TeeVee Treasures: THE '68 COMEBACK SPECIAL

TeeVee Treasures: The '68 Comeback Special

With 5 individual jewelcases, packed in lp sized box including oversized booklet this set will bring you back to the old days of cd/vinyl packaging. Something deluxe! 

This exclusive 5 cd box set contains approx 5 hours of rare and unreleased material from the legendary 1968 NBC TV SPECIAL. Many for the first time available on cd. 

Listen to how the musical content for the special develops and how this became a turning point in Elvis’ career, as well as one of the most iconic music specials in TV history. 

We take you back to 1968!

Hear: 

Trouble / Guitar man / Memories / If i can dream / Let yourself go / Big boss man / It hurts me / Nothingville / Little Egypt and many more..…

DISC 1: 

THE ORIGINAL MONO ALBUM

01 TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN 

02 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY / BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / HOUND DOG / ALL SHOOK UP / CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE 

JAILHOUSE ROCK / LOVE ME TENDER 

03 WHERE COULD I GO BUT TO THE LORD / UP ABOVE MY HEAD / SAVED 

04 BLUE CHRISTMAS / ONE NIGHT 

05 MEMORIES 

06 NOTHINGVILLE / BIG BOSS MAN / GUITAR MAN / LITTLE EGYPT / TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN 

07 IF I CAN DREAM

THE OUTTAKES / JUNE 20 1968 

NOTHINGVILLE / GUITAR MAN (PART 1) 

GUITAR MAN’S EVIL SECTION 1 

08 WARMING UP 

09 TAKE 1 

10 TAKE 5 & 6

LET YOURSELF GO (PART 1) 

GUITAR MAN’S EVIL SECTION 2 

11 TAKE 1 

12 TAKE 2-5 

13 TAKE 6 

14 TAKE 7 (MASTER)

GUITAR MAN (PART 2) / ESCAPE SECTION 1 (FAST) 

15 TAKE 1-3 

16 TAKE 4-5 

17 TAKE 6-8

CALLIOPE CARNIVAL / ESCAPE SECTION 2 

18 TAKE 1

BIG BOSS MAN / ESCAPE SECTION 3 

19 TAKE 1-2

IT HURTS ME (PART 1) / ESCAPE SECTION 4 

20 TAKE 1 

21 TAKE 2-4 

22 TAKE 5 

23 TAKE 6-7 (MASTER TAKE CALL ONLY) 

DISC 2: 

IT HURTS ME (PART 2) / AFTER KARATE SECTION 1 / JUNE 21 

01 TAKE 1 

02 TAKE 2-3 

03 TAKE 4-5 (TAPE CUT)

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD / WHERE COULD I 

GO BUT TO THE LORD / YES, YES, YES / UP ABOVE MY HEAD 

(INTRO) / GOSPEL SECTION 1 / JUNE 21 

04 REHEARSAL & TAKE 1

UP ABOVE MY HEAD / I FOUND THAT LIGHT / SAVED (INTRO) 

GOSPEL SECTION 2 / JUNE 21 

05 TAKE 4 & 7

TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN / GUITAR MAN OPENING / JUNE 22 

06 TAKE 1 

07 TAKE 2-3

IF I CAN DREAM - RECORD VERSION / JUNE 23 

08 TAKE 1 

09 TAKE 2-4 

10 TAKE 5 (MASTER)

MEMORIES - VOCAL OVERDUB / JUNE 24 

11 TRACK ONLY TAKE 3 & 4 WITH V.O TAKE 1

IT HURTS ME - VOCAL OVERDUB & PLAYBACK 

AMUSEMENT PIER PART 2 / JUNE 27 

12 TAKE 1-3 

13 PREPARATION FOR NEXT TAKE 

14 TAKE 4 

15 TAKE 5 

16 TAKE 6-8 

17 TAKE 9-10 (MASTER)

TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN - VOCAL OVERDUB OF 

AFTER KARATE SECTION 3 TRACK / JUNE 29 6.00 PM SHOW 

18 TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN

TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN - VOCAL OVERDUB OF AFTER KARATE 

SECTION 3 TRACK / GUITAR MAN WITH ROAD / JUNE 29 8.00 PM 

19 TAKE 1-3 

20 TAKE 4 

21 PREPARATION FOR NEXT TAKE 

22 TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS / MACARTHUR PARK 

23 TAKE 5

GUITAR MAN - VOCAL OVERDUB ROAD #2 / JUNE 30 

24 TAKE 1 

25 TAKE 2 (MASTER)

GUITAR MAN - VOCAL OVERDUB ROAD #3 / JUNE 30 

26 TAKE 1 

27 TAKE 2 

28 TAKE 3 

29 TAKE 4 

30 TAKE 5 

31 TAKE 6 (MASTER) 

32 IF I CAN DREAM - DUBDOWN OF JUNE 23 MASTER 

DISC 3: 

