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EDIT: To include also news about the other fantastic releases, I changed the subject from "Prince Fom Another Planet" - Presley's MSG shows get 40th ann. deluxe release to it's current one.
7-28-2012



Finally !!
The first performer to sell out the Madison Square Garden 4 shows in a row.

(http://www.elvismatters.com/nieuws/afbeeldingen/thumbnails/1_20120720053756.jpg)

The original '72 album (evening of June 10th) and the afternoon show released in '97 will be remixed by Michael Brauer and a DVD is included, including the historic MSG press conference, plus, for the first time ever, live performance material from the show


(http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/download/file.php?id=50499&mode=view)

MSG 50 Greatest Moments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skMUkGoytDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71rqsX7aQWo

June 9th (footage on the DVD certainly will be different than this):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QiSxl7pWyg


Part of the press conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAar3P_TTRI



(http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/img/elvis/70s/72/1972_june_9c.jpg)

(http://www.elvisblog.net/Jumpsuits,%20Jewelry%20and%20Junk/Madison%20Square%20Garden%20Jumpsuit%203.jpg)

(http://www.praytome-publishing.com/pic-data/in_the_press/elvisinfonet/budglass_msg.jpg)

(http://www.itselvistime.com/productimages/7ee6f96b-2213-4b17-a8ea-52b6e81e7ceb.jpg)

(http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/download/file.php?id=39773&mode=view)

(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg33/scaled.php?server=33&filename=118mof.jpg&res=landing)

(http://www.msg1972.com/pictures/large/06-10-72%20after/67.jpg)

Oh wow...this looks FUCKING AMAZING!

It does !

Rumour has it that Jonas Mekas' 16mm recordings might be the footage used for the DVD. Here's a pic:

(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg513/scaled.php?server=513&filename=bestjonas.jpg&res=landing)

On the other hand, maybe they'll use NBC's footage that was filmed (see the link in my post above)

Michael Brauer tweeted this:

(http://x.co/mCEL)



The last weeks have been very great for Elvis fans. The Sun Records box "A boy from Tupelo" (http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/cd/ftd_a_boy_from_tupelo_the_complete_1953_55_recordings.shtml) was announced to be released on August 16th and then all of a sudden a previously unreleased live recording from '55 of Elvis singing "I forgot to remember to forget" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZq6VqOQycE) - of which no live recording was available before - turned up in a collector's posession. It was performed on the Lousiana Hayride and has great quality. Someone made a wire recording of it back in '55 and that's what you hear. Too bad it won't be on "A boy from Tupelo"

Great news!  :3d :3d :3d

Unfortunately I couldn't find it in better quality:


(http://elvisnews.com/images/various/flyer-prince.jpg)


The tracklist for the "A boy from Tupelo"-Sun Records-Boxset has been revealed. Should I start another thread or change the title of this one and keep it all in here?

Keep it all in here.  :)

For somebody who has the Complete 50's Masters - is there any worthwhile new stuff on the new Tupelo set?

YES !
"Elvis at Sun" from a few years ago set new standards for these recordings. Kevan Budd's remastering of the masters is unbelievable and made them sound like they came directly from newly pressed original Sun record. You mostly can't compare the older CDs to this. And the boxset will feature those plus lots of outtakes, etc. Unfortunately - like I mentioned in an earlier post - not the newly discovered live version of "I forgot to remember to forget" which wasn't known to exist until a few weeks ago. But a song never heard sung by Elvis before will be featured in a live setting "Little mama".
The main focus of the boxset though is the book which should feature all the information that can be found for this periode. it took Ernst Jorgensen years to finish it. You can find more information if you click on the link from my second post in this thread.
Here's the tracklisting :

Elvis: A Boy From Tupelo [Follow That Dream, 2012]


Disc 1: MRS Acetates, The Sun Masters & The RCA Masters

01 My Happiness 2:33
02 That’s When Your Heartaches Begin 2:52
03 I’ll Never Stand in Your Way 2:04
04 It Wouldn’t Be the Same (Without You) 2:09
05 Harbor Lights 2:38
06 I Love You Because 2:43
07 That’s All Right [45 RPM Master] 2:00
08 Blue Moon of Kentucky (45 RPM Master] 2:07
09 Blue Moon 2:44
10 Tomorrow Night 3:01
11 I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) 2:27
12 I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine 2:32
13 Just Because 2:34
14 Good Rockin' Tonight 2:15
15 Milkcow Blues Boogie 2:39
16 You’re a Heartbreaker 2:13
17 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone [Slow Version] 2:43
18 Baby Let's Play House 2:19
19 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone 2:38
20 I Forgot to Remember to Forget 2:31
21 Mystery Train 2:30
22 Tryin’ to Get to You 2:36
23 When It Rains It Pours 2:06
24 That’s All Right 1:59 [RCA single version]
25 Blue Moon of Kentucky 2:05 [RCA single version 78 RPM Master]
26 I Love You Because 2:45 [RCA LP version – spliced from takes 3 & 5]
27 Tomorrow Night 2:56 [RCA LP version – overdubbed and slowed down]

Tracks 1-2: Self-financed demo recorded July, 1953 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for tracks 1-2: Digital transfer of acetate.

