Thursday, March 01, 2018

March 01 - The Searcher Trailer

Here is the trailer for the upcoming HBO special "Elvis The Searcher" which debuts on HBO April 14, 2018. The special is directed by Thom Zimny and  pushes past the larger-than-life image of The King of Rock and Roll, portraying him instead as a man and an artist 'who wanted to heal, to find that thing that was always felt to be missing, and to do it through the music'.

The soundtrack features 18 songs as heard in the film including familiar hit recordings ('Heartbreak Hotel', 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'), powerful vocal performances ('That's All Right', 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time', 'Trouble/Guitar Man') and rare outtakes ('Suspicious Minds', 'Separate Ways').


Sony Music will release Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack) on April 6 in three versions, a single CD, a Deluxe 3 CD set in 8"x 8" with a 40-page book in slipcase and a 2 LP Record set.




Follow That Dream March Releases



The March 2018 releases from the Follow that Dream Collectors label have been released. “Elvis: Murfreesboro '74" a 5 inch digipack featuring Elvis in great form from two shows on March 14th and 19th at the Murfreesboro Middle State Tennessee University. 

CD 1 - 14.03.1974:

Also Sprach Zarathustra - CC Rider - I Got A Woman - Amen - Love Me - Trying To Get To You - All Shook Up - Steamroller Blues - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Don’t Be Cruel - Love Me Tender - Johnny B. Goode - Hound Dog - Fever - Polk Salad Annie - Why Me Lord - Suspicious Minds - Introductions - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Help Me - American Trilogy - Let Me Be There - Funny How Time Slips Away - Can’t Help Falling In Love - Closing Vamp

CD 2 - 19.03.1974:


Also Sprach Zarathustra - CC Rider - I Got A Woman - Amen - Love Me - Trying To Get To You - All Shook Up - Steamroller Blues - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Don’t Be Cruel - Love Me Tender - Medley: Long Tall Sally - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On - Mama Don’t Dance - Flip, Flop and Fly - Jailhouse Rock - Hound Dog - Fever - Polk Salad Annie - Why Me Lord - Suspicious Minds - Introductions - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Help Me - American Trilogy - Let Me Be There - Funny How Time Slips Away - Mystery Train (Incomplete).


The book and CD set "Rebel With A Cause". A cooperation with the Norwegian Flaming Star covering Elvis between August 16 and September 30, 1956 from his arrival in Hollywood to his return to Memphis. The book ois written by David English and Pål Granlund and comes with a CD featuring the classic HMV UK release "Elvis Presley: Rock 'N' Roll No. 2" and all four songs from Elvis’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on September 9, 1956 and a recording off the afternoon performance of September 26 in Tupelo Mississippi.

Elvis Presley Rock ´n´ Roll No. 2: Rip It Up – Love Me – When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again – Long Tall Sally – First In Line – Paralyzed – So Gald You´re Mine – Old Shep (Take 5) – Ready Teddy – Anyplace In Paradise – How´s The World Treating You – How Do You Think I Feel


The Ed Sullivan Show – 09.09.1956: Don´t Be Cruel – Elvis Talks – Love Me Tender – Ready Teddy – Hound Dog

The Mississippi-Alabama Fair And Diary Show – 26.09.1956 A/S:

Heartbreak Hotel – Long Tall Sally – Presentations – I Was The One – I Want You, I Need You, I Love You – Elvis Talks – I Got A Woman – Don´t Be Cruel – Ready Teddy – Love Me Tender – Hound Dog – Inhterview With Vernon And Gladys Presley – Interview With Nick Adams – Interview With Judy Hopper – Interview With Elvis

And finally the FTD vinyl re-issue of "Elvis- The Fool Album". Originally released in July 1973, this album’s track listing changed dramatically from RCA’s internal documents circulated just one month before. This LP contains - for the first time - the LP sequenced as originally planned. The LP artwork also replicates the original draft layout before it was amended. The second disc includes outtakes from the sessions that contributed to the album. Highlights include the rare fully orchestrated version of ‘Fool” and the 11-minute plus version of “Don't Think Twice It's Alright”.


LP 1 Side A - The Original Planned Version Of The Album

Fool - Where Do I Go From Here - Blue Hawaii - Early Mornin’ Rain - It’s Impossible
Side B:Reconsider Baby (Blues Jam) - Hawaiian Wedding Song - Ku-U-I-Po - I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen - No More

LP 2 - The Outtakes And Alternates - Side C:

Fool (With Full Strings Overdub) - Steamroller Blues (Single Mix) - Until It’s Time For You To Go (Take 1 & 2) - (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me (Take 9 & 10) - I Will Be True (Take 1 & 2)
Side D: Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Take 2, Informal Recording) - Love Me, Love The Life I Lead (Alternate Mix) - It’s Still Here (Take 4 & 5)

(Source: FECC / Sony / FTD)