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The Next Step Is Love: New Box Set Chronicles 50 Years Of Elvis Presley's 'That's The Way It Is'

August 11, 2020 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Elvis Thats the Way It Is 50th

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Legacy Recordings' From Elvis in Nashville, focusing on The King's storied 1970 Music City sessions, isn't the only Elvis box set coming this year. Follow That Dream, the online-exclusive, collector-oriented Elvis label, also recently announced a massive collection: That's the Way It Is: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition is a new look at the live recordings which comprised part of the multimedia project That's the Way It Is. Over 8 CDs, the box presents 128 tracks and more than 450 minutes of music culled from Presley's complete rehearsal recordings from July and August 1970 in Hollywood, Culver City, and Las Vegas.  While initial pre-orders of the box quickly sold out, it's once again available and is scheduled to ship on or around August 31.

That's the Way It Is was the title of both director Denis Saunders' documentary/concert film chronicling the ascent of the "new Elvis" and RCA's own hybrid LP consisting of eight recent studio recordings from the aforementioned Nashville studio sessions and four live tracks derived from the same 1970 Vegas "Summer Season" as the motion picture. (It was his third engagement at The International Hotel, today the Westgate Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.) The matter-of-fact title might have disguised the fact that the contents of both projects were far from standard-issue. Admittedly, a better hint might have been the album's cover artwork of Elvis in the kind of flamboyant white jumpsuit that defined his late period onstage attire. This wasn't your mother's - or at least, your older sister's - Elvis. In 1970, the artist's past and present collided in exuberant fashion. The performer was capable of channeling the rock-and-roll fire that exuded such danger and sensuality roughly fifteen years earlier, but had moved into a new period in which he found the bigger the emotion, the better. "Hound Dog" and "Blue Suede Shoes" still played a part in this persona, but so did "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The role of big-voiced pop balladeer fit Elvis like a glove, and he filled much of his music in this era with equal parts heart, soul and sweat.

The That's the Way It Is sessions have been addressed numerous times before on CD. It was expanded by RCA in late 2000 as a 3-CD set and then in 2008 by Follow That Dream. The 2000 set included the original album with additional studio performances, the complete August 12, 1970 midnight concert, and rehearsals/unreleased tracks. The 2008 2-CD FTD release concentrated on the Nashville studio sessions, presenting more than a full disc's worth of alternate takes, rehearsals, rough mixes and more (including a couple of live performances). Another 2009 FTD title, The Wonder of You, had the full August 13, 1970 concert. Legacy Recordings' 2014 box, boasting 8 CDs and 2 DVDs, dropped most of the studio extras (all available elsewhere; it would take a detailed diagram to outline all of the releases of material from the Nashville 1970 sessions - especially as they also were tapped for the Elvis Country and Love Letters from Elvis LPs) and featured, instead, the original album, alternate takes, single versions, and complete shows from August 10-13 as well as one disc of undated rehearsal highlights.

With everything else short of the quadraphonic mix seemingly exhausted in the CD/digital age, this edition expands upon that one disc of rehearsals to eight full CDs documenting Elvis' sessions at MGM, RCA Studios, the Las Vegas Convention Center, and finally, the International Hotel. Numerous tracks are previously unreleased; still others are being issued for the first time in full. In addition, the set includes two hardcover coffee table books (totaling 600 pages stuffed with rare and previously unpublished photos) - one dedicated to The Rehearsals, and one to The Concerts.

That's the Way It Is: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition is due on August 31 from Follow That Dream.  You'll find the track listing below (with a selected discography) plus a link to pre-order directly from Graceland.  Quantities are limited so those interested might think about placing their orders sooner rather than later.

