While "Elvis - Adrenaline '70" saw itself as Making Of "That's The Way It Is"" and was stylistically treated that way by the producers, there was a considerably bigger range in this new production.

So the creativity also had more range, but again original color elements, writings, logos and sound samples from 1971 were used to continue the ideology of the outfit. The first time you put the DVD into the player you will recognize after clicking through the interactive menu that it is a "sister" production.

Like with the "Behind The Image" series you recognize from the first second on where this production is from. Anyway, the producers can't act on the assumption that the viewer owns the first DVD or that he will buy it first. So you have to document Elvis's life story again diversified to lead the fan factually and thrillingly to the year 1971. You also have to consider that not only the interested Super8 fan buys the DVD but also a none-expert, a normal Elvis fan whom you have to offer enough knowledge in the documentary.

This challenge was resolved in a quite uncommon manner.

With the help of Nadine Schwenk and modern CGI technology a never before touched terrain was introduced into the Elvis DVD world: The first minutes were created as complex 3D animations whereas Elvis's career (until 1971) is shown.

Afterwards the actual status, that means Elvis's meaning nowadays with his successful chart entries in the CD and DVD area is being documented to get afterwards with the help of a spectacular time warp to the year 1971. That's where the actual documentary starts.

The year 1971 is highlighted detailed as never before, whereas the topic Las Vegas, which is also main topic of this DVD, doesn't get a raw deal. From the Jaycee's Award to a Christmas session in May, to the first Lake Tahoe Engagement, to secret marketing and promotion strategies of Colonel Tom Parker, which are documented here with never before seen original documents and contracts, to the Summer Festival 1971 until the concert tour which brought the year finally to an end for Elvis.

Like other products of "Praytome Publishing" & "Bud Glass Productions" this DVD proves a lot of clichés and lies about Elvis Presley which established over the years wrong. Watching this informative documentary the viewer learns impressively how thrilling and diversified Elvis Presley's life really was.

The several stations in Elvis's life are fascinating like a thriller, so that the several pieces appearing during a detailed research fit together like a big puzzle at the end. That means reverse that lies and gossip are totally needless to tell an exciting story about the king.

According to "Adrenaline '70" where Elvis tells his own life story the producers turned their attention to using a lot of rare and unreleased sound documents. In this connection statements of J.D. Sumner, Col. Parker, Jessie Presley and of course Elvis himself were used.

This jumpsuit was not only on the homonymous LP cover but another photo was used as cover shot for "Elvis sings Hits from his Movies, Vol. 1". This footage shows again how unbiasedly Elvis acted on stage. The big difference between the "That's The Way It Is" - Elvis, who was aware that he was filmed and the Elvis that is shown you here, is enormous. Elvis leans easy-going against the piano, swirls over the stage the next second and throws some teddy bears for his fans into the crowd. His lascivious moves and the moments when the v-neck allows us to see Elvis's belly button, are surely the scenes which especially the female fans will love.

The trailers all give an insight into the other products. They shall not only entertain but also top the DVD off. Because the producers have to act on the assumption that there are costumers, who explore the Praytome Publishing products later, it is appropriate to put all available trailers on the DVD. The trailer, which are very popular are not only giving a little insight into other products, but they shall also be fun watching.

Of course the trailer for "Elvis - Adrenaline '71" is on this DVD. But also the trailer of the book "Elvis: Behind The Image - Welcome to His World" Vol.2, which was until now only available on the website is on this DVD for the first time in high quality.

All of the amateur recordings of this film material were recorded in 1970 without sound. Cameras with sound were not available to the general public before the end of 1974/ beginning of 1975.

