68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition)
Elvis Presley
CD BOX Rel Date: 1988-11-30
'68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition) is the definitive chronicle of the now legendary NBC-TV show, Elvis. After years of making formulaic movies, Elvis was finally unleashed to perform live again on an intimate stage with his original sidemen, Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana. Playing "That's All Right", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and many of his great hits, the sheer rawness and excitement of the performances attracted unanimous critical acclaim. Greil Marcus in his book Mystery Train said, "If ever there was music that could bleed, this was it." The closing song "If I Can Dream" encapsulates every emotion that Elvis and the entire production crew felt during the making of the special. NBC-TV's Elvis is as raw and inspirational today as it was in 1968. This 50th Anniversary Edition includes all the known audio recordings from RCA's vault and all the videotaped performances are here for the first time on Blu-ray. For millions of fans, including a young Bruce Springsteen, the Elvis '68 Comeback Special was a life-changing event. "I remember I waited for weeks for the '68 Special," Springsteen recollected recently. "I knew it was coming. I can remember exactly where our TV was set up in the dining room, the exact place I was sitting. I mean, it's one of those things that's imprinted on my memory forever." CAREER-DEFINING '68 COMEBACK - * 7-Disc definitive box set chronicles the pivotal NBC-TV '68 special called Elvis and takes you behind the scenes in audio and remastered 4:3 Blu-ray video. * Contains ALL KNOWN recordings/rehearsals from the RCA vaults and from original NBC-TV videotapes. * 80-page book includes a new, oral history on the special, crafted from interviews with producer Steve Binder, recording engineer Bones Howe, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Priscilla Presley, Emmylou Harris, Scotty Moore conducted for Thom Zimny's 2018 documentary, "Elvis Presley: The Searcher." * The book also features rare photos and memorabilia and full recording data. * Over 7.5 hours of footage across 2 newly mastered Blu-ray discs, overseen by Thom Zimny. Track Listing CD 1 - The Original Album + Bonus Cuts CD 2 - First "Sit Down Show," First "Stand Up Show" CD 3 - Second "Sit Down Show," Second "Stand Up Show" CD 4 - First Rehearsal + Second Rehearsal CD 5 - The Wrecking Crew Sessions Blu-ray Disc 1 Blu-ray Disc 2
Tracklist:
- Trouble / Guitar Man
- Medley: Lawdy, Miss Clawdy / Baby, What You Want Me to Do / Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / All Shook Up / Can't Help Falling
- Medley: Where Could I Go But to the Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved
- Medley: Blue Christmas / One Night
- Memories
- Medley: Nothingville / Big Boss Man / Guitar Man / Little Egypt / Trouble/Guitar Man
- If I Can Dream
- It Hurts Me
- Let Yourself Go
- Memories
- If I Can Dream
- That's All Right (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Love Me (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Blue Suede Shoes (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Are You Lonesome Tonight? (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Blue Christmas (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Trying To Get To You (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- One Night
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- One Night
- Memories
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Hound Dog (First 'Stand-Up Show)
- All Shook Up (First 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Can't Help Falling in Love (First 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Jailhouse Rock (First 'Stand-Up' Show
- Don't Be Cruel (First 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Love Me Tender (First 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Trouble (First 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do (First 'Stand-Up' Show)
- If I Can Dream (First 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Heartbreak Hotel (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Introductions (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- That's All Right (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Blue Suede Shoes (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- One Night (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Love Me (Second 'Sit-Down Show)
- Trying To Get To You (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Blue Christmas (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Tiger Man (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Memories (Second 'Sit-Down' Show)
- Heartbreak Hotel (Second 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Hound Dog (Second 'Stand-Up' Show)
- All Shook Up (Second 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Can't Help Falling In Love (Second 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Jailhouse Rock
- Don't Be Cruel (Second 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Love Me Tender
- Medley: Trouble/Guitar Man (Second 'Stand-Up' Show)
- Medley: Trouble/Guitar Man
- If I Can Dream (Second 'Stand-Up' Show)
- I Got A Woman (First Rehearsal)
- Medley: Blue Moon/Young Love/Oh, Happy Day (First Rehearsal)
- When It Rains It Really Pours (First Rehearsal)
- Blue Christmas (First Rehearsal)
- Medley: Are You Lonesome Tonight?/That's My Desire
- That's When Your Heartaches Begin (First Rehearsal)
- Peter Gunn Theme (First Rehearsal)
- Love Me
- When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (First Rehearsal)
- Medley: Blue Christmas/Santa Claus Is Back In Town
- Danny Boy (Second Rehearsal)
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Love Me (Second Rehearsal)
- Tiger Man
- Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Second Rehearsal)
- Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Second Rehearsal)
- One Night (Second Rehearsal)
- Blue Christmas (Second Rehearsal)
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (Second Rehearsal)
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- Nothingville (Guitar Man's Evil #1)
- Guitar Man (Guitar Man's Evil #1)
- Let Yourself Go, part 1 (Guitar Man's Evil #2)
- Let Yourself Go, part 2 (Guitar Man's Evil #3)
- Guitar Man (Escape #1, fast)
- Big Boss Man (Escape #3)
- It Hurts Me, part 1 (Escape #4)
- It Hurts Me, part 2 (After Karate #1)
- Guitar Man (After Karate #2)
- Little Egypt (After Karate #2)
- Trouble / Guitar Man (After Karate #3)
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But To The Lord (Gospel #1)
- Up Above My Head / Saved (Gospel #2)
- Saved (Gospel #3)
- Trouble / Guitar Man (Opening)
- If I Can Dream
- If I Can Dream
- Memories
- Let Yourself Go
- Opening Production Number
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Medley: Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / All Shook Up
- Can't Help Falling In Love
- Jailhouse Rock
- Can I borrow your little whatchacallit?/This leather suit's hot
- Love Me Tender
- Are You Lonesome Tonight?
