Elvis (NBC TV Special)

Elvis (NBC-TV Special)

Live album / Soundtrack album by Elvis Presley

Released

November 22, 1968

Recorded

June 20–29, 1968

Genre

Rock and roll

Length

44:27

Elvis Presley chronology

Elvis Sings Flaming Star
(1968)

Elvis (NBC-TV Special)
(1968)

From Elvis in Memphis
(1969)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
MusicHound	^[2]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
Rough Guides	^[5]

Elvis (NBC-TV Special) is the thirty-fourth album by Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in mono, LPM 4088, in November 1968. Recording sessions took place 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. It was certified Gold on July 22, 1969 and Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA.

Content

Prior to the videotaping of the Singer Christmas Special, a soundtrack album to be released before the December 3 broadcast was recorded.^[6] Several initial contract stipulations were obviated by Presley and program producer Steve Binder, notably the one against having a live audience present, but album producer Bones Howe was unable to requisition proper recording equipment, getting the sound feed from the single-channel microphones on the video cameras.^[7] Hence, the album was released in mono only, at a time when the recording industry was switching over to stereophonic records exclusively for both albums and singles.

Unlike the drudgery of the feature film soundtrack recordings, Presley was genuinely excited by the project.^[8] For the album, the musical format presented Presley in three different settings: production numbers featuring medleys of his material; an informal small band featuring medleys in front of a live audience; and the two original numbers with Presley backed by an orchestra in front of a live audience.^[9] The two ballad tracks from this album were issued as singles. "If I Can Dream" being released earlier in the month, backed on the B-side with a song from his movie in theaters at the time, Live a Little, Love a Little, making it a double promotion on one record. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, his highest charting single since 1965.^[10] "Memories" was released over two months after the broadcast, backed with the title song to his next film, Charro!.^[10] By making it to the top ten on the album chart after his previous album had charted at a dismal #82, this LP resuscitated his recording career at a time when it seemed practically moribund.^[11]

Several hours of additional music were recorded for the special, and this material has been reissued in many different formats over the years. On August 27, 1991, RCA released an expanded version for compact disc, including unedited versions of the medleys in several cases. Two extensive compact disc releases appeared in 1998, Memories: The '68 Comeback Special featuring more comprehensive versions of the production and orchestral numbers, along with the complete first informal small band show of June 27, and Tiger Man featuring the complete evening show of the two informal small band concerts of June 27, 1968. On August 5, 2008, Legacy released a 4-CD compilation of the complete recording sessions for the special.

Personnel

on June 20–23, 29 1968

Elvis Presley - vocals
The Blossoms - backing vocals
Tommy Morgan - harmonica
Mike Deasy, Al Casey, Tommy Tedesco - electric guitar
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
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 guitar, electric guitar
Scotty Moore - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Charlie Hodge - acoustic guitar, backing vocals
D.J. Fontana, Alan Fortas - percussion
Lance Legault - tambourine

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date(s)	Length
1.	"Trouble" "Guitar Man"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Reed	June 22, 1968	3:26
2.	"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" "Baby What You Want Me to Do" " Heartbreak Hotel" "Hound Dog" "All Shook Up" "Can't Help Falling in Love" "Jailhouse Rock" "Love Me Tender"	Lloyd Price Jimmy Reed Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley, George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Vera Matson and Elvis Presley	June 27–28, 1968	14:52

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date(s)	Length
1.	"Where Could I Go But to the Lord?" "Up Above My Head" "Saved"	J. B. Coats Walter Earl Brown Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 20–21, 1968	7:31
2.	"Blue Christmas" "One Night"	Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King	June 27, 1968	5:33
3.	"Memories"	Billy Strange and Mac Davis	June 23, 1968	3:16
4.	"Nothingville" "Big Boss Man" "Guitar Man" "Little Egypt" "Trouble" "Guitar Man"	Billy Strange and Mac Davis Luther Dixon and Al Smith Jerry Reed Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Reed	June 20–21, 1968	6:42
5.	"If I Can Dream"	Walter Earl Brown	June 23, 1968	3:19

