Elvis On Tour (50th Anniversary Box Set + 6 CD) [Blu-ray]

Sony в лице RCA/Legacy Recordings готовит подарок для всех поклонников короля рок-н- рола Элвиса Пресли - коллекционный бокс Elvis On Tour, в комплекте 6CD + Blu-ray,  переработанный сборник, посвященный 50-летию грандиозного концертного тура Пресли 1972 года (с неизданным концертным и студийным материалом).

На первых трех компакт-дисках этого набора представлены выступления 9, 10 и 14 апреля 1972 года соответственно; это Хэмптон-Роудс Колизей, Вирджиния; Ричмонд Колизей, Вирджиния; Гринсборо Колизей, Северная Каролина. Все три ранее не издавались. Четвертый CD включает в себя концерт 18 апреля в Convention Center Arena, Сан-Антонио, штат Техас, и включает материал, который был частью бокс-сета Elvis: Close-Up 2003 года, однако для этого релиза был сделан новый ремикс. Репетиции тура составляют диски пять и шесть. На CD 5 есть аудиозапись, записанная вживую в студии звукозаписи RCA в Голливуде, Калифорния, 30 и 31 марта 1972 года. CD 6 полностью не издавался и предлагает больше репетиций 31 марта на RCA, а также включает неизданные дублеры песни Криса Кристофферсона ‘For The Good Times’. 

В общей сложности этот бокс-сет Elvis On Tour включает в себя 145 звуковых дорожек, 91 из которых ранее не издавались.

BLU-RAY вместил фильм MGM, который получил награду "Лучший документальный фильм" на 30-й церемонии вручения премии "Золотой глобус" в 1973 году и был выпущен Warner Home Video в 2010 году на DVD и Blu-ray. В коллекционный набор также входит поучительное эссе рок-историка / музыканта Уоррена Зейнса.

RCA/Legacy Recordings Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's monumental 1972 concert trek with Release of Comprehensive Elvis On Tour Box Set.

Elvis On Tour is a 6 CD + 1 Blu-ray box set comprised of the audio from four of the shows and two rehearsals that were part of Elvis’ 1972 North American tour. Originally recorded for the Elvis On Tour concert film that was released later that year, the set features a total of 145 tracks, including 91 tracks that have been previously unreleased, as well as the award-winning concert film on Blu-ray.

Elvis On Tour box set is produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and mixed by Grammy Award®-winning Memphis-based producer Matt Ross-Spang. The original recordings were made by Felton Jarvis and Al Pachucki.

Disc 1 was recorded live on April 9, 1972, at Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 2 was recorded live on April 10, 1972, at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia, and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 3 was recorded live on April 14, 1972, at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 4 was recorded live on April 18, 1972, at Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Texas, and includes previously released material (from 2003's Elvis: Close-Up box set), remixed for this release.

Disc 5 features the tour rehearsals, recorded live at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, on March 30 and 31, 1972. The disc is comprised primarily of previously unreleased tracks in addition to performances previously available on the official Elvis Presley collector's releases Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals (Follow That Dream CD 2004) and 6363 Sunset Boulevard (Follow That Dream CD 2001) as well as The Great Performances (RCA 1990).

Disc 6 completes Elvis' rehearsals with his band at RCA Recordings Studios with performances recorded March 31, 1972. The disc includes previously unreleased takes on Kris Kristofferson's 'For The Good Times' as well as performances previously available only on 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals and Amazing Grace (RCA 2CD 1994).

As Elvis Presley's national tour played to sold-out secondary markets across the country in 1972, Elvis was enjoying himself on-stage and finding electrifying new ways of connecting to audiences at every show. Working with a band and set lists of his choosing, Elvis was channeling the music he loved most–from pop and gospel and traditional country to blues and rock and contemporary hits–while transforming his own greatest hits with fresh arrangements, turning nostalgia into an unforgettable concert experience packed with immediacy.

Award-winning filmmakers Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel (Mad Dogs & Englishmen) went on the road with Elvis Presley and his band with all-access passes, cameras and crew to chronicle the King of Rock & Roll at his on-stage peak in MGM's Elvis On Tour documentary film. The film captures Elvis, the human being driving the myth, behind-the-scenes backstage with his eyes open and his defenses down. According to MGM's original press release, the Elvis On Tour film 'offers the first intimate look at the enigmatic country boy who became the world's most celebrated musician'. Both documentary and concert film, Elvis On Tourfeatures montage sequences supervised by Martin Scorsese. The film was released on November 1, 1972.

The Elvis On Tour box set includes fascinating behind-the-scenes liner notes by Jerry Schilling, a longtime personal friend and member of Elvis' inner circle.