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This
release by SOFA Entertainment, the owner of the Ed Sulllivan Show catalog,
is in partnership with Elvis Presley Enterprises. The distributor is Image
Entertainment.
A formal press release will be issued closer to the release date of the
DVD set.
It should include details from SOFA Entertainment regarding the remastering
of the sound and picture and point out special aspects of the footage,
including the restoration of a "lost" medley.
Andrew
Solt, who heads up SOFA Entertainment, will present a preview of the DVD
set in a segment of Day Two of this year's Elvis Insiders Conference during
Elvis Week 2006. He will be joined by Gordon Stoker of The Jordanaires,
who appeared on all three Sullivan episodes with Elvis.
TRACKLISTING:
DISC
ONE
September 9, 1956
ACT TIMING
1 CHARLES LAUGHTON
Show Opening" 2:47
2 AMIN BROTHERS
Acrobats 4:33
3 DOROTHY SARNOFF
"Something Wonderful"
from "THE KING AND I" 6:05
4 LINCOLN COMMERCIAL 2:40
5 VAGABONDS
"Up A Lazy River" 4:32
6 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Don't Be Cruel" 3:49
7 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Love Me Tender" 3:50
8 CONN AND MACK
Tap Dancers
"Tea For Two" 3:57
9 LINCOLN MERCURY
COMMERCIAL 0:47
10 CHARLES LAUGHTON
"Little Red Riding Hood" 3:47
11 AMRU SANI
"I'm In The Mood For Love" 3:27
13 CARL BALLANTINE
Comedy & Magic 3:03
15 Preview of Next Week's
"ED SULLIVAN SHOW" 1:23
12 TOBY THE DOG
Novelty Act 4:00
14 LINCOLN MERCURY
COMMERCIAL 2:47
16 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Ready Teddy" 2:59
17 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Hound Dog" 1:07
19 CHARLES LAUGHTON SAYS
"GOODNIGHT" 0:34
20 CREDITS 1:58
TOTAL SHOW RUNNING TIME 58:05:00
DVD has "Play All Elvis Performances"
option.
Bonus Material:
ELVIS & ED REMEMBERED BY…
Sam Phillips - Founder of Sun Records
Gordon Stoker - Member of The Jordanaires
Marlo Lewis - Producer (1948-1959)of "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Gordon Stoker - Member of The Jordanaires
Wink Martindale - TV Host & Friend of Elvis
George Klein - Disc Jockey & Friend of Elvis
WHY ED DIDN'T HOST ELVIS'S FIRST APPEARANCE
This sequence sets up Ed Sullivan and his show and tells the
story of Ed's car accident and why he was unable to host the show
with Elvis's debut appearance.
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DISC TWO
October 28, 1956
ACT TIMING
1 OPENING 0:49
2 LITTLE GAELIC SINGERS
"Dandelion Song"
"Believe Me" 3:58
3 MERCURY COMMERCIAL 1:42
4 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Don't Be Cruel" 2:24
5 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Love Me Tender" 3:44
6 SEÑOR WENCES 6:22
7 1957 LINCOLN CONVERTIBLE
COMMERCIAL" 3:13
8 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Love Me" 3:48
9 JOYCE GRENFELL
"Countess of Cotley" 5:16
10 "Happy To Make Your
Acquaintance" From the
Broadway musical "THE
MOST HAPPY FELLA" 7:15
11 "Big D"
"THE MOST HAPPY FELLA" 6:13
12 MERCURY COMMERCIAL 1:26
13 Preview of Next Week's
"ED SULLIVAN SHOW" 0:45
14 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Hound Dog" 3:41
15 UNUS
Balancing Act 6:01
16 ROBERT WEBB (Audience Bow)
Director of "Love Me Tender" 1:11
17 ED SULLIVAN SAYS "GOODNIGHT" 1:00
18 CREDITS 1:55
TOTAL SHOW RUNNING TIME 1:00:44
DVD has "Play All Elvis Performances"
option.
Bonus Material:
ALL ABOUT ELVIS & ED 7:38
7/15/56 Two months before Elvis' 1st appearance.
9/2/56 Patti Page introduces next week's "Ed Sullivan Show"
headliners.
9/16/56 One week after Elvis's 1st Appearance, Ed Sullivan
returns to host the show.
10/21/56 One week before Elvis's 2nd appearance.
11/18/56 Ed introduces Elvis's 1st Film, "Love Me Tender"
(3:43)
FIRST FILM OF ELVIS PRESLEY 2:45
Elvis performance at Magnolia Gardens near Houston, Texas in
these rare home movies shot on August 7, 1955
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DISC THREE
January 6, 1957
ACT TIMING
1 SHOW OPENING 0:33
2 ELVIS PRESLEY
Medley:
"Hound Dog,"
"Love Me Tender"
&
"Heartbreak Hotel" 3:25
3 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Don't Be Cruel" 0:50
4 "ARTHUR WORSLEY
Ventriloquist 4:19
5 WILL JORDAN
Ed Sullivan Impressionist 3:10
6 LINCOLN COMMERCIAL 2:52
7 CAROL BURNETT
Comedy Routine
"Your Eyes Have Told Me So,"
"I Love You," "The Lady Is A
Tramp," "Paper Moon" and
"I Feel A Song Coming On" 5:50
8 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Too Much" 2:28
9 ELVIS PRESLEY
"When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" 1:56
10 SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
Ed interviews Boxing Great 2:14
11 NANCI CROMPTON
Tap Ballet
"Thunder and Lightening" 2:32
12 LENY EVERSONG
"El Cubanchero" 2:19
13 LINCOLN COMMERCIAL" 1:13
14 THE SIX GUTIS
Clown Act 2:48
15 DON BUDGE
Tennis Champion
(Audience Bow) 1:08
16 JACKIE ROBINSON
Baseball Great
(Audience Bow) 0:50
17 BORY AND BOR
Comedy Dance 1:29
18 LENY EVERSONG
"Jezebel" 2:29
19 MERCURY COMMERCIAL 2:46
20 Preview of Next Week's
"ED SULLIVAN SHOW" 0:35
21 ELVIS PRESLEY
"Peace In The Valley" 1:33
22 ED SULLIVAN SAYS "GOODNIGHT" 1:58:29
23 CREDITS 1:58:39
TOTAL SHOW RUNNING TIME 1:00:46
DVD has "Play All Elvis Performances"
option.
Bonus Material:
SPECIAL "ELVIS MOMENTS" 6:34
4/27/58 Ed talks about Elvis being in the Army.
6/21/64 "A Tribute to The Colonel" by comedian John Byner.
2/9/64 Elvis & The Colonel send a telegram to the Beatles.
9/26/65 "Rock 'n' Roll Ed" - comedian Jack Carter.
9/18/66 Elvis and Colonel Parker congratulate Ed Sullivan.
JERRY SCHILLING'S HOME MOVIES 4:31
Jerry shows his home movies of Elvis and Priscilla horseback
riding at Graceland, some of the first shots of Elvis and
Priscilla's daughter Lisa Marie, and Elvis and the gang cutting
up on a film set.
GALLERY OF PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS
Photos and documents related to the three episodes in the DVD
set. Some from Sofa Entertainment's Sullivan archives and some
from the Elvis Collection and the Colonel Parker Collection in
Graceland/EPE archives.
Source:
EPE
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