1991 CD reissue

Bonus sections are listed in italics
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date(s)	Length
1.	"Trouble" "Guitar Man"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Reed	June 22, 1968	3:26
2.	"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" "Baby What You Want Me to Do"	Lloyd Price Jimmy Reed	June 27, 1968	3:34
3.	"Heartbreak Hotel" "Hound Dog" "All Shook Up" "Can't Help Falling In Love" "Jailhouse Rock" "Don't Be Cruel" "Blue Suede Shoes" "Love Me Tender"	Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley/ George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley Carl Perkins Vera Matson and Elvis Presley	June 29, 1968	14:14
4.	"Where Could I Go But to the Lord?" "Up Above My Head" "Saved"	J. B. Coats Walter Earl Brown Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 21–22, 1968	7:31
5.	"Baby What You Want Me to Do" "That's All Right (Mama)" "Blue Christmas" "One Night" "Tiger Man" "Trying to Get to You"	Jimmy Reed Arthur Crudup Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King Lewis Burns, Al Lewis, Joe Hill Louis Rose Marie McCoy and Charles Singleton	June 27, 1968	15:49
6.	"Memories"	Billy Strange and Mac Davis	June 23, 1968	3:16
7.	"Nothingville" "Big Boss Man" "Let Yourself Go" "It Hurts Me" "Guitar Man" "Little Egypt" "Trouble"	Billy Strange and Mac Davis Luther Dixon and Al Smith Joy Byers Joy Byers and Charlie Daniels Jerry Reed Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 20–21, 1968	11:46
8.	"If I Can Dream"	Walter Earl Brown	June 23, 1968	3:19

1998 CD reissue

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Trouble" "Guitar Man"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Reed	June 22, 1968	3:22
2.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley	June 29, 1968	1:34
3.	"Hound Dog"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 29, 1968	0:47
4.	"All Shook Up"	Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley	June 29, 1968	2:01
5.	"Can't Help Falling In Love"	George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore	June 29, 1968	2:19
6.	"Jailhouse Rock"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 29, 1968	1:59
7.	"Don't Be Cruel"	Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley	June 29, 1968	1:42
8.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	June 29, 1968	2:24
9.	"Love Me Tender"	Vera Matson and Elvis Presley	June 29, 1968	3:29
10.	"Baby What You Want Me to Do"	Jimmy Reed	June 29, 1968	3:16
11.	"Trouble" "Guitar Man"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Reed	June 22, 1968	4:22
12.	"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Vocals: Darlene Love) Where Could I Go But to the Lord?" "Up Above My Head" "Saved"	Traditional (arranged by Walter Earl Brown) J. B. Coats Walter Earl Brown Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 21–28, 1968	9:00
13.	"Memories"	Billy Strange and Mac Davis	June 23, 1968	3:15
14.	"A Little Less Conversation"	Billy Strange and Mac Davis	June 23, 1968	1:43
15.	"Nothingville" "Big Boss Man" "Let Yourself Go" "It Hurts Me" "Guitar Man" "Little Egypt" "Trouble"	Billy Strange and Mac Davis Luther Dixon and Al Smith Joy Byers Joy Byers and Charles E. Daniels Jerry Reed Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 20–21, 1968	15:42
16.	"If I Can Dream"	Walter Earl Brown	June 23, 1968	3:11

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"When It Rains, It Really Pours"	Billy Emerson	June 24, 1968	1:51
2.	"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"	Lloyd Price	June 25, 1968	1:45
3.	"Baby What You Want Me To Do"	Jimmy Reed	June 26, 1968	1:27
4.	"That's All Right"	Arthur Crudup	June 27, 1968	6:42
5.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley	June 27, 1968	2:53
6.	"Love Me"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	June 27, 1968	2:55
7.	"Baby What You Want Me To Do"	Jimmy Reed	June 27, 1968	3:45
8.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	June 27, 1968	4:40
9.	"Baby What You Want Me To Do"	Jimmy Reed	June 27, 1968	2:53
10.	"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"	Lloyd Price	June 27, 1968	4:03
11.	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	Roy Turk and Lou Handman	June 27, 1968	2:56
12.	"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again"	Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan	June 27, 1968	0:38
13.	"Blue Christmas"	Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson	June 27, 1968	2:27
14.	"Trying To Get To You"	Rose Marie McCoy and Charles Singleton	June 27, 1968	2:58
15.	"One Night"	Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King	June 27, 1968	3:54
16.	"Baby What You Want Me To Do"	Jimmy Reed	June 27, 1968	3:59
17.	"One Night"	Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King	June 27, 1968	3:51
18.	"Memories"	Billy Strange and Mac Davis	June 27, 1968	3:25
19.	"If I Can Dream"	Walter Earl Brown	June 30, 1968	3:10

