Elvis Presley - The Complete '68 Comeback Special (Boxset) (2008)
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Genre: Rock | RAR 3% Rec.
Five years before he achieved broadcast history with his legendary 1973 global satellite telecast, Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii, Elvis Presley brought a less grandiose but far more urgent mission to this Christmas season network special: isolated from his original audience after a long sojourn on Hollywood soundstages, and threatened by the vibrancy and social gravity of rock, the King sought nothing less than to reclaim his throne.
More than three decades later, what has since become known as Elvis: '68 Comeback Special looms as the Memphis icon's most substantial achievement as a stage performer. If the candy-colored sets and hyperactive choreography of its larger production numbers smack of its network packagers' desperation to be hip, Elvis himself rises to a riveting, assured performance at the peak of his powers. Looking fit and relaxed, and sheathed in black leather, he covers a shrewd song list encompassing early rockabilly hits, gospel (albeit rendered unintentionally hilarious by its florid dance routines), and comparatively restrained ballads.
Standout performances include two intimate stage sets that put him literally within his fans' reach, most strikingly in a brief reunion with four of his earliest bandmates (including guitarist Scotty Moore and drummer D.J. Fontana). The latter segment is only a brief sample of a session posthumously released on video as One Night with You, which is, if anything, even better than this terrific portrait of a towering American artist.
TRACKLISTDisc 1. The Original album plus bonus cuts01) Trouble/Guitar Man
02) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy/Baby, What You Want Me To Do
Medley: 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) Medley: Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Guitar Man/Little Egypt/Trouble/Guitar Man
07) If I Can Dream
08) It Hurts Me
09) Let Yourself Go
10) A Little Less Conversation
11) Memories (stereo Mix)
Disc 2 - First 'Sit down' show1) Introductions
2) That's All Right
3) Heartbreak Hotel
4) Love Me
5) Baby What You Want Me To Do
6) Blue Suede Shoes
7) Baby What You Want Me To Do
8) Lawdy Miss Clawdy
9) Are You Lonesome Tonight?
10) When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
11) Blue Christmas
12) Trying To Get To You
13) One Night
14) Baby What You Want Me To Do
15) One Night
16) Memories
First 'Stand Up Show'17) Heartbreak Hotel
18) One Night
19) Heartbreak Hotel
20) Hound Dog
21) All Shook Up
22) Can't Help Falling In Love
23) Jailhouse Rock
24) Don't Be Cruel
25) Blue Suede Shoes
26) Love Me Tender
27) Trouble/Guitar Man
28) Baby What You Want Me To Do
29) If I Can Dream
Disc 3 Second 'Sit down' show1) 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' show17) 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
26) Trouble
27) Trouble/Guitar Man
28) Trouble/Guitar Man
29) If I Can Dream
Disc 4 First rehearsal1) 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 Gun theme
8) Love Me
9) When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
10) Blue Christmas/Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Second rehearsal (substandard audio quality)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
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