Elvis That's The Way It Is - The Complete Works 6 CD + 3 DVD Set
By: Elvis Australia
'Elvis That's The Way It Is - The Complete Works' is a mammoth project 38 years overdue. It's a chronicle through audio, video and still photography of a special era in the life of the King of Rock and Roll.
Details of the Video Footage: From someone who has viewed the DVDs.
I've just had the opportunity to watch the 9+ hours of video (exhausting but intriguing as well) and think I can provide some accurate details to the questions being asked:
- The focus of the video is Elvis. If a camera angle with Elvis in it exists, then that is what is seen on the screen.
The picture quality is the best you will ever have seen of these outtakes (and I've purchased over 50 discs of this material over the last few years spending over $1,500). The footage has either come from an earlier generation copy or has been extensively remastered to improve sharpness/colour/reduce graininess, etc (or both). It is not as good as SE of course (except for the portions in the edits borrowed from the original discs) but significantly better than what we have had before..
The edits are all created 'new' from scratch. Nothing has been taken from previous (Crap) Star or other releases. There is at least 3 hours of new footage without 'Property of Turner...' and perhaps about 30 minutes of footage never before seen. Some of the completely 'new' footage that I can remember includes: 'Something' from Aug 10; 'some extra telegram' reading;
'Love Me Tender' complete from Aug 12ds without 'Property of Turner...''You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling' complete from Aug 12ds (TTWII SE was a splice of Aug 12ds and Aug 11ds); 'new extra dialogue' before 'Twenty Days And Twenty Nights' on Aug 12ds; 'extra dialogue' before 'Heartbreak Hotel' on Aug 12ds; 'Hound Dog' from Aug 12 ms but mainly the band; 'dialogue and complete instrumental' before and after 'Polk Salad Annie' Aug 12ms'Heartbreak Hotel' Aug 12ms (to this date I've never seen the first bar of the song with Elvis in the picture, always the audience'Love Me' / 'Words' / 'Are You Lonesome Tonight' Aug 12ms without 'Property of Turner...''Lot of New dialogue before 'The Wonder of You' Aug 13ds'Can't Help Falling In Love' more complete Aug 11ds'Love Me Tender' Aug 11ms'I Just Can't help Believin' Aug 11ms'I'll Take you Home Kathleen' - a few lines Aug 7 rehearsal'Lot of clips' with original sound from Aug 14MS that were new to me.
Probably a lot more but these clips stood out in my mind.
There is no cropping of any pictures. In the 3 angle sequences, the main angle is raised to the top where the widescreen black bars would normally be seen. The 2 additional angles are at 50% size and below the main normal sized angle. Talking about angles, there are lots of new angles throughout that I had not seen before.
Sound throughout is excellent to my ears except with Aug 14MS which is 'camera' sound. The rest has to be from BMG source but the mix is different. Live material played surround on a Dolby digital 2x receiver.
- 3 angle screens seem to be in perfect synch- picture looked very good on a 65 inch screen and better than what I've seen before- some of the songs (perhaps 5-6) do not have original Elvis footage but rather nicely created videos from candid/band/audience/Vegas clips to create more complete shows for Aug 11 and 12.
All the rest are complete Elvis songs presented in multi angle and single angle depending on what was available.
Don't expect Turner quality throughoutExpect better quality than you've ever seen beforeExpect excellent sound in stereo (except for rehearsals which are a combination.)Expect perfect synchsExpect complete songs in orderExpect lots of new footage without 'Property of Turner...'Expect seamless transitions from multi angle to single angleExpect a box set that you will value for many years to comeExpect to be able to see where Turner/MGM did their splices and the proper order here..
Elvis That's The Way It Is - The Complete Works
For the first time, fans now have a documented project on one of Elvis’ most popular movies. The new 'International' label will release the spectacular 9 Disc/Book LIMITED EDITION box set imminently, with a run of only 999 copies being made available. No more will be produced.
Fans will have all complete six shows, recorded for the 1970 movie 'That's The Way It Is' on 6 CD's and 3 dual layer DVD's filled with over 9 hours of complete shows with excellent edits, amazing multi angle sequences and much more. In addition to this, a 125 page hardback book with lots of interesting facts and photographs accompanies the box set.
