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Elvis Presley - 1973-09-03 CS, The Funny Side Of Elvis Presley [claudia CL090373]

Label: Claudia CL 090373 (Released: 1995)

Recording Type: Live Audience
Location: Las Vegas , Nevada
Date: September 3 - 1973, Closing Show

Tracklisting:

01 - Opening Vamp
02 - See See Rider
03 - I Got A Woman/ Amen/ I Got A Woman
04 - Love Me
05 - Steamroller Blues
06 - You Gave Me A Mountain
07 - Trouble
08 - Rock Medley*
09 - Love Me Tender
10 - Fever
11 - What Now My Love
12 - Bridge Over Troubled Water (To the song "Suspicious Minds")
13 - Bridge Over Troubled Water
14 - Suspicious Minds
15 - Introductions By Elvis
16 - My Boy
17 - I Can't Stop Loving You
18 - An American Trilogy
19 - A Big Hunk O' Love
20 - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
21 - Mystery Train/ Tiger Man
22 - How Great Thou Art (with 2 reprises)
23 - Help Me Make It Through The Night
24 - Softly As I Leave You (spoken version)
25 - Can't Help Falling In Love

Notes: *Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip Flop And Fly /Hound Dog

Concert: Another great closing show; Elvis was always in a special mood for opening and closing shows and the enthusiasm and setlist bear this fact out. Yes, the cover photo is from the concert !

Again Elvis is in a hilarious mood. He fools around with the lyrics of Suspicious Minds while singing Bridge Over Troubled Water ! Amazingly the band goes with the joke, and Elvis carries it through till the end ! First version of Softly As I Leave You, totally different to later ones. Very good show with interesting setlist !!
Elvis took a ride on the back of Lamar Fike for both the dinner and closing shows, he also had a stuffed monkey on his back (as shown above).

Incl. covers