Thursday, June 01, 2017

June 01 - DJ Fontana In Hospital

According to Karen Fontana DJ Fontana has been hospitalized. She posted "I want to thank everyone for your thought and prayers for DJ. He is doing ok, he has an infection and they have him on antibiotics".

Charts


  • The 'The Wonder Of You' album remained steady at #8 on the US Bilboard Classical Album chart. 
  • The 'The Wonder Of You' dropped from #120 to #175 on the Belgian Album chart. 
  • The 6 DVD set 'The Elvis Collection' remained at #6 on the Official UK Music DVD chart. 
  • The DVD 'Elvis – The King Of Rock’n’Roll – 30 Hit Performances And More' re-entered the Australian Music DVD chart at #16. 
  • The double CD 'Elvis With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The Wonder Of You & If I Can Dream' entered the Australian Album chart at #27.

Released

The import CD ‘ELVIS’, based on the original 1975 Australian compilation album has been released. It contains 19 out-take versions.

1. Clean Up your Own Back Yard ( undubbed version ) 2. Easy Come Easy Go ( take 10 ) 3. Almost In Love ( original single version ) 4. Today Tomorrow & Forever ( take 4 ) 5. Edge Of Reality ( take 6 ) 6. King Of The Whole Wide World ( take 6 ) 7. Let's Be Friends ( original album version ) 8. I'll Take Love ( take 2B ) 9. Long Legged Girl ( take 6 ) 10. US Male ( take 11 ) 11. Angel ( take 2 ) 12. Mystery Train / Tiger Man ( live, August 22, 1969 ) 13. I'm Not The Marrying Kind ( take 6 ) 14. C'mon Everybody ( take 7 ) 15. This Is Living ( take 8 ) 16. Follow That Dream ( take 2 ) 17. Flaming Star ( channel mix master ) 18. A Whistling Tune ( take 3 ) 19. You'll Never Walk Alone ( take 2 - edited )

The 17 track import compilation ‘Great Moments with Elvis’ has been released. It comes in a 6 panel digi-pack. 

1. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot - take 3 2. Surrender - take 9 3. Shoppin' Around - take 5 4. Make Me Know It - take 18 5. Lonely Man - sol - , take 3 6. Milky White Way - take 6 7. Little Sister - take 6 8. There's Always Me - take 9 9. Memphis, Tennessee - take 5 10. I Met Her Today - take 13 11. Gonna Get Back Home Somehow - take 6 12. Something Blue - take 6 13. If You Think I Don't Need You - take 7 14. Western Union - take 3 15. They Remind Me Too Much Of You - take 7 16. Suspicion - spliced takes 4,5 17. Witchcraft - take 2

The 5 CD import box-set ‘The ’68 Comeback Special’ has been released. It comes in an LP sized box with booklet. 

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

(Source: FECC / Karen Fontana / The King's World)