Elvis: The King's Realm Discussion Forum

Rockin_John wrote: August 29th, 2025, 2:54 am

John wrote: August 29th, 2025, 2:54 am

Rockin_John wrote: August 29th, 2025, 1:34 am the "Billy Swan my ass..." comment by Elvis.

What?

Said prior to take one.

wher can this be heard?

https://www.keithflynn.uk/recording-ses ... 10.html#03

Delano wrote: August 28th, 2025, 2:01 pm

ElvisAliSellers wrote: August 28th, 2025, 1:28 pm Dynamic and unblurred narrow stereo mix of the cookin' rehearsal take of "That's all Right" from the July 24, 1970 rehearsal:

https://www.filemail.com/d/ljmnqqmptwmgttu

Amazing sound!

Bilbobaggins wrote: August 28th, 2025, 2:12 pm

ElvisAliSellers wrote: August 28th, 2025, 1:28 pm Dynamic and unblurred narrow stereo mix of the cookin' rehearsal take of "That's all Right" from the July 24, 1970 rehearsal:

https://www.filemail.com/d/ljmnqqmptwmgttu

Thank you very much. Great sound!

I hope to "reinterpret" discs 3-5 of this set, eventually, using a similar audio template [at least for the 1970 material] to the above sample.

It's kind of sad that some of Spang's better work sits alongside unsatisfactory mixes of the rehearsal sessions [even allowing for the substandard source of the '74 rehearsal tape] AND even more so given the normally solid credentials of the engineer [Vic Anesini] who worked on them.

ElvisAliSellers wrote: August 29th, 2025, 6:53 am

Delano wrote: August 28th, 2025, 2:01 pm

ElvisAliSellers wrote: August 28th, 2025, 1:28 pm Dynamic and unblurred narrow stereo mix of the cookin' rehearsal take of "That's all Right" from the July 24, 1970 rehearsal:

https://www.filemail.com/d/ljmnqqmptwmgttu

Amazing sound!

Bilbobaggins wrote: August 28th, 2025, 2:12 pm

ElvisAliSellers wrote: August 28th, 2025, 1:28 pm Dynamic and unblurred narrow stereo mix of the cookin' rehearsal take of "That's all Right" from the July 24, 1970 rehearsal:

https://www.filemail.com/d/ljmnqqmptwmgttu

Thank you very much. Great sound!

I hope to "reinterpret" discs 3-5 of this set, eventually, using a similar audio template [at least for the 1970 material] to the above sample.

It's kind of sad that some of Spang's better work sits alongside unsatisfactory mixes of the rehearsal sessions [even allowing for the substandard source of the '74 rehearsal tape] AND even more so given the normally solid creditionals of the engineer [Vic Anesini] who worked on them.

I very much agree. I still think that, despite the very nice first two CD's, this set is way too unbalanced for a mainstream release. 3 CD's full of rehearsels, varying in quality, is too much. Even if the soundquality of these rehearsels was top notch... the nature of the recordings is collector's material. So for mainstream, one CD with the highlights of the rehearsels would have been fine imo. Having said that... As I said earlier, I do enjoy the Spang remixes very much.

Bilbobaggins wrote: August 29th, 2025, 7:20 am I very much agree. I still think that, despite the very nice first two CD's, this set is way too unbalanced for a mainstream release. 3 CD's full of rehearsels, varying in quality, is too much. Even if the soundquality of these rehearsels was top notch... the nature of the recordings is collector's material. So for mainstream, one CD with the highlights of the rehearsels would have been fine imo. Having said that... As I said earlier, I do enjoy the Spang remixes very much.

IMO they could have treated this set like they did the Elvis At Stax release... but remixed the finished masters and included alternate takes from both sessions on only 2CD's... would have made more sense to me.

elvis-fan wrote: August 29th, 2025, 8:37 pm

Bilbobaggins wrote: August 29th, 2025, 7:20 am I very much agree. I still think that, despite the very nice first two CD's, this set is way too unbalanced for a mainstream release. 3 CD's full of rehearsels, varying in quality, is too much. Even if the soundquality of these rehearsels was top notch... the nature of the recordings is collector's material. So for mainstream, one CD with the highlights of the rehearsels would have been fine imo. Having said that... As I said earlier, I do enjoy the Spang remixes very much.

IMO they could have treated this set like they did the Elvis At Stax release... but remixed the finished masters and included alternate takes from both sessions on only 2CD's... would have made more sense to me.

But that would not have met the remit of putting out another and final release in the series of ‘undubbed" masters.