- Rock & roll music is . . .
- Gospel Production Number
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Blue Christmas
- Man, I just work here./No strap.
- One Night
- Memories
- Guitar Man Production Number
- If I Can Dream - Show Closer
- Credits Roll
- Elvis takes the stage.
- Elvis introduces band-mates.
- That's All Right
- Heartbreak Hotel/Spoken Word
- Love Me
- Swapping axes./Are we on television?
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Touching body with hands./Rock & roll music is . . .
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Something wrong with my lip./He's gotta be crazy.
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Are You Lonesome Tonight?
- When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
- Blue Christmas
- Trying To Get To You
- One Night - Somebody pulled the plug, man.
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Man, I just work here./No strap.
- One Night
- Memories
- Audience warm-up./Mr. Elvis Presley.
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Elvis refers to script./Introduces band-mates.
- That's All Right/Spoken Word
- Are You Lonesome Tonight?
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Can't even touch myself./You gonna get arrested, boy.
- Blue Suede Shoes
- We don't have a strap?/Lines from MacArthur Park.
- One Night
- Love Me
- Hanky flies about./The new music./My style came from . . .
- Trying To Get To You/Spoken Word
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Girl saves Elvis tissue lint./Never ceases to amaze me, baby.
- Santa Claus Is Back In Town
- Blue Christmas
- Tiger Man
- Another tissue girl./MacArthur Park lines.
- When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
- Memories/Spoken Word
- Audience warm-up./Here's Elvis Presley.
- Heartbreak Hotel/One Night - Sound Goes Out/Spoken Word
- Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up/Spoken Word
- Can't Help Falling In Love
- Jailhouse Rock
- Don't Be Cruel
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Love Me Tender/Spoken Word
- Anybody got a handkerchief?
- Trouble/Spoken Word
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Impromptu Jam
- If I Can Dream - Lip-Synch Performance.
- Audience warm-up./And it stars Elvis Presley./Heartbreak Hotel - False start.
- Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up
- Can't Help Falling In Love
- Jailhouse Rock
- Don't Be Cruel - Moby Dick!
- Blue Suede Shoes - False start. One more time, gently.
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Can I borrow your little whatchacallit?/This leather suit's hot.
- Love Me Tender
- Preparation./Who's that strange man out there, Elvis?
- Trouble - Should I be on the microphone here?/Spoken Word
- Trouble - I got my lip hung on the microphone./Spoken Word
- Trouble/Guitar Man
- Lines from MacArthur Park and Tiptoe Through The Tulips
- Trouble/Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- If I Can Dream - Lip-Synch Performance./Spoken Word
- Trouble/Guitar Man
- Trouble/Guitar Man
- Trouble-Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Trouble/Guitar Man
- Trouble/Guitar Man
- Trouble/Guitar Man
- Trouble/Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Trouble/Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Trouble/Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- If I Can Dream
- If I Can Dream/Spoken Word
- If I Can Dream
- If I Can Dream
- Huh-Huh-Huh Promo
- Elvis Closing Credits Without Credits Roll
- If I Can Dream - Special Music Video 2004
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Spoken Word
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Spoken Word
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Spoken Word
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Spoken Word
- Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
- Up Above My Head/Spoken Word
- Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
- Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
- Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
- Up Above My Head/Saved/Spoken Word
- Saved/Spoken Word
- Saved
- Saved
- Saved/Spoken Word
- Saved/Spoken Word
- Saved
- Saved/Spoken Word
- Saved/Spoken Word
- Saved/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man/Spoken Word
- Big Boss Man
- Big Boss Man
- It Hurts Me
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me/Spoken Word
- It Hurts Me
- Let Yourself Go/Spoken Word
- Let Yourself Go
- Let Yourself Go/Spoken Word
- Let Yourself Go/Spoken Word
- Let Yourself Go/Spoken Word
- Let Yourself Go
- Let Yourself Go
- Let Yourself Go
- Let Yourself Go
- Let Yourself Go
- Let Yourself Go
- Let Yourself Go
- Let Yourself Go
- Bordello - Insert Shots/Spoken Words
- Bordello - Insert Shots/Spoken Word
- Bordello - Insert Shots/Spoken Recording
- Bordello - Insert Shots
- Bordello - Insert Shots/Spoken Recording
- Bordello - Insert Shots
- Bordello - Insert Shots
- Bordello - Insert Shots/Spoken Recording
- Bordello - Insert Shots/Spoken Word
- Bordello - Insert Shots
- Bordello - Insert Shots/Spoken Word
- Bordello - Insert Shots/Spoken Word
- Nothingville
- Nothingville/Spoken Word
- Nothingville/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man/Spoken Word
- Guitar Man
- Little Egypt/Trouble/Spoken Word
- Little Egypt/Trouble
- Little Egypt/Trouble/Spoken Word
- Little Egypt/Trouble/Spoken Word
- Trouble/Spoken Word
- Trouble/Spoken Word
- Trouble/Spoken Word
- Trouble/Spoken Word
- Trouble/Spoken Word