Southbound, "40 Greatest" 2 CD set & "Work In Progress" 2 CD set

[elvis4life]

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SOUTHBOUND
LUXOR LP 4931/3
Macon Coliseum, Macon Georgia : August 31, 1976
Now available on vinyl: SOUTHBOUND, originally released in 1998 and featuring the August 31 1976 show from Macon Georgia. The 7th tour of 1976 is not known as being the best tour in Elvis' career. During this particular show Elvis appeared demotivated. He was definitely struggling to get to the end of this engagement. Most likely the crowd never even noticed this as they go wild like always as Elvis delivered a mediocre performance.
Still, it’s a part of Elvis’ career that deserves a release on vinyl.
22 years after the original CD release it is time for a high quality re-release of this performance. For the very first time this show is now available on a high quality double vinyl set.
The show is newly remastered and updated in the best way possible! This release is very limited and is available in RED or BLUE vinyl presented in a gatefold sleeve. And of course the show is included on CD too.
For now this is the last reissue in the Luxor classic reissue series.
But………... be ready for some nice surprises in the near future.
Get it while you can and add this awesome LUXOR product to your collection.
SIDE 1
01. ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
02. SEE SEE RIDER
03. I GOT A WOMAN / AMEN
04. ELVIS TALKS
05. LOVE ME
06. IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW)



SIDE 2
01. YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN
02. ALL SHOOK UP
03. TEDDY BEAR / DON’T BE CRUEL
04. AND I LOVE YOU SO
05. JAILHOUSE ROCK
06. FEVER
07. AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL



SIDE 3
01. INTRODUCTIONS
EARLY MORNIN’ RAIN - JOHN WILKINSON
WHAT’D I SAY - JAMES BURTON
JOHNNY B. GOODE - JAMES BURTON
FURTHER INTRODUCTIONS
02. LOVE LETTERS
03. HAIL HAIL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

04. HURT



SIDE 4
01. HOUND DOG
02. THAT’S ALL RIGHT
03. BLUE CHRISTMAS
04. MYSTERY TRAIN / TIGER MAN
05. CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
06. CLOSING VAMP

COMPACT DISC:
01. ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
02. SEE SEE RIDER
03. I GOT A WOMAN / AMEN
04. ELVIS TALKS
05. LOVE ME
06. IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW)
07. YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN
08. ALL SHOOK UP
09. TEDDY BEAR / DON’T BE CRUEL
10. AND I LOVE YOU SO
11. JAILHOUSE ROCK
12. FEVER
13. AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL
14. INTRODUCTIONS
15. EARLY MORNIN’ RAIN
JOHN WILKINSON INTRO
16. WHAT’D I SAY
JAMES BURTON INTRO
17. JOHNNY B. GOODE
18. INTRODUCTIONS
19. LOVE LETTERS
20. INTRODUCTIONS
21. HAIL HAIL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
22. HURT
23. HOUND DOG
24. THAT’S ALL RIGHT
25. BLUE CHRISTMAS
26. MYSTERY TRAIN / TIGER MAN
27. CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
28. CLOSING VAMP

BONUS
29. TRYIN’ TO GET TO YOU
30. HURT (FIRST EVER LIVE VERSION!)

40 GREATEST!
2 CD SET
The legendary PINK ALBUM is now available on a deluxe double compact disc set.
Elvis' 40 Greatest, originally released (on Arcade) in 1974 and UK's biggest-selling album over the Christmas period of that year, but along with all albums on K-tel, Ronco and Arcade, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart until 1975 because it was felt that heavy TV advertising and low pricing distorted the charts. It finally reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1977, and became the 10th best-selling album of the 1970s in the UK. It was originally pressed with a brown cover and doctored image of Elvis.
The 1978 re-release, was released simultaneously on black vinyl and a more expensive pink vinyl edition. The pink vinyl sold a stagger 250.000 copies MORE than the black vinyl. It is in fact one of the best selling Elvis compilation albums of all time.
Both the original 1974 Arcade and the 1978 pink RCA re-release were, despite its success, never released on compact disc.
But the waiting is over: housed in a stunning 6 panel digipack, Elvis' 40 GREATEST contains the 40 original masters from the 1978 album + as very special bonus tracks are added the original tracks from the 1983 UK edition of the "I WAS THE ONE" album, that contained overdubbed live and studio recordings from the 1950s and early 1960s. These recordings have never been released officially on compact disc.

