Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10307 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-07-05
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Enhanced, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 440 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Elvis: '68 Comeback Special shows how, isolated from his original audience after a long sojourn on Hollywood soundstages, and threatened by the vibrancy and social gravity of rock, the King sought to reclaim his throne. This was filmed five years before he achieved broadcast history with his legendary 1973 global satellite telecast, Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii, but more than three decades later, it's Comeback Special that looms as the Memphis icon's most substantial achievement as a stage performer. If the candy-coloured sets and hyperactive choreography of its larger production numbers smack of its network packagers' desperation to be hip, Elvis himself rises to a riveting, assured performance at the peak of his powers.

Looking fit and relaxed, and sheathed in black leather, Elvis covers a shrewd song list encompassing early rockabilly hits, gospel (rendered unintentionally hilarious by its florid dance routines) and comparatively restrained ballads. Standout performances include two intimate stage sets that put him literally within his fans' reach, most strikingly in a brief reunion with four of his earliest bandmates (including guitarist Scotty Moore and drummer DJ Fontana). The latter segment is only a brief sample of a session posthumously released on video as One Night with You, which is, if anything, even better than this terrific portrait of a towering American artist. --Sam Sutherland

Special Features
. 3-DVD set, over 7 hours of material and 3½ hours of previously unseen footage and material . Original 1968 broadcast version of the special . Outtakes, false starts; alternate stagings of production numbers . If I Can Dream – Special music video combining white-suit finale w/ never-before-released black-leather . Huh-huh-huh promo recorded by NBC to promote the special . Deluxe booklet with extensive historical text and never-before-seen photos and memorabilia

Synopsis
Elvis Presley--the undisputed king of rock--performs in a concert recorded on December 3, 1968. Airing as a TV special, this spectacular performance--his first TV performance in eight years--has become legendary. Performing alone as well as in special jam sessions with Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana, his early backing musicians, Elvis puts on the kind of crackling, charismatic show which helped make him the most famous rock and roll star of all time. Includes renditions of his greatest hits and more including 'All Shook Up', 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Blue Suede Shoes' and 'Heartbreak Hotel'.