Elvis Presley, That's The Way It Is: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Follow That Dream/RCA/Sony Music, 2020) (Graceland Official Store)

* previously unreleased
** previously released partially

Disc 1: MGM Studios, Culver City, CA - 7/14 (1-8) and 15 (9-20)/1970

  1. Words **
  2. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
  3. Polk Salad Annie *
  4. Bridge Over Troubled Water *
  5. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
  6. The Next Step Is Love *
  7. I've Lost You *
  8. The Next Step Is Love
  9. Stagger Lee *
  10. Got My Mojo Working *
  11. I've Lost You *
  12. Stranger In The Crowd *
  13. The Next Step Is Love
  14. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
  15. Sweet Caroline *
  16. Yesterday
  17. Hey Jude *
  18. I Can't Stop Loving You
  19. It's Your Baby, You Rock It *
  20. Cryin' Time *

Tracks 1-2 released on The Way It Was: An Audiovisual Documentary - Follow That Dream/BMG, 2001
Track 16 released on That's The Way It Is: Special Edition, RCA/BMG, 2000

Disc 2: MGM Studios, Culver City, CA - 7/15/1970

  1. Ghost Riders In The Sky
  2. Runaway *
  3. It's Now Or Never *
  4. Peter Gunn Theme
  5. Love Me
  6. One Night *
  7. Alla En El Rancho Grande
  8. That's All Right *
  9. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights *
  10. That's All Right
  11. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights *
  12. Instrumental *
  13. Patch It Up *
  14. Cotton Fields
  15. Sylvia *
  16. Stranger In The Crowd *
  17. How The Web Was Woven *
  18. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen *

Tracks 1 and 5 released on The Way It Was: An Audiovisual Documentary - Follow That Dream/BMG, 2001
Tracks 4, 10 & 14 released on That's the Way It Is: Special Edition, RCA/BMG, 2000
Track 7 released on Walk a Mile in My Shoes - The Essential '70s Masters, RCA, 1995

Disc 3: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA - 7/24/1970

  1. That's All Right
  2. I Got a Woman
  3. The Wonder Of You
  4. I've Lost You
  5. The Next Step Is Love *
  6. Stranger In The Crowd *
  7. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' *
  8. Something *
  9. Don't Cry Daddy *
  10. Don't Cry Daddy (faster version) *
  11. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
  12. Polk Salad Annie *
  13. Bridge Over Troubled Water *
  14. I Can't Stop Loving You
  15. Just Pretend
  16. Sweet Caroline *
  17. Words *
  18. Suspicious Minds *

Track 3 released on That's the Way It Is: Special Edition, RCA/BMG, 2000

Disc 4: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA - 7/24/1970

  1. I Just Can't Help Believin' *
  2. Tomorrow Never Comes *
  3. Mary In The Morning
  4. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights *
  5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' *
  6. I Just Can't Help Believin' *
  7. Heart Of Rome *
  8. Memories *
  9. Johnny B. Goode
  10. Make The World Go Away *
  11. Stranger In My Own Hometown
  12. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

Track 11 released on Walk a Mile in My Shoes - The Essential '70s Masters, RCA, 1995
Tracks 3, 9 & 12 released on That's the Way It Is: Special Edition, RCA/BMG, 2000

Disc 5: MGM Studios, Culver City, CA - 7/29/1970

  1. Elvis Talking
  2. Something *
  3. Words
  4. I Just Can't Help Believin'
  5. Little Sister/Get Back **
  6. Get Back (ending) *
  7. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
  8. I Was The One
  9. Cattle Call
  10. Baby Let's Play House
  11. Don't
  12. Money Honey
  13. A Fool Such As I
  14. Froggy Went A-Courtin'
  15. Such a Night
  16. It's Now Or Never
  17. What'd I Say
  18. The Lord's Prayer *
  19. My Country 'Tis Of Thee *
  20. Hava Nagila *
  21. My Baby Left Me *
  22. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
  23. Stranger In The Crowd *
  24. Ending talk *

Tracks 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 & 17 released on Platinum: A Life in Music, RCA, 1997
Tracks 13, 15, 16 & part of 5 released on That's the Way It Is: Special Edition, RCA/BMG, 2000
Track 14 released on Walk a Mile in My Shoes - The Essential '70s Masters, RCA, 1995

Disc 6: The International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - 8/4/1970

  1. Talk *
  2. I've Lost You *
  3. The Next Is Love *
  4. Words
  5. Cattle Call/Yodel
  6. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights
  7. Farther Along
  8. Something
  9. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
  10. Don't Cry Daddy *
  11. In The Ghetto *
  12. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
  13. Bridge Over Troubled Water **

Tracks 7 & 9 released on That's the Way It Is: Special Edition, RCA/BMG, 2000

Disc 7: The International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - 8/7/1970

