FROM SUNSET TO VEGAS

 

FROM SUNSET TO VEGAS is a 2-disc set in FTD'S 5" digipack format. The main body of the release is the rehearsal recorded at RCA's studio on Sunset Blvd on August 16, 1974. There is a bonus section on Disc 2 with 10 live recordings from Elvis' Las Vegas engagement in August/September 1974.

 

AUGUST 74

THE REHEARSAL
Recorded at RCA’s Studios, Hollywood
August 16, 1974

DISC 1

1) If You Love Me (Let Me Know). Version 1 2:30
John Rostill
2) If You Love Me (Let Me Know). Version 2 3:10
John Rostill
3) Promised Land. Version 1 2:55
Chuck Berry
4) Promised Land. Version 2 3:53
Chuck Berry
5) Down In The Alley. Version 1 2:40
Jesse Stone and The Clovers
6) Down In The Alley. Version 2 3:22
Jesse Stone and The Clovers

(Disc 1 - continued)

7) It’s Midnight 4:19
Billy Edd Wheeler/Jerry Chesnut
8) Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming 4:06
Rory Bourke
9) Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues 3:22
Danny O’Keefe
10) Softly As I Leave You. Version 1 2:19
Antonio DeVita/Hal Shaper
11) Softly As I Leave You. Version 2 4:18
Antonio DeVita/Hal Shaper
12) I’m Leavin’ 4:49
Michael Jarrett/Sonny Charles
13) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:13
Ewan McColl
14) Proud Mary 3:09
John Fogerty
15) If You Talk In Your Sleep 4:23
Red West/Johnny Christopher

DISC 2
THE REHEARSAL – continued

1) If You Love Me (Let Me Know). Version 3 7:01
John Rostill
2) If You Love Me (Let Me Know). Version 4 8:17
John Rostill
3) The Twelth Of Never 2:50
Jerry Livingston/Paul Francis Webster
4) Faded Love 3:24
Bob Wills/John Wills
5) Just Pretend 5:06
Doug Flett/Guy Fletcher

Disc 2 - continued

THE LIVE RECORDINGS
Recorded live at The Las Vegas Hilton.
August-September, 1974

6) Trying To Get To You 3:19
Rosemarie McCoy/Charles Singleton
August 20 – Dinner show
7) Heartbreak Hotel 1:34
Mae Boren Axton/Tommy Durden/Elvis Presley
Augsut 20 – Dinner show
8) Suspicious Minds 4:49
Mark James
August 22 – Midnight show
9) Help Me 2:47
Larry Gatlin
August 22 – Midnight Show
10) The Wonder Of You 2:10
Baker Knight
August 27 – Midnight Show
11) American Trilogy 4:25
Mickey Newbury
August 22 – Midnight show
12) Elvis talking 1:21
August 22 – Midnight show
13) Hawaiian Wedding Song 2:37
Charles King/Al Hoffman/Dick Manning
August 27 – Midnight Show
14) Elvis talking 2:01
August 27 – Midnight Show
15) It's Now Or Never 2:22
(Aaron Schroeder/Wally Gold)
August 27 – Midnight Show
16) Bringin' It Back (featuring Sherrill Nielsen as lead vocalist) 2:49
Gregg Gordon
September 2 – Midnight Show
17) Aubrey (featuring Sherrill Nielsen as lead vocalist) 3:31
David Gates
September 2 – Midnight Show

Musicians:

Guitars: James Burton, John Wilkinson; Guitar and Vocals: Charlie Hodge; Bass: Duke Bardwell; Drums: Ronnie Tutt; Piano: Glen D. Hardin; Vocals: The Sweet Inspirations, J. D. Sumner & The Stamps, Kathy Westmoreland, Voice. Joe Guercio and his Orchestra.

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GOOD TIMES 2-CD SET

1) GOOD TIMES is a 2-disc set in the classic album series. Originally released in 1974, this great album featured the legendary "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues", "My Boy" and "I've Got A Thing About You Baby". In addition to the masters, it will contain many great outtakes from the Stax Sessions of 1973. The package features the 7" digipack format with 12-page booklet.

2) ROCKIN' ACROSS TEXAS will be released as a 2-CD set without the book that is now deleted. The 2 disc set features Elvis live in Amarillo, Texas at The Civic Center, June 19, 1974 and in Fort Worth, Texas at Tarrant County Convention Center, Recorded July 3, 1976.

3) A NEW SOUNDBOARD (TBC)

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THE JUNGLE ROOM SESSIONS 2-LP SET

A Limited Edition – 2 Disc 180-Gram Vinyl Set

FTD Vinyl next release is a limited edition 2-Disc vinyl set of THE JUNGLE ROOM SESSIONS. Supplied in a new gatefold sleeve featuring additional Graceland images, it will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and DMM Copper mastered at Abbey Road Studios,London.


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