The 6 CD's are complete from beginning to end and contains many unreleased live recordings and monologues (also some that were left out of previously released shows) that only the privileged few have heard before. Collectors will notice the different mixes even in previously released audio.
The 3 Dual Layer DVD’s video footage has been culled from over 50 different discs to find the best quality with thousands of hours put in to make the 9 hours of concert and rehearsal video contained in the DVD's. Collectors will note verses and sections cut out of songs in the original MGM edits now present in their entirety and in the proper sequence. The added multi angle sequences throughout the DVD’s makes it a pleasure to finally watch in one go. Great care has been taken to give the fans a limited edition package that will provide hours of pleasure for many years to come.
CD & DVD Tracklisting
CD 1
Show 1 : August 10 1970 Dinner Show Opening: 62.21
1. Opening Theme 2. That's All Right 3. Mystery Train/Tiger Man 4. Monologue 15. I Can't Stop Loving You 6. Love Me Tender 7. The Next Step Is Love 8. Words 9. I Just Can't Help Believin'10. Something 11. Sweet Caroline 12. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'13. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 14. Polk Salad Annie 15. Introductions 16. I've Lost You 17. Monologue 218. Bridge Over Troubled Water 19. Patch It Up 20. Can't Help Falling In Love/Closing Vamp
CD 2
Show 2 : August 11 1970 Dinner Show: 68.27
1. Opening Theme 2. That’s All Right 3. I Got A Woman 4. Hound Dog 5. Monologue I (Technical Problem) 6. Heartbreak Hotel 7. Monologue 1 (Toreador Joke) 8. Love Me Tender 9. I've Lost You 10. Monologue 211. I Just Can't Help Believin'12. Something 13. I Can't Stop Loving You 14. Sweet Caroline 15. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'16. Polk Salad Annie 17. Introductions (Introducing Sonny King) 18. Bridge Over Troubled Water 19. Suspicious Minds 20. Can't Help Falling In Love/Closing Vamp
CD 3
Show 3 : August 11 1970 Midnite Show: 78.34
Opening Act:
1. A Thing Called Love Performed By 'The Imperials' 2. On The Other Side Performed By 'The Imperials'3. Opening Theme 4. That’s All Right 5. I Got A Woman 6. Hound Dog 7. Love Me Tender 8. There Goes My Everything 9. Just Pretend 10. I Just Can't Help Believin'11. Something 12. Men With Broken Hearts – Short Poem 13. Walk A Mile In My Shoes 14. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'15. Polk Salad Annie 16. One Night 17. Don't Be Cruel 18. Love Me 19. Instrumental Break (Elvis Walks Through The Audience) 20. Heartbreak Hotel 21. Introductions 22. Bridge Over Troubled Water 23. Suspicious Minds 24. Can't Help Falling In Love/Closing Vamp
CD 4
Show 4 : August 12 1970 Dinner Show: 71.54
1. Opening Theme (with False Start) 2. That's All Right 3. I Got A Woman 4. Hound Dog 5. Heartbreak Hotel 6. Monologue (Microphone Problems) 7. Love Me Tender 8. I've Lost You 9. I Just Can't Help Believin'10. Patch It Up 11. Monologue 12. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights 13. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'14. Polk Salad Annie 15. Introductions 16. Blue Suede Shoes 17. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 18. Bridge Over Troubled Water 19. Suspicious Minds 20. Can't Help Falling In Love/Closing Vamp
CD 5
