Memories (Album)

Trouble/Guitar Man
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
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Trouble/Guitar Man
Gospel Medley: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above...
Memories
A Little Less Conversation
Road Medley: Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Let Yourself Go/It Hurts Me/Guitar Man/Little Egypt/Trouble
If I Can Dream

Tracks:

When It Rains, It Really Pours
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
Baby What You Want Me To Do
That's All Right
Heartbreak Hotel
Love Me
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Blue Suede Shoes
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
Blue Christmas
Trying To Get To You
One Night
Baby What You Want Me To Do
One Night
Memories
If I Can Dream

Customer Reviews:

Elvis on fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-06-20

Elvis is a man possessed in this rockin' classic. You can tell he woke up out of his Hollywood-induced coma provided by his manager and hit the ground running, launching his late 1960s and early 1970s revival and re-established himself as a viable musical artist again after spending years recording average movie soundtracks.

Where can you start and where can you stop. These songs are excellent from top to bottom and you can feel the energy just oozing out from everywhere. It makes you want to just get up and dance and crank the volume up all the way! I would recommend this album to anyone who loves raw and unplugged rock.

Elvis just rocked big time and sang his heart out in this -- reviving his image. What more can you say?

68 Comeback Special-Elvis.......2007-06-14

I was completely pleased with the purchase

Welcome to NBC and the Elvis Presley Special!.......2007-01-08

This is a two CD set by Elvis Presley devoted to what is popularly known as "The '68 Comeback Special". It was a television special that aired on NBC in 1968. The "comeback" part refers to where Elvis' career was prior to the special. He had been making a lot of bad movies, and he hadn't had a Top Ten hit since "Crying in the Chapel" three years earlier. The special featured a mixture of production numbers and live performances in front of a small studio audience.

Disc 1 begins with the show's opening production number, a medley of "Trouble" and "Guitar Man". Then we get the songs from the "stand up" performances. No, this isn't Elvis doing stand up comedy. It is a live performance of Elvis singing some of his biggest hits with a full orchestra. There were two of these "stand up" shows, and the CD features the "best" performances from them. For the most part, these are great, but "Blue Suede Shoes" doesn't really work with the big arrangement it's given here. Next, all nine minutes of the production number called the "Gospel Medley" is featured. Then we get "Memories", which was the second single released from the show. Next, "A Little Less Conversation", which was recorded for the show but not used (a remix of this song became a big hit just a few years ago). Then the production number called the "Road Medley" is featured, appearing for the first time in all it's 15 minute glory. The first disc closes with "If I Can Dream", the great first single from the special.

Disc 2 leads off with three songs from the "dressing room rehearsals", where Elvis and his friends work out what they want to do for the "sit down" shows. Speaking of which, one of the complete "sit down" shows is next, and makes up the bulk of the disc. There were two "sit down" shows filmed, and the other one is featured on a CD called Tiger Man. These shows were designed to feature Elvis in an intimate setting, playing songs with his buddies and joking around. The instrumentation is sparse, with Elvis on guitar supported by his original guitarist Scotty Moore, his first drummer D.J. Fontana (banging on a guitar case), his pal Charlie Hodge on guitar and his movie stunt double Lance LeGault on tambourine. Elvis is clearly having fun here, and it's a real treat to listen to, mistakes and all. The CD ends with the version of "If I Can Dream" that Elvis sang live to end the show.

This set features some of the best performances of Elvis' career. He sounds invigorated throughout, and his enthusiasm shines through to the listener. This is truly a "must get" for any Elvis fan.

Wow!.......2006-06-02

At 28 I discovered Elvis and I'm hooked now. I had never seen him perform "live" before so I rented the '68 Special DVD. I was blown away - - especially by the uncut sitdown shows on the '68 Special Edition DVD set.

I did some research and learned about this CD set and I had to get it! If you're not an Elvis fan before you listen to this, you will be afterwards.

Disc 1 is great - I love all of the previously unreleased material that didn't make it into the aired special but the real treasure is disc 2 - the fist sit down show. Elvis demonstrates his vocal ability - he can go from a raw "One Night" to a smooth ballad - "Memories". I also love the fact that he really rocks out on the guitar. The "oh yeahs" and the "one more times" from his original bandmates - Moore and Fontana - make this CD even better. They are all having a blast! This is an imtimate look at the "real" Elvis - a downhome, funny guy who loves making music. You really feel like you are listening to an informal jam session in one of their homes.

I will say, that if you've never seen the '68 Special with the uncut sit down shows you really need to. You can appreciate the banter between bandmates a little more once you actually see what they are laughing about.

All in all Elvis this proves why Elvis was and always will be The King!

Elvis 68 almost the best he ever got.......2006-05-28

It's late I should be sleeping, but I made a mistake. I tried, I really tried. I went to listen the 68' Elvis comeback special on Cd, released in 1998 as Memories: The '68 Comeback Special. Simply listen to it, and return it to the library, but I became distracted by track 14, and then track 16. Let's limit ourselves there.

"Trying to Get to You" stretches far back, 12 years worth to the beginning as Elvis explains earlier how they used to record. His yearn for the past almost makes it, and he has just the right ingredients in Scotty Moore on guitar to his left, and a mock gospel setting propelling him on, most notably in Charlie Hodge, saying things like "you got it!" The intimate crowd has Elvis feeling relaxed and comfortable and the growl in his voice shows why he truly was one of the great (the first?) rock singers. "One more, One more, one more time," he pleads for another verse.

"Sounds like your goin' up." Response: "Aww get dirty baby". On "Baby What You Want Me To Do," Elvis begins again, starting all over again, especially next to "Tryin to Get To You," where he went backwards. It's the simplest 3 chord pattern, but Elvis tears up on guitar adding just the right oomph, a malicious inflection until he rises in unison with a series of vocal "hup, hup, hup".

The early Sun recordings of Elvis, recorded with Sam Phillips were so good, that the '68 comeback special can only fruitlessly grasp to gather it's magic. In that sense, this is a disappointment, but Elvis was never to sound any better. Skip the over produced first side that includes one to many medleys and comes across as soulless.

Average customer rating:

Worst Wanderer Fantasy EVER?
Pianistic Glory at its best!!!!
An outstanding performance and story of a child prodigy
Most Impressive!
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Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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