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The A Legendary Performer volume 1 album was one of the first albums I owned. I loved that one, I loved the Booklet that came with it a pured over it this was back when finding printed material was not that easy it gave me a glimpse of his past up till then. But your video was the first time I ever thought about this release as a product of the back catalog sale a year before.

First time viewer. I'm a lifetime Elvis fan and I learned a few things about this year watching this video. First off I had never heard of that 2 disc 40 song collection before now, perhaps because it was not released in Canada. My first exposure to the back catalog after that horrendous deal was the 5 disc 3 album box set release through Tee Vee.

Great video, thank you! About "Legendary performer vol 1", the studio version of "Can't help falling in love" is unique to the record version, it has the Jordainaires very low in the mix, very cool to hear! The later (uncomplete) Canada cd version did not follow that one and released the basic one.

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Hi Sean, I really loved this episode and the deep dive into studio recordings concerts and jumpsuits all covered here. I think a lot of performers without naming any names become lazy in their careers, and decide that they can't be really bothered to produce new material and new songs so they just keep repeating the same old songs. Then they blame the audience for not responding favourably. Their shows become basically a greatest hits tour year after year. Yes they need 'to shake it up' but they also need to set some challenges too for themselves. I too remember hiring Elvis 40 Greatest Hits from Croydon Music Library i was living in Croydon at the time and had to wait 11 weeks in a queue!! once I got it I recorded off my sisters record player a great introduction to the different vocal styles and different songs that Elvis covered right there .I finally bought the record about a year ago, not to play it but just for the great memories it evoked for me I also agree with you about the Elvis Good Times CD just amazing shame it never got more attention out there with the record buying public. Again I totally agree with you about the Memphis record cover makes no sense putting Elvis' mansion on there. I just wanted to know which missing tracks are there from American Sound and Stax which your referring too? I thought everything had been released. A really fantastic report. Take Care

Hi Sean what a great episode,the year I got the 40 greatest as a Christmas present and as a 10 year old started my love affair with the man.1974 should have been the world tour year

The ink on that deal, Elvis selling the rights to his songs, wasn’t even dry before RCA set the wheels in Motion. Two months later, May 1973, they licensed rights to Brookville records. The latter released a 2-LP which sold millions, Elvis didn’t receive a dime. Same in the UK/Europe. Two massive sellers, Elvis Forever» and «Elvis’ 40 Greatest», both 2-LP, outsold his regular albums tenfold and then some.

Hi Sean play 40 great hits come home from school A/B/C/D play Everday one my Favouites albums

Hi Sean, great video 😊. I love 1974...that concert in Memphis on March 20, if I'm not wrong, is one of my favourites ❤ A great energy. I love the "animal" series of jumpsuits, especially the Peacock and the Chinese Dragon 🐉

Thanks for the video ❤ It's always interesting. A shame there isn't a lot from this year, at least professionally 😢 I love his 1974 jumpsuits ...maybe it's the last year they were sober 😂😂 From 1975 they started to be "too much" for me , at least most of them.

Ah, the 40 Greatest on Arcade. I have great memories of listening to that on cassette, recorded using the condenser mic on a portable cassette recorder. It didn't matter about the hiss. It didn't even matter that the mic picked up my mum saying "sausage, egg and chips" (that was what we had for tea that night). It was just great music. Nice look back on '74 that, Sean.

It's a real shame that Elvis didn't have a challenge in 74 ,I firmly believe he was looking for it but it was too close to 73 for another TV special and he wasn't allowed to tour outside the states . It may have being the perfect year to have taken off and recharged the batteries. I really do enjoy the 74 soundboards etc thou

The record live in Memphis,the person who took the photo for the cover mucked it up apparently and it wasn't discovered till later on . The colonel was pissed off and the only thought was to take photos of Graceland instead of looking back at their photos of Elvis and taking one from there .

As usual, very nice books Sean. I did see the dragon suit book in Memphis a few years back. See you next week.

Great video my friend! I will have to get the Elvis on Tour March 1974 book. That’s the first time I’ve seen it!

Great video as usual, j look forward to them every week. It makes me laugh the way you beat yourself up when you make a blunder or forget something. Keep up the good work and look forward to 1975. Luv the show.

