CD 1)
HILTON HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 23-08-1973 DINNER SHOW
CD 2)
HILTON HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 23-08-1973 MIDNIGHT SHOW
AUDIENCE RECORDING
Coming
out soon is the new Straight Arrow's double feature CD release entitled
"SIN CITY’S HOTTEST TICKET!, FROM THE BOOTH TAPES VOL. 3", featuring the August 23, 1973 Dinner
and Midnight performances. Both shows are taken from original „booth
recordings“, taped by the same person who recorded previous Straight Arrow’s
release, „ENDLESS SUMMER FESTIVAL“. The sound quality is far superior to the
usual audience recordings. Ask your local dealer for samples! Following the
great success of the ‘Aloha’ special, Elvis was more in demand than ever, and
he was truly the hottest ticket in town. Las Vegas hotels at the time routinely
booked their shows 20% over room capacity, because they knew that normally many
of those who ordered tickets would not turn up for the shows. In Elvis’ case
this caused problems, because virtually everybody who ordered tickets DID show
up!
In
private, Elvis was fighting his personal demons at the time, including a severe
Demerol addiction, but on stage he was delivering the goods. Perhaps his
delivery was not quite as tight as at earlier Vegas engagements, but he was in
good voice and genuinly seemed to enjoy the interaction with