Elvis-Elvis Presley-Elvis 68 Comeback-Special Deluxe Edition for $36.99 + $2.90 shipping
When in June 1968 Elvis Presley made a television special to be aired in December of the same year,he accomplished two things. He saved his career, and he made the best music of his life.Wearing a black leather suit as if he were born in it—Elvis sang his old songs, but they did not soundold. He invested them with so much emotion—emotions his original recordings of, say, "Blue SuedeShoes," "Tryin’ to Get to You," "One Night," "Blue Christmas," or "Can’t Help Falling in Love" did notcontain—that each became a thing in itself. Suddenly these were less songs than events—whereanything could happen, where everything did.The 3 discs that make up this Deluxe Edition are a treasure chest of that moment: the special itself, asit aired on December 3, 1968; the two complete "Sit Down" shows, the rough, improvised, altogetherexplosive attacks on the likes of "One Night," "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," and "Blue Christmas," with theaudience so close Elvis could touch the people in it, and did; the two…

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