Elvis Presley - 68 Comeback Special (3-DVD Amaray Version) DVD

When in June 1968 Elvis Presley made a television special to be aired in December of the same year he accomplished two things. He saved his career and he made the best music of his life. Wearing a black leather suit as if he were born in it - Elvis sang his old songs but they did not sound old. He invested them with so much emotion that suddenly these were less songs than events-where anything could happen where everything did. The 3 discs that make up this Deluxe Edition are a treasure chest of that moment: the special itself as it aired on December 3 1968; the two... complete Sit Down shows the rough improvised altogether explosive attacks on the likes of One Night Lawdy Miss Clawdy and Blue Christmas with the audience so close Elvis could touch the people in it and did; the two Arena Shows Elvis appearing on his own again before audiences with a big band and chorus off stage; and three-and-a-half hours of bonus material alternate stagings of the skits and dramatized musical numbers from the show-some of them a lot hotter than anything that made it to the screen. The most comprehensive presentation of the footage of this historic event all with meticulously remastered sound and picture more than half of its seven hours of content previously unreleased. Disc 1: Available for the first time the original Elvis television special as it first aired on NBC on December 3 1968. Available in their absolute entirety for the first time both of the black leather sit-down shows - Elvis clad in black leather performing jam sessions with original band-mates Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana and friends Discs 2: Available in their absolute entirety for the first time both of the black leather stand-up shows - Elvis clad in black leather performing solo on stage. Available for the first time everything in its complete raw form used and unused takes: Trouble/Guitar Man opening of the special Gospel production number Guitar Man production number If I Can Dream show closer Elvis scene shot for the closing credits roll without the credits roll The complete taping session for Elvis's on-camera huh-huh-huh promotional tag for the television special The exciting new If I Can Dream music video created for this DVD set combining white-suit finale w/ black-leather performance footage Disc 3: All components/takes shot for the gospel production number and the Guitar Man production number [show more]

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