With the release of Elvis On Tour the rehearsals...i have to say that this question became more difficult....
Here are the front-runners IMO....
The Jungle Room Sessions
Elvis Live On Stage In Memphis
Elvis - On Tour Rehearsals
Clean Up Your Own Backyard
Thats the way it was ( + book)
The Jungle Room Session still pips the rest for me. This cd re-vamped my love for late 70's Elvis. In fact opened my eyes to a certain degree....some of the alternate versions on this cd blow away the original release.
Listen to Elvis' vocals on 'Its Easy For You' and compare it to the original version. Man...you can hardly hear him on that :roll:
The On Tour does come very close. Its never been off my player since it arrived....but there will always be a very special place in my collection for The Jungle Room Sessions. This above all FTD's deserves a standard worldwide release....
Will it ever be bettered IMO ? I hope so....thats gonna be a hell of a release though
My 5 favorites studio FTD albums are:
On tour 72 - The rehearsals
The jungle room sessions
Memphis sessions
Spring tours 77 (with the bad cuts sometimes)!!!
The Nashville marathon
It's shame the Spring tour cd have bad cuts, and the mix sound isn't good. But I like '77, and I hope to have one day a 2 cds-set from FTD, but without the mix by Tocano.
my 5 are:
The Nashville Marathon
The Jungel Room Sessions
On Tour Rehearsels
Spring Tours 1977
That's the Way It was........
So High is my favorite
Jungleroom Sessions for me too...but i don't have The On Tour Rehersals yet!
Its up there with The Jungle Room Sessions for me Gordon..Fantastic CD
... and hear my 5 favorites:
THE JUNGLE ROOM SESSION
MEMPHIS SESSIONS
ELVIS IS BACK
VIVA LAS VEGAS
ELVIS TODAY
...i Love all of this beautiful FTD cd's !!
Hard question Chris. But these would be on top:
01 Jungle room sessions (This is me having 76, on top.)
02 One night in vegas
03 At the international
04 Polk salad annie
05 All Shook up
This is my top 5:
1- MEMPHIS SESSIONS
2- RECORDED LIVE ON STAGE
3- ONE NIGHT IN VEGAS
4- NASHVILLE MARATHON
5- AT THE INTERNATIONAL
Changes all the time, but these are hot on my list right now:
1. Elvis Is Back!
2. Today
3. Elvis On Tour - The Rehearsals
4. 6363 Sunset
5. Elvis At The International
1.) Elvis is Back
2.) Viva Las Vegas
3.) Fun In Acapulco
4.) TODAY
5.) Memphis Sessions
6.) Burbank 68
How couldi forget Elvis is back!!!!
It would certainly get spot number two on my FTD alltime list.
Will give you my answer after the January 2006 FTD is released
the onesI like are
1 That's The Way It Was
2 One Night In Las Vegas
3 Today
4 On Tour- The Rehearsal
5 Memphis Sessions and Jungle Room Sessions are tie for 5th
Still my top two..
"Nashville Marathon
"Jungle room sessions"
The rest is different from time to time,but these two are stayers!!
1 on tour sessions
2 jungle room sessions
3 live on stage in memphis
4 dragonheart
5 polk salad annie
this list would change for me every other day but so far none have been as good as the jungle room sessions and the on tour sessions , these will be my favourites for a long time yet.
Elvis at The International
Memphis Sessions
Closing Night Sep 73
Studio B Nashville
All Shok Up
1-On Tour-The Rehearsals
2-Jungle Room Sessions
3-Studio B Nashville
4-Big Boss Man
I can't choose just one! In no particular order
Jungleroom sessions
on tour-rehearsals
at the international
6363 sunset
tickle me-believe it or not!!!
My top-5 FTD's at the moment (in no particular order);
-Flashback (book + cd)
-Elvis Is Back!
-Elvis At The International
-Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis
-The Jungle Room Sessions
I don't have all of the FTD releases, so will base this post on only those I own.....But if I had to give up all others and keep only one, at this point, I'd go with "Tickle Me".
These songs all come from Elvis' early 60's Nashville sessions and contain some of my all-time favorite tracks. I don't think I've heard a better sounding Elvis release.....A job well done by the FTD Team.
To me it will always be "Elvis Live On Stage In Memphis"
I think all is perfect on that cd, and i never get tired of it
I remember way back in the 80`s, i got this show on casset tape, and played it over and over again.
I can do the same today with the cd, I`ll get in good mood when i play it
But the "Elvis is Back" cd is right under the Memphis show
Elvis is Back and Elvis Today are imo the best till date !
For me
JUNGLE ROOM SESSIONS
TODAY
HIS HAND IN MINE...
Here him singing his 1st love in music = Gospel.
Here is my top 5 at the moment..
Jungle Room Sessions
On Tour Rehearsals
Elvis Is Back
Today
6363 sunset
For the moment mine are:
Harum Scarum
Paradise Hawaiian Style
I don't have a lot of FTD's but my favorites are
Thats the way it is,
On tour the rehearsals
So high
My all time favorite # 1 is...Jungle Room Sessions...a few other favs...
Nashville Marathon
Memphis Sessions
Elvis Live On Stage In Memphis...just to name a few...
When you look back at what they have released.....we have been spoilt. I think that The Jungle Room Sessions just about remains as my favourite...but there are so many contenders now. The 7" releases are all good. But some of the 2cd versions have been OUTSTANDING.
I agree that with some recent releases the choosing a "favorite" is pleasantly more challenging.
Anyway, I'll offer my "Top 5" for today, anyway.... in no particular order
1) Tuscon 76 (probably because it was the first FTD I purchased)
2) Elvis is Back
3) Jungle Room Sessions
4) His Hand in Mine
5) Love Letters
M-M
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