Elvis On Television 1. The Complete Sound Recordings. EIN in- depth review MRS have released their latest set 'Elvis On Television 1. The Complete Sound Recordings' as 2. CD and 1. 00 page book combination. These include SONY’s . The succinct liner notes are written by Gordon Minto, while the book design is credited to Miles Reape. The seven chapters are. Introduction The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show (CBS) The Milton Berle Show (NBC) Wink Martindale's Top Ten Dance Party (WHBQ) The Steve Allen Show (NBC)The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)The Frank Sinatra Timex Show (ABC) The design is stylish with nice full- page pictures, easy to read text plus I like the mini image pointers for each chapter that are shown on an old TV set. It's January 1. 95. New York - an awe- inspiring city at best of times; it's bitterly cold; you've just turned 2. South East of the USA. Well, that was Elvis' situation as he prepared himself for the Dorsey Brothers’ show on January 2. Matching the text, each chapter features around 1. Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black - the greatest band in heaven. Winfield Scott Moore III, 2. RIP. I checked a recent “1. Elvis On Television 1956-1960 The Complete Sound Recordings. EIN in-depth review by Piers Beagley. Released by Boxcar Enterprises this is a LIMITED EDITION 400-page hardcover. Loudermilk was born on March 31, 1934 in Durham, NC. One of the most productive Nashville songwriters in the 1960s, he acquired a prominent place in the rock. Stage Show 1 Introduction & Bill Randle Introduces Elvis Presley (Stage Show - Jan.28, 1956) Shake, Rattle & Roll / Flip. Stephen Orr Spurrier (born April 20, 1945) is a former American football player and coach. Spurrier served as the head coach of three college and two professional teams. Dorsey Bros stage show appearances only one is featured in Eric Lorentzen’s wonderful Elvis Files 1. MRS book.(EIN Note - this review was completed before the very sad passing of Scotty Moore on June 2. Now the marvelous photos of Elvis and Scotty Moore working so closely together creating rock'n'roll TV magic are all the more poignant to look at.) In fact I was surprised to find some wonderful new photos to add to my collection in every chapter. Again there are some tremendous images of Elvis performing with both Milton Berle and Steve Allen. Let’s hope the picture quality will match the large size pages, we will see. Gordon Minto’s final conclusion hits the spot. 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday (dominical letter AG) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the. Cover art by Steve Ditko. First appearance of Dr. Octopus in Spider-Man Versus Doctor Octopus, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; When an experiment goes wrong. Rockabilly CDs, Psychobilly T-Shirts, 1950s Rock 'n' Roll vinyl and Surf instrumental LPs at Raucous Records online store. Their chief merit lies in the fact that they were performed live, without the benefits of sweeteners or overdubs, and that the excitement generated by them is palpable and real. If you want - or need - a lesson in how pop music as we know it started then you need look no further. These recordings influenced everyone who came after him: Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton and thousands more. Whichever way you look at it, that's an astonishing legacy”The music. MRS products are clearly aimed at the . Hopefully the good reviews and stylish front cover will lure new fans in to discover what sensational and life- changing material Elvis performed on these early TV shows. Let’s face it, 9. Aloha” jump- suited Elvis, but how many will have ever heard these stunning 1. With this MRS 1. 00 page booklet you get a much, much better idea of what it was all about. Fabulous photo of Elvis looking far too happy on the Steve Allen show. All charming, sweet, middle- of- the road songs. Elvis’ very first performance of . Incredibly Elvis had not even recorded . One also has to remember that . It was an AMAZING start to Elvis’ TV career. The audio quality of the first Dorsey shows has been improved by MRS with a reduction in the background crackle and pops that were obvious on the old RCA release. This is a notable improvement especially on the stop/start quiet points in . Other early delights are the fabulously raucous and shocking . The first real misstep is the dreadful first performance of . It is a fascinating piece of archival history demonstrating what a mistake it was to not let Elvis be “Elvis”. It would be five weeks later before Elvis would finally get to perform his first genuine performance of . By Elvis’ March 1. The first introduction features a snippet of . What a shame that the only video documentation we have of Elvis’ fantastic 1. The astounding thing to remember is that Elvis would not record this classic number one single until the following month. It is strange how much DJ Dewey Phillips dominates the first part of the interview as they try to force Elvis to sing a few lines of the song - which he obviously was not allowed to do. But Elvis soon opens up explaining how he bought his first guitar for $1. Judy Spreckles, how much he liked songs by The Platters, “They just don't make any prettier songs than that” and how ! Once again Elvis would be embarrassed by an awful comedy sketch and this time made to sing to a basset hound. It is in truly amazing audio quality with that old familiar background hum and noise completely removed. A lengthy and significant interview in Elvis’ career it is well- worth having in this pristine quality. Elvis was so tired after his Steve Allen TV performance the same night that his answers have a weary honesty to them.“I mean in a lot of papers they say rock 'n' roll is a big influence on juvenile delinquency. I did don't think that is. Juvenile delinquency is something that's! The three Ed Sullivan shows are of course as riveting as they always have been. By then Elvis had achieved several chart- topping successes and there is a lovely self- assured swagger to his dynamic performances on this top- rating show. The sound quality is a delight here with more top- end and overall cleaner than it was on a Golden Celebration. Presley - on account she's been spoken for.” Elvis, “That’s the way the cookie crumbles!” While the audio quality on the main the songs has never been particularly good, it has once again been improved here. Very nice to have that included here. Overall Verdict: MRS has once again come up with a fine value- for- money package that encapsulates all the music from Elvis’ early television performances in a very stylish way. The hundred or so images in the book work very nicely as a photographic reference to the music featured on the CDs. While the audio has been improved upon from earlier releases, my only slight disappointment is that original audio recordings from the Kinescopes were of such low bandwidth that there is not much that anyone could do to overly improve them. Having said that, the audio improvement on several sections, for instance the . Click here to comment on this review'Elvis on Television 1. The Complete Sound Recordings' Box- set OUT NOW - 6. Elvis' TV performances plus a 1. Don't pay US$5. 5 or AU$6. Elvis websites when you can get it for only . Out NOW - For the real cheap deal CLICK HERE >. CD1 THE DORSEY BROTHERS – STAGE SHOW (CBS)CBS STUDIO - New York, New York - 2. Jan 1. 95. 61. 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