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Elvis Presley - 1974-09-02 CS, Desert Storm-From The Mastertapes, Vol. 11 (2 CD-set) [Fort Baxter 2200]

Label: Fort Baxter 2200 (Released: 1997)

Recording Type: Live Soundboard Recording
Location: Las Vegas , Nevada
Date: September 2 - 1974 , Closing Show

Tracklisting:

CD 1:

01 - Microphone Dialogue
02 - I Got a Woman / Amen
03 - Karate Dialogue
04 - Untill It's Time For You To Go
05 - If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
06 - It's Midnight
07 - Big Boss Man
08 - You Gave Me a Mountain
09 - Priscilla Dialogue
10 - Softly As I Leave You
11 - Hound Dog
12 - An American Trilogy
13 - It's Now Or Never

CD 2:

01 - Band Introductions
02 - Bringing It Back (sung by Voice)
03 - Aubrey (sung by Voice, Elvis recites the words)
04 - Band & Celebrity Introductions (Vikki Carr and Bill Cosby)
05 - It's Now Or Never
06 - Let Me Be There
07 - If You Talk In Your Sleep
08 - Drugs Dialogue
09 - Hawaiian Wedding Song
10 - Jewelry Dialogue
11 - Can't Help Falling In Love
12 - Closing Vamp

Notes: Truly one of the most unique moments of Elvis' life ever captured on tape. Apparently the tabloids printed a story about Elvis being a heroin addict , and Elvis took offense to the story in a BIG way. Usually a closing engagement show is a special thing , with a lot of celebrities in the crowd , a longer setlist, Elvis in a great mood, etc. Certainly there are some interesting song choices here, but the most interesting moments occur on disc 2 with the infamous "Drug Monologue".

The sound engineer didn't record "2001", "See See Rider" and part of "I Got A Woman"; he also cut out Voice performing a beautiful song titled "I Can't Live Without you".

"Bringing It Back" and "Aubrey" are performed by Voice

A lot of celebrities in the audience , to include Priscilla (of whom Elvis talks about the car gift-exchange for the holidays) , Elvis' current girlfriend Shiela Ryan and others.

The only show on tape where Elvis performed two full versions of "It's Now Or Never"

The "Drug Monologue" gets pretty graphic in language and Elvis tries to contain his fury but can't; it is obvious that he is very upset about the tabloid , and even seguing into "Hawaiian Wedding Song" he still can't calm down enough until midway through the song.

Concert: Even though the show is marred by Elvis' temper , it is still a high energy show and surprisingly good and is a fairly long show. The crowd definitely got their money's worth that evening !

Incl. covers