It also not possible to add original Elvis music to the film material because of the legal situation. Even if you would be allowed to add it, this possibility would not be the right solution for most of the recordings. This results from the fact that a reel had a capacity of 3 minutes. The person filming wanted to capture as much impressions as possible of the concert, so he or she filmed as much sequences as possible, which, however, only last a few seconds, due to the running time of the reel. If you tried to add music in lip synchronisation the resulting material would sound like a broken LP. Apart from that, y you could only use a small amount of the amateurish recorded live appearances for a so called "overdubbing". Even if the person filmed 3 or 4 reels per concert at that time, you would have to cut the concert of one hour down to 9 or rather 12 minutes what brings us back to the "effect of the broken LP.

If you eclipse the lip synchronisation, you could use Elvis songs as background music but then Elvis's moves totally wouldn't fit the music. It would all seem out of tempo and pretty strange to the fans and would make the pleasure smaller.

You have to see Super8 recordings as what they actually are: They enable us to experience Elvis in situations of different years, which wouldn't be available for us otherwise, because from the official side it was failed to make movie documents for the posterity. To cite only one example : if amateurs didn't film any footage of Elvis in 1975 we wouldn't even be able to see the star "live" in the according year.

We did not want to expect of the fan to watch a silent movie, so Bud Glass Productions decided for a different way. Instead of using barely fitting karaoke tracks or some kind of elevator music, like its common in cheap productions, the team used especially for this DVD composed songs, recorded in a studio by real musicians. For the first time ever you can find such a high quality music on a Elvis-collectors-DVD, which underlines the recordings stylishly and enjoyably.

During this production the "Drum-Roll" of Ronnie Tutt from "That's The Way It Is" was the musical guideline. Abutted at this musical theme the complete DVD and also the menu was designed. Whereas at the actual concert shots on Super 8 there was chosen complete different high quality music, which doesn't sound like typical Elvis music. Here an atmosphere should be created, which gives the viewer the opportunity, to lean back and relax a little and get caught and amazed by the visual.

The effect that the viewer who knows the series immediately feels at home, which was already achieved with the DVD "Behind The Image 2", was reproduced here. So the producers have several important songs from the first volume of Adrenaline adopted and complemented with more high quality songs. Especially for the background music of Adrenaline 70 we have received a lot of praise.

In general fans collect (and Elvis fans are no exception) every little piece of their star. That doesn't only concern print media. They also collect commercial trailers from the TV and even documentaries where their star is only mentioned. Unfortunately the biggest star has to live with the worst marketing. And when the fan has the luck to get a clip on an Elvis production it is often cheap produced without love, what actually doesn't accord to the artist Elvis Presley. Here, the "Behind The Image Team" goes a different way. The trailer produced by them do not only advertise a product, but they were levied to an art form. They are unusual complex (q.v. the trailer of BTI 3 and the trailer of the book "Born To Rock") and show the love to the detail and the professionalism every product of "Bud Glass Productions" and Praytome Publishing has got. That's why the whole Elvis world is looking forward in advance to every new trailer giving an insight of the newest product.

Here we want to offer you the trailer to the according product you are interested in for download. Don't miss the trailers of our other releases. You find them on the left in the menu by clicking the desired product. Please note that the according trailers are always clips in the so called web quality (for faster downloading). So the quality does never show the quality of the DVD/book.

Of course you'll also find all available trailers in the bonus material section (on the medium DVD) in DVD quality.

A lot of costumers attested us in their numerous E-Mails and letters that the trailers are the best the existing in the Elvis world and some even said that only the trailers were worth the money for the DVD. Q.v. "In The Press"!

So now lean back and PUMP UP the volume of your speakers :-)

This mighty midget trailer fits perfectly to the DVD, which is styled completely from the beginning to its end. Everything is designed in the corresponding colours of the year 1970 and technically the documentary is done like the great "That's The Way It Is". The footage you are about to see in this preview proves definitvely what great kind of material you can expect on this production.ssional 16mm shots which - unfortunately - is not true. It's a pity, that the Candid Footage from the Tailer didn't make it into the final version of the DVD. Now the fans hope that these privat footage will make its way into the final cut of BTI 3.

Well, did this trailer take your breath away? For orders please use the menu on the left.