Tracks 3-4: Self-financed demo recorded January 4, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for tracks 3-4: Digital transfer of acetate in very poor condition.

Track 5 possibly recorded July 5, 1954.
Tracks 6-7 recorded July 5, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Sources for tracks 5-6: Original SUN tapes.
Source for track 7: 45 rpm SUN single (plastic).

Track 8: Recorded July 7, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for track 8: 45 rpm SUN single (plastic).

Track 9: Likely recorded between August 15 and 19, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for track 9: Original SUN tape.

Tracks 10-14 likely recorded between September 12-16, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Sources for tracks 10, 11, 13 and 14: RCA reference tapes (30 ips)
Source for track 12: Digital transfer of SUN tape, with repairs from a digital transfer of a tape copy.

Tracks 15-16 recorded either mid-November or mid-December 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Sources for tracks 15-16: 78 rpm SUN single (shellac).

Track 17 Recorded between mid-November 1954 and mid-April 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
The reel has March 5 written on it, but Elvis was at the Louisiana Hayride that day.
Source for track 17: Original SUN tape.

Track 18 likely recorded between January 30 and February 4, 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
“I Got a Woman” and “Tryin' to Get to You” were also recorded, but have been lost.
Source for track 18: RCA reference tape (30 ips).

Track 19 likely recorded mid-April 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for track 19: RCA reference tape (30 ips), with first part of ending from RCA tape copy (15 ips) and last part of ending from digital transfer of the RCA EPA-965 production master tape.

Tracks 20-22 recorded mid-July, 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for track 20: SUN tape copy.
Source for track 21: SUN tape copy, with ending from digital transfer of 78 rpm RCA single.
Source for track 22: RCA reference tape (30 ips).

Track 23 recorded November 1-4, 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for track 23: Original SUN (vocal channel) slapback tape.
Elvis’ 1957 re-recording of the song was released under the title “When It Rains, It Really Pours”

Source for track 24: RCA reference tape (30 ips).

Source for track 25: 'Elvis at Sun' master, derived from digital transfer of 78 RPM SUN single (shellac).

Track 26: Steve Sholes’ original notes have these takes as 2 & 4
Source for track 26: RCA master tape.

Source for track 27: 1965 RCA work part tape for the “Elvis for Everyone” LPM-3450 production master tape.




Disc 2: The Sun Studio Sessions

01 Harbor Lights (takes 1-2, level adjustments) 0:33
02 Harbor Lights (take 3/M) 2:53
03 Harbor Lights (take 4) 2:38
04 Harbor Lights (takes 5-6) 1:23
05 Harbor Lights (take 7) 2:25
06 Harbor Lights [take 8] 0:26
07 I Love You Because (take 1) 0:23
08 I Love You Because (take 2) 3:28
09 I Love You Because (take 3) 3:36
10 I Love You Because (take 4) 0:40
11 I Love You Because (take 5) 3:28
12 That’s All Right (takes 1-2) 0:20
13 That’s All Right (take 3) 1:58
14 Dialogue 0:20
15 Blue Moon of Kentucky (slow tempo outtake) 1:08
16 Blue Moon (takes 1-3) 0:38
17 Blue Moon (take 4) 2:59
18 Blue Moon (take 5) 3:25
19 Blue Moon (takes 6-7) 0:53
20 Blue Moon [take 8] 3:01
21 Blue Moon (take 9/M) 2:44
22 Dialogue fragment (before “Tomorrow Night”) 0:11
23 I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) (incomplete take) 0:49
24 Good Rockin’ Tonight (fragment from vocal slapback tape) 0:10
25 I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine (takes 1-2) 1:13
26 I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine (take 3/M) 2:35
27 I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 1) 3:00
28 I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 2) 2:51
29 I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 3) 2:51
30 I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 4) 0:10
31 I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 5/M) 2:40
32 I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 6) 2:40
33 I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (slow version, take 7) 1:35
34 How Do You Think I Feel (guitar slapback tape, rehearsal + take 1) 3:17
35 How Do You Think I Feel (guitar slapback tape, rehearsals) 1:14
36 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 1) 1:37
37 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 2 - rehearsal) 2:12
38 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, takes 3-4) 2:14
39 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 5/M) 2:02
40 When It Rains It Pours (vocal slapback tape, take 6-7) 1:40
41 When It Rains It Pours [vocal slapback tape, take 8] 1:40

Tracks 1-6 possibly recorded July 5, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for tracks 1-6: Original SUN tape.

