Elvis On Tour (For The Uk)

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The interview provided the film's narrative, as the voice clips were used between performance sequences as the tour progressed. D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, and an orchestra led by Joe Guercio, had gotten to a place at which Elvis could inject spontaneity, allowing the arena shows to have a measure of the unexpected. Other rehearsal cuts appeared on RCA's earlier The Great Performances (1990) and Amazing Grace (1994), and FTD's 6363 Sunset Boulevard (2001).

RCA/Legacy's Elvis On Tour box set is produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and mixed by Grammy Award-winning Memphis-based producer Matt Ross-Spang. The slipcase contains one folder with the four concert CDs in slots and a second with the rehearsal discs and Blu-ray in slots (only the Blu-ray is in its own protective sleeve), as well as a 32-page squarebound book. Having written 3,700 words of general praise above - and I have truly enjoyed listening to each concert multiple times - this list below is the simplest way that I can now explain my disappointment. An American Trilogy’ – as in the movie - hits a heartfelt chord with his southern audience and is another superlative performance of this great song.Even then Elvis finishes with a serious version of, “Can't Help Falling In Love” including the great “Oh, Lord” power ending. In the (for me) good mixes, the team around Rob Santos and Steve Rosenthal was always there, but Matt Ross Spang didn't manage it so well in my opinion, even at the Aloha concert on FTD.

CD 6 is all completely unreleased and offers more of the 31 March rehearsals at RCA and includes unreleased takes on Kris Kristofferson’s ‘For The Good Times’. Through Presley's friend, Jerry Schilling, the directors convinced the singer to use footage of his early career that included his appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. The setlists for each show were largely similar though not identical as Elvis ran through his greatest hits and more recent favorites in breakneck fashion. A present piano, the bass is good, The Sweet Inspirations and James Burton's lead guitar are present. After a sweaty ‘Polk Salad Annie' Elvis rolls on to his back on the stage to calm down noting, “That’s a funny looking thing up there, I hope that think don’t fall.The reviewer favored Presley's live sets, but he felt the scenes that followed him to the next show were repetitive and that Presley played for "idolatrous legions". Only the second time that he had performed it live and the crowd must have been stunned as they would have never heard this classic before – amazingly it wasn’t to be released for another 4 months.

Unlike many of Elvis' Vegas performances, there isn't a lot of banter with the audience at these shows, and from time to time he entertains himself by refusing to take a song too seriously - even at the expense of the song. If, after a 50-year wait, this is the last major box-set release of “new” Elvis material by RCA / SONY it should have been a total blast of large-formatted stunning packaging including some exciting previously unavailable material whereas this sadly feels more like a final whimper.We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. The mix is crystal clear as if they had been recorded for album release and you can really enjoy the ambience of the RCA studio. I still find these fascinating listening and they have been somewhat edited down from the complete session.