Quello che, però, fa un po' storcere il naso è che i 5 CD in questione comprendono i 4 CD già pubblicati nel 2008 per il 40° anniversario e la release pubblicata dall'etichetta FTD.
BOX 4 CD - "THE COMPLETE '68 COMEBACK SPECIAL - THE 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION"
La domanda, quindi, è: c'è bisogno di acquistare anche questa release, solamente perchè commemorativa del 50° anniversario?
Quello che potrebbe invogliare è il libretto di 88 pagine ed i due blu-ray, sebbene a livello di contenuti non ci sia nulla di inedito.
Riassumendo: il box per il 50° anniversario del '68 Comeback Special è composto da 5 CD + 2 Blu-ray e verrà pubblicato a Novembre 2018.
Nei primi 4 CD i contenuti sono identici a quelli pubblicati nel 2008:
CD 1 - ORIGINAL ALBUM + BONUS TRACKS
Trouble/Guitar Man - Lawdy, Miss Clawdy/Baby, What You Want Me To Do/Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up/Can't Help Falling In Love/Jailhouse Rock/Love Me Tender - Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head/Saved - Blue Christmas/One Night - Memories - Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Guitar Man/Little Egypt/Trouble/Guitar Man - If I Can Dream
Bonus Tracks:
It Hurts Me - Let Yourself Go - Memories (stereo) - If I Can Dream (stereo)
N.B.: A differenza della release del 2008, è stata omessa la canzone "A Little Less Conversation".
CD 2 - FIRST SIT-DOWN SHOW & FIRST STAND-UP SHOW:
Introductions - That's All Right - Heartbreak Hotel - Love Me - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Blue Suede Shoes - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Are You Lonesome Tonight? - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Blue Christmas - Trying To Get To You - One Night - Baby What You Want Me To Do - One Night - Memories
FIRST STAND-UP SHOW:
Heartbreak Hotel - Hound Dog - All Shook Up - Can't Help Falling In Love - Jailhouse Rock - Don't Be Cruel - Blue Suede Shoes - Love Me Tender - Trouble/Guitar Man - Baby What You Want Me To Do - If I Can Dream
CD 3 - SECOND SIT-DOWN SHOW & SECOND STAND-UP SHOW:
Heartbreak Hotel - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Introductions - That's All Right - Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Blue Suede Shoes - One Night - Love Me - Trying To Get To You - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Blue Christmas - Tiger Man - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Memories
SECOND STAND-UP SHOW:
Heartbreak Hotel - Hound Dog - All Shook Up - Can't Help Falling In Love - Jailhouse Rock - Don't Be Cruel - Blue Suede Shoes - Love Me Tender - Trouble - Trouble - Trouble/Guitar Man - Trouble/Guitar Man - If I Can Dream
CD 4 - FIRST REHEARSAL / SECOND REHEARSAL:
I Got A Woman - Blue Moon/Young Love/Oh, Happy Day - When It Rains It Really Pours - Blue Christmas - Are You Lonesome Tonight?/That's My Desire - That's When Your Heartaches Begin - Peter Gun theme - Love Me - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Blue Christmas/Santa Claus Is Back In Town
SECOND REHEARSAL:
Danny Boy - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Love Me - Tiger Man - Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - One Night - Blue Christmas - Baby What You Want Me To Do - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Blue Moon Of Kentucky
CD 5:
01. Nothingville (Guitar Man's Evil #1 - Takes 5 & 6)
02. Guitar Man (Guitar Man's Evil #1 - Take 2)
03. Let Yourself Go - part 1 (Guitar Man's Evil #2 - Take 5 & 7/M)
04. Let Yourself Go, part 2 (Guitar Man's Evil #3 - Take 7/M)
05. Guitar Man (Escape #1, fast - Takes 1, 2 & 5)
06. Big Boss Man (Escape #3 - Take 2)
07. It Hurts Me, part 1 (Escape #4 - Take 5)
08. It Hurts Me, part 2 (After Karate #1 - Take 3)
09. Guitar Man (After Karate #2 - Take 1)
10. Little Egypt (After Karate #2 - Take 6)
11. Trouble / Guitar Man (After Karate #3 - Take 2) Trouble / Guitar Man Medley
12. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But To The Lord (Gospel #1) (Rehearsal & Take 1) Medley
13. Up Above My Head / Saved (Gospel #2 - Takes 4 & 7), Medley
14. Saved (Gospel #3 - Takes 2 & 4)
15. Trouble / Guitar Man (Opening - Takes 6 & 7) Medley
16. If I Can Dream (Alternate Take 1
17. If I Can Dream (Takes 2, 3 & 4)
18. Memories (Takes 3 & 4/vocal overdub #1)
19. Let Yourself Go (Closing Instrumental)
