FTD December 2022 / January 2023 Release

[pphillips_ukuk]

The Follow That Dream collectors label announced the December / January 2022 release of the 4-CD set 'Elvis: From Louisiana and Memphis'.

Publicity stated: As part of its ongoing live on tour series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of 'Elvis: From Louisiana and Memphis'. Released as a 4-CD set, housed in a 5-inch digi-pack, this set features three 1976 concerts recorded at Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana July 1, 1976, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 2, 1976 and the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee July 5, 1976.

Disc 1 1 Also Sprach Zarathustra 0:52 2 See See Rider 4:34 3 I Got A Woman / Amen 5:17 4 Love Me 2:46 5 If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 2:57 6 You Gave Me A Mountain 3:20 7 All Shook Up 1:01 8 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:07 09 And I Love You So 3:22 10 Jailhouse Rock 1:44 11 Fever 3:34 12 America 2:37 13 Polk Salad Annie 4:05 14 Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain 2:54 15 Introductions / What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode 7:12 16 Love Letters 3:11 17 School Days 0:58 18 Hurt 3:49 19 Hound Dog 1:59 21 Funny How Time Slips Away 3:03 22 Happy Birthday 0:25 23 It’s Now Or Never 3:00 24 Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:38 25 Closing Vamp 1:23 Recorded live at Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana July 1, 1976

Disc 2: Baton Rouge 1 Also Sprach Zarathustra 1:05 2 See See Rider 3:34 3 I Got A Woman / Amen 7:44 4 Love Me 2:26 5 Fairytale 3:13 6 You Gave Me A Mountain 3:28 7 All Shook Up 1:24 8 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:08 09 And I Love You So 3:23 10 Jailhouse Rock 1:30 11 Fever 2:59 12 America 2:22 13 Polk Salad Annie 4:09 14 Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain 3:51 15 Introductions / What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode 5:06 16 Love Letters 3:15 17 School Days 0:55 18 Hurt 3:12 19 Funny How Time Slips Away 2:25 20 Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:39 21 Closing Vamp 0:50 Recorded live at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 2, 1976

Disc 3: Memphis 1 Also Sprach Zarathustra 1:08 2 See See Rider 4:44 3 I Got A Woman / Amen 7:16 4 Love Me 2:29 5 Fairytale 2:40 6 You Gave Me A Mountain 3:19 7 All Shook Up 1:03 8 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:05 09 And I Love You So 3:26 10 Jailhouse Rock 1:35 11 Fever 3:19 12 America 2:48 13 One Night 2:37 14 That’s All Right 1:47 15 Blue Christmas 1:42

Disc 4: Memphis (continued) 1 Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain 4:54 2 Introductions / What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode 6:48 3 Love Letters 3:25 4 School Days 1:01 5 Hurt 3:53 6 Hound Dog 2:24 7 Funny How Time Slips Away 3:56 8 Help Me 2:49 9 How Great Thou Art 3:24 10 Softly As I Leave You 4:31 11 Polk Salad Annie 4:11 12 Jambalaya 0:20 13 It’s Now Or Never 2:18 14 Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:36 25 Closing Vamp 1:50 Recorded live at Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee July 5, 1976 ·

Every effort has been made to optimise the audio of these original soundboard recordings. Priority is given to historical content.

[Mister Moon]

Can't wait.

[John]

Excellent. That's 4 or so hours I'll be doing something more worthwhile by not listening to that.

[cadillac-elvis]

yes, that is quite a dissapointment.

Is this what we've come to?
Is there nothing more left of the good stuff?
What is he holding back is my question?

[LJM]

I don't believe Ernst is holding anything back. The good remaining soundboards are probably in the hands of private collectors or with the Bruce Jackson estate.

I'm happy to have 2 new unreleased in any form soundboards.

[Rickeap]

Memphis is a good show b ut i guess most of us already have a good sounding CD. More concerts from the period with no unusual songs don't have much appeal

[rockinrebel]

There was pressure over at the other forum for FTD to release the Memphis show, so maybe that influenced the decision. Of course the show has been available on bootleg for many years now, so I guess they felt obliged to include something new too.

Unfortunately though, it would appear that apart from the 1976 soundboards there isn't much left, and I guess we all know what to expect from these shows before we've even heard them.

I'm not too sure about the photoshopped image of Elvis on the CD sleeve either. It would be interesting to see the original photo, as it looks like they have done some work on Elvis' face.

[javilu]

Of course we all have the Memphis show bootleg but the other 2 concerts I have never heard on soundboard.
I will buy this.

[pphillips_ukuk]

I’ll be picking it up, I don’t do bootlegs so all of these are new to me. Looking forward to hearing another home coming show.

[Tulsa Mclean]

What?. no more Elvis sessions? . Still waiting for some more movie ones..... .

Beside this what is FTD waiting for to release more 1974 Memphis shows???.

[John]

What?. no more Elvis sessions? . Still waiting for some more movie ones..... .

Beside this what is FTD waiting for to release more 1974 Memphis shows???.

We still have to get the Blue Hawaii material in full, but of course there are a few tracks missing, so who knows what's going to happen there?

[javilu]

What?. no more Elvis sessions? . Still waiting for some more movie ones..... .

Beside this what is FTD waiting for to release more 1974 Memphis shows???.

We still have to get the Blue Hawaii material in full, but of course there are a few tracks missing, so who knows what's going to happen there?

What about a 2 CD set with the full Easy Come Easy Go sessions?

[John]

What?. no more Elvis sessions? . Still waiting for some more movie ones..... .

Beside this what is FTD waiting for to release more 1974 Memphis shows???.

We still have to get the Blue Hawaii material in full, but of course there are a few tracks missing, so who knows what's going to happen there?

What about a 2 CD set with the full Easy Come Easy Go sessions?

Yep. I'll take any studio recordings over any soundboard, any day, and the sooner the better.

[eric c]

i'm glad the memphis show is getting released by ftd.
its one of my favorites from '76.
but personaly...i don't like the move to 3 and 4 cd sets.
a single disc at $29.98 is enough...3d set is $39.98....now 4d.
its getting harder to keep up.
i miss the single disc releases.
the memphis show in my opinion...his last home town performance...shoulda got the stand alone treatment.
oh well.
nuttin' i can do about it...except save up.
just wait.
soon the ftd concert releases will be 5d.

[eric c]

i wonder if the march 16 1974 memphis shows...afternoon and evening...will be released as a 2d set or combined with 1 or 2 others?