THE BLUE HAWAII SESSIONS. March 21-23, 1961. It is fun to hear the King in studio with lots of fits and starts and studio chatter in superb sound quality, but man, does the material blow.
WHEN ALL WAS KOOL. Quite a little treasure trove. You get some original "Sun" mixes, interview, skits, a rehearsal, a radio promo - cool stuff from the King.
UNSURPASSED MASTERS. VOLUME ONE. Clone of the above.
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE (2) I enjoyed this set which consists of various takes of 5 songs (I Need Your Love Tonight, A Big Hunk O'Love, Ain't That Loving You Baby, A Fool Such as I, I Get Stung) along with a couple of Pre & Post army interviews.
KICKIN' BACK & FORTH. An unessential collection of some live performances along with a couple of strange rants.
AMERICAN CROWN JEWELS A superb collection of alternate studio outtakes from the immense Felton Jarvis 1969 sessions - considered by many to be one of the most essential Elvis Bootlegs.
AMERICAN REJECTS 7 Tunes - all jewels.
SONGS TO SING. All tracks recorded from his home at Graceland with a couple from his house in Palm Springs. A relaxed, chillin' Elvis - neat.
THE BRIGHTEST STARS ON SUNSET BOULEVARD - VOLUME ONE & VOLUME TWO. July 24, 1970, RCA Studios, Hollywood, California rehearsals. Absolutely spectacular stuff here - great singing along with studio chat, chuckles, guffaws etc. A personal fav.
ELECTRIFYING. A winsome collection of 4 differenct performances: 2 rehearsals & 2 live gigs - all in crystal clear sound. Some great stuff + some sappy shit ("Let it Be Me")
CUT ME & I BLEED: The Other Side of Elvis. Alternate, Humorous & Somtimes Risque Studio, Home & Live Recorded Tracks. The title says it all. Elvis covers all the bases here from goofy, sexy & wierd to cool & funny. It's a wierd collection - good for one entertaining listen.
FINDING THE WAY HOME (2) Staggering. Alternate studio takes pieced together of his second greatest studio sessions, these the Memphis Sessions of January/February 1969. "In the Ghetto," "Suspicous Minds," "Kentucky Rain."
OPENING NIGHT 1969. As everyone knows, the early Vegas performances were magical, here Elvis shakes off the cobwebs on opening night. Gads!! he is one bad story teller as he goes over his life story. This is a great one.
HERE I GO AGAIN. August 23, 1969, Las Vegas. Hey it's Las Vegas...this is Elvis. Another clean soundboard performance.
STRANGER IN THE CROWD. August 13, 1970, Las Vegas, Nevada. Excellence baby excellence.
APRIL 14, 1972. Greensboro, North Carolina. Crisp sound and a nice delightful show by our Tupelo homeboy.
ELVIS AT FULL BLAST! August 11, 1972, Las Vegas, Nevada. Enchanting performance - some great arrangements & singing. Terrifics: "Fever" and "Little Sister/Get Back."
A HOT WINTER NIGHT IN DALLAS. December 28, 1976. Dallas, Texas. Fantastic soundboard - Elvis in full force exhuberent force.
BURNING IN BIRMINGHAM. December 29, 1976. Birmingham, Alabama. Fun show - further proof that there were some sweet shows left in the old dude. Soundboarder.
A PROFILE. THE KING ON STAGE. VOLUME 1 (4) Consists of August 20, 1973 Las Vegas Midnite, June 29, 1974 Kansas City, May 4, 1975 Lake Charles, LA, April 24, 1977. All shows in commercial sound.
A PROFILE. THE KING ON STAGE. VOLUME 2. (4) Consists of the following: May 27, 1974 Lake Tahoe Special 3AM Closing Show; September 28, 1974 College Park, Maryland, March 22, 1975 Midnight Show Las Vegas, October 6, 1974 Dayton Ohio Matanee show; and 2 bonus tracks. All in perfect soundboard quality.
DESERT STORM (2) September 2, 1974. Las Vegas Hilton. Yeah it's a chatty, fatty goofy Elvis. This show features the infamous "Drug Speech" Priceless.
PHENOMENON. A nice little collection of alt takes & mixes - half of the 23 tracks taken from the "Guitar Man" album.
JUNE 4, 1975. Houston, Texas. Not a great show by any measure, but a great taping. Its a fun, goofy Elvis just never really turned up the musical heat.
OCTOBER 15, 1976. Chicago, Illinois. An excellent single disc - soundboarder. Elvis sounds in damn good shape to my ears.
STAND BY ME (2) VOLUMES 1 & 2. Individually packaged discs - Elvis' Gospel material is really his forgotten ace in the hole. Sweet, beautiful stuff that the man clearly loved to sing. Various alt takes and mixes, along with a little studio banter.
A PRIVATE MOMENT WITH THE KING. November 1973 taped by a friend at the house of girlfriend, Linda Thompson. Just hanged with some buddies, singin' and jokin'
DON'T THINK TWICE. January 29, 1973. Las Vegas. 2 weeks post the Aloha concert, Elvis sounds a bit stale to me. Bonus track is an 11 minute rumble through the Dylan classic.
OCTOBER 20, 1976. A strong Soundboarder.
ELVIS MEETS PRESLEY. A mish mash containing alternate takes, live cuts along with the Lisa Marie tribute & song at a 1997 event with his daughter dubbed into "Don't cry daddy" ala Natalie & Nat King Cole.
STAX TRAX. Nice set studio outtakes though nothing really jumped out at me.
MOODY BLUE & OTHER GREAT PERFORMANCES. February 21, 1977. Begin with commercial sound & an unsourced and uncredit telephone call between Elvis & Charlie. Anyway, Elvis has some voice here, just didn't quite use it enough. There are some ugly MOR moments, but some sweet stuff too.
RETURNS TO MEMPHIS. 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT. August 16, 1977. Memphis, Tennesee. Excellent soundboard may have even been some kind of broadcast, don't know. It's a remastered release n25 years later.