  1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' *
  2. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
  3. The Next Step Is Love *
  4. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights *
  5. Polk Salad Annie
  6. Oh Happy Day
  7. I've Lost You *
  8. Mary In The Morning **
  9. Sweet Caroline *
  10. Words *
  11. Patch It Up *

Track 6 released on That's the Way It Is: Special Edition, RCA/BMG, 2000

Disc 8: The International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - 8/10/1970

  1. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (version 1)
  2. I Just Can't Help Believin'
  3. Something
  4. Sweet Caroline
  5. Polk Salad Annie
  6. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (version 1)
  7. I've Lost You
  8. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  9. Patch It Up
  10. Can't Help Falling In Love
  11. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (version 2)
  12. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (version 2)

Categories: News Formats: Books, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Presley

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Goodie says

    August 11, 2020 at 10:51 am

    I see that it costs $325. That's a lot of money. I wish there would be a 2CD or 3 CD excerpts edition priced around $15 to $20 for those fans who couldn't afford the boxset.

    Reply
    • Pamela Kay Perdue says

      August 11, 2020 at 6:52 pm

      I ttly agree. I live on fixed disability income & I'm a true Elvis lover, its jst @ tht price I can't do as it wud cut into my mnthly DISABITY amt & cause me no groceries and/or paying my billls. I truly don't think Elvis wud have ever gone this far in pricing 1000's of fans wanting the collection. Elvis loved everyone & if ppl cud not afford it I do believe Elvis wud have given these sets to ppl tht can't afford thm., I cud see Elvis handing a gift set to those wth struggles.

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  2. Mark H. says

    August 11, 2020 at 11:31 am

    Over $2 per song isn't a reasonable price range for me, especially as I would probably only listen once.

    Reply
  3. Brian Stanley says

    August 11, 2020 at 2:02 pm

    Love Elvis, but at $40 per disc ($325 for 8 discs) there’s no way I can buy this material again.

    Reply
  4. Andrew says

    August 11, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    Will they offer a lossless download? Thanks.

    Reply
  5. Mary Louise Worthy says

    August 11, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    I have always been an Elvis fan from the beginning. But I live on a fixed monthly income and I can't afford it either !!

    Reply
  6. RecordSteve says

    August 11, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    Ditto on the $$$...& why include duplicate songs!?

    Reply
  7. Jimmy Dickens says

    August 12, 2020 at 1:01 am

    Born in "65" my mom&dad grew up dancing, singing Elvis. I grew up on Presley music rock ,roll! Almost every record, since "56". 45's , L.P.s,,all the way through his death In 77got it all !! Isn't that great, Ive been dancing,singing Elvis all my life.it is expensive, what it cost, price might come down, but dancing & singing? Might be priceless....

    Reply
  8. David Carroll says

    August 12, 2020 at 8:10 am

    Where's MYSTERY TRAIN/TIGER MAN,CRYING TIME and SUSPICIOUS MINDS that all appear in the film ? Nice to just get the cds without the expensive coffee table books though.

    Reply
  9. hugo says

    August 12, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    Yo creo en verdad que es caro , y limita el poder tener dicha coleccion para los que somis amantes de las canciones del idolo mas grande de todos los tiempos.
    Viva el rey por siempre

    Reply
  10. Cheryl Tolbert says

    August 12, 2020 at 9:25 pm

    I would love this box set of Elvis. I have a few box sets. But right now,I couldn't afford it. Since this COVID-19,I am not working. I am a busaide on special needs school bus. Plus I have been taking care of my handicap husband. I have been collecting Elvis stuff for ever. I wish I could get it. I love me some Elvis.

    Reply
  11. Michael says

    August 13, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    Yet Again another Expensive Box Set from RCA Legacy Recordings most of the material has been released on Bootlegs and it seems to me they just want to repackage Elvis Presley and bring out Books along with Cd's but ok for the New Generation who are discovering Elvis Presley but not for us Die Hard Serious Presley Collectors also every new CD seems to be Expensive they should make it reasonable for the Fans/Collectors.

    Reply
  12. Anthony says

    October 22, 2020 at 11:52 pm

    It is sold out and deleted. Couldn’t get the opportunity to order it.

    Reply

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