Tracks 7-13 recorded July 5, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for tracks 7-13: Original SUN tape.

Tracks 14-15 likely recorded July 7, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for tracks 14-15: Digital transfer of SUN tape.

Tracks 16-21 likely recorded between August 15 and 19, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for tracks 16-21: Original SUN tape.

Tracks 22-26 likely recorded between September 12 and 16, 1954 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for track 22: RCA reference tape (30 ips) for “Tomorrow Night”.
Sources for tracks 23-26: Digital transfers of SUN tapes (also see source note for Disc 1, track 12).

Tracks 27-33 recorded between mid-November 1954 and mid-April 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
The reel has March 5 written on it, but Elvis was at the Louisiana Hayride that day.
Source for tracks 27-33: Original SUN tape.

Tracks 34-35 recorded between mid-November 1954 and mid-April 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for tracks 34-35: Digital transfer of SUN (guitar channel) slapback tape.

Tracks 36-41 recorded between November 1-4, 1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis.
Source for tracks 36-41: Original SUN (vocal channel) slapback tape.




Disc 3: Live & Radio Performances

01 That’s All Right 2:52
02 Blue Moon of Kentucky 2:23
03 Shake, Rattle and Roll 2:24
04 Fool, Fool, Fool 1:59
05 Hearts of Stone 2:02
06 That’s All Right 1:52
07 Tweedlee Dee 2:51
08 Shake, Rattle and Roll 2:23
09 KSIJ Radio commercial with DJ Tom Perryman 0:16
10 Money Honey 2:43
11 Blue Moon of Kentucky 2:04
12 I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine 2:33
13 That’s All Right 1:54
14 Tweedlee Dee 2:15
15 Money Honey 2:17
16 Hearts of Stone 1:37
17 Shake, Rattle and Roll 1:39
18 Little Mama 2:03
19 You’re a Heartbreaker 2:06
20 Good Rockin’ Tonight 2:36
21 Baby Let’s Play House 2:22
22 Blue Moon of Kentucky 1:47
23 I Got a Woman 3:03
24 That’s All Right 2:17
25 Tweedlee Dee 2:47
26 Interview with Mae Boren Axton 3:19
27 That’s All Right 2:37
28 I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone 3:16
29 Baby Let’s Play House 3:19
30 Maybellene 3:09
31 That’s All Right 2:49
32 Interview with Bob Neal 5:31

Tracks 1-2 recorded at Louisiana Hayride debut, Shreveport, Louisiana, October 16, 1954.
Source for tracks 1-2: RCA reference tape copy.

Tracks 3-4 recorded at KDAV Radio, Lubbock, Texas, January 6, 1955.
Source for tracks 3-4: Digital transfer of acetate.

Tracks 5-7 likely recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, January 15, 1955.
Source for tracks 5-7: Digital transfer of acetate in very poor condition.
Some parts duplicated and edited to create near-complete performances.

Track 8 recorded at WJOI Radio, Florence, Alabama January 19, 1955.
Source for track 8: Digital transfer of acetate in poor condition.

Track 9 recorded at KSIJ Radio, Gladewater, Texas, 1955.
Source for track 9: Digital transfer.

Tracks 10-13 likely recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, January 22, 1955.
Source for tracks 10-13: Digital transfer of acetate in very poor condition. Some parts duplicated and edited to create near-complete performances.

Tracks 14-19 likely recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, March 5, 1955.
Source for tracks 14-19: Digital transfer of fragments of acetate in very poor condition (which was destroyed in the process). Some parts duplicated and edited to create near-complete performances.

Tracks 20-24 likely recorded at the Eagles’ Hall, Houston, Texas, March 19, 1955. Track 21 could be from a different performance the same week.
Source for tracks 20-24: RCA reference tape copy.

Track 25 recorded at Gladewater High School, Gladewater, Texas, April 30, 1955.
Source for tracks 25: RCA reference tape copy.

Track 26 recorded at motel in Jacksonville, Florida on either May 12 or July 28, 1955.
Source for track 26: Digital transfer of 1981 BBC broadcast tape copy.

Track 27 recorded at the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival, Meridian, Mississippi, May 26, 1955.
Source for track 27: Broadcast tape.

Track 28 recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, July 2, 1955.
Source for track 28: Digital transfer of acetate in very poor condition. Some parts duplicated and edited to create near-complete performance.

