wasn't just another Elvis LP. It was an honest to gosh concept LP. The songs were not only linked stylistically and thematically, but all the performances were linked by splices of a song interspersed between each number.

Even the cover wasn't the usual head shot of a smiling Elvis, concert pose, or movie still. In their place was a sepia toned photo of a very familiar looking young boy, Elvis Presley aged two. How do you follow up an album like From Elvis In Memphis and the singles and follow up album that flowed from the recording sessions at Chip's Moman's Memphis American Sound Studio's? Elvis Country was the result, released in January , it was Elvis' only real concept album and in my opinion does rate as Elvis best album.

Elvis recorded country music throughout his career - from classics at Sun sessions in the Fifties to unrepentant schlock. I found that by including the dialogue and one-liners, they really represent 30 tracks on this CD. It wasn't that it had performed badly on the charts No.

But it broke a string of number one records, and the units sold contrasted to the almost 2 million copies of 'Are You Lonesome Tonight', the one million plus of It's Now Or Never, the After listening to the two CD's packed with alternate takes and interesting studio dialog as well as some rehearsals and undubbed masters, I can say that it was definitely worth the wait. The sound features Elvis sort of somewhat up close, up front sort of between Fort Baxter and the DAE sound - listenable and warm to the ear This first CD features the famous opening night: August 19, , where Elvis departed from the conventional opening - not starting with Also Sprach Zarathustra or See See Rider - instead opening with Big Boss Man - and including many songs he had not performed live before.

Elvis was in fine form on this ' Hot August Night ' of the 25th of August , a performance perhaps never to be beaten. For those that only read the summery of reviews, I can be quite clear, this concert is without doubt the best live recording released to-date of Elvis Presley in , and is one of the best concerts Elvis Presley ever performed - both in sound quality and performance!

So crystal clear stereo sound and a great performance. If this is ultimately Elvis' good-bye benediction, it's a testament worth hearing again and again.

All you need is love. At least the hardcore Elvis fan can enjoy, for the first time ever, a complete December 31, version of 'Can't Help Falling In Love'. In the final analysis, if you do not possess a copy of this legendary Presley event, the FTD set is a reasonable, if not definitive, place to find it. In early , despite Elvis' clearly fading desire to record new material he hadn't recorded a new studio album since , Elvis managed to step up to the challenge one more time.

The first time I tried to watch the movie as a teenager in the early s, I couldn't get past the non-stop party scene near the beginning. The whole thing just seemed so unbearable. Yet, over the years, I have come to love most of the five songs Elvis recorded for this film. In the 'Behind the scenes' section of the booklet accompanying Elvis Fool it states that the original LP 'is in essence an album of leftovers'. I guess the same can be said when it comes to 'Elvis Now', although to a lesser extent.

But the FTD treatments of these two albums are essential, as they together include outtakes of all the non gospel and non Christmas songs Elvis recorded during the March—June Nashville sessions. It makes for a fascinating visit. If you believe some fans, surely we've already heard enough Las Vegas concerts. As such, it's another essential release as part of Legacy's streamlining and repackaging of his vast musical catalogue. When push came to shove, nobody took care of business quite like Elvis Presley.

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Still on one CD release that's almost twice the running time of the LP version! Although three other soundboards have been unofficially released from the same engagement, thankfully FTD decided to issue the previously unreleased January 28th dinner show along with several bonus tracks.

Concerts probably should not be picked apart song-by-song as I have done here, as it is the overall experience that counts. Elvis more than delivers a fantastic show.

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This is one of many concerts where I find myself wishing that I could have somehow been there. The sound quality is impressive , considering that it is a soundboard recording. The liner notes and photos by Avenell give this release a personal feel and warmth. A must-have for fellow fans of the era.

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With America , this time Ernst is giving us a representation on soundboard of Elvis' second tour, the real bonus being that neither of these 2 shows have ever been released before. To make this book really interesting, included are twenty six pages of candids taken by fans during , all great shots, showing Elvis looking so good. And then there is the bonus CD, finally housed well at the back of the book, you can actually get the disc out easily. In an effort to find the right style for each arrangement, Elvis totally commits himself to each performance.

The opening lines of 'What Now My Love' will send thrills down your spine! All tracks have been recently remixed and mastered from the original 3-track session tapes. The 8"x 8" slipcase replicates an original Session Reel box. The 3-CDs are housed in a CD carrier adorned by original tape box documentation. If you love Elvis in the - era represented by this album and care about audio quality, you will be thrilled with these sound upgrades - particularly on the master takes.

Kudos to FTD for much improvement in this area over the years. While those two albums are monumental, their greatness should not take away from the understated achievement that 'Elvis Now' represents. This release includes unreleased multi-track recordings from February The book contains photos directly from the negatives and thus of remarkable quality!

Murfreesboro '74 ' and our order is on the way to us now. The sound quality and performances from Elvis and the band are really powerful. Originally released in July , this album's track listing changed dramatically from RCA's internal documents circulated just one month before. The LP artwork also replicates the original draft layout before it was amended. Disc 2 includes outtakes from the sessions that contributed to the album. Highlights include the rare fully orchestrated version of 'Fool' and the minute plus version of 'Don't Think Twice It's Alright'.

The book will contain photos directly from the negatives and thus of remarkable quality! The photos show a twenty-one-year-old Elvis at the beginning of an impressive career that started with his first golden single in ' The book is pages and author David English notes that two more unseen photos from September 56, one of which shows Elvis paying to go into Malco Theatre just made it into the book before printing. More information will follow as soon as we have it. FTD was started in with its first release containing material from the second dressing room rehearsal for the '68 Comeback Special.

Also delayed and now for release in are the two recently deleted titles ' Elvis In Atlanta ' and ' Elvis Las Vegas '74 '. They will now be with the first releases of Just one view of the video 'trailer' for this book and you will know you want this book! Also now full details on the CD. Due to the small amount of existing outtakes as Elvis didn't record with the band it includes instrumental masters recorded at the RCA Studio in Nashville that show the great musicianship of the players.

This a 2-CD 5" digipack release. One of the possible reasons why this definitive edition of the soundtrack album took so long to release was the possibility of more outtakes to appear after the early s discovery of the previously unreleased alternate title song 'I'm a Roustabout' that was initially released on the compilation album 2nd to None.

Nothing new has turned up since then, though, and the number of surviving outtakes for Roustabout remains relatively small. To make up for the lack of material, FTD chose to expand the album with newly remixed outtake versions of all eleven master takes. This release features shows from May 25 and May 26 and is a 2-CD 5" digipack release. Contains outtakes and an informative illustrated page booklet with rare memorabilia and photos.

Packaged in 7" format with a full color page memorabilia booklet, it contains previously unreleased material and the recently discovered 'I'm A Roustabout' track. The 2-LP features full overdub session data insert. Pressed on Gram heavyweight vinyl, it's availability is strictly limited as all previous releases. Due out at the end of May.