From Sea To Shining Sea - Millbranch Music (3 CD + 1 DVD Set)
Millbranch Music is back on track after receiving raving reviews for our 2021 mega-release “Kansas City ´74 Revisited”. And we nail it again with a great concept of “Music & Video” in one set! We have worked for months to make sure that our latest product corresponds to the high standard we set ourselves.
The result is that we are now able to present a new 3-Disc (+ 1) Digipack release for every serious “Elvis live in the 70´s” – collector! If you liked our last years release, you will like this new one, too!
Introducing our latest “Soundboard” release on the “MBM” label here are three complete shows by Elvis and his exciting group of musicians from 1976 on audio cd. That alone would give a nice listen but hey, there is one more disc in this set and that is for sure the cream of the crop: 134 Minutes of rare and in big parts unreleased (!) film footage in never before seen stunning quality of Elvis´ concert journey “from sea to shining sea” between two historic New Years Eve performances in 1976. Which means in detail, that we are telling the story of the “Elvis On Tour” bicentennial year on stage and even while travelling!
Taken from the very best available sources (including a lot of footage taken from original film-reels) you´ll see highlights from his concerts in Pontiac, MI – Johnson City, TN (featuring the very first live version of “Hurt”) – Charlotte, NC – Largo, MD - Hartford, CT – Chicago, IL – Birmingham, AL - Atlanta, GA and Pittsburgh, PA, with very special and lengthy features of his concerts in Fort Worth, TX (June 3), Philadelphia, PA (June 28) and Anaheim, CA (November 30).
Over the last years we did invest in a lot of original film-reels. Early this year we had the opportunity to invest in one of Elvis´ Fort Worth performance (June 3, 1976) – and so we did.
The 30 minutes of pleasantly steady and pretty close to the stage filmed footage has been for sure worth every dollar we have spent on it. The film-reel has then been scanned in 4K Ultra HD resolution, just to make sure that we can extract as much detail as possible from the analogue film. The outcome of the scan has then been carefully processed to retrieve the best possible result from the originally a bit overexposed film. If you compare the starting material and the end result after processing with the best available technology you would not believe how much of information still is there in the original film which of course had to be worked on carefully (and time-consuming) to finally enjoy it as not even the guy who filmed it back then could.
So you can expect something special from this – and also this is the main reason why we chose to put Elvis´ two 1976-Concert dates in Fort Worth as the main part of the audio on two of the cd´s.
And there is a third cd that is presented in its own sleeve outside of the digi-pack – a so-called “Bonus CD”: Anaheim, CA from November 30, 1976 has been chosen as this concert has its own special feature on the DVD included.
Talking about audio: We have decided already last year with our first “Soundboard” release, that we are using today´s technical possibilities to get out the very best of those treasured “old” tapes. So, again we have used all of our experience and knowledge plus professional equipment to make sure the audio sounds more balanced and clearer than ever before. Needless to say that speed issues are a thing of the past. While processing this, it even turned out to become Stereo! Give it a listen and you will hear what we mean – you will enjoy it!
Tracklist CD 1: FORT WORTH, TX June 3, 1976
01. Introduction by Bruce Jackson
02. Theme from SWAT – Love Me Tender (Joe Guercio Orchestra)
03. Also Sprach Zarathustra
04. See See Rider
05. I Got A Woman / Amen
06. Love Me
07. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
08. You Gave Me A Mountain
09. All Shook Up
10. Teddy Bear – Don´t Be Cruel
11. Heartbreak Hotel
12. Help Me
13. Jailhouse Rock
14. Fever
15. Polk Salad Annie
16. Group Introductions
17. Early Morning Rain
18. What´d I Say
19. Johnny B. Goode
20. Drum Solo
21. Bass Solo
22. Piano Solo
23. Electric Clavinet Solo
24. Love Letters
25. School Days
26. Happy Birthday To Bruce Jackson
27. Hurt (With Full Reprise)
28. Hound Dog
29. Funny How Time Slips Away
30. Can´t Help Falling In Love
31. Closing Vamp - Announcement
Tracklist CD 2: FORT WORTH, TX July 3, 1976
01. Also Sprach Zarathustra
02. See See Rider
03. I Got A Woman / Amen
04. Love Me
05. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
06. You Gave Me A Mountain
07. All Shook Up
08. Teddy Bear – Don´t Be Cruel
09. And I Love You So
10. Jailhouse Rock
11. Fever
12. America The Beautiful
13. Polk Salad Annie
14. Group Introductions
15. Early Morning Rain
16. What´d I Say
17. Johnny B. Goode
18. Bass Solo
19. Piano Solo
20. Electric Clavinet Solo
21. Love Letters
22. School Days
23. Hurt (With Reprise)
24. Hound Dog
25. Funny How Time Slips Away
26. Can´t Help Falling In Love
27. Closing Vamp
Tracklist Bonus CD: ANAHEIM, CA November 30, 1976
01. See See Rider
02. I Got A Woman / Amen
03. Love Me
04. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
05. You Gave Me A Mountain
06. Jailhouse Rock
07. It´s Now Or Never
08. All Shook Up
09. Teddy Bear – Don´t Be Cruel
10. And I Love You So
11. Fever
12. Bridge Over Troubled Water (With Break)
13. Polk Salad Annie
14. Introductions I
15. Early Morning Rain (incomplete)
16. What´d I Say
17. Johnny B. Goode
18. Drum Solo
19. Bass Solo
20. Piano Solo
21. Electric Clavinet Solo
22. Love Letters
23. Introductions II
24. School Days
25. Hurt
26. Hound Dog
27. Hawaiian Wedding Song
28. Blue Christmas
29. That´s All Right
30. Can´t Help Falling In Love
31. Closing Vamp
Content DVD:
A full documentary about Elvis on Tour in 1976
Featuring facts, airport footage, news footage and most of all great “8 mm” film-footage from Pontiac, MI – Johnson City, TN – Charlotte, NC – Hartford, CT – Chicago, IL – Birmingham, AL - Atlanta, GA and Pittsburgh, PA, with very special and lengthy features of his concerts in Fort Worth, TX (June 3), Philadelphia, PA (June 28) and Anaheim, CA (November 30).
Source: ElvisCollectors
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