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Taken from the iconic 68 Comeback Special _
Enjoy

https://youtu.be/PYamAN5Fx-Y
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Long Live The King

Great clip...funny!! I have the full 68 comback special on dvd......its a fantastic show and one he really enjoyed doing and have fun doing, thanks steve.

elvislady wrote:Great clip...funny!! I have the full 68 comback special on dvd......its a fantastic show and one he really enjoyed doing and have fun doing, thanks steve.

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@elvis lady I too have the 68 comeback Special as deluxe edition , Vhs Tape and all formats - this is an iconic show that bought him back to what he did best - His movie era was coming to an end by now -
Did you know that there is a new version of this show on the Import circuit - Its well gettn it - checc picture of dvd cover
Happy hunting for it - I truly recommend it to all fans alike
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Mid-december 1968 I received a reel-to-reel tape recording of the TV-show's sound, recorded by a friend in Chicago. Complete with intro "The following programm is presented in living colour by NBC" and including the commercial for the Singer LP.
It was great to hear the old songs re-worked and the new songs.
A couple of weeks later someone had received several silent 8-mm 3-minute reels of film, filmed from TV.
We then tried to play the films and the reel-to-reel tape so it would be like it was filmed with sound. To no avail.
In January 1969 there was an Elvis Convention in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
In the movie theatre one of Elvis' movies was shown and these 8-mm films plus (a copy of) my reel-to-reel tape,which was stopped every time a new film reel was put on.
In those days this was fantastic. Remember, there was no video for consumers and the LP was not yet released here.
Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind.

Thank you steve for this info...yes its the Delux one i also have!!
Luuk...thank you for this info to, its great to here all the diffrent stories of elvis life...it is great that we can all contribute to this wonderful threads that steve is putting up.....i can only read what you guys put as you have some wonderful info....

elvislady wrote:Thank you steve for this info...yes its the Delux one i also have!!
Luuk...thank you for this info to, its great to here all the diffrent stories of elvis life...it is great that we can all contribute to this wonderful threads that steve is putting up.....i can only read what you guys put as you have some wonderful info....

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Yvw elvis lady _
@Luuk ty for your info too _Please let me know dya still have the footage that u had back then to now
keep up the great work here Luuk my pal


https://youtu.be/D6DPYSoTECE

I still have the reel-to-reel tape recording but no equipment to play it. I also have a reel-to-reel tape of Aloha from Hawaii, taped in the TV studio, which has the best sound I ever heard, but no equipment to play it these days. Buying a fully revised working reel-to-reel recorder will set me back some € 1500,00 or I can gamble and buy a used one for anything between € 100,00 and € 350,00. I have 3 defective ones in the attic!
The 8mm films were of a then friend of mine. We lost touch. It's 46 years ago.

Luuk wrote:I still have the reel-to-reel tape recording but no equipment to play it. I also have a reel-to-reel tape of Aloha from Hawaii, taped in the TV studio, which has the best sound I ever heard, but no equipment to play it these days. Buying a fully revised working reel-to-reel recorder will set me back some € 1500,00 or I can gamble and buy a used one for anything between € 100,00 and € 350,00. I have 3 defective ones in the attic!
The 8mm films were of a then friend of mine. We lost touch. It's 46 years ago.

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@Luuk please keep these that you own for yourself and enjoy them _ Please do not worry about gettn new equipment in transferring these - they must be available now in this digital age with technology changing each day - Keep well my friend and enjoy what you own -Im happy for you .

When was "Singer presents Elvis" first shown on TV in European countries?

Graeme wrote:When was "Singer presents Elvis" first shown on TV in European countries?

At least a year after the US broadcast.
Had lots of correspondence with broadcasting companies and they explained they could not broadcast it because it was video, not film.
Bits of film and bits of videotape was enclosed in one of the letters to show the difference!
Finally we got a 25 minute version.

Just tracked down what it was in the UK.
We got the full version - 50 mins (no ad breaks for us), in colour on BBC2 20:45 on December 31st 1969.
It wasn't called Singer presents Elvis (no advertsing allowed) and it wasn't called "Elvis" as it was deemed too minimal, so the BBC decided to call it "The Fabulous Elvis".
"The first time ever
Elvis Presley in his own television special
A virtuoso performance crossing the entire
musical spectrum from rock to ballad, with
some of the distinctive Presley hits of the
past and new songs specially written for the
programme.
Produced and directed for NBC by STEVE BINDER "

This video is really funny and interesting! I like it

donnabailey wrote:This video is really funny and interesting! I like it

Hi Donna - welcome!



Hope to see you post some more.

Hi donnabailey...a VERY warm welcome, this is a very nice ELVIS board, yes it is. Please let your comments coming in, Merry Christmas, Matt

I have several old VHS videos of this and there are many versions. The first commercial one released by VIRGIN is 76 minutes long, however many bootleg versions have several differences. This has the full Lonesome Tonight amongst others.