COMPACT DISC 1

01. My Baby Left Me
02. Heartbreak Hotel
03. Blue Suede Shoes
04. Hound Dog
05. Love Me Tender
06. Got A Lot O'Livin To Do
07. Teddy Bear
08. Party
09. All Shook Up
10. Old Shep
11. Don't
12. Hard Headed Woman
13. King Creole
14. Jailhouse Rock
15. A Big Hunk O Love
16. I Got Stung
17. One Night
18. A Fool Such As I
19. I Need Your Love Tonight
20. Stuck On You

FROM THE 1983 I WAS THE ONE ALBUM:

21. I Was The One

22. Baby Let's Play House

23. Shake, Rattle And Roll / Flip, Flop And Fly

24. Don't

25. Paralyzed

26. Your Cheatin' Heart

27. Baby I Don't Care

28. Don't Be Cruel



COMPACT DISC 2



01. Fever
02. It's Now Or Never
03. Are You Lonesome Tonight
04. Wooden Heart
05. Surrender
06. His Latest Flame
07. Wild In The Country
08. There's Always Me
09. Rock-A-Hula Baby
10. Can't Help Falling In Love
11. Good Luck Charm
12. She's Not You
13. Return To Sender
14. You're The Devil In Disguise
15. Crying In The Chapel
16. Guitar Man

17. In The Ghetto
18. Suspicious Mind
19. There Goes My Everything
20. Don't Cry Daddy

FROM THE 1983 I WAS THE ONE ALBUM:

21. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
22. My Baby Left Me
23. Little Sister
24. Heartbreak Hotel
25. Hound Dog
26. Ready Teddy
27. Young And Beautiful
28. Rip It Up

WORK IN PROGRESS
THE GUITAR MAN ALBUM SESSIONS VOLUME 1 2 CD

In 1980 Felton Jarvis, Elvis' record producer for the last decade came to the remarkable idea to freshen up some of Elvis' recordings. The idea was to add totally new backing tracks to Elvis' voice. This resulted in the 1981 record release of "Guitar Man".
You hate it or you love it is probably the right thing to say about the album.
Felton was convinced Elvis would have loved it. The original album contained 10 songs (which all can be heard in a wonderful newly remastered sound quality on this new 2 CD set). But Felton worked on a bunch of other songs to see if they would suit the project.
This special 2 CD set contains many of those unreleased versions that never made it to the record. Also included are some unreleased unfinished versions of tracks that did make it to the final GUITAR MAN album.
The title track "Guitar Man" written and first performed by Jerry Reed was obviously one of the tracks that had to end up on the album. Jerry Reed was part of the original recording by Elvis in 1967 and now Jerry Reed was back in the studio with Felton Jarvis to work on the new title track for the 1981 re-release. Besides the guitar work he also recorded a "duet" version of the song. This version never made it to the album, but it probably should have. Felton finished this track most likely for his own pleasure or for Jerry Reed and it is one of the many highlights of this set. This is just an example of one of the many surprises you will find on this CD set. And all in a wonderful sound quality.
This wonderful 2 CD set is full of unreleased tracks like : Blue eyes crying in the rain, The fool, Susan when she tried, Help me, Funny how time slips away and many many more.
Felton Jarvis sadly passed away early January 1981 even before the album came out.



WORK IN PROGRESS: “THE GUITAR MAN ALBUM SESSIONS volume 1” is now available.
DISC 1
THE ORIGINAL GUITAR MAN ALBUM:
01 GUITAR MAN [KWA5 8566]
02 AFTER LOVING YOU [KWA5 8571]
03 TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS [KWA5 8556]
04 JUST CALL ME LONESOME [KWA5 8553]
05 LOVIN’ ARMS [KWA5 8591]
06 YOU ASKED ME TO [KWA5 8558]
07 CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACKYARD [KWA5 8572]
08 SHE THINKS I STILL CARE [KWA5 8564]
09 FADED LOVE [KWA5 8562]
10 I’M MOVIN’ ON [KWA5 8557]



WORK IN PROGRESS
11 GUITAR MAN [KWA5 8566]
12 TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS [KWA5 8236]
13 LOVIN’ ARMS [KWA5 8247]
14 YOU ASKED ME TO [KWA5 8249]
15 SHE THINKS I STILL CARE [KWA5 8564] NO BACKING VOCALS
16 SHE THINKS I STILL CARE [KWA5 8564] WITH ORIGINAL BACKING VOCALS
17 I’M MOVIN’ ON [KWA5 8246]

