Elvis Presley’s ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Box to Include Many Rarities

A
new

Elvis
Presley
box
set,
celebrating
his
90th
birthday
this
year,
is
scheduled
to
arrive
this
summer.
The
collection
will
feature
89
tracks,
just
one
shy
of
that
birthday
milestone,
recorded
during
his
final
decade.

Sunset
Boulevard will
comb
through
Presley’s
vault
of
recordings
from
the
first
half
of
the ’70s,
when
he
and the
TCB
Band
rehearsed
for
live
performances
in
Los
Angeles
and laid
down
songs
at the
city’s RCA
Studio
C.

Of
the
89
tracks
found
on
the
upcoming
set,
more
than
half
have
never
been
released
in
the
U.S.
The
five-CD Sunset
Boulevard is
out
on
Aug.
1.
You
can
hear
an
alternate
version
of
1972’s “Burning
Love,”
Presley’s
last
Top
10
hit now.

Following
his
1968
comeback television
special
and
the
release
of
recordings
made
in
Memphis
in
1969,
including
his
final
No.
1, “Suspicious
Minds,”
Presley
began
performing
regularly
in
Las
Vegas,
sparking
a
new
wave
of
popularity
before
his
1977
death.

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MORE:

25
Elvis
Presley
Songs
From
the ’70s
That
Don’t
Suck

In
March
1972
and
March
1975,
Presley
spent
seven
days
recording
material
that became
singles
and
appeared
on
albums
such
as
1973’s

Separate
Ways
and
1975’s

Today.

Among
the
songs
recorded
during
the
sessions
are
late-period
classics “Burning
Love”
and “Always
on
My
Mind,”
both featured
on Sunset
Boulevard in master
and
alternate
takes.
Between
the
two
Los
Angeles
sessions,
Presley
recorded
at
Memphis’
Stax
Studios.

What’s
on
Elvis
Presley’s ‘Sunset
Boulevard’
Box
Set?

The
upcoming
box
set
includes
a
disc
of
the
newly
mixed
master
versions
of
all
17
songs
from
the
two
Los
Angeles
sessions
from
the ’70s;
a
second
CD
features
17
outtakes
and
alternate
recordings
from
the
1972
and
1975
sessions.

Like
last
year’s

Memphis
box,
a
collection
of
1969
recordings,
overdubs
have
been
removed
from
the
tracks,
so
only
Presley’s
vocals
and
the
live
band
recordings
are
present.

The
last
three
discs
of Sunset
Boulevard are
filled
with
rehearsals
Presley
and
the
band
performed
in Los
Angeles
before
concerts
in
1970
and
1974.

The
July
24,
1970,
rehearsal spans one
and
a
half CDs
and
includes
songs
that run
through
Presley’s
career,
from “That’s
All
Right”
to “Love
Me
Tender”
to “Don’t
Cry
Daddy.”

The
final
part
of
the
set
is taken
from
the
rehearsal
on
Aug.16,
1974.
It
features
newer
songs
from
Presley’s
repertoire,
including “Promised
Land,” “If
You
Talk
in
Your
Sleep”
and
a
cover
of

Creedence
Clearwater
Revival‘s “Proud
Mary.”

You
can
see
the
track
listing
for

Sunset
Boulevard
below.

Elvis
Presley, ‘Sunset
Boulevard’
Track
Listing

Disc
1
–
The
Masters
1.
Burning
Love
2.
Always
On
My
Mind
3.
Where
Do
I
Go
From
Here
4.
Separate
Ways
5.
For
The
Good
Times
6.
It’s
A
Matter
Of
Time
7.
Fool
8.
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
9.
And
I
Love
You
So
10.
Susan
When
She
Tried
11.
Woman
Without
Love
12.
Shake
A
Hand
13.
Pieces
Of
My
Life
14.
Fairytale
15.
I
Can
Help
16.
Bringin’
It
Back
17.
Green,
Green
Grass
Of
Home

Disc
2
–
Outtakes
Highlights
1.
Separate
Ways
–
Take
25
2.
For
The
Good
Times
–
Take
3
3.
Where
Do
I
Go
From
Here
–
Take
2
4.
Burning
Love
–
Take
2
5.
Fool
–
Take
1
6.
Always
On
My
Mind
–
Take
2
7.
It’s
A
Matter
Of
Time
–
Takes
1–3
8.
It’s
A
Matter
Of
Time
–
Take
4
9.
Fairytale
–
Take
2
10.
Green,
Green
Grass
Of
Home
–
Takes
2
and
3
11.
And
I
Love
You
So
–
Take
2
12.
Susan
When
She
Tried
–
Takes
1
and
2
13.
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
–
Take
1
14.
Tiger
Man
15.
Shake
A
Hand
–
Take
2
16.
Bringin’
It
Back
–
Takes
2
and
3
17.
Pieces
Of
My
Life
–
Takes
2
and
3

Disc
3
–
July
24,
1970
rehearsal
1.
That’s
All
Right
2.
I
Got
A
Woman
3.
I
Got
A
Woman
4.
The
Wonder
Of
You
5.
I’ve
Lost
You
6.
The
Next
Step
Is
Love
7.
Stranger
In
The
Crowd
8.
You’ve
Lost
That
Lovin’
Feelin’
9.
Something
10.
Don’t
Cry
Daddy
11.
Don’t
Cry
Daddy
12.
You
Don’t
Have
To
Say
You
Love
Me
13.
Polk
Salad
Annie
14.
Bridge
Over
Troubled
Water
15.
I
Can’t
Stop
Loving
You
16.
Just
Pretend
17.
Sweet
Caroline
18.
Love
Me
Tender
19.
Words
20.
Suspicious
Minds
21.
I
Just
Can’t
Help
Believin’
22.
I
Just
Can’t
Help
Believin’

Disc
4
–
July
24,
1970
rehearsal
(continued)
1.
Tomorrow
Never
Comes
2.
Mary
In
The
Morning
3.
Twenty
Days
And
Twenty
Nights
4.
You’ve
Lost
That
Lovin’
Feelin’
5.
Just
Can’t
Help
Believin’
6.
Heart
Of
Rome
7.
Heart
Of
Rome
8.
Memories
9.
Johnny
B.
Goode
10.
Make
The
World
Go
Away
11.
Stranger
In
My
Own
Home
Town
12.
I
Washed
My
Hands
in
Muddy
Water
August
16,
1974
rehearsal
13.
If
You
Love
Me
(Let
Me
Know)
14.
If
You
Love
Me
(Let
Me
Know)
15.
Promised
Land
16.
Promised
Land
17.
Down
In
The
Alley
18.
Down
In
The
Alley

Disc
5
–
August
16,
1974
rehearsal
(continued)
1.
It’s
Midnight
2.
It’s
Midnight
3.
Your
Love’s
Been
A
Long
Time
Coming
4.
Good
Time
Charlie’s
Got
The
Blues
5.
Softly
As
I
Leave
You
6.
Softly
As
I
Leave
You
7.
I’m
Leavin’
8.
The
First
Time
Ever
I
Saw
Your
Face
9.
Proud
Mary
10.
If
You
Talk
In
Your
Sleep
11.
If
You
Love
Me
(Let
Me
Know)
12.
If
You
Love
Me
(Let
Me
Know)
13.
The
Twelfth
Of
Never
14.
Faded
Love
15.
Just
Pretend