Elvis Presley TV Special Vinyl LP RCA LPM-4088 Near Mint w/ Shrink 1st Pressing
Elvis Presley ELVIS TV Special - Vinyl LP Near Mint w/ Shrink Wrap - RCA LPM-4088 Mono First Pressing (1968)
Condition: Near Mint Vinyl and Cover. Play-tested and sounds beautiful. Cover still has shrink wrap. Comes with original RCA Elvis inner sleeve. Matrix in description. First Mono pressing from 1968.
Matrix: Side 1: WPRM-8051-6S (machine stamped) A1B (hand etched) / Side 2: WPRM-8052--5S (machine stamped) A1 (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)
Elvis (TV Special) is a live album by Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in December 1968. It was recorded from his 1968 Elvis special in Burbank, California at Western Recorders on June 20, 21, 22 and 23, 1968, and at NBC Studios (Burbank) on June 27 and 29, 1968. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200.
The live album from the Elvis special is the audio-only version of the special, and consists of a mixture of studio and live recordings, the live material itself a mixture of "sit-down" tracks with a small group and "stand-up" tracks with an orchestra.
Unlike the drudgery of the feature film soundtrack recordings, Presley was genuinely excited by the project. For the album, the musical format presented Presley in three different settings: production numbers featuring medleys of his material; an informal small band featuring full songs in front of a live audience; and the two original numbers with Presley backed by an orchestra in front of a live audience. Presley insisted the mono mixes for these songs were retained for the album.
Tracklist A1.1Trouble A1.2Guitar Man A2.1Lawdy,Miss Clawdy A2.2Baby,What You Want Me To Do A3.1Dialogue A3.2Heartbreak Hotel A3.3Hound Dog A3.4All Shook Up A3.5Can't Help Falling In Love A3.6Jailhouse Rock A3.7Dialogue A3.8Love Me Tender
B1.1Dialogue B1.2Where Could I Go But To The Lord B1.3Up Above My Head B1.4Saved B2.1Dialogue B2.2Blue Christmas B2.3Dialogue B2.4One Night B3Memories B4.1Nothingville B4.2Dialogue B4.3Big Boss Man B4.4Guitar Man B4.5Little Egypt B4.6Trouble B4.7Guitar Man B5If I Can Dream
Personnel
on June 20–23, 29 1968 Elvis Presley – vocals, rhythm guitar The Blossoms – backing vocals Tommy Morgan – harmonica Mike Deasy – electric guitar Al Casey – electric guitar Tommy Tedesco – electric guitar Larry Knechtel – keyboards, bass guitar Don Randi – piano Charles Berghofer – double bass Hal Blaine – drums John Cyr, Elliot Franks – percussion Frank DeVito – bongo Billy Goldenberg – orchestra conductor
on June 27, 1968 Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic and electric rhythm guitars, lead guitar Scotty Moore – acoustic guitar, lead guitar Charlie Hodge – acoustic guitar, harmony and backing vocals D.J. Fontana – percussion Alan Fortas – percussion Lance LeGault – tambourine _____________________________________________
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