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Post by Wright Blan on Jul 6, 2005 3:12:06 GMT
Messing with my memory banks today, I remembered that a few years ago, VH-1 (back when it was bearable to watch) did a Top 100 Greatest Rock TV moments countdown. Among the entries was the special celebrating Elvis getting out of the Army. It was hosted (or at least featured Frank Sinatra). However, VH-1 never showed any footage from it. Does this still exist?
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Post by Kev on Jul 6, 2005 5:48:36 GMT
I think it does.
There is certainly footage of Sinatra and Elvis in top and tails.
Not a huge Elvis fan, but Elvis in a suit!!! No thanks!
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Post by Laurence Piper on Jul 6, 2005 7:38:11 GMT
I think that the footage of Elvis and Sinatra suited up is from Ed Sullivan Show or similar. They appeared together on there, if memory serves me right.
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Post by William Martin on Jul 6, 2005 12:45:52 GMT
It sounds like the Frank Sinatra Timex Special (Welcome Home, Elvis) 3/26/60
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Post by Wright Blan on Jul 6, 2005 14:03:14 GMT
It sounds like the Frank Sinatra Timex Special (Welcome Home, Elvis) 3/26/60 Does it still exist? I'm curious why it wasn't shown on the broadcast. There were at least two other moments that were on the list sans footage, btw. One was a Buddy Holly appearance on American Bandstand that they said did not exist on the broadcast. The other was the infamous Rolling Stones "Let's Spend Some Time Together" performance on the Ed Sullivan show (their last app., needless to say). |
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Post by William Martin on Jul 6, 2005 14:16:07 GMT
It sounds like the Frank Sinatra Timex Special (Welcome Home, Elvis) 3/26/60 Does it still exist? I'm curious why it wasn't shown on the broadcast. There were at least two other moments that were on the list sans footage, btw. One was a Buddy Holly appearance on American Bandstand that they said did not exist on the broadcast. The other was the infamous Rolling Stones "Let's Spend Some Time Together" performance on the Ed Sullivan show (their last app., needless to say). perhaps the Sinatra estate is hanging on to it, and as for the stones, wasn't "satisfaction" also edited, the line "And I'm tryin' to make some girl " was bleeped or something into "And I'm tryin' to **** some girl" which makes it sound filthy |
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Post by Wright Blan on Jul 6, 2005 14:21:54 GMT
Does it still exist? I'm curious why it wasn't shown on the broadcast. There were at least two other moments that were on the list sans footage, btw. One was a Buddy Holly appearance on American Bandstand that they said did not exist on the broadcast. The other was the infamous Rolling Stones "Let's Spend Some Time Together" performance on the Ed Sullivan show (their last app., needless to say). perhaps the Sinatra estate is hanging on to it, and as for the stones, wasn't "satisfaction" also edited, the line "And I'm tryin' to make some girl " was bleeped or something into "And I'm tryin' to **** some girl" which makes it sound filthy I can't recall ever hearing about "Satisfaction" being bleeped out. It may have been bleeped for the West Coast, but I'm sure it wasn't on the East coast, being live. |
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Post by Laurence Piper on Jul 6, 2005 15:26:17 GMT
There was mention of the Satisfaction in (I think) the Arena doc on the Stones. Let's Spend Some Time Together does exist from the Sullivan Show (a clip was used in the same doc).
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Post by Kevin Segura on Jul 7, 2005 6:50:54 GMT
With regard to the Sinatra/Presley duet, it is indeed from the Sinatra "Timex" show of 1960. The Sinatra or Presley estates probably wanted too much money for the clip, if I had to guess as to the reason for its absence.
The entire show does exist (and is out on an unauthorized DVD, currently)... though the Sinatra family apparently has only a ropey, off-kilter kinescope transfer as their master. The "Love Me Tender/Witchcraft" medley was released by them as part of a Sinatra Classic Duets DVD, and was not particularly impressive, quality-wise.
Which is a pity, because if they ever get a decent transfer, I'll be happy to re-video it for them with LUSTRE.
-Kevin
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Post by Wright Blan on Jul 7, 2005 13:56:03 GMT
With regard to the Sinatra/Presley duet, it is indeed from the Sinatra "Timex" show of 1960. The Sinatra or Presley estates probably wanted too much money for the clip, if I had to guess as to the reason for its absence. The entire show does exist (and is out on an unauthorized DVD, currently)... though the Sinatra family apparently has only a ropey, off-kilter kinescope transfer as their master. The "Love Me Tender/Witchcraft" medley was released by them as part of a Sinatra Classic Duets DVD, and was not particularly impressive, quality-wise. Which is a pity, because if they ever get a decent transfer, I'll be happy to re-video it for them with LUSTRE. -Kevin I'd probably place this on the Sinatra side, since there were at least two Elvis entries that I remember footage being shown of. One was the first Ed Sullivan show appearance, and the 1968 Comback Special. |
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Post by Mike M on Jul 7, 2005 23:23:35 GMT
The Elvis/Sinatra performance has been shown on VH1 a few times (years ago now). It's a well ropey copy obviously filmed off a television screen as the bottom of the screen is visible throughout the entire performance. I've always wondered if the (un)official DVD release of this is like this too. Anyone got a copy?
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