FTD has now provided full details and pricing info for the 'Elvis: That's The Way It Is - 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition' to be released mid-August. With this release, David English and Pal Granlund bring the complete background story into the making of the MGM documentary 'Elvis: That's The Way It Is'. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the movie's 1970 release, this ultimate collector's edition includes two hardback books, eight compact discs - housed in a gatefold sleeve - with over 450 minutes of music, including newly discovered unreleased performances.
Book 1 'The Rehearsals' includes rare and unseen images from both the MGM July rehearsals and the Las Vegas August rehearsals and full audio and footage documentation.
Book 2, 'The Concerts' includes rare and unseen images from the Las Vegas performances as well as Phoenix Arizona and full audio and footage documentation.
The audio:
The complete rehearsal recordings:
MGM Studios, Culver City - July 14, 1970.
MGM Studios, Culver City - July 15, 1970.
RCA Studios, Hollywood - July 24, 1970.
MGM Studios, Culver City - July 29, 1970.
Las Vegas Convention Center - August 4, 1970.
The International Hotel - August 7, 1970.
Las Vegas Convention Center - August 4, 1970.
The International Hotel - August 10, 1970.
Many rare and unreleased performances
CD 1
July 14, 1970
01. Words **
02. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
03. Polk Salad Annie *
04. Bridge Over Troubled Water *
05. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
06. The Next Step Is Love *
07. I've Lost You *
08. The Next Step Is Love
July 15, 1970
09. Stagger Lee *
10. Got My Mojo Working *
11. I've Lost You *
12. Stranger In The Crowd *
13. The Next Step Is Love *
14. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
15. Sweet Caroline *
16. Yesterday
17. Hey Jude *
18. I Can't Stop Loving You
19. It's Your Baby, You Rock It *
20. Cryin' Time *
CD 2
July 15, 1970
01. Ghost Riders In The Sky
02. Runaway *
03. It's Now Or Never *
04. Peter Gunn Theme
05. Love Me
06. One Night *
07. Alla En El Rancho Grande
08. That's All Right *
09. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights *
10. That's All Right
11. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights *
12. Instrumental *
13. Patch It Up *
14. Cotton Fields
15. Sylvia *
16. Stranger In The Crowd *
17. How The Web Was Woven *
18. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen *
CD 3
July 24, 1970
01. That's All Right
02. I Got A Woman
03. The Wonder Of You
04. I've Lost You
05. The Next Step Is Love *
06. Stranger In The Crowd *
07. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' *
08. Something *
09. Don't Cry Daddy *
10. Don't Cry Daddy (faster version) *
11. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
12. Polk Salad Annie *
13. Bridge Over Troubled Water *
14. I Can't Stop Loving You
15. Just Pretend
16. Sweet Caroline *
17. Words *
18. Suspicious Minds *
CD 4
July 24, 1970
01. I Just Can't Help Believin' *
02. Tomorrow Never Comes *
03. Mary In The Morning
04. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights *
05. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' *
06. I Just Can't Help Believin' *
07. Heart of Rome *
08. Memories *
09. Johnny B. Goode
10. Make The World Go Away *
11. Stranger In My Own Hometown
12. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
CD 5
July 29, 1970
01. Elvis Talking
02. Something *
03. Words
04. I Just Can't Help Believin'
05. Little Sister/Get Back **
06. Get Back (ending) *
07. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
08. I Was The One
09. Cattle Call
10. Baby Let's Play House
11. Don't
12. Money Honey
13. A Fool Such As I
14. Froggy Went A-Courtin'
15. Such A Night
16. It's Now Or Never
17. What'd I Say
18. The Lords Prayer *
19. My Country ‘Tis Of Thee *
20. Hava Nagila *
21. My Baby Left Me *
22. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
23. Stranger In The Crowd *
24. Ending talk *
CD 6
August 4, 1970
01. Talk *
02. I've Lost You *
03. The Next Is Love *
04. Words
05. Cattle Call / Yodel
06. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights
07. Farther Along
08. Something
09. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
10. Don't Cry Daddy *
11. In The Ghetto *
12. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
13. Bridge Over Troubled Water **
CD 7
August 7, 1970
01. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' *
02. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me *
03. The Next Step Is Love *
04. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights *
05. Polk Salad Annie
06. Oh Happy Day
07. I've Lost You *
08. Mary In The Morning **
09. Sweet Caroline *
10. Words *
11. Patch It Up *
CD 8
August 10, 1970
01.You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (version 1)
02. I Just Can't Help Believin'
03. Something
04. Sweet Caroline
05. Polk Salad Annie
06. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (version 1)
07. I've Lost You
08. Bridge Over Troubled Water
09. Patch It Up
10. Can't Help Falling In Love
11. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (version 2)
12. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (version 2)
* Unreleased
** Previously released Partially