A Little Less Conversation

(Apr.12, 2002, Thanks to David Troedson)
"A Little Less Conversation" 3 track CD single
BMG will release "A Little Less Conversation" as a 3 track CD single worldwide in late May. The tracklisting will consist of - radio edit, original release & the remix. The release will coincide with the end of the World Cup Soccer. BMG recently licensed a remixed version of "A Little Less Conversation" to sports brand Nike for its $90m global TV campaign around the Fifa World Cup.

Hier in den News steht auch schon was, hier der ganze Artikel von mnbc oder so:

AFTER ALL, this summer the King will be a hotter commodity than ever. As the country approaches the 25th anniversary of Presley’s death on Aug. 16, Elvis will be inescapable. His infectious music and pouty mug will fill every corner of the culture. Record companies will offer up rare recordings on CD and publishers will put out many celebrative books, hoping not only to lure in nostalgic baby boomers but also to turn on their MTV-raised kids. And over the next six months, you’ll also hear Presley’s songs used to sell just about everything—even products completely unrelated to the singer.
His longtime label, RCA Records, and its parent company, Bertelsmann Media Group, have been aggressively banging out licensing agreements with various partners. “The idea is to contemporize Elvis Presley,” says Joe DiMuro, a strategic-marketing executive at BMG. “We know we’re going to get the Elvis aficionado who is in his mid-40s. But how do we make Elvis relevant to those 34 and under?” BMG has been working with companies that target all sorts of different demographics. “On the corporate side, we’ve been talking to multinationals: beverage, automotive, financial, institutional,” says DiMuro, “telecom, consumer electronics, fashion apparel ...” In short, get ready for an Elvis onslaught.

Actually, it’s already begun. Last week, a $80 million Nike ad campaign pegged to the World Cup debuted featuring a remix of Presley’s “A Little Less Conversation.” Gruner & Jahr, BMG’s magazine division, will produce a 200-page Elvis magazine featuring rare photos that will be packaged with a CD featuring “Heartbreak Hotel” and a previously unreleased version of “In the Ghetto.” There’s even Elvis furniture on the horizon, with Vaughn-Bassett debuting two King-inspired bedroom suites this month called the Elvis Presley Collection. In mid-June, Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” will hit movie screens featuring a little girl who dresses her puppy up in Elvis costumes. The film will contain six of Presley’s No. 1 hits.
Come July, you’ll really feel the Presley push. BMG will release a four-CD anthology called “Elvis: Today, Tomorrow & Forever” consisting of 100 unreleased tunes. The tracks will feature rare moments from his studio recording sessions and several live broadcasts. “Everyone knows Elvis,” says Aram Sinnreich, a music industry analyst for Jupiter Media Metrix, who thinks the CD will likely sell well with very little marketing. “There’s a lot of untapped revenue potential in catalog music, and you don’t have to spend a lot of money getting him on ‘Total Request Live’.”

Though don’t be surprised if videos featuring the King somehow turn up on MTV this summer. The Carson Daly crowd is key. Of the three Random House (a BMG subsidiary) books coming out about the King, only one is intended for older Elvis fans. The aficionados will appreciate “The Elvis Treasures,” a pop-up coffee table book that contains replicas of memorabilia from the Graceland archives including a library card bearing Elvis’s adolescent signature and a love letter to a girlfriend. But the second book is for kids (it’s a tie-in to the “Lilo & Stitch” movie) and the other, “A Girl’s Guide to Elvis,” explores Presley’s sex appeal and is intended for women in the 24-and-under demographic.

Die neue Single erscheint in verschiedenen Versionen:

als special limited Vinyl-Single

CD-Single

Maxi-CD

und als special limited Maxi-CD-Edition im Digipack.

Wer im Laden nur die normale Maxi findet, kann die limitierten Sachen beim Collectors Service bestellen. Ansonsten würde ich aber die Single immer im Laden kaufen, damit die Leute begreifen, wie gut Elvis Presley noch heute weg geht!!!!

oh, als vinyl gibt es die auch!?

Quelle: WorldWideElvis.com





<p><font size="5" color="blue"><font size="4" color="purple"><!--aimg--><a href=' www.worldwideelvis.com/littlelesscd.jpg ' target='_blank'> </font></font><font size="5" color="blue">2002 <font size="4" color="red">RELEASE DATE: JUNE 25, 2002<font size="4" color="purple"> A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION</font></font></font><p><font color="black" size="3"><font size="5" color="blue"><font size="4" color="purple"> <font face="Helvetica" size="-4" color="black">BMG in the U.S. will now be releasing this great new song. It will be available on CD as well as a special U.S. pressing on 7" and 12" vinyl. The 7" is only made for jukeboxes. But we will still be selling the 12" European version. Right now we are not sure if the 7" vinyl version will have picture covers. </font></font></font></font><p> <font face="Helvetica" size="-4" color="black"> <font color="red">CD VERSION: (RELESE DATE JUNE 25)</font></font><p> <font face="Helvetica" size="-4" color="black"><font face="Helvetica" size="-4" color="black">a) 3 track (Radio Edit, Extended Version & Original).</font></font><p> <font color="red" face="Helvetica" size="-4">VINYL VERSION: </font><p> <font face="Helvetica" size="-4" color="black">a) 7" U.S. jukebox pressing: radio edit / original version (RELESE DATE JULY 9)</font><p> <font face="Helvetica" size="-4" color="black">  12" European pressing. (RELESE DATE NOW) </font><p> <font face="Helvetica" size="-4" color="black"> c) 12" U.S. pressing. (RELESE DATE JUNE 25)

The RIAA website added a Gold certification for the digital download single "A Little Less Conversation". The digital single was awarded Gold on 03-31-2006.

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Quelle: ElvisNews.Com</span>