NEW FTD RELEASES!!!

[Jungleroom76]

From ElvisNews.com:

The FTD team promises to release 2 beautiful CDs in May, good for a total of 3 discs with 3 live concerts. HIGH SIERRA features mainly the performance from May 21, 1974 at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel with additional highlights from other shows that month. HIGH SIERRA is released in a 5” digipack format with an 8-page booklet. The second release is the one we announced several weeks ago: SHOWTIME! Birmingham / Dallas ’76 is a 2-Disc Set that features Elvis in top form at 2 great shows! It comes packaged as a 5” digipack with 8-page booklet. The Birmingham Show is from the Jefferson County Coliseum and Dallas from the Memorial Auditorium


High Sierra

01 See See Rider
02 I Got A Woman / Amen
03 Love Me
04 Trying To Get To You
05 All Shook Up
06 Love Me Tender
07 You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
08 Hound Dog
09 Fever
10 Polk Salad Annie
11 Why Me Lord
12 Suspicious Minds
13 Introductions
14 I Can’t Stop Loving You
15 Help Me
16 Bridge Over Troubled Water
17 Let Me Be There
18 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
19 Big Boss Man
20 Can’t Help Falling In Love
21 Closing Vamp
BONUS SONGS
22 Johnny B. Goode
23 Steamroller Blues
24 Spanish Eyes
25 How Great Thou Art
26 It's Now Or Never
27 I’m Leavin’
28 Introducing Billy Eckstine
All tracks recorded live at the High Sierra Room at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada
Tracks 1-21 recorded May 21, 1974 at the dinner show
Tracks 22 & 27 recorded May 25, 1974 at the midnight show
Tracks 23, 24 & 25 recorded May 19, 1974 at the dinner show
Track 26 recorded May 23, 1974 at the dinner show
Track 28 recorded May 27, 1974 at the 3:00 a.m. show .



Showtime!

Disc 1 – BIRMINGHAM – December 29, 1976

01) Also Sprach Zarathustra
02) See See Rider
03) I Got A Woman / Amen
04) Love Me
05) Fairytale
06) You Gave Me A Mountain
07) Jailhouse Rock
08) It's Now Or Never
09) Trying To Get To You
10) My Way
11) Polk Salad Annie
12) Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain
13) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode
14) Love Letters
15) School Days
16) Funny How Time Slips Away
17) Hurt
18) Hound Dog
19) For The Good Times
20) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
21) Unchained Melody
22) Mystery Train/Tiger Man
23) Can’t Help Falling In Love
24) Closing vamp

DISC 2 – DALLAS – December 28, 1976

01) Also Sprach Zarathustra
02) See See Rider
03) I Got A Woman / Amen
04) Love Me
05) Fairytale
06) You Gave Me A Mountain
07) Jailhouse Rock
08) It's Now Or Never
09) Trying To Get To You
10) Blue Suede Shoes
11) My Way
12) Polk Salad Annie
13) Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain
14) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode
15) Love Letters
16) School Days
17) Hurt
18) Hound Dog
19) Unchained Melody
20) Can’t Help Falling In Love
21) Closing vamp
The original source tape is damaged.
We have chosen to keep track 6 & 7 on this release for historical reasons in spite of the damage. However “Hound Dog”, performed between “Hurt” and “Unchained Melody” was
beyond any element of repair and has consequently been left out.

TCB!
Mike

[nolvis]

I just read this excellent news on ElvisNews.Com!!!!! I didn't realize that some of the songs(YGMAM and JHR)
were slightly damaged and that Hound Dog is damaged.I can't wait purchase these great cd's with the awesome
line-up of songs!!!!! By the way is ElvisNews.Com staying on the air?

[Unchained Melody]

I can not wait for May. Bring all three on!

Thank you Ernst and FTD

[Jungleroom76]

I just read this excellent news on ElvisNews.Com!!!!! I didn't realize that some of the songs(YGMAM and JHR)
were slightly damaged and that Hound Dog is damaged.I can't wait purchase these great cd's with the awesome
line-up of songs!!!!! By the way is ElvisNews.Com staying on the air?

Yes, on the original Fort Baxter import release A HOT WINTER NIGHT IN DALLAS, there is a fade out in the middle of YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN and it fades back in around the middle of JAILHOUSE ROCK. My guess is that the FTD CD of the Dallas show will be from the same source tape as the Fort Baxter release, as the Fort Baxter CD also omitted HOUND DOG.

TCB!
Mike

[Jungleroom76]

Here's the OFFICIAL announcement from Elvis.com:



On May 10th, both HIGH SIERRA and SHOWTIME! – Birmingham / Dallas ’76 will be released. HIGH SIERRA features mainly the performance from May 21, 1974 at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel with additional highlights from other shows that month. HIGH SIERRA is released in a 5” digipack format with an 8-page booklet.