Tracks 29-31 recorded at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, August 20, 1955.
Source for tracks 29-31: RCA reference tape copies.

Track 32 recorded at WMPS Radio, Memphis Tennessee, between August 29-31, 1955.
Source for track 32: Digital transfer

Wow... okay, thanks for the info. I only ever heard a few tracks off At Sun. Maybe I should get it..

Regarding biographical facts - the 2-volume Guralnick biography is my bible concerning all things Elvis. Even if there's some new stuff in the Tupelo book I don't know if it's worth it..

What's the price tag on Boy from Tupelo, anyway?

Don't know yet. But since it's on FTD I guess it's not that cheap  :(

Information about the Sun years is quite sparse. In terms of that era it should be a revelation.

  This is all great stuff, but for me not a single subsequent reissue has surpassed THE SUN COLLECTION (1975 U.K) or THE SUN SESSIONS (1976 U.S. version). Both comps provided the essence of it all with 16 tracks. The 2 disc SUNRISE (1999) is highly worthwhile as well.  The 1987 version had weird sound and way too many alternate takes of "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone."

 For me, the later SUN comps are to the '76 edition what the 1990 Robert Johnson box is to the original KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS albums: More academic detail latter day but the original configurations were somehow more essential - and better listens.

  

Nothing comes close to the sound of "Elvis at Sun". That one is really astonishing.
"Sunrise" is cool because of the bonus tracks (Elvis At Sun only uses the masters plus "When it rains it pours") and the nice artwork. And I agree about "The Sun Sessions" being a very cohesive collection. I guess many may find them more essential because it was the first time this stuff was collected together. But "A boy from Tupelo" certainly will be the ultimative word for Elvis' time on Sun Records. I don't know if it will be a better listen in terms of the sequence. As you see they use everything they have and we'll get sessions for "Blue moon" for example which probably is nothing one would want to listen to just for fun but for historical reasons. But the sound, as shown with Elvis At Sun, will be better than what was out before

Now if there only would be a way they could include that live version of "I forgot to remember to forget"

 I'm looking forward to the MSG reissue. The title, btw, came from a contemporary review of the concert, not the album.  Many reviewers of the day felt the impact of the concerts did not quite translate to the record. I have always enjoyed the live half of MEMPHIS TO VEGAS and ALOHA FROM HAWAII a tad more than the MADISON SQUARE GARDEN album. But again, the shows were highly celebrated and well received in 1972. The album sold well (#11 Billboard) but was hastily edited and rushed.  This reissue gives us a welcome opportunity to revisit that era.

 1972 was a good year for the King, professionally anyway. 1971 had seen some relatively soft record sales compared to 1968-70, but 72 brought "Burning Love" (#2 Billboard), the MSG album, and the Grammy winning gospel album HE TOUCHED ME. And to boot, the ALOHA/satellite extravaganza was in the works by that fall.

 Judging from the photos, Elvis was still in very good shape. A tad heavier than in 1970 perhaps but hey I have gained 15 pounds in two years time on occasion as well.

Nice to see some love for the King here on the board.  This will surely be an EPIC release.  First time listeners to these recordings will be pleasantly surprised by the amount of kick that these shows have.  Good, good stuff.  I'm buying both editions.  October can't come soon enough for me!

Here's the official word on "Prince from another planet":

http://www.elvis.com/news/detail.aspx?id=6516

We all like pictures, don't we ?

(http://s7.directupload.net/images/120801/ev4vn39x.jpg)


I heard a first report of someone who got the "A boy from Tupelo"-set and he says it's fantastic. The sound on "Little Mama" is quite good he says
I believe elvismatters sells it for 99, $ or € I don't know...

Ok, here are some live cuts from the Sun Box.

Hearts of stone (compare this to the same recording on Sunrise):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UL&v=RrPAl-pS_hI&feature=player_embedded


You're a heartbreaker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHgH9tWWMVI&feature=player_embedded#at=63


That's allright:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdVDC4ApF5o&feature=player_embedded#!


Little Mama (a song never heard before by Elvis Presley !!!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smr8MZ8GZPU&feature=player_embedded

Yep, Little Mama is incredible. The greatest Elvis find since My Happiness, in my opinion.

Hadn't seen this before. From the Wrecking Crew movie, Billy Strange talking about "A little less conversation". Looove the beginning with Hal playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OohoS7MXpaA

This user posted a video of him unwrapping the "A boy from Tupelo" set and it looks like Sony found a way to include the live "I forgot to remember to forget" after all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwuSjHlykNw

That has nothing to do with Sony, it is just something offered by The Elvis Shop.