Hi Sean, for anyone that wants one there is someone on eBay selling copies of the 74 KD book for £80. They’re my favourite books and I think I’m missing one volume (never could locate the KD website). I don’t have a problem with the 74 Memphis show being on the new box. Let’s face it, there’s nothing new on it, but we bought it as it was reasonably affordable - certainly if, like me, you’ve been trying to source FTD books. Interestingly, I compared the Legacy set with the Memphis box version of the concert and I had to raise the volume by 5db on the newer release to get it to the same level of the Legacy. Those double sets were/are a real bargain. Aloha last week, Memphis this and the Today Legacy was also excellent. Definitely recommended to people building a collection on a budget. I love the 7” FTDs, though the only one I had before I went to Graceland last year was Elvis Is Back. I bought a few at Graceland. I recently bought the Hits of the 70s FTD from Elvis Shop London and Chris currently has new copies of that and the stunning original American Sound FTD for £30 each. I had to chuckle when I saw that the original AS FTD has a couple of tracks not on the 5 disc upgrade. Such great booklets with those 7” releases. Kieran’s books are so good I convinced myself I didn’t need Fashion Fit For A King. However, a copy came up for under £200 and so PayPal pay in 3 was initiated. The first half of 2025 will be spent acquiring extra copies of the King Creole FTD in anticipation I can rip as many poor buggers off in future as have been ripping me! Not sure I can justify the price being asked for VLV! You’ll be pleased to hear an autographed print of the cover of Bonnie Tyler’s Faster Than The Speed Of Night album has joined Elvis On Stage in the throne room. I picked up the Live In LA book for £40. Regards, Gary

74 it seems there was an increase in sort of...extreme things happening, with some moments best forgotten about, but on the other hand I think of it as being a good year. There were gigs where I really think he looked and sounded so much better than he had in a long time. Sometimes not too far off sounding as good as he did in 1970. Love the live album you mentioned and have enjoyed other 74 gigs a lot. To be honest I actually even like desert storm. The monologues are hard to listen to but it's a really interesting listen where he's really going for it and making little changes here and there, doing the songs a bit differently. Sometimes it's a bit OTT but I think a lot of these moments landed well too. I wonder if he wasn't into recording because by this stage he had started to realise that he was in some ways simply a commodity in some people's eyes? He seems to have dove much deeper into his karate stuff which was always an interest to him but he was much more vocal and public etc with it. Maybe he felt this was something for him, which he did for the love of doing it, and where he could pursue his interest whereas on the music side of things he was being worked like a mule for those ridiculous Vegas gruelling slogs doing show after show after show and not even having the artistic licence to do it how he wanted (ie his experience and feelings after the opening gig you mentioned).

Hey brother , your collection of books is mindboggling , I marvel at them ,especialy the Keiran Davis books , an explanation of Elvis not recording could be that he did so much touring that year ,I believe its his busyest touring year to date ,or he just did nt feel like recording ,in any case its a shame because his voice kept getting stronger and stronger ,imagine what great music he could have done at that time , great video and great information Sean ,thank's for showing 💜you and Sara have a great week my friend👍👍

Great video Sean. Thank you.

Love that big bootleg '72 box set...one of the best ever!! I've got most of the box sets as i've been a collector since '60...a fan since i was 8 in '56.. met him in 67 and 68 in L.A. saw and recorded 34 shows from 69 to 76...a Canadian fan and collector...keep up the great work....😊 🇨🇦

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Hi Sean, Thank you for another really well produced video deep dive into Elvis' 1973 concert from Hawaii. The main problem I have with all the releases so far is that none of them have the full unedited main performance. In the original broadcast Elvis gives a shout out to Jack Lord who was in the audience sitting at a table along with Linda Thompson Elvis' girlfriend at that time, regrettably no cameras zoomed in so an opportunity lost right there!! My point is that Elvis introducing Jack Lord has always been cut out, I don't know why its part of the live show and should have been retained. With regards to the picture quality that you mention there are a few Elvis fans who have downloaded the main aloha concert to You Tube and by increasing the frames of the picture from 24 a second to 60 frames a second improves it considerably. Sony could do the same on their official releases but can't be bothered. From what I've read the edition which has the Blu Ray of the concert cuts out Elvis' arrival to the arena by helicopter and just starts with the main concert. If I want to watch the main concert there is a download on You Tube called Elvis Aloha From Hawaii 1973 the channel is by someone called Dulcineia Grimaldi and he has restored the picture and sound using various sources available and he has added Jack Lord back into the concert. It's worth checking out if you get a chance too. Take Care

Cool video of Hawaii. I have them all including the Sony Legacy Edition digipack 2 CD. These are great too but personally I love the 50th anniversary boxset from Legacy better in sound.