Show 5 : August 12 1970 Midnite Show: 77.23
1. Opening Theme 2. That’s All Right 3. Mystery Train/Tiger Man 4. Monologue 5. Hound Dog 6. Monologue 7. Love Me Tender 8. Just Pretend 9. Walk A Mile In My Shoes 10. There Goes My Everything 11. Words 12. Sweet Caroline 13. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'14. Polk Salad Annie 15. Introductions 16. Heartbreak Hotel17. One Night 18. Blue Suede Shoes19. All Shook Up 20. Little Sister /Get Back 21. I Was The One 22. Love Me 23. Are You Lonesome Tonight ? 24. Bridge Over Troubled Water 25. Suspicious Minds 26. Can't Help Falling In Love/Closing Vamp
CD 6
Show 6 : August 13 1970 Dinner Show: 73.32
1. Opening Theme 2. That's All Right 3. I Got A Woman 4. Hound Dog 5. Monologue 16. Love Me Tender 7. Don't Cry Daddy 8. In The Ghetto 9. I Just Can't Help Believin'10. Stranger In The Crowd 11. Make The World Go Away 12. Sweet Caroline (with False Start) 13. You've Lost That Lovin Feelin' 14. Polk Salad Annie 15. Introductions I/Instrumental Break (Elvis Walks Through The Audience) 16. Introductions 2 (Introducing Art Carney) 17. The Wonder Of You 18. Heartbreak Hotel 19. Blue Suede Shoes 20. One Night 21. All Shook Up 22. Bridge Over Troubled Water 23. Suspicious Minds 24. Can't Help Falling In Love/Closing Vamp
The DVDs
DVD 1:
August 10th Opening
Elvis In Blue SuitReading TelegramsBackstage That's All RightMystery Train/Tiger ManI Can't Stop Loving YouLove Me TenderThe Next Step Is LoveWordsSomethingYou've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'You Don't Have To Say You Love MePolk Salad AnniePatch It UpCan't Help Falling In Love After Show Party
August 11th D/S
That's All RightI Got A WomanHound DogHeartbreak HotelElvis TalksLove Me TenderI've Lost YouI Just Can't Help Believin'SomethingI Can't Stop Loving YouSweet CarolineYou've Lost That Loving FeelingPolk Salad AnnieBridge Over Troubled WaterSuspicious MindsCan't Help Falling In Love
August 11th M/S
BackstageThat's All RightI Got A WomanElvis TalksHound DogElvis TalksLove Me TenderElvis and FanThere Goes My EverythingJust PretendI Just Can't Help Believin'Men With Broken Hearts Walk A Mile In My ShoesYou've Lost That Loving FeelingPolk Salad AnnieOne NightDon't Be CruelLove MeLooks Like I Started SomethingHeartbreak HotelBridge Over Troubled WaterSuspicious MindsCan't Help Falling In LoveLeaving Stage
Bonus Footage:
August 14th M/S
That's All RightLove Me TenderPolk Salad AnnieAll Shook UpBlue Suede ShoesOne NightSuspicious MindsCan't Help Falling In Love
August 15th M/S
That’s AlrightI Got A Woman
DVD 2:
August 12th D/S
Backstage Hound DogHeartbreak HotelLove Me Tender/InstrumentalI've Lost YouI Just Can’t Help BelievingPatch It UpTwenty Days And Twenty NightsYou've Lost That Loving FeelingPolk Salad AnnieBand IntroductionsBlue Suede ShoesYou Don't Have To Say You Love MeBridge Over Troubled WaterSuspicious MindsCan't Help Falling In Love
August 12th M/S
BackstageThat's All RightMystery Train/Tiger ManHound DogLove Me TenderJust PretendWalk A Mile In My ShoesThere Goes My EverythingWordsSweet CarolineYou've Lost That Loving FeelingYou've Lost That’s Loving Feeling (reprise)Polk Salad AnnieHeart Break HotelOne NightBlue Suede ShoesAll Shook UpLittle Sister/Get BackI Was The OneLove MeAre You Lonesome Tonight?Bridge Over Troubled WaterSuspicious MindsCan't Help Falling In Love.
