TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast

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TCBCast 177: Golden Songs of the Week, Volume 8 Aug 03, 2021

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Gurdip & Justin are on a one-week hiatus due to family commitments, but never fear! Songs of the Week are here!

Whether you've just recently began listening or haven't revisited older episodes in a while, here are the histories behind songs from TCBCasts 35-39, including I'll Take Love, Guitar Man, Just Pretend, Crawfish, I Want You I Need You I Love You, For the Heart, Charro!, and Gurdip's look at The Del-Vikings doo-wop classic "Come Go With Me."

TCBCast 176: Moody Blue (And How It Got That Way) Jul 28, 2021

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As voted upon by the TCBCast Patreon community, Gurdip & Justin are taking an in-depth look at not only 1977's "Moody Blue" album, the last released before Elvis' death that August, but also the scheduled January 1977 sessions that Elvis failed to record at, and the demos for songs planned to be recorded then.

Then, for the patron-voted Songs of the Week, Gurdip tackles the heavily doo-wop inspired "Don't" from 1957, while Justin digs into Elvis' rocking 1969 cover of Percy Mayfield's "Stranger In My Town Hometown."

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TCBCast 175: Aloha From Hawaii, Part 2 feat. John Cappadona Jul 20, 2021

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Gurdip, Justin & John wrap up their coverage of the 1973 TV Special "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" including memorable numbers like "An American Trilogy" and "What Now My Love" before beaming over to Song of the Week.

John selects "Help Me" from the "Promised Land" album, recorded at the 1973 Stax Sessions, Gurdip goes all-in on "Make Me Know It" from 1960's "Elvis is Back!" and Justin closes us out with tales of "Hard Knocks," the attempt to recapture the rebel Elvis image in 1964's "Roustabout."

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TCBCast 174: Aloha From Hawaii, Part 1 Jul 13, 2021

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Join Gurdip Ladhar amid a real-time midlife crisis on this week's TCBCast!

While Gurdip's struggling with the realization that Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" no longer applies to him, special guest John Cappadona and Justin catch up on his history as an Elvis fan and then take a look at the latest news before shaking Gurdip out of it enough to sit him down in front of the TV for our examination of the iconic 1973 TV Special "Aloha From Hawaii." Filmed and broadcast to several countries across the Pacific Ocean in real time on January 14, 1973, the guys explore how the special came to be before digging into the show itself, wrapping this first part right around "Hound Dog"

In case you missed it, here's Justin's appearance on the Hall of Songs Podcast: https://hallofsongs.com/2021/07/03/an-hour-on-elvis-a-retrospective-with-justin-gausman-of-tcbcast/

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TCBCast 173: The 1973 Stax Sessions, Part 2 Jul 06, 2021

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The second part of Gurdip & Justin's overview of Elvis' 1973 recording sessions, as voted upon by the TCBCast Patreon community. This week's episode takes a look at the December 1973 recording sessions at Stax Studios in Memphis following Elvis' hospitalization in the fall of 1973, as well as touching on the subsequent album releases, Good Times and Promised Land, amid RCA's spat of Elvis releases throughout 1974-1975 which led to oversaturation in the market.

For Song of the Week, TCBCast patrons voted and chose "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" from 1972 for Gurdip to review, including the less well-known attempted duet versions, while Justin drops another dime in for "Mr. Songman," the country weeper Elvis recorded at the December Stax sessions.

This episode included over 6 minutes of additional bonus discussion of us discussing preparations prep for our tentative guest appearance on the Hall of Songs Podcast, where we'll attempt to make the case for Elvis to a non-fan.

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TCBCast 172: The 1973 Stax Sessions, Part 1 Jun 29, 2021

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The first part of Gurdip & Justin's lengthy, two-part overview of Elvis' 1973 recording sessions, as voted upon by the TCBCast Patreon community, primarily focusing on Elvis' time at the legendary Stax Studios in Memphis. This first part features a deep dive into the July 1973 session and the subsequent follow-up session at Elvis' home in California. The resulting recordings led to the Raised on Rock album, which we've looked at before separately, but looking at the session as a whole and the state of Elvis' career at this point, can some sense be made of why things turned out the way they did?