Sh!t. I think that would've been a cool thing for Sony to do.
Thanks for clearing up

35 years... R.I.P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPwtzUgP-M8






btw I. Spaceman: what's that signature of yours about? Just a joke I guess ?

Check out the three threads started by Ethan J Clark in the Sandbox forum.

RIP E! Today there must be Elvis playing. All day long.

Yeeesh.  I just saw the threads---I never check that section---the threads are surely entertaining...and confusing ???

Here's the Q&A session from Elvis week with Ernst Jorgensen a.o.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgOK-SXbLfk&feature=g-u-u


Audience members were asked not to film when the MSG footage was shown and so did this user who uploaded the video. But it's said that the footage looks really good and that it was shot from the 8th row. It doesn't appear to be very shaky at all. Anyway, that's what's been said by attendees, I - of course - haven't seen it

Unreleased fan-footage of Elvis' shows in Knowville turns up

http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines/Never-Before-Seen-Evis-Video-from-Knoxville-Concerts-166582806.html

Sony will release a vinyl version of the upcoming Prince From Another Planet release, which contains the Madison Square Garden shows.

(http://elvisnews.com/images/various/vinyl-prince-from-another-planet.jpg)



Source: http://elvisnews.com/news.aspx/vinyl-news/13988

Nice!!!!

I suppose if I want the DVD I'll have to buy the CD's. :(

That seems to be correct

For some reason I never heard of this before. "If I can dream" with Elvis' vocal track turned down so you hear the backing track and backing vocals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl9q3YUuyPc&feature=related

That was beautiful. Thanks for finding it.

My pleasure!



Here's a example of the footage from "Prince from another planet" !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WOYMsiNEKa8#!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/elvis-presley-suspicious-minds-live-at-madison-square-garden-premiere-20121009

HOLY sh*t this is AWESOME!!!

Here are three official previews of the audio:

http://elvissessions.net/?p=650

To me the Sun records stuff needs to be heard on vinyl. For that I recomend the vinyl pressing of "Elvis At Sun", or the late seventies blue label pressing of "The Sun Collection". Nothing comes close except some great bootleg EP's done in the late seventies. I love Boy From Tupelo for what it is, but if anything needs a vinyl pressing, it's that one.

Probably been posted before, but one of my favorite Elvis stories... http://www.elvisinfonet.com/spotlight_elvis_madison_incident.html

Must be unreal when all of a sudden Elvis Presley is standing behind you...



Regarding the Madison Square Garden concerts, it seems that only the deluxe edition (with the DVD) will feature the new mixes of the show done by Michael Brauer while the other edition has the known older mixes.

Here's something I've been wanting to hear for quite some time. Dobie Gray's version of "There's a honky tonk angel" which Elvis did on his fantastic "Promised land" album in '73 recorded at Stax.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fuxe6YWSewI

Not only do both recordings share some of the same musicians but Elvis strictly followed Gray's version. Personally I like Presley's version better because of his phrasings but Dobie's version has a very dry and direct sound that's missing on Elvis' recording.



BTW all the same also goes for "Loving arms" except it appeared on Elvis' "Good times" album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqKxMtO6xFw




At the same time Elvis also tried Gray's "We had it all" (also a hit for Waylon Jennings) but decided that he couldn't top it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-58IT0FbdRw&feature=relmfu

Oh cool, you can listen to "A boy from Tupelo" on this site under music -> CD of the month
http://www.elvisoncd.com/

Prince From Another Planet - Review by Joseph A. Tunzi


On June 16 and 17, 1972, at the Chicago Stadium, I witnessed Elvis on stage. Those amazing shows were part of the very same tour that Sony is representing on the new Sony Legacy release, Prince from Another Planet, a 40th anniversary deluxe edition containing 2 cds and a DVD. The shows featured on the set are the afternoon and evening performances recorded on June 10, 1972 at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Elvis did 4 sold out shows total. Raking in over 80,000 people in attendance. At the time this was another attendance record held by Elvis. RCA also set a record, their idea was to rush release an album of the evening show making it available within 10 days or so after the original performance. This was a first. As I remember it the lines to purchase the album were out the door at the local record stores. This was happening all across the U.S. fans lined up waiting to pick up the LP.

It was a great time for Elvis and a great time to be a fan. Burning Love would be released about 6 weeks later and would be Elvis Presley’s last No. 1 Cashbox and No.2 in Billboard. The year ended with the release of the Golden Globe winner Elvis On Tour. The award winning documentary about the April 1972 sold out concert tour of Elvis Presley. Before I get to carried away let’s get to the new Sony Legacy release.