August 13th D/S
Love Me TenderDon't Cry Daddy/In The GhettoStranger In The CrowdMake The World Go AwayEd Sullivan & Milton Berle Show DialogueThe Wonder Of YouAll Shook Up
DVD 3: Rehearsals
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is July 14th, 1970. M.G.M Stage 1, Culver City, California
Arriving and Greeting Crew Baby What You Want Me To Do The Next Step Is Love Polk Salad Annie WordsWords (Take 2)Elvis TalksWords Bridge Over Troubled Water I've Lost You (playback) You Don't Have To Say You Love MeYou Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Take 2)Bridge Over Troubled WatersElvis and Band TalkElvis and crew eating lunchPacking Up
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is July 15th, 1970. M.G.M Stage 1, Culver City, California
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Take 2)You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Take 3) Sweet Caroline (ending) Yesterday Hey Jude I Can't Stop Loving You Tomorrow Never Comes Love Me One Night That’s All RightElvis and Band Talking Twenty Days & Twenty NightsCrying Time How The Web Was Woven I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (piano)
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is July 29th, 1970. M.G.M, Culver City, California
Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home/SomethingWords I Just Can't Help Believing Little Sister/Get Back I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water I Was The One/Cattle Call Baby Lets Play House Don't Money Honey A Fool Such As ISuch A Night It’s Now Or Never What'd I Say My Baby Left MeYou Don't Have To Say You Love Me Stranger In The Crowd
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is August 4th, 1970. The International Hotel’s Convention Centre, Las Vegas, Nevada
ArrivingTalking To Sweet InspirationsWords Cattle CallYodel Twenty Days & Twenty Nights SomethingFather Along Something/Mother In-Law (one line) Santa Claus Is Back In Town Don't Cry Daddy In The GhettoYou Don't Have To Say You Love Me Bridge Over Troubled WaterBridge Over Troubled Water (Take 2)Bridge Over Troubled Water (Take 3)
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It IsAugust 7th, 1970. The International Hotel’s Showroom, Las Vegas, Nevada
You've Lost That Loving Feeling You Don't Have To Say you Love Me The Next Step Is LoveTwenty Days & Twenty NightsPolk Salad AnnieI'll Take You Home Kathleen Oh Happy Day I've Lost You Mary In The MorningWords Patch It UpGoodbyes
The hardback book will differ from all previous collections in featuring all the Elvis pictures that have ever been seen with regard to TTWII, including the making of the whole project, and will include a lot of memos etc plus a lot more details than previous books. We are intentionally not using movie 'screen grabs' that people have had before, instead a quality production of the complete collection of pictures that we have uncovered.
Although the 'International' label is new to Elvis fans, this project is such a large undertaking that we are an International group who have come together to create a package that only a core-team could design and produce. Unlike a lot of sub-standard fly-by-night home-produced Elvis releases, this is as high-quality as can be produced. We can assure the fans that previous individual releases from producers within International have always received nothing but rave reviews in the past. The set contains proper genuine CDs and DVDs.
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Elvis Presley : That's The Way It Is - The Complete Works Disk 1-3 DVD-Video
Genre: Rock&Roll 3 x DVD 9 2009
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR, English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
9'12'34 22,5 GB
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Tracklist:
DVD 1
August 10th Opening
1. Elvis In Blue Suit
2. Reading Telegrams
3. Backstage
4. That's All Right
5. Mystery Train/Tiger Man
6. I Can't Stop Loving You
7. Love Me Tender
8. The Next Step Is Love
9. Words
10. Something
11. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
12. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
13. Polk Salad Annie
14. Patch It Up
15. Can't Help Falling In Love.
16. After Show Party
August 11th D/S
1. That's All Right
2. I Got A Woman
3. Hound Dog
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Elvis Talks
6. Love Me Tender
7. I've Lost You
8. I Just Can't Help Believin
9. Something
10. I Can't Stop Loving You
11. Sweet Caroline
12. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
13. Polk Salad Annie
14. Bridge Over Troubled Water
15. Suspicious Minds
16. Can't Help Falling In Love
August 11th M/S
1. Backstage
2. That's All Right
3. I Got A Woman
4. Elvis Talks
5. Hound Dog
6. Elvis Talks
7. Love Me Tender
8. Elvis And Fan
9. There Goes My Everything
10. Just Pretend
11. I Just Can't Help Believin'
12. Men With Broken Hearts
13. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
14. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
15. Polk Salad Annie
16. One Night
17. Don't Be Cruel
18. Love Me
19. Looks Like I Started Something
20. Heartbreak Hotel
21. Bridge Over Troubled Water
22. Suspicious Minds
23. Can't Help Falling In Love
24. Leaving Stage
Bonus Footage:
August 14th M/S
1. That's All Right
2. Love Me Tender
3. Polk Salad Annie
4. All Shook Up
5. Blue Suede Shoes
6. One Night
7. Suspicious Minds
8. Can't Help Falling In Love
August 15th M/S
1. That’s Alright
2. I Got A Woman
DVD 2
August 12th D/S
1. Backstage
2. Hound Dog
3. Heartbreak Hotel
4. Love Me Tender/Instrumental
5. I’ve Lost You
6. I Just Can’t Help Believing
7. Patch It Up
8. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights
9. You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
10. Polk Salad Annie
11. Band Introductions
12. Blue Suede Shoes
13. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
14. Bridge Over Troubled Water
15. Suspicious Minds
16. Can’t Help Falling In Love
August 12th M/S
1. Backstage
2. That’s All Right
3. Mystery Train/Tiger Man
4. Hound Dog
5. Love Me Tender
6. Just Pretend
7. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
8. There Goes My Everything
9. Words
10. Sweet Caroline
11. You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
12. You’ve Lost That’s Loving Feeling (Reprise)
13. Polk Salad Annie
14. Heart Break Hotel
15. One Night
16. Blue Suede Shoes
17. All Shook Up
18. Little Sister/Get Back
19. I Was The One
20. Love Me
21. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
22. Bridge Over Troubled Water
23. Suspicious Minds
24. Can’t Help Falling In Love.
August 13th D/S
1. Love Me Tender
2. Don’t Cry Daddy/In The Ghetto
3. Stranger In The Crowd
4. Make The World Go Away
5. Ed Sullivan & Milton Berle Show Dialogue
6. The Wonder Of You
7. All Shook Up
DVD 3
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is
July 14th, 1970. M.G.M Stage 1, Culver City, California.
1. Arriving And Greeting Crew
2. Baby What You Want Me To Do
3. The Next Step Is Love
4. Polk Salad Annie
5. Words
6. Words (Take 2)
7. Elvis Talks
8. Words
9. Bridge Over Troubled Water
10. I’ve Lost You (Playback)
11. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
12. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (Take 2)
13. Bridge Over Troubled Waters
14. Elvis And Band Talk
15. Elvis And Crew Eating Lunch
16. Packing Up
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is
July 15th, 1970. M.G.M Stage 1, Culver City, California.
1. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
2. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (Take 2)
3. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (Take 3)
4. Sweet Caroline (Ending)
5. Yesterday
6. Hey Jude
7. I Can’t Stop Loving You
8. Tomorrow Never Comes
9. Love Me
10. One Night
11. That’s All Right
12. Elvis And Band Talking
13. Twenty Days & Twenty Nights
14. Crying Time
15. How The Web Was Woven
16. I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Piano)
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is
July 29th, 1970. M.G.M, Culver City, California.
1. Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home/Something
2. Words
3. I Just Can’t Help Believing
4. Little Sister/Get Back
5. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
6. I Was The One/Cattle Call
7. Baby Lets Play House
8. Don’t
9. Money Honey
10. A Fool Such As I
11. Such A Night
12. It’s Now Or Never
13. What’d I Say
14. My Baby Left Me
15. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
16. Stranger In The Crowd
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is
August 4th, 1970. The International Hotel’s Convention Centre, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1. Arriving
2. Talking To Sweet Inspirations
3. Words
4. Cattle Call
5. Yodel
6. Twenty Days & Twenty Nights
7. Something
8. Father Along
9. Something/Mother In-Law (One Line)
10. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
11. Don’t Cry Daddy
12. In The Ghetto
13. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
14. Bridge Over Troubled Water
15. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Take 2)
16. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Take 3)
Rehearsal Recording For M.G.M: That’s The Way It Is
August 7th, 1970. The International Hotel’s Showroom, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1. You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
2. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
3. The Next Step Is Love
4. Twenty Days & Twenty Nights
5. Polk Salad Annie
6. I’ll Take You Home Kathleen
7. Oh Happy Day
8. I’ve Lost You
9. Mary In The Morning
10. Words
11. Patch It Up
12. Goodbyes
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