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The Making of Viva Las Vegas FTD-222 (506020 975141) November 2019
Deluxe Book / CD Package, with hardback book and three CDs containing the original mono soundtrack masters for the first time, proposed 1963 album (The Lost Album) and songwriter demos submitted for Viva Las Vegas.

CD1  
The Mono Soundtrack Masters
1. Viva Las Vegas
2. What'd I Say
3. If You Think I Don't Need You
4. I Need Somebody To Lean On
5. C'mon Everybody
6. Today, Tomorrow And Forever (record version)
7. You're The Boss (duet)
8. Night Life
9. Do The Vega
10. The Lady Loves Me (duet)
11. Yellow Rose Of Texas / The Eyes Of Texas
12. Santa Lucia (extended version)
13. The Climb (9 - unedited movie version master)

CD2  
Memphis, Tennessee (The 1963 Album)
1. Memphis, Tennessee (2 - rejected master)
2. Ask Me (2 - rejected master)
3. Slowly But Surely
4. Witchcraft
5. Never Ending
6. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
7. (It's A) Long Lonely Highway (album version)
8. Western Union
9. Love Me Tonight
10. What Now, What Next, Where To
11. Blue River
12. Echoes Of Love
Memphis, Tennessee (Bonus Tracks)
13. (You're The) Devil In Disguise
14. Please Don't Drag That String Around
15. It Hurts Me
16. Memphis, Tennessee (remake)
17. Ask Me (remake)

CD3  
Viva Las Vegas (Bonus Tracks)
1. Appreciation (Ann-Margret) (movie version - composite)
2. Night Life (unedited master)
3. What'd I Say (5 - unused extended version)
Viva Las Vegas (Songwriter Demos)
4. The Lady Loves Me (version 1) (unknown vocalist)
5. Today, Tomorrow And Forever (unknown vocalist)
6. Jealous Fool (Jimmy Breedlove)
7. My Rival (unknown vocalist)
8. Just Like Me (unknown vocalist)
9. Viva Las Vegas (Mort Shuman)
10. You're The Boss (unknown vocalist)
11. I'd Only Love You More (unknown vocalist)
12. The Climb (The Coasters)
13. The Big Wheel (unknown vocalist)
14. Appreciation (unknown vocalist)
15. The Lady Loves Me (version 2) (unknown vocalist)
16. Do The Vega (unknown vocalist)
17. C'mon Everybody (Bob Johnston)

Notes

Book by David English and Pål Granlund / CDs Mastered by Jan Eliasson.

The book contains two hundred and fifty newly discovered images including wardrobe stills, memos, contracts and pages from movie director George Sidney's personal script, soundtrack recording session documents, memories from the cast and crew, the shooting schedule, filming dates and locations revealed for the first time . It also contains an exclusive Warner Bros interview on the film restoration of Viva Las Vegas.

The CDs contained with the book include the first official release of the original soundtrack in mono, the original conceived 1963 studio album, bonus songs from the soundtrack and newly discovered songwriters' demos.

Due to a mastering error on CD1, 'I Need Somebody To Lean On' starts at the end of track 3 and continues through track 4. This is not a problem when listening to the full CD, as it is not noticeable, but if you play track 4 on its own the first fifteen seconds of the song is missing!

Although 'Night Life' (CD3, track 2) is listed as being the "Full Version, Long Fade" it is still faded at the end!