Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD (Elvis Presley)

The Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD contains recently discovered Unreleased Film of Elvis performing 6 songs, including Heartbreak Hotel and Don't Be Cruel, live in Tupelo Mississippi 1956. Included we see a live performance of the elusive Long Tall Sally seen here for the first time ever. This is an excellent release no fan should be without it. The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. The interviews of Elvis' Parents are well worth hearing too. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying: Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people.

Never before have we seen an Elvis concert from the 50's with sound. Until Now!

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Features DVD Video plus separate DVD Audio Program

• The DVD Audio section gives you sound quality superior to CD
• The DVD Video Section Contains both Video Film and synchronized Sound

The Memphis Recording Service (MRS), the producers of this DVD, boldly state on the front cover that never before have we ever had live film footage (i.e., with synchronized sound) of an Elvis concert from the 50's ... until this time. Well, we certainly do now with Elvis performing 6 songs, including Heartbreak Hotel and Don't Be Cruel, live in Tupelo Mississippi 1956.

Included we see a live performance of the elusive Long Tall Sally seen here for the first time ever. (Previously there have basically been only a relatively small handful of live audio-only recordings, the 1956 (and early '57) TV guest appearances, the four pre-Army movies, and some unaccompanied short fifties concert film clips).

You will hardly believe your eyes and ears!

MRS has ingeniously coordinated licensed, professionally shot black and white newsreel footage (taken at the afternoon September 1956 Tupelo homecoming concert) with the amateur recording made of the concert (which has previously appeared on the Elvis Presley Golden Celebration LP/CD box sets) and it blows you away! Not because of the quality of the footage and audio, but because of the combination! You will hardly believe your eyes and ears!

There's screaming, there's the band and there's, above all, Elvis Presley moving around and working the crowd. Seeing and hearing Elvis perform such classics as Heartbreak Hotel, Long Tall Sally and Don't Be Cruel in this way is highly enjoyable. Unfortunately, there are only parts of I Got A Woman and Hound Dog, but what there is shows Elvis really going wild in front of the screaming fans.

One thing that I find interesting is that Elvis has his guitar strapped on for the whole show, except on the last song which is Hound Dog. On the footage from his show in Tupelo a year later, also included on the DVD, Elvis is without his guitar the whole time. This clearly gives him more freedom as he moves and gyrates even more on that show.

Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley is without a doubt one of the most interesting releases in quite some time, and its importance as a historical document is priceless. After watching it, I'm sure you'll agree!

There is also the audio of both afternoon and evening Tupelo concerts, accompanied nicely on the disc by a different photo of Elvis for each of the songs performed. The audio interview with Vernon and Gladys Presley also appears here. A previously unreleased Elvis audio interview and relatively short film footage (only) from the 1957 Tupelo concert the following year, round out the DVD, for under an hour and a half total running time. Despite the comparative brevity, I would consider this item to be essential for the avid Elvis fan, and a terrific pairing with the Elvis: Return to Tupelo DVD, which does contain fascinating and different material and interviews related to the '56 Tupelo homecoming concerts as well as going into Elvis' and the Presleys' lives before the family's 1948 move to Memphis. Please note that the DVD contains specially licensed footage by Fox.

... this is the hottest Presley material I've ever seen ...

Further unseen footage contains backstage, the evening show, parade, Tupelo '57 and much more. The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. The interviews of Elvis' Parents are well worth hearing too. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying: Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. Sincerely, this is the hottest Presley material I've ever seen. There are several complete songs (Heartbreak Hotel, Long Tall Sally, I Was The One, Don't Be Cruel ... ) but even the snippets, bits, and pieces of I Got A Woman or Hound Dog are fun.

Rating 9.5/10: Tupelo's Own--now the worlds! This is an excellent release no fan should be without it.

Full DVD Content Part 1:

DVD: Video

1. Tupelo Welcomes Home Elvis Presley:

Unreleased footage of the Parade in Tupelo on 26th September 1956 as well as some backstage footage with Elvis. The audio accompanying the clip are the interviews with Elvis, Vernon and Gladys Presley, Nick Adams and Judy Hopper. 7 min 41 sec

2. Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley:

UNRELEASED film from the afternoon performance ‘The Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show'' at the Fairgrounds in Tupelo Mississippi on 26th September 1956.

13 min 09 sec

Never before have we seen an Elvis concert from the 50's with sound. Until Now!

Song Performances:

1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Long Tall Sally
3. Presentation to the City
4. I Was The One *
5. I Want Need Love You & I Got a Woman
6. Don't Be Cruel *
7. 7. Hound Dog *

* Songs available in parts as no footage exist

3. Tupelo Evening Show Clip: Unreleased footage from the evening performance. 0.46 sec

4. Original Fox Movie-tone News Reel 1956 -1min 24 sec

5. Elvis in Tupelo 1957

Includes an UNRELEASED AUDIO interview with Elvis Presley and Anita Wood. The footage contains performance clips from the 27th September 1957 show as well as backstage and more. 10 mins 12 sec

Total Running Time: 33 minutes 12 seconds

Part 2: DVD: Audio

21 tracks of the Afternoon and Evening performance from the 26th September 1956 shows.

All tracks accompanied with photographs

Audio Tracklisting: Total running time 51.13

Afternoon Show:

1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Long Tall Sally
3. Presentation Key To The City
4. I Was The One
5. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
6. Announcement
7. I Got a Woman
8. Don't Be Cruel
9. Ready Teddy
10. Love Me Tender
11. Hound Dog
    
    Evening Show:
    
    
12. Love Me Tender
13. I Was The One
14. I Got a Woman
15. Dialogue
16. Don't Be Cruel
17. Blue Suede Shoes
18. Dialogue
19. Baby, Let's Play House
20. Hound Dog
21. Dialogue

Please note that the DVD contains specially licensed footage by Fox.

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Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD

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