Skipping thru the whole release now but I have no idea how this is different to the ElvisAliSellers version that
he kindly shared here a few months ago
My version of the August 16, 1974 rehearsal tape is unrelated to the above release.
The audio restoration and mixing aesthetics are totally ...

The infamous alternate take 6 of "Only the Strong Survive" in digitally extracted stereo and minus the expletives.

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

Extracted musical performance snippets originally heard faintly in the background of the interview Colonel Parker [and country music promoter, Oscar Davis] gave to Paul Wilder on Monday, August 6, 1956 during the second of 3 shows Elvis gave at the Polk Theatre in Lakeland, Florida [the same day ...

Alternate stripped down mix of Briggs' overdubbed arrangement of "The Twelfth of Never".
Arguably, in this incarnation, it sounds a bit more in harmony with Elvis' vocal track in comparison to the somewhat dated and overblown, synth-heavy finished version.

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

Disc 3:
https://www.filemail.com/d/cstpinzmbqhiedg

Disc 4:
https://www.filemail.com/d/advhtazibyfkelc

Final disc restoration.
Also includes an "easter egg" bonus of a newly restored mix of the overdubbed David Briggs-produced version of "The Twelfth of Never" that was prepared in 1994 and originally offered to RCA/BMG.

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


Elvis' handwritten setlist for RCA ...

Restored Disc 4:
Tracks 1-12 - July 24, 1970
Tracks 13-18 - August 16, 1974

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

Fully restored mix of "Down in the Alley" [first version].

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

After an inordinate amount of experimentations, the below sample ['before and after'] of "I'm Leavin'" will likely be used as a final template for a complete restoration of Ed Bonja's August 16, 1974 rehearsal cassette tape.

As the band was evidently only captured via vocal mic leakage ...

After an inordinate amount of experimentations, the below sample ['before and after'] of "I'm Leavin'" will likely be used as a final template for a complete restoration of Ed Bonja's August 16, 1974 rehearsal cassette tape.

As the band was evidently only captured via vocal mic leakage [recorded to ...

A repaired version of "Burning Love" [take 2 - listed as takes 3 & 4 on Sunset Boulevard ] that reinstates a previously missing 21 second section of Emory Gordy's bass line during the tail end of the track. The EQ/FX are unaltered.

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


Thanks….but im ...

I feel that the ’74 rehearsal is a lost cause (i.e., not possible to make good)
due to microphone distortion.
Certainly, even with the most advanced software and restroration skills, there will always be limitations when working with a substandard source.
Hopefully, you will hear a modicum ...

I feel that the ’74 rehearsal is a lost cause (i.e., not possible to make good)
due to microphone distortion.
Certainly, even with the most advanced software and restroration skills, there will always be limitations when working with a substandard source.
Hopefully, you will hear a modicum of ...

A repaired version of "Burning Love" [take 2 - listed as takes 3 & 4 on Sunset Boulevard] that reinstates a previously missing 21 second section of Emory Gordy's bass line during the tail end of the track. The EQ/FX are unaltered.

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

Whilst obviously not featured in EPiC, I heard from a very reliable source that some footage from the '61 Hawaii show absolutely exists.

The previously unseen "Never Been to Spain" from Hampton Roads.

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

59 hours seems too short if you are counting footage shot from EVERY camera angle from BOTH documentaries.

It's also somewhat of a coincidence that the editor of EPiC [Jonathan Redmond] mentioned the 59 hours, as this figure closely matches the account of the original production team of Elvis on ...

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 ...

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!



Dynamic and unblurred narrow stereo mix of the cookin' rehearsal take of "That's all Right" from the ...