RED HOT IN VEGAS

Content: Las Vegas, Nevada, 23.08.1972 Midnight show + two additional tracks from Las Vegas, Nevada, 13.08.1972 Dinner show + 08.09.1972 John Wilkinson interview by Tony Prince.

Label: Straight Arrow SA 2006-5-02 (set for release in December 2006).

Details: Digitally restored, previously unreleased early generation copy of an original audience recorded mastertape. Excellent sound quality - almost equal to soundboard recording. CD including de-luxe 16-page booklet with an informative liner notes, many in-concert and candid photos (some never before seen) and memorabilia from Elvis Las Vegas 1972 Summer Festival.

Tracks:
01. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from "2001 A Space Odyssey") -
02. Opening Vamp / C. C. Rider - 03. Johnny B. Goode - 04. Proud Mary -
05. Until It's Time For You To Go - 06. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 07. You Gave Me A Mountain - 08. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' -
09. Polk Salad Annie - 10. Instrumental Intermezzo / Monologue -
11. What Now My Love - 12. Fever - 13. Love Me - 14. Blue Suede Shoes - 15. Heartbreak Hotel - 16. All Shook Up - 17. Little Sister / Get Back (medley) - 18. Love Me Tender - 19. Hound Dog (slow & fast) -
20. I'll Remember You - 21. Suspicious Minds - 22. Band Introductions -
23. Celebrity Introductions - 24. My Way - 25. A Big Hunk O' Love -
26. For The Good Times (spliced with Las Vegas 13.08.1972 Dinner Show) - 27. Can't Help Falling In Love (Las Vegas 13.08.1972 Dinner Show) -
28. Closing Vamp (Las Vegas 13.08.1972 Dinner Show).

Special bonus:
29. An "after season" interview with John Wilkinson, by Tony Prince from Radio Luxembourg, held in Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, September 8, 1972.

THE AMERICAN WAY VOL. 1

Content: Legendary Memphis American Sound Studio 1969 sessions, taken directly from the 1st generation copies of original studio mastertapes. Stereo / mono.

Label: Southern Comfort SC CDONE-6969-2 (set for release in late Nov 2006).

Details: Digitally restored studio session tapes. Unedited, take after take. Excellent sound quality. Including de-luxe 16-page booklet with an informative sleeve notes and many rare photos and memorabilia from 1969 era.

Tracks:
01. In The Ghetto - take 1 (complete take) - 02. In The Ghetto - take 2 (rehearsal + long false start) - 03. In The Ghetto - take 3 (false start + complete take) - 04. In The Ghetto - take 4 (complete take) -
05. In The Ghetto - takes 5, 6, 7 (long false start in higher key + 2 long false starts) - 06. In The Ghetto - takes 7, 8, 9, 10 (3 false starts + long false start) - 07. In The Ghetto - take 11 (complete take + part of take 12) -
08. Suspicious Minds - take 1 (long false start) - 09. Suspicious Minds - takes 2, 3 (false start #1 + rehearsal + false start #2) - 10. Suspicious Minds - take 4 (long false start) - 11. Suspicious Minds - take 5 (long false start) - 12. Suspicious Minds - take 6 (2 false starts + complete take) -
13. Suspicious Minds - take 7 (complete take + studio chat) - 14. Kentucky Rain - take 1 (false start + long false start) - 15. Kentucky Rain - takes 2, 3 (4 false starts + complete take) - 16. Kentucky Rain - take 4, 5 (3 false starts + long false start) - 17. Kentucky Rain - takes 6, 7 (false start + complete take) - 18. Kentucky Rain - take 8 (rehearsal + false start + complete take) - 19. Kentucky Rain - take 9 (3 false starts + complete take) - 20. Rubberneckin' - takes 1, 2 (dialogue + false start + rehearsal + complete take 2) - 21. Don't Cry Daddy (acetate, undubbed) -
22. Mama Liked The Roses (acetate, undubbed).

"From the producers of American Crown Jewels (1996) and Finding The Way Home (1999) comes volume one of The American Way. Uncut sessions as recorded at American Studios, Memphis, during January/ February, 1969. These sessions have been available on home made discs, in a sound quality x-generations removed from the original sources. We will be offering you the real thing... from the original "import" tapes, on 5 single volumes. Each CD accompanied with a 16-page fully illustrated booklet, featuring rare photos, memorabilia and in-depth information on those exciting times, written by a leading expert on Elvis, the man, and his music. Volume one, "The Hits", focuses on the hit singles, pulled from the American Studio sessions."