RELEASE : Elvis.Presley.68.Comeback.Special.NBC.TV.Special.1968.2018.1080p.MBluRay.x264-TREBLE
SOURCE : Music Bluray
DATE : 2019/02/04
GENRE : Rock
RUNTIME : 57min
AUDIO : [FLAC 2.0] ~ [1145kbps]
VIDEO : [x264] ~ [9790Kbps]
RESOLUTION : [1440x1080]
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IMDB : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285063
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The Æ68 Comeback Special (at the time titled ôSinger Presentsà ELVISö) aired on
December 3, 1968 and was a pivotal broadcast event that upped-the-ante on ElvisÆ
career, the evolution of pop culture and the history of television.
By 1968, prior to the broadcast, Elvis was no longer seen by the mainstream as the
atomic-powered rock and roll pioneer. Since his discharge from the United States
Army in 1960, ElvisÆ career path careened through a string of low-budget (though often
successful) formulaic films while the rock music scene was exploding with innovation,
experimentation, and an urgency to complement the turbulent era. Elvis hadnÆt performed
in public since 1961 and hadnÆt appeared on television since 1960.
The special, recorded over several sessions in June 1968, presented Elvis in a variety
of settings, from spectacular production numbers (ôNothingville,ö ôSaved,ö ôGuitar Man,ö
ôLittle Egypt,ö ôBig Boss Man,ö ôLet Yourself Goö) to the intimate ôsit-downö performances
of classic Elvis hits, reuniting the artist with Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana, the guitarist
and drummer whoÆd played alongside Elvis on his earliest records and shows. The black leather
ôsit-downö and ôstand-upö sequences provided a retrospective of ElvisÆ career to that point,
highlighted with the new song ôMemories,ö written by Mac Davis specifically for the show.
The specialÆs transcendent closing number was PresleyÆs now-classic, emotionally fueled
performance of ôIf I Can Dream,ö an anthemic new song penned especially for Elvis and the
special by W. Earl Brown.
The special was the most-viewed television program in America the week it aired and firmly
reestablished Elvis as a major musical and cultural force. ôI think the Æ68 Special gave
him the confidence to get on the road again, knowing that people accepted him,ö said Priscilla
Presley. ôThat show was so successful that he just knew this is what he wanted to do, go back
and be with an audience.ö