2008 CD Box set edition

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trouble" / "Guitar Man"	3:29
2.	"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" / "Baby What You Want Me to Do" / "Heartbreak Hotel" / "Hound Dog" / "All Shook Up" / "Can't Help Falling In Love" / "Jailhouse Rock" / "Don't Be Cruel" / "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Love Me Tender"	14:42
3.	"Where Could I Go But to the Lord" / "Up Above My Head" / "Saved"	7:35
4.	"Blue Christmas" / "One Night"	5:34
5.	"Memories"	3:20
6.	"Medley: Nothingville" / "Big Boss Man" / "Guitar Man" / "Little Egypt" / "Trouble" / "Guitar Man"	6:43
7.	"If I Can Dream"	3:22
8.	"It Hurts Me"	2:32
9.	"Let Yourself Go"	2:37
10.	"A Little Less Conversation"	1:46
11.	"Memories"	3:08
12.	"If I Can Dream"	3:09

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"That's All Right"	4:08
2.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	2:54
3.	"Love Me"	3:12
4.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do"	5:44
5.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	2:20
6.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do"	4:02
7.	"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"	3:02
8.	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	2:51
9.	"When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"	0:38
10.	"Blue Christmas"	2:36
11.	"Trying to Get to You"	2:49
12.	"One Night"	3:56
13.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do"	5:10
14.	"One Night"	2:37
15.	"Memories"	3:26
16.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	1:28
17.	"Hound Dog"	0:46
18.	"All Shook Up"	1:57
19.	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	2:18
20.	"Jailhouse Rock"	1:59
21.	"Don't Be Cruel"	1:42
22.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	2:33
23.	"Love Me Tender"	4:17
24.	"Trouble"	3:01
25.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do"	3:05
26.	"If I Can Dream"	3:16

Disc three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	4:12
2.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do"	3:27
3.	"Introductions"	2:16
4.	"That's All Right"	3:07
5.	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	3:59
6.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do"	3:24
7.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	2:26
8.	"One Night"	3:19
9.	"Love Me"	4:14
10.	"Trying to Get to You"	3:04
11.	"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"	2:57
12.	"Santa Claus Is Back in Town"	1:17
13.	"Blue Christmas"	4:02
14.	"Tiger Man"	3:11
15.	"When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"	1:17
16.	"Memories"	3:15
17.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	1:23
18.	"Hound Dog"	0:46
19.	"All Shook Up"	1:36
20.	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	2:25
21.	"Jailhouse Rock"	2:00
22.	"Don't Be Cruel"	1:37
23.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	2:46
24.	"Love Me Tender"	3:31
25.	"Trouble" / "Guitar Man"	5:10
26.	"Trouble" / "Guitar Man"	2:32
27.	"If I Can Dream"	3:20

Disc four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Got a Woman"	2:47
2.	"Blue Moon" / "Young Love" / "Oh, Happy Day"	2:21
3.	"When It Rains It Really Pours"	2:55
4.	"Blue Christmas"	3:28
5.	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "That's My Desire"	3:12
6.	"That's When Your Heartaches Begin"	0:49
7.	"Peter Gunn Theme"	1:37
8.	"Love Me"	1:45
9.	"When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"	1:52
10.	"Blue Christmas" / "Santa Claus Is Back in Town"	3:03
11.	"Danny Boy"	1:35
12.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do"	3:22
13.	"Love Me"	2:38
14.	"Tiger Man"	3:14
15.	"Santa Claus Is Back in Town"	2:44
16.	"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"	2:18
17.	"One Night"	2:18
18.	"Blue Christmas"	2:49
19.	"Baby, What You Want Me to Do"	1:25
20.	"When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"	1:14
21.	"Blue Moon of Kentucky"	1:43