Most of the tracks on this album were recorded in 1974 at mulitple dinner shows, midnight shows and even the 3:00 am shows. May 26th 1974 was the official date for Elvis' closing at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel however, Elvis added one last performance, at 3:00 am, to accommodate the crowds that had come to Lake Tahoe to see him.

"Fever" was first recorded by Elvis Presley in 1960 at Studio B in Nashville, TN and he continued to perform the song through the rest of his career.

HIGH SIERRA

01 See See Rider (Traditional arranged by Elvis Presley)
02 I Got A Woman / Amen (Ray Charles) / (Jester Hairston)
03 Love Me (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
04 Trying To Get To You (Rose Marie McCoy/Charles Singleton)
05 All Shook Up (Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley)
06 Love Me Tender (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)
07 You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (Vicki Wickham/Simon Napier-Bell/Pino Donaggio/Vito Pallavicini)
08 Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
09 Fever (John Davenport/Eddie Cooley)
10 Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White)
11 Why Me Lord (Kris Kristofferson)
12 Suspicious Minds (Mark James)
13 Introductions
14 I Can’t Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)
15 Help Me (Larry Gatlin)
16 Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
17 Let Me Be There (John Rostill)
18 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan McColl)
19 Big Boss Man (Al Smith/Luther Dixon)
20 Can’t Help Falling In Love (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss)
21 Closing Vamp

BONUS SONGS

22 Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
23 Steamroller Blues (James Taylor)
24 Spanish Eyes (Bert Kaempfert/Charles Singleton/Eddie Snyder)
25 How Great Thou Art (Stuart K. Hine)
26 It's Now Or Never (Aaron Schroeder/Wally Gold)
27 I’m Leavin’ (Michael Jarrett/Sonny Charles)
28 Introducing Billy Eckstine

All tracks recorded live at the High Sierra Room at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada
Tracks 1-21 recorded May 21, 1974 at the dinner show
Tracks 22 & 27 recorded May 25, 1974 at the midnight show
Tracks 23, 24 & 25 recorded May 19, 1974 at the dinner show
Track 26 recorded May 23, 1974 at the dinner show
Track 28 recorded May 27, 1974 at the 3:00 a.m. show





SHOWTIME! Birmingham / Dallas ’76 is a 2-Disc Set that features Elvis in top form at 2 great shows! It comes packaged as a 5” digipack with 8-page booklet. The Birmingham Show is from the Jefferson County Coliseum and Dallas from the Memorial Auditorium.

On December 28th, Elvis' 8:30 pm show in the Dallas Memorial Auditorium was attended by 9,800 fans, and on December 29th, Elvis traveled to Birmingham for an 8:30 pm concert in the Civic Center, attended by more than 18,000 fans.

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Hound Dog", also featured on HIGH SIERRA, was added to Elvis' live performances in 1956 after watching Freddie Bell and the Bellboys perform the song in Las Vegas.

SHOWTIME!


Disc 1 – BIRMINGHAM – December 29, 1976

1) Also Sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
2) See See Rider (Arr. by Elvis Presley)
3) I Got A Woman / Amen (Ray Charles) / (Jester Hairston)
4) Love Me (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
5) Fairytale (Anita Pointer/Bonnie Pointer)
6) You Gave Me A Mountain (Marty Robbins)
7) Jailhouse Rock (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
8) It's Now Or Never (Aaron Schroeder/Wally Gold)
9) Trying To Get To You (Rosemarie McCoy/Charles Singleton)
10) My Way (Paul Anka/Jaques Reveaux/Claude Francois)
11) Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White)
12) Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)
13) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode (Ray Charles) / (Chuck Berry)
14) Love Letters (Edward Heyman/Victor Young)
15) School Days (Chuck Berry)
16) Funny How Time Slips Away (Willie Nelson)
17) Hurt (Jimmie Crane/Al Jacobs)
18) Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
19) For The Good Times (Kris Kristofferson)
20) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan McColl)
21) Unchained Melody (Alex North/Hy Zaret)
22) Mystery Train/Tiger Man (Junior Parker/Sam Phillips-Joe Hill Louis/Sam Burns)
23) Can’t Help Falling In Love (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss)
24) Closing vamp


DISC 2 – DALLAS – December 28, 1976


1) Also Sprach Zarathustra 0:58 (Richard Strauss)
2) See See Rider 3:37 (Arr. by Elvis Presley)
3) I Got A Woman / Amen 6:19 (Ray Charles) / (Jester Hairston)
4) Love Me 2:25 (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
5) Fairytale 2:32 (Anita Pointer/Bonnie Pointer)
6) You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14 (Marty Robbins)
7) Jailhouse Rock 1:43 (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
8) It's Now Or Never 2:31 (Aaron Schroeder/Wally Gold)
9) Trying To Get To You 3:19 (Rosemarie McCoy/Charles Singleton)
12) Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)
13) My Way (Paul Anka/Jaques Reveaux/Claude Francois)
14) Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White)
15) Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain 2:49 (Gordon Lightfoot)
14) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode 7:00 (Ray Charles) / (Chuck Berry)
15) Love Letters 3:24 (Edward Heyman/Victor Young)
16) School Days 0:55 (Chuck Berry)
17) Hurt 3:59 (Jimmie Crane/Al Jacobs)
18) Hound Dog 1:30 (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
19) Unchained Melody (Alex North/Hy Zaret)
20) Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:43 (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss)
21) Closing vamp