DUETS CREATED BY FELTON
18 GUITAR MAN [KWA5 8566] WITH JERRY REED MIX #1
19 HELP ME [KWA5 8555] WITH THE GATLIN BROTHERS
20 FOR OL’ TIMES SAKE [KWA5 8238] WITH TONY JOE WHITE

TEASER FOR SECOND DISC
21 THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR LOVING ME [KWA5 8250] – VOCAL RAISED
22 HEY JUDE [KWA5 8237] – UNEDITED
23 GUITAR MAN [KWA5 8566] WITH JERRY REED MIX #2

WORK PARTS
24 SHE THINKS I STILL CARE [KWA5 8259] WORK PART

DISC 2
“MASTERS” NOT USED FOR THE GUITAR MAN ALBUM
01 HEY JUDE [KWA5 8237]
02 FOR OL’ TIMES SAKE [KWA5 8238]
03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE [KWA 8240]
04 BLUE SUEDE SHOES [KWA5 8242]
05 IN THE GHETTO [KWA5 8243]
06 SUSAN WHEN SHE TRIED [KWA5 8245]
07 SHAKE A HAND [KWA5 8248]
08 THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR LOVING ME [KWA5 8250]
09 FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY [KWA5 8251]
10 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN [KWA5 8252]
11 BITTER THEY ARE, HARDER THEY FALL [KWA5 8253]
12 I’LL HOLD YOU IN MY HEART [KWA5 8554]
13 HELP ME [KWA5 8555]
14 I’LL BE THERE [KWA5 8559]
15 THE FOOL [KWA5 8560]
16 BURNING LOVE [KWA5 8563]
17 IF YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEP [KWA5 8565]
18 KENTUCKY RAIN [KWA5 8567]
19 LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE [KWA5 8573]

WORK IN PROGRESS
20 HEY JUDE [KWA5 8237] NO ECHO DIFFERENT MIX
21 IN THE GHETTO [KWA5 8243] NO BACKING VOCALS
22 SUSAN WHEN SHE TRIED [KWA5 8245] DIFFERENT MIX
23 IF YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEP [KWA5 8565]
24 SUSAN WHEN SHE TRIED [KWA5 8245] – UNEDITED (DRY VOCALS)
25 KENTUCKY RAIN [KWA5 8567] – DIFF. MIX NO ECHO

Update February 1, 2020

[The Swamp Fox]

With what's released on the original Guitar Man LP and the Too Much Monkey Business cd, would the Guitar Man Sessions cd cover all of the 1980 Felton Jarvis sessions?

[Buddy]

40 GREATEST!
2 CD SET
The legendary PINK ALBUM is now available on a deluxe double compact disc set.
Elvis' 40 Greatest, originally released (on Arcade) in 1974 and UK's biggest-selling album over the Christmas period of that year, but along with all albums on K-tel, Ronco and Arcade, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart until 1975 because it was felt that heavy TV advertising and low pricing distorted the charts. It finally reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1977, and became the 10th best-selling album of the 1970s in the UK. It was originally pressed with a brown cover and doctored image of Elvis.
The 1978 re-release, was released simultaneously on black vinyl and a more expensive pink vinyl edition. The pink vinyl sold a stagger 250.000 copies MORE than the black vinyl. It is in fact one of the best selling Elvis compilation albums of all time.
Both the original 1974 Arcade and the 1978 pink RCA re-release were, despite its success, never released on compact disc.
But the waiting is over: housed in a stunning 6 panel digipack, Elvis' 40 GREATEST contains the 40 original masters from the 1978 album + as very special bonus tracks are added the original tracks from the 1983 UK edition of the "I WAS THE ONE" album, that contained overdubbed live and studio recordings from the 1950s and early 1960s. These recordings have never been released officially on compact disc.

Mmmh as far as I remember correctly the original first release of the Arcade black vinyl/yellow Label appeared in 1975 NOT in 1974.
Yes Wikipedia states 1974, but I never saw a pressing from that year, 1975 only.
Elvis Forever was released 1974

[djmaciek]

Has anyone seen any place on the network where this bootleg can be purchased?