FanFrom'61 wrote: August 30th, 2025, 4:06 am

elvis-fan wrote: August 29th, 2025, 8:37 pm

Bilbobaggins wrote: August 29th, 2025, 7:20 am I very much agree. I still think that, despite the very nice first two CD's, this set is way too unbalanced for a mainstream release. 3 CD's full of rehearsels, varying in quality, is too much. Even if the soundquality of these rehearsels was top notch... the nature of the recordings is collector's material. So for mainstream, one CD with the highlights of the rehearsels would have been fine imo. Having said that... As I said earlier, I do enjoy the Spang remixes very much.

IMO they could have treated this set like they did the Elvis At Stax release... but remixed the finished masters and included alternate takes from both sessions on only 2CD's... would have made more sense to me.

But that would not have met the remit of putting out another and final release in the series of ‘undubbed" masters.

Agreed... and yet something we could have done without...

As promised, a remodelled stereo mix of the July 24, 1970 rehearsal.

Disc 3 only for the time being [same configuration/track markers but not a 1:1 copy of the Sunset Boulevard/Anesini edit].

The remaining discs will follow eventually but unlikely to be in the immediate future.

The '74 tape in particular requires a substantial amount of restoration work to make it even half presentable.

Link lasts for one week only.

https://www.filemail.com/d/jzbipnvshznbtgr

Excellent work as usual.

ElvisAliSellers wrote: September 2nd, 2025, 7:34 pm As promised, a remodelled stereo mix of the July 24, 1970 rehearsal.

Disc 3 only for the time being [same configuration/track markers but not a 1:1 copy of the Sunset Boulevard/Anesini edit].

The remaining discs will follow eventually but unlikely to be in the immediate future.

The '74 tape in particular requires a substantial amount of restoration work to make it even half presentable.

Link lasts for one week only.

https://www.filemail.com/d/jzbipnvshznbtgr

I enjoyed this very much! Thanks a lot!

Terrific!

Some good tracks/mixes on disc 1 and 2, but I haven’t bothered with the rest of the set.
I have played the 1970 rehearsal so much over the years, and after hearing that, it sounds worse
than the FTD recordings—so why bother, right?
The 1974 material sounds too rough for my taste, always has. The distortion being the main problem.

ElvisAliSellers wrote: September 2nd, 2025, 7:34 pm As promised, a remodelled stereo mix of the July 24, 1970 rehearsal.

Disc 3 only for the time being [same configuration/track markers but not a 1:1 copy of the Sunset Boulevard/Anesini edit].
The remaining discs will follow eventually but unlikely to be in the immediate future.
The '74 tape in particular requires a substantial amount of restoration work to make it even half presentable.
Link lasts for one week only.
https://www.filemail.com/d/jzbipnvshznbtgr

Thanks for sharing
My favorite part of this rehearsal is the tracks on disc 4 so I really hope you will share that one as well soon.

Is there any chance of a re-upload? I missed it the first time around.

Disc 3 again:
https://www.filemail.com/d/pvfvpvvawmsidos

ElvisAliSellers wrote: September 12th, 2025, 1:09 pm Disc 3 again:
https://www.filemail.com/d/pvfvpvvawmsidos

Thanks a lot.

ElvisAliSellers wrote: September 12th, 2025, 1:09 pm Disc 3 again:
https://www.filemail.com/d/pvfvpvvawmsidos

Thank you very much! Can't wait to listen to this. I'm always very impressed with your work!

Burton71 wrote: September 13th, 2025, 7:08 am

ElvisAliSellers wrote: September 12th, 2025, 1:09 pm Disc 3 again:
https://www.filemail.com/d/pvfvpvvawmsidos

Thank you very much! Can't wait to listen to this. I'm always very impressed with your work!

I just listened to a couple of tracks, that too on my phone. But they sound marvelous.

ElvisAliSellers wrote: September 2nd, 2025, 7:34 pm As promised, a remodelled stereo mix of the July 24, 1970 rehearsal.
Disc 3 only for the time being [same configuration/track markers but not a 1:1 copy of the Sunset Boulevard/Anesini edit].
The remaining discs will follow eventually but unlikely to be in the immediate future.
The '74 tape in particular requires a substantial amount of restoration work to make it even half presentable.
Link lasts for one week only.

https://www.filemail.com/d/jzbipnvshznbtgr

Great work! Hopefully, you will share the rest of the July 24 rehearsal as well.
I feel that the ’74 rehearsal is a lost cause (i.e., not possible to make good)
due to microphone distortion.