References

Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998;

↑ Elvis (NBC TV Special) at AllMusic
↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 891. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
↑ Marcus, Greil (19 April 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone (San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.).
↑ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
↑ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 131. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
↑ Jorgensen, pp. 248-250.
↑ Jorgensen, pp. 229-230.
↑ Jorgensen, p. 248.
↑ Jorgensen, pp. 248-259.
1 2 Jorgensen, pp. 416-418.
↑ Jorgensen, p. 262.

External links

LPM-4088 Elvis (a.k.a. Elvis' TV Special, Elvis' Comeback Special, or Elvis' NBC-TV Special) at the The Elvis Presley Record Research Database

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Studio albums	Elvis Presley Elvis Elvis' Christmas Album For LP Fans Only A Date with Elvis Elvis Is Back! His Hand in Mine Something for Everybody Pot Luck Elvis for Everyone! How Great Thou Art From Elvis in Memphis From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) Love Letters from Elvis Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas Elvis Now He Touched Me Elvis Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake Good Times Promised Land Today From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee Moody Blue

Live albums	On Stage As Recorded at Madison Square Garden Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis Having Fun with Elvis on Stage Elvis in Concert An Afternoon in the Garden

Soundtrack albums	Loving You King Creole G.I. Blues Blue Hawaii Girls! Girls! Girls! It Happened at the World's Fair Fun in Acapulco Kissin' Cousins Roustabout Girl Happy Harum Scarum Frankie and Johnny Paradise Hawaiian Style Spinout Double Trouble Clambake Speedway Elvis That's the Way It Is Viva Elvis

Compilation albums	Elvis' Golden Records 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 Elvis Sings Flaming Star Let's Be Friends Almost in Love C'mon Everybody I Got Lucky Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 Elvis' 40 Greatest Pure Gold Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 The Sun Sessions Welcome to My World Mahalo from Elvis Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 3 Greatest Hits Volume 1 Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II Elvis 56 Tiger Man Memories: The '68 Comeback Special Sunrise Suspicious Minds: The Memphis 1969 Anthology ELV1S 2nd to None Elvis at Sun Hitstory Elvis Inspirational Elvis Rock Elvis Christmas The Essential Elvis Presley Christmas Duets

Box sets	Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters Live in Las Vegas Today, Tomorrow, and Forever Elvis the King The Complete '68 Comeback Special The Complete Elvis Presley Masters

Bootlegs	Elvis' Greatest Shit

Biographical films	Elvis (1979 film) Elvis Meets Nixon Elvis (2005 mini-series) Elvis & Nixon

Documentaries	The Pied Piper of Cleveland Elvis: That's the Way It Is Elvis on Tour This Is Elvis The New Gladiators

TV specials	The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Elvis in Concert

Stage shows based on Elvis	Cooking with Elvis All Shook Up Elvis. The Musical Elvis: The Concert Viva Elvis

Top 10 singles	"Heartbreak Hotel" "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" "Don't Be Cruel" "Hound Dog" "Love Me Tender" "Love Me" "Too Much" "All Shook Up" "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" "Jailhouse Rock" "Don't" "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" "Hard Headed Woman" "One Night" "I Got Stung" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "I Need Your Love Tonight" "A Big Hunk o' Love" "Stuck on You" "It's Now or Never" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" "Surrender" "I Feel So Bad" "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" "Little Sister" "Can't Help Falling in Love" "Good Luck Charm" "She's Not You" "Return to Sender" "(You're The) Devil in Disguise" "Bossa Nova Baby" "Crying in the Chapel" "In the Ghetto" "Suspicious Minds" "Don't Cry Daddy" "The Wonder of You" "Burning Love"

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