I only found this: https://www.ebay.pl/itm/Elvis-Presley-Work-In-Progress-The-Guitar-Man-Sessions-2-CD/333512602735?hash=item4da6e6746f:g:Vb0AAOSw8SdeQ9GJ

[R2-D2]

I've never understood why bonus tracks are added that are totally unrelated to the initial project. Adding the tracks from I Was The One totally spoils the entire concept.

[emjel]

40 GREATEST!
2 CD SET
The legendary PINK ALBUM is now available on a deluxe double compact disc set.
Elvis' 40 Greatest, originally released (on Arcade) in 1974 and UK's biggest-selling album over the Christmas period of that year, but along with all albums on K-tel, Ronco and Arcade, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart until 1975 because it was felt that heavy TV advertising and low pricing distorted the charts. It finally reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1977, and became the 10th best-selling album of the 1970s in the UK. It was originally pressed with a brown cover and doctored image of Elvis.
The 1978 re-release, was released simultaneously on black vinyl and a more expensive pink vinyl edition. The pink vinyl sold a stagger 250.000 copies MORE than the black vinyl. It is in fact one of the best selling Elvis compilation albums of all time.
Both the original 1974 Arcade and the 1978 pink RCA re-release were, despite its success, never released on compact disc.
But the waiting is over: housed in a stunning 6 panel digipack, Elvis' 40 GREATEST contains the 40 original masters from the 1978 album + as very special bonus tracks are added the original tracks from the 1983 UK edition of the "I WAS THE ONE" album, that contained overdubbed live and studio recordings from the 1950s and early 1960s. These recordings have never been released officially on compact disc.

Mmmh as far as I remember correctly the original first release of the Arcade black vinyl/yellow Label appeared in 1975 NOT in 1974.
Yes Wikipedia states 1974, but I never saw a pressing from that year, 1975 only.
Elvis Forever was released 1974

I bought mine in Woolworths in a suburb of Liverpool early December ‘74 and Hits from the 70’s end of January ‘75.

[Buddy]

40 GREATEST!
2 CD SET
The legendary PINK ALBUM is now available on a deluxe double compact disc set.
Elvis' 40 Greatest, originally released (on Arcade) in 1974 and UK's biggest-selling album over the Christmas period of that year, but along with all albums on K-tel, Ronco and Arcade, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart until 1975 because it was felt that heavy TV advertising and low pricing distorted the charts. It finally reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1977, and became the 10th best-selling album of the 1970s in the UK. It was originally pressed with a brown cover and doctored image of Elvis.
The 1978 re-release, was released simultaneously on black vinyl and a more expensive pink vinyl edition. The pink vinyl sold a stagger 250.000 copies MORE than the black vinyl. It is in fact one of the best selling Elvis compilation albums of all time.
Both the original 1974 Arcade and the 1978 pink RCA re-release were, despite its success, never released on compact disc.
But the waiting is over: housed in a stunning 6 panel digipack, Elvis' 40 GREATEST contains the 40 original masters from the 1978 album + as very special bonus tracks are added the original tracks from the 1983 UK edition of the "I WAS THE ONE" album, that contained overdubbed live and studio recordings from the 1950s and early 1960s. These recordings have never been released officially on compact disc.

Mmmh as far as I remember correctly the original first release of the Arcade black vinyl/yellow Label appeared in 1975 NOT in 1974.
Yes Wikipedia states 1974, but I never saw a pressing from that year, 1975 only.
Elvis Forever was released 1974

I bought mine in Woolworths in a suburb of Liverpool early December ‘74 and Hits from the 70’s end of January ‘75.

Oh wow. Maybe the german version came out later in 75. I bought mine in Germany immediatly after the Radio Spot was aired and on the cover 1975 is written. It was my first Elvis record... or the commercial was on the Radio again in 75 and I have bought a second release ....

[skabillyrebels]

Anyone no if its out please

WORK IN PROGRESS: “THE GUITAR MAN ALBUM SESSIONS volume 1”

[K.C.]

Yes it is.

[skabillyrebels]

Yes it is.

Thank you for your reply do you know what date it was released please.

it very important that i know the date

[emjel]

Scheduled for 3rdFebruary.

[Laser- Freak]

Maybe the german version came out later in 75...

Der Musikmarkt ad issue #17 (September 1, 1975):

MM 1975-17 (S. 4+5).jpg

Chart entry (#13) November 15, 1975:

15.11.1975 ELVIS FOREVER (re #25)__SEINE 40 GROESSTEN ERFOLGE (neu #13).jpg