The original source tape is damaged but tracks 6 & 7 will remain on this release for historical reasons in spite of the damage. However “Hound Dog”, performed between “Hurt” and “Unchained Melody” was beyond any element of repair and has consequently been left out.

Also announced on Elvis.com:

NEW DELETION

Please be advised that So High – FTD 31 is being deleted when stocks are depleted! Orders will be taken on a first come first serve basis!

FTD VINYL

Thanks for your continued support with this limited edition format. Our new release Jailhouse Rock (FTD 82-33) is almost sold out already!

Please be advised that there are only 50 copies each of Blue Hawaii (FTD 78-33) and Standing Room Only (FTD 79-33) left! Orders will be taken on a first come first served basis here too. Our next release will be announced soon.

FTD BOOKS

WRITING FOR THE KING and LIVE IN L.A. are now available with a price reduction to 21 Euros while stocks last.



TCB!
Mike

[U.S. Male]

The two shows from December should've been released by FTd a longggggggggggggggg time ago, but hey....better late than never!

It's also nice to see a new show from Lake Tahoe 1974 being released as well, so Thanks Very Much to Ernst J and the FTD team....bring em' on

[Jungleroom76]

It's also nice to see a new show from Lake Tahoe 1974 being released as well, so Thanks Very Much to Ernst J and the FTD team....bring em' on

I have to say that it is a nice surprise to see the Tahoe '74 show being released along with the '76 shows. And according to the press releases, both releases will contain a booklet which will also be a nice addition as well.

TCB!
Mike

[Unchained Melody]

I have to say that it is a nice surprise to see the Tahoe '74 show being released along with the '76 shows. And according to the press releases, both releases will contain a booklet which will also be a nice addition as well.

TCB!
Mike

Thanks Mike for the additional information.

It's a good thing I ordered So High..got it around two months ago, and listened to it fully yesterday, what a true gem.

Cool to see the release date of these new FTD's will be May 10th, 'tis five days before my 20th birthday, have an idea already of what I want

Also a little additional information, the cover shot to High Sierra , it is I'm almost positive from the October 1974 Lake Tahoe Engagement.

[Jungleroom76]

Thanks Mike for the additional information.

No problem pal!!!

Also a little additional information, the cover shot to High Sierra , it is I'm almost positive from the October 1974 Lake Tahoe Engagement.

Really? That's interesting if you're right...I wonder if that means there aren't any pictures from the May Tahoe engagement???

TCB!
Mike

[Unchained Melody]

Yeah Mike I'm almost positive, Kenny posted it on the Kings Court months ago, I remember it.

Perhaps FTD or Ernst borrowed it from him...not sure.

[Jungleroom76]

Yeah Mike I'm almost positive, Kenny posted it on the Kings Court months ago, I remember it.

Perhaps FTD or Ernst borrowed it from him...not sure.

Definitely interesting that there are no known photos from the May Tahoe shows...

TCB!
Mike

[my boy]

I can't wait for the TAHOE release – an utterly fascinating period of the King's concert years!

By all accounts Elvis enjoyed his shows at Lake Tahoe,I'm hoping for a terrific show.

[Wendy56]

So, all of Elvis' shows were recorded? Something like the MSG shows? I ask this question because I often see: "Elvis on this place, 1976", "Elvis on ... 1974". Just curious.

[Tommy]

Some of Elvis's concernts were recorded by fans, or by pros. Not all were recorded though.

[Wendy56]

TY Tommy! That made me think something. It would be so nice to have many 50s shows on tape. Imagine them on the movies, yay!

[Tommy]

Yes, it's a shame a lot of 50's stuff has no sound.

[Jungleroom76]

I can't wait for the TAHOE release – an utterly fascinating period of the King's concert years!

By all accounts Elvis enjoyed his shows at Lake Tahoe,I'm hoping for a terrific show.

I've heard some of the shows from his May '74 Tahoe shows that have been around on the import circuit, and they are some great shows, so hopefully FTD has picked a great one for this release!

TCB!
Mike

[my boy]

I've heard some of the shows from his May '74 Tahoe shows that have been around on the import circuit, and they are some great shows, so hopefully FTD has picked a great one for this release!

TCB!
Mike

Hope so Mike –I've got LTIT and that's superb, can't wait

Cheers