The King has returned: Follow That Dream, Sony's "official bootleg" label for Elvis Presley catalogue projects, has announced its two newest titles for February, a live set and a vinyl reissue.
First up is White Knight in Vegas, a 1969 performance at Las Vegas' International Hotel, the biggest showroom on the strip at the time. Fresh off the iconic NBC comeback special some nine months prior, Presley began his stint at the venue in late July, and this show captures Elvis at his showiest. Mastered from the original eight-track multitrack recording by Vic Anesini, the set is presented in a 5" digipak (production problems prevented this set from appearing in the typical 7" digipak) and features a 12-page booklet with rare photos.
Also up for pre0rder is a vinyl version of FTD's limited edition of How Great Thou Art, Elvis' second gospel LP from 1967. The original album featured the Top 5 hit "Crying in the Chapel" and was Elvis' first with producer Felton Jarvis, who would produce all Elvis LPs for the remainder of the singer's life. The vinyl version (released on a more densely-packed double-disc set last year) features the album and original master takes (including a soundtrack song, "Beyond the Reef") across two records.
Each set will soon be available to pre-order at Elvis' official Web store, with a release date of February 15. View the track lists after the jump.
Elvis Presley, White Knight in Vegas (RCA/Follow That Dream, 2011)
- Blue Suede Shoes
- I Got a Woman
- All Shook Up
- Love Me Tender
- Jailhouse Rock/Don't Be Cruel
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Hound Dog
- Memories
- My Babe
- Mystery Train/Tiger Man
- Monologue
- Baby, What You Want Me to Do
- Runaway
- Inherit the Wind
- Yesterday/Hey Jude
- Introductions
- In the Ghetto
- Suspicious Minds
- Can’t Help Falling in Love
All tracks recorded live at The International Hotel, Las Vegas - 8/26/1969 and previously unreleased.
Elvis Presley, How Great Thou Art: Limited Edition (Vinyl) (RCA/Follow That Dream, 2011)
LP 1: Original LP and Outtakes
- How Great Thou Art
- In the Garden
- Somebody Bigger Than You and I
- Farther Along
- Stand By Me
- Without Him
- How Great Thou Art (Takes 1 & 2)
- So High
- Where Could I Go But to The Lord
- By and By
- If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side
- Run On
- Where No One Stands Alone
- Crying in the Chapel
- Somebody Bigger Than You and I (Takes 14, 15 & wp 5)
LP 2: Outtakes
- Run On (Takes 1 & 2)
- Stand By Me (Takes 9 & 10)
- So High (Take 1)
- By and By (Takes 1-5 & 7)
- By and By (Takes 8 & 9)
- Beyond the Reef
- If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side (Take 1)
- Without Him (Take 1)
- Somebody Bigger Than You and I (Take 12)
- In the Garden (Takes 1-3)
- Run On (Takes 3-6)
- Where No One Stands Alone (Takes 2, 3 & wp 5)
Side 1, Tracks 1-6 and Side 2, Tracks 1-7 released as How Great Thou Art (RCA LPM/LSP 3758, 1967)
Side 3, Track 6 released on Elvis Aaron Presley: 1955-1980 25th Anniversary Edition (RCA CPL8 3699, 1980)
All other tracks previously released on CD edition of How Great Thou Art: Limited Edition (RCA/Follow That Dream, 2010)
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