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Because those around him were busy keeping him protected in a kind of imaginary bubble. Until the opportunity arose to film a Christmas special for NBC that, thanks to the intervention of director Steve Binder, would become the lifeline for Presley's career.
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Against the opinion of his manager, Elvis and the film crew turn the Comeback Special in a tour of Elvis's career, showing the singer eager to make up for lost time. Audiences and critics would recognize this when the program aired in December of that same year, and would reaffirm the recovery of Elvis the musician when months later, already in 1969, the book was published. From Elvis In Memphis, for many, the best album of the King's career. An essential album that also marked the beginning of a glorious decade, especially in its early years, for a musician who would once again be able to look down on his fellow musicians from a place reserved only for the select few. This is the story of a resounding return. But a return never to leave again.