IF I CAN DREAM - VOCAL OVERDUB / JUNE 30 

01 TAKE 1-2 

02 TAKE 3 

03 TAKE 4 (MASTER)

TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN - VOCAL OVERDUB & PLAYBACK 

OPENING SECTION #1 / JUNE 30 

04 TAKE 1 

05 TAKE 2 

06 TAKE 3-5 

07 TAKE 6 

08 TAKE 7 (MASTER)

GUITAR MAN - VOCAL OVERDUB / ALLEY / JUNE 30 

09 TAKE 1 

10 TAKE 2 

11 TAKE 3-5 

12 TAKE 6 (MASTER)

LITTLE EGYPT / TROUBLE - VOCAL OVERDUB / NIGHTCLUB 

JUNE 30 

13 TAKE 1 

14 TAKE 2 (NO TAKE) 

15 TAKE 3 

16 TAKE 4 (MASTER)

TROUBLE - VOCAL OVERDUB / DISCO / JUNE 30 

17 TAKE 1 

18 TAKE 2 (MASTER) 

TROUBLE - VOCAL OVERDUB / SUPPER CLUB / JUNE 30 

19 TAKE 1 

20 TAKE 2 

21 TAKE 3 (MASTER)

BONUS: 

MEMORIES - VOCAL OVERDUB 

22 MEMORIES / JUNE 27 6.00PM SITDOWN SHOW 

23 MEMORIES / JUNE 27 8.00PM SITDOWN SHOW

SAVED (PART 1) / PREACH FOR THE SKY / SAVED (PART 2) 

GOSPEL SECTION 3 / JUNE 22 

24 TAKE 6 - INCOMPLETE USED FOR SPLICED MASTER

25 LET YOURSELF GO - ALTERNATE MASTER 

26 MEMORIES - MONO MASTER 

27 MEMORIES - STEREO MASTER 

28 IF I CAN DREAM - RECORD VERSION MONO MASTER 

29 LET YOURSELF GO - SPLICED ‘91 VERSION 

30 LET YOURSELF GO - CLOSING INSTRUMENTAL DUBDOWN 

DISC 4 

THE SOUNDTRACK VERSIONS 

01 TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN (INCL. SCRATCH) 

02 GOSPEL MEDLEY 

03 ROAD MEDLEY 

ROAD MEDLEY COMPOSITE 

04 COMPLETE VERSION 

05 ORIGINAL ALBUM VERSION - UNEDITED 

GOSPEL MEDLEY COMPOSITE 

06 COMPLETE VERSION 

07 COMPLETE VERSION - UNEDITED 

08 IT HURTS ME - SPLICED MASTER 

09 SAVED - SPLICED MASTER WITH EDITED INTRO 

10 TROUBLE / GUITAR MAN - STEREO VERSION 

11 TAG - UH UH UH / JUNE 30 

DISC 5 

THE ORIGINAL SINGER COMMERCIALS 

01 SINGER INTRODUCES THE NBC TV SPECIAL #1 

02 SINGER INTRODUCES THE NBC TV SPECIAL #2 

03 SINGER COMMERCIAL #1 

04 SINGER COMMERCIAL #2 

05 SINGER COMMERCIAL #3 

06 SINGER COMMERCIAL #4 

07 SINGER COMMERCIAL #5 

08 SINGER COMMERCIAL #6 

09 THE ‘68 COMEBACK RADIO SPECIAL

ONE-HOUR RADIO SPECIAL WHICH PREMIERED IN AUGUST 2008 CELEBRATES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELVIS PRESLEY’S ‘68 COMEBACK SPECIAL.

ORIGINAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR STEVE BINDER, GUITARIST SCOTTY MOORE AND OTHERS LOOK BACK ON HOW THIS BECAME A TURNING POINT IN ELVIS’ 

CAREER, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MUSIC SPECIALS IN TV HISTORY.

HOSTED BY SINGER-SONGWRITER LAURA CANTRELL THIS INTERESTING SPECIAL IS PUT TOGETHER BY THE SAME TEAM BEHIND THE ACCLAIMED 2007 ELVIS SPECIALS THE EARLY YEARS, VIVA LAS VEGAS AND HE TOUCHED ME. TOTAL RUNNING TIME : 59.05

Source: Elvis Collectors