This new version includes the afternoon show, which was not released in its entirety until 1997 to put it together with the evening show plus a bonus dvd is an excellent idea. The DVD shows actual film footage taken by a fan in the audience. Sony acquired the film and added it to the DVD. The audio on the dvd exhibit’s the whole show while the video represents about 20 minutes of the actual 60 minute performance. In other words there is about 40 minutes of the DVD with zero picture. There is no doubt you will be watching and wishing there was more film footage. But that’s not going to happen. That said what you do see and hear is amazing!

Sony also went the extra mile by including about 10 minutes of the 20 minute New York press conference Elvis did prior to the shows. This 10 minute footage is unedited and runs exactly as WNBC gave it to Sony. A 30 minute documentary about the shows is included offering an excellent insight by musician Lenny Kaye, who witnessed the press conference and 2 shows 40 years ago as a rock journalist for Cavalier Magazine he also contributed to a 5000 word essay in the deluxe packaging which naturally contains some great photographs.

Finally, the audio on both shows from the original 16 track tapes is excellently remixed by Recording Engineer, Michael Brauer. It gives the sound a fresh approach without losing some the original mixes of the shows. Showcasing how great a singer and artist Elvis Presley is . The very best in his class. I recall a review at the time in Rolling Stone Magazine about the original album saying it was a “damn fine record.” I echo those same words today on the new Sony Legacy release. “It’s still a damn fine record!” Go out and get it.








And here's the '72 Rolling Stone review of the "As recorded at Madison square garden"-album Tunzi mentions.

This is a damn fine record, friend, and you're going to like it whether you like it or not. There's Wagnerian bombast, plenty of your favorite songs, some jukebox music and some Las Vegas lounge music. There's even some old fashioned rock 'n' roll. And most of all there's lots of Elvis, doing what he does best, strutting his stuff before adoring fans. There's even historical interest; this was Elvis' first New York stage appearance, and you can bet plenty of folks had been waiting since 1956 for a little of that Elvis magic. Well, they got it, and you can hear them getting it right here, the whole thing, from the opening whisper of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" to the MC announcing that "Elvis has left the building. Thank you and good night."

When Elvis became a rock 'n' roll singer he was picking up on a good thing, namely black blues. White Southerners had been recording black blues since the Twenties, but Elvis was the first one to become a star. He had the looks, the dynamism, the appeal of violent, impulsively sexual white trash. He could sing and he had that rhythmic drive. Even when he was starring in some of the worst exploitation movies ever made you knew he was just one step away from stepping out of his jive role and rocking the joint. Since he's started performing in public again he's discovered that his fans range in age from pre-teen to menopausal, and he's done his best to satisfy them all. Madison Square Garden, though, is his rockingest record in a long time, so Elvis fans who like it when he gets down are really going to dig it.

Every great rock and roll singer needs a great rock and roll band, and Elvis has got one. James Burton, the guitarist, can pick Sun era rockabilly, country twang, laid-back bluesy fills and sharp, ringing single string leads. Bassist Jerry Schiff and drummer Ronny Tutt are super tight; when they nail down the beat, it stays nailed down. Pianist Glen Hardman knows when to honk and when to tonk. The backup singers are the Sweet Inspirations and J.D. Summer and the Stamps, the one a black gospel group, the other white gospel. Church music of the sanctified, shouting kind has never been far removed from blues and rock & roll, so these two groups are perfect complements to Elvis' gospel-tinged voice. Kathy Westmoreland of the Inspirations sings graceful obbligatos way up high, and Mr. J.D. Sumner is the most authorative bass singer you could imagine, especially when he ends a song with one of his long, perfectly timed slides down from the dominant to the tonic. Of course there's also a flaccid orchestra sawing away in the background, but it's used like the orchestras on some of the classic Phil Spector records, to reverberate around the core of band and singers and occasionally come out with a sweet lead line.