Elvis wore different suits in the rehearsal on the 12th Jan and the actual broadcast show on the 14th.

i have the red vinyl. but my favourite is the legacy 4 album set.

Nice gear and presentation, as ever, Sean. I would say the blue obi Japanese Aloha is less common than the first pressing. I was lucky enough to see the show on a cinema screen at a Japanese fan event in January. Cheers, Sean.

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Very good video. I also have the 2-disc dvd of Aloha From Hawaii. This was Elvis’ crowning achievement IMO and was at the pinnacle of his superstardom at this time. I also have the That’s The Way It Is special edition dvd, but not the ‘68 Comeback Special, though I have seen the show many times and enjoy it as I am a massive Elvis fan myself. For anyone else interested, Netflix has added a new documentary called The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley which I highly recommend you watch if you’re a fan

I have the special edition two DVD boxset of Aloha from Hawaii very good boxset I agree

It is a myth that a “Billion” people watched the Aloha broadcast. Total hype from the good ole Colonel!!! 😊

I admit I was totally confused by the FTD and Legacy releases. I wasn’t going to buy either, but John Heath stated the new Legacy was the best he’d ever heard the show. John also said it was superior to the FTD, so I was surprised to hear you say it appears to be the same mix. Perhaps the mastering is superior to the FTD. Must say, for anyone building a collection, that the 2CD Legacy from 12-15 years ago is great - you can probably pick it up secondhand for less than £7. Same with TTWII for me. I’ve got the Deluxe, but that 3CD set from 20 years ago is my favourite. You can get that now for around £10 - less than half the price it was when released. Regards, Gary

The legacy edition features a new mix by Matt Ross Spang of the Rehersal show not on the FTD release

Great stuff as usual Seán. A lot of us felt ripped off by FTD when we found out after buying the FTD that 'Aloha' was going to be released by the mainstream label. Having said that I'd love to see FTD release an 'Aloha' book.

great video Sean my friend keep up cool work

Aloha Sean,great review on this historic concert with the most iconic jumpsuit he ever wore

Hello, You didn't mention that the earlier releases had that horrid muddy sound from the 70s. We had to wait decades for the modern remixes that make it even more amazing. Great video. Kepp up the good work.

although he never really sung a new song that concert, but I've always loved his gentler more ballad voice and the reverb sound of the concert. RIP king

Great video mate , it was a great start to a year for Elvis that many would have to say ended badly with Divorce. I still feel that he had a great year and did some fantastic shows . I wish they would do a box set like Aloha on his other live shows thou

I hope your aloha special video gets a Billion views my brother , love the Aloha special, great video ,as always brother ,have a great week👍👍

The resaon why the picture is only average [at best] is that they worked from a copy transferred back in the 90's. Anyone else, and the mastertapes would have been sourced for optimum picture quality. Same old, same old with Elvis releases. Thanks for the consistently good uploads.

Hi Sean, I've been watching your channel for about the last three weeks l really like it and have just subscribed. I was wondering about three weeks ago l wish there was a book about Elvis and the Alloha concert in colour as l think his jumpsuit's look better in colour. When l saw that giant book in this video 40th Anniversary l had to purchase it. So thank you for the recommendation and I look forward to future video reports on your channel. Take Care.

Hi Sean.Another great video covering such an iconic event in the world of Elvis.However I was a bit surprised that you didn't cover the Lorentzon book.Elvis the king of Hawaii? was this intentional as I was curious to here your opinion on it? keep up the good work you give me something to look forward to on these winter Sunday nights.

How can I get this

Hey mate ,hoping you can help me ,do you now the web page/ site where I can buy the new Elvis on record volume 2 1966 to 1981 ? By Paul Alner I'm wanting to buy it

Great video Sean!

Hi, Thank you for the interesting introductions to each video ! Greetings from Germany

Nice presentation Sean. I agree that Elvis looked a bit stiff in thw aloha show. I enjoy the rehearsal beter. Great books, i do have the aloha thru the eyes of Japan book. I thought the extra photos were very cool to get. Have a great week. Juan