Elvis On Tour (For The Uk)

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The bootlegs were fairly narrow stereo with almost no piano in the mix, and also with tape hum as well as missing three key tracks. JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. This 6CD+blu-ray package follows The King on his 1972 North American tour and includes audio from four of the shows, two rehearsals and the concert film on blu-ray. But so many of us fans want the entire on tour film concerts and rehearsals re-masterd and released.

Most notably, the collector-oriented Follow That Dream label released a 19-song compilation of rehearsals in 2004 as Elvis On Tour - The Rehearsals. It is what Elvis was known for from 1970 – 1977 and fans deserve something impressive and collectable. The movie included the deliciously paced ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ as well as the great line “Sneakin' up on me, man” from a very fine ‘Suspicious Minds’. An American Trilogy’ – as in the movie - hits a heartfelt chord with his southern audience and is another superlative performance of this great song. At Greensboro, he prefaced his performance by sharing, "We're gonna spring a new song on you tonight.Back in mid-2002 I asked Ernst Jorgensen about the possible release of ‘Elvis On Tour’ hoping that it would be released for the 30th anniversary later that year. Though there are plentiful false starts and incomplete takes, these tracks open a fascinating window onto Elvis' creative process. The interview provided the film's narrative, as the voice clips were used between performance sequences as the tour progressed. Following the terms of the new contract signed between the singer and his manager in February 1971, Presley received two-thirds of the income generated by his appearances, while Parker received one-third.

Aubrey urged them to delay the broadcast planned for November 18 to avoid both releases overlapping. Why RCA / SONY could not produce a product even half its size is a sad indication of their belief in Elvis’ legacy. The second CD was captured on April 10, at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia, and CD 3 preserves the April 14 show in Greensboro, North Carolina .Its taken 50 years to finally release the other concerts i hope they are all multitrack and in stereo and better mixed than their first attempt with San Antonio in 2993. On the crowd-pleasing ‘Suspicious Minds’ Elvis does lose concentration a bit in the second verse but there is the fabulous and funny, ”Are these yours, honey? The stunning ‘How Great Thou Art / Sweet Sweet Spirit’ - “just listen to them, please” - combination is so well-known from the movie that fans might think that these were a regular inclusion of this tour, but it was quite the opposite. According to Zanes: “The set lists and the performances of the Elvis On Tour period bring a rare thing: a fifties legend working in the early seventies who was still taking his audiences to new places….