Elvis and the band were in excellent form for their Saturday night Madison Square Garden concert. The record spares you the lukewarm opening set by the Sweet Inspirations and the public crucifixion of a sacrificial comic, not to mention the cries of the vendors hawking Elvis souvenir booklets and balloons. As it begins, the orchestra strikes up Zarathustra, which somehow seems more appropriate for Elvis than for Grand Funk, and the King himself comes bounding out, straps on a prop guitar, and roars into one of his early Sun hits, Big Boy Crudup's "That's All Right." Elvis doesn't even sound like he's tired of the song, and the band is giving him a lot of push. His voice has deepened and mellowed, but he can give it that old stridency when he wants to, and he matches the band with some pushing of his own, laying right into the beat and building up an overpowering momentum that is over all too soon. James Burton out-Creedences Fogerty on "Proud Mary" and then the band rocks on "Never Been to Spain," with a sinuous vocal from Elvis and soaring treble-string fills from Burton. Not even a string-heavy arrangement can make "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" into a complete anticlimax, and orchestra and band get together to make "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" a memorable cut. "Polk Salad Annie" roars, and Jerry Schiff has a rumbling bass solo that consists of a few notes, perfectly placed, that build up some head of steam.
The record keeps on mixing up old favorites like "Teddy Bear" and "Don't Be Cruel" with more recent things like "Suspicious Minds." The latter has a thrashing, Cecil B. DeMille finale highlighted by Tutt's thundering drums. "I Can't Stop Loving You" is a surprise. Here it's a medium rocker with weeping guitar, more kicks from Tutt, and a powerful vocal that manages to find things to do with the song that even Hank Williams and Ray Charles didn't get to. "Hound Dog" includes some humor, Elvis starts it several times and lets it drop. "Now you don't know what I'm going to do yet," he tells the audience. When the tune gets started, it's a funky semi-boogaloo with wah-wah guitar and a deftly rhythmic vocal from Elvis that tenses the releases like a tightly coiled spring. Then the whole band falls right into the rocking tempo of the original, without missing a lick.

Even Mickey Newbury's pretentious "American Trilogy" -- which is really just "Dixie," "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "All My Trials" strung together -- is fun, with Elvis laying some funky inflections on the grandiose orchestral and choral parts. "Can't Help Falling in Love," "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," and "The Impossible Dream" are pretty Lake Tahoe, but still, you've got to admire Elvis' singing. He brings a touch of home-style raunch to even these saccharine evergreens.

So all things considered, just like I said before, this is a damn fine record. Elvis may not generate the polymorphously perverse hysteria the Rolling Stones arouse, he may not move around and jump into the air and wiggle his hips like he used to, but he's come through superstardom without forgetting what it means to rock, that's the important thing. Now I personally feel that he could save a lot of money and tighten up his act by firing his orchestra and making do with a couple of timpanists and the Memphis Horns, and if he just did stuff like "Polk Salad Annie" and "That's All Right" and forgot about Las Vegas for awhile, I'd like that too. But there's lots of people rocking and rolling to Elvis who wouldn't be caught dead at a Faces or a Stones concert, people who don't know the difference between Sun Records and Sun Ra but who will be more than happy to tell you what they like. And what they like is remembering sock hops and looking forward to that big Vegas vacation. So everybody gets enough of what they want to get what they need.

- Bob Palmer, Rolling Stone, 8/31/72.

Thanks for the updates !  :)

You're welcome!


Found this on the "For Elvis CD Collectors"-forum. It's bigger if you open it in a new window.


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More footage previews:

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/11/07/exclusive-newly-unearthed-coverage-of-elvis-presley-live-at-msg/


EDIT:

A nice article. But unfortunately they used a picture from Elvis in Uniondale '75.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203347104578101343669848314.html?KEYWORDS=elvis

This is interesting. Nick Adam's notes about his friendship with Elvis are out now in book form, written by Adams' daugther. Check out the story behind it here:

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/nov/03/daughter-finds-late-fathers-book-about-elvis-to/


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Daily News review of "Prince from another planet":

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/elvis-earned-raves-72-msg-shows-article-1.1199993

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I cannot wait for this.  1 more day! 

I was going to take a day off this week from work and realized what better day than tomorrow?...a whole day with the deluxe set. 

Just got it! The opening to "That's allright" is on and rocks!!


EDIT: The voice seems to be more part of the complete sound rather than being sngled out. Really cool!

Damn...lucky!  Did you get both the Legacy and Deluxe sets?

I bought the 3-disc versio. Both concerts plus DVD. Don't need the other one. I have "An afternoon in the garden" and the original album on CD.
Great artwork btw. Just took a quick look at the book and it has some very cool images



EDIT:

Goddamnit! Those trombones really are fantastic!

Did you get it Justin?

Ah yes I did!   Went during my lunch hour at work to pick up the Deluxe set.  I shall pick up the Legacy set tomorrow.

LOOVE it.  The evening show sits better with me than the afternoon show for the new mix.  The afternoon show was always in great quality for me so I'm not sure they could better it any more.  but it's still a great upgrade.  The DVD is wonderful.  So great to see Elvis on stage during these historic shows.   Overall--the set is a dream come true.

You only get the film and the new mixes on the 3-disc set. The 2-disc set has the original mixes ('72 and '97) only. I don't know about the LP.





