Details Writing For The King - Book And 2CD SetOn the FECC messageboard the following details were posted on the Follow That Dream book and 2 CD release "Writing for the King", due for release December 1, 2006.
Ken Sharp’s book includes more than 140 interviews with songwriters like John Fogerty, Paul McCartney, Leiber & Stoller, Pomus & Shuman, Phil Spector, Tommy Durden, Red West, Mark James, Tony Joe White and publisher Freddy Bienstock. "Writing for the King" is a fascinating behind-the-scenes story of politics, money, inspiration and great trivia about Elvis and the songs he turned into classics.
Included is a CD of previously unreleased RCA recordings of Elvis performing live in Las Vegas (1969 through 1972) plus a second CD with a selection of the original demos submitted to Elvis. The demo CD takes us from “Heartbreak Hotel” through classics like “Teddy Bear,” “Trouble,” “Burning Love” and “Way Down.”
400-Page Book and 2 CDs!
DISC 1 - THE RECORDINGS - ELVIS PRESLEY
All selections on this disc are live recordings from Elvis concerts at recorded at The International Hotel in Las Vegas, a.k.a. The Las Vegas Hilton.
M = Midnight Show
D = Dinner Show
August 1969:
BLUE SUEDE SHOES (24th/M) 2:51
(Carl Perkins)
I GOT A WOMAN (24th/M) 2:36
(Ray Charles)
ALL SHOOK UP (24th/M) 3:06
(Blackwell/Presley)
LOVE ME TENDER (24th/M) 2:46
(Matson/Presley)
JAILHOUSE ROCK / DON’T BE CRUEL (24th/M) 2:38
(Leiber/Stoller) / (Blackwell/Presley)
HEARTBREAK HOTEL (24th/M) 4:05
(Axton/Durden/Presley)
HOUND DOG (24th/M) 1:26
(Leiber/Stoller)
WORDS (25th/D) 2:41
(Barry, spectacle & Robin Gibb)
YESTERDAY/HEY JUDE (25th/D) 4:34
(Lennon/McCartney)
IN THE GHETTO (25th/M) 2:43
(Mac Davis)
February 1970:
DON’T CRY DADDY (16th/D) 2:50
(Mac Davis)
POLK SALAD ANNIE (16th/D) 5:38
(Tony Joe White)
KENTUCKY RAIN (17th/D) 3:16
(Rabbitt/Heard)
WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES (16th/D) 2:50
(Joe South)
August 1970:
SOMETHING (11th/D) 4:45
(George Harrison)
YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ (11th/D) 4.45
(Mann/Weil)
I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVIN’ (13th/D) 3:13
(Mann/Weil)
February, 1972:
NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN (14th/M) 3:30
(Hoyt Axton)
LOVE ME (14th/M) 1:55
(Leiber/Stoller)
(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR / DON’T BE CRUEL (14th/M) 1:52
(Mann/Lowe) / (Blackwell/Presley)
A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE (14th/M) 2:04
(Schroeder/Wyche)
August, 1969:
SUSPICIOUS MINDS (24th/M) 6:56
(Mark James)
CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (24th/M) 2:09
(Peretti/Creatore/Weiss)
DISC 2 - THE DEMOS – VARIOUS ARTISTS
HEARTBREAK HOTEL
(Axton/Durden/Presley)
Singer: Glenn Reeves
(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR
(Kal Mann/Bernie Lowe)
Singer: Otis Blackwell
DON’T ASK ME WHY
(Fred Wise/Ben Weisman)
Singer: Jimmy Breedlove
HARD HEADED WOMAN
(Claude DeMetrius)
Singer: Jimmy Breedlove
TROUBLE
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
Singer: Unknown
WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK
(Bert Carroll/Russell Moody)
Singer: Gus Coletti
POCKETFUL OF RAINBOWS
(Fred Wise/Ben Weisman)
Singer: Jimmy Breedlove
NO MORE
(Don Robertson/Hal Blair)
Singer: Don Robertson
(MARIE’S THE NAME OF) HIS LATEST FLAME
(Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)
Singer: Mort Shuman
GOOD LUCK CHARM
(Aaron Schroeder/Wally Gold)
Singer: Robert Moseley
DEVIL IN DISGUISE
(Bill Giant/Bernie Baum/Florence Kaye)
Singer: Bill Giant
VIVA LAS VEGAS
(Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)
Singer: Mort Shuman
C’MON EVERYBODY
(Joy Byers)
Singer: Bob Johnston
KISSIN’ COUSINS
(Fred Wise/Randy Starr)
Singer: Malcolm Dodd
MY DESERT SERENADE
(Stanley Gelber)
Singer: Kenny Karen
COULD I FALL IN LOVE
(Randy Starr)
Singer: Malcolm Dodd
THE LOVE MACHINE
(G. Nelson/F. Burch/C. Taylor)
Singer: Gerald Nelson
CLAMBAKE – alternate song
(Winfield Scott)
Singer: Winfield Scott
WEARIN’ THAT LOVED ON LOOK
(Dallas Frazier/A. L. Owens)
Singer: Dallas Frazier
I’VE LOST YOU
(Howard/Blaikley)
Singer: Peter Lee Sterling
THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE
(Evans/Parnes)
Singer: Paul Evans
MARY IN THE MORNING
(Cymbal/Rashkow)
Singer: Johnny Cymbal
BURNING LOVE
(Dennis Linde)
Singer: Dennis Linde
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
(Jerry Chesnut)
Singer: Jerry Chesnut
RAISED ON ROCK
(Mark James)
Singer: Mark James
WAY DOWN
(Layng Martine Jr.)
Singer: Layng Martine Jr.
Quelle:
www.elvisnews.com