Next week, TCBCast will return with a look at the December 1973 Stax sessions, as well as Songs of the Week voted upon by TCBCast patrons as well.

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TCBCast 171: BJ Thomas and Elvis Jun 22, 2021

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Gurdip's back this week and we pick up the topic we had originally intended for last week, an Elvis-tinted overview of the life & music of BJ Thomas, who passed away last month at the age of 78 and whose music often occupied the same musical space as Elvis's (sometimes literally, in the case of Elvis' 1969 American Sound recordings).

For Song of the Week, Justin will "Never Again" have to pick a certain underrated Jerry Chesnut/Billy Wheeler ballad from Elvis's 1976 album. Gurdip takes inspiration from Zack Snyder's "Army of the Dead" and spotlights "Night Life," which was recorded for but cut from 1964's "Viva Las Vegas."

Next week, we'll be covering Elvis' 1973 Stax Sessions, a topic voted on by our Patreon supporters. This episode also included about 7 minutes of bonus discussion exclusive to the Patreon version of this episode. If you enjoy TCBCast, please consider supporting us with a donation at Patreon.com/TCBCast. If you are unable to support us via Patreon, but want to support us another way, please make sure to leave a positive review or share our show on social media. Every positive review helps our rankings so that other likeminded listeners can find us. Thanks!

(Credit to the Greatest Music of All Time podcast for BJ Thomas interview excerpt regarding Elvis.)

TCBCast 170: Elvis Remixes, Volume 4 Jun 16, 2021

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Before he could even pull out of the proverbial parking lot, Ryan Droste got pulled back in for this week's TCBCast! Justin & Ryan sit down to walk through another round of miscellaneous Elvis reworkings, remixes and mash-ups for the year, including recent official remixes and two new unofficial mixes from DJ Josh Wildfire, who most notably did a viral "Viva Las Vegas" mix in the mid-00s that rose to popularity on YouTube later on.

Also briefly discussed is recent confirmation of a Follow That Dream label release for the 50th anniversary of "Elvis on Tour" for 2022, and then for Song of the Week, Ryan's moving on the backroads, by the rivers of our memory of Elvis' 1969 cover of the Glen Campbell classic "Gentle On My Mind." Meanwhile, Justin keeps hanging on, trying to learn the song, and picks "Moody Blue" off Elvis' final studio album.

Featured Songs of the Week:

Ryan: Gentle On My Mind

Justin: Moody Blue

TCBCast 169: It Happened At The Trailer Park Just Up The Road From the World's Fair, Part 2 Jun 08, 2021

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Ryan, Gurdip and Justin wrap up their two-part review of the 1963 rom-com "It Happened at the World's Fair" before giving their final thoughts. FYI - "World's Fair" is releasing on Blu-Ray on June 22, 2021 from Warner Archives. If you enjoyed this review, we strongly encourage you to pick up this new release to encourage Warner to release more of their Elvis films on Blu-Ray!

Then for Song of the Week, Ryan picks the fun "Didja Ever" from "GI Blues," Justin also goes more lightweight with "One Track Mind" from "Roustabout" but Gurdip goes all-in on the underrated, little-heard blues rocker "High Heel Sneakers."

If you enjoy TCBCast, please consider supporting us with a donation at Patreon.com/TCBCast. If you are unable to support us via Patreon, but want to support us another way, please make sure to leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts or share our show on social media. Every positive review helps our rankings so that other likeminded listeners can find us. Thanks!

TCBCast Bonus #7: Elvis What Happened - The Finale Jun 03, 2021

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Gurdip & Justin sit down to finish the last few chapters of the 1977 book "Elvis What Happened" by Steve Dunleavy, Red West, Sonny West and Dave Hebler as a special bonus mini-episode of TCBCast. It ends about how you'd probably expect after 22 chapters & epilogue.

Credit to the documentary film "This Time" for the excerpt of Myrna Smith talking about Elvis. We recommend checking out the finished film here: https://www.amazon.com/This-Time-A-Music-Documentary/dp/B009WZ6LE8

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