Great!
The '97 mix for the afternoon show was definitely better than the '72 mix but I still prefer the new one very much. You can hear so much more imo. I especially love that the orchestra is audible. Too many times it got mixed too low although it added so much to the sound. And of course that's what Elvis wanted.
The essay is ok but it's making the same mistake imo as all the other articles. It treis too much to talk about the myth and tries to explain that rather than to talk about the many musical highlights. It's written nicely but not completely my cup of tea



Here someone synched the audio to the ending of "Can't help falling in love" with the movie properly.

http://vimeo.com/53208608




Billy Hinsche also posted about the set on Facebook.

I love this kind of footage - Elvis and the band are absolutely on fire ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/elvis-presley-concert-footage_n_2103100.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl6|sec1_lnk3&pLid=232712&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false




BTW here's some more footage of the MSG-shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_YQYnYsaG3w

Here's the add from Record Collector (found it on the For Elvis Cd Collectors-forum). I didn't remember that there were different pictures to be used at one stage for the CD holders. Maybe someone who has the LPs can say if they are used on that set?


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Some pro-shot footage of "Elvis - The concert" - Burning Love in 2012. Unfortunately it doesn't sound that good to my ears. I dislike that effect on Burton's guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SroMGuULa-E

This is taken from a post by "Julian Grant" of the "For Elvis CD Collectors"-forum. It shows you Elvis inside Western Recorders and the studio in ca '66. Thought it might be interesting for some people here:


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Looks like this comes from the "If I can dream"-session

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And the freak show... I mean EPE brings us some new exhibits next year. Not that I'd really care, but this quote sounds interesting:


http://www.elvis.com/news/detail.aspx?id=6797

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Next project from Legacy will be the "Aloha from Hawaii"-show(s).


Elvis Presley performed at the H.I.C. Arena in Honolulu on January 14, 1973, Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite was the first, worldwide live satellite broadcast of a concert - broadcast to over 40 Nations and screened to others several weeks later. The concert debuted in the U.S. TV on NBC on April 4 and the Nielsen ratings had the show at 33.8% of homes and 51% of those watching TV - and in the Far-East, TV viewing records were broken in Japan, Philippines, Australia, Korea and Hong Kong!

On Jan 12, a full dress rehearsal took place prior to the main show. Previously issued as "The Alternate Aloha", this dress rehearsal performance makes up the first 21 tracks of Disc 2 of this Legacy Edition, which has been REMIXED and REMASTERED by Steve Rosenthal and Rob Santos. At the end of the main show on Jan 14, Elvis recorded 5 bonus songs behind closed doors for the US version of the TV show (tracks 25 to 29 Disc 2). Although previously issued, it is the first time all 5 songs have appeared in their rightful place!

This new 2-CD Legacy Edition features:
Disc 1 The Original Album (REMASTERED)
Disc 2 The January 12th. Dress Rehearsal + 5 bonus tracks (Remixed and remastered)
24 page booklet with rare photos and new liner notes.
Tracklisting disc: 1
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
2. See See Rider
3. Burning Love
4. Something
5. You Gave Me A Mountain
6. Steamroller Blues
7. My Way
8. Love Me
9. Johnny B. Goode
10. It's Over
11. Blue Suede Shoes
12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
13. I Can't Stop Loving You
14. Hound Dog
15. What Now My Love
16. Fever
17. Welcome To My World
18. Suspicious Minds
19. Introductions by Elvis
20. I'll Remember You
21. Medley: Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
22. An American Trilogy
23. A Big Hunk O' Love
24. Can't Help Falling In Love

Tracklisting disc: 2
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
2. See See Rider
3. Burning Love
4. Something
5. You Gave Me A Mountain
6. Steamroller Blues
7. My Way
8. Love Me
9. Johnny B. Goode
10. It's Over
11. Blue Suede Shoes
12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
13. I Can't Stop Loving You
14. Hound Dog
15. What Now My Love
16. Fever
17. Welcome To My World
18. Suspicious Minds
19. Introductions by Elvis
20. I'll Remember You
21. Medley: Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
22. An American Trilogy
23. A Big Hunk O' Love
24. Can't Help Falling In Love
25. Blue Hawaii (Bonus Song)
26. Ku-U-I-Po (Bonus Song)
27. No More (Bonus Song)
28. Hawaiian Wedding Song (Bonus Song)
29. Early Morning Rain (Bonus Song)



Obviously Johnny B. Goode, I Can't Stop Loving You and Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On weren't performed in the earlier show so that certainly is just a mistake.

Interview with Michael Brauer - Mixing Elvis Presley


http://www.memphisflash.de/2014/02/mixing-elvis-presley-interview-with-michael-brauer-prince-from-another-planet/

I have bought the Boy From Tupelo set from a man in Sweden, and the 3 Sun Bear Family boxes (Rock, Blues, Country) and I am swimming in Sun glory!

That's pure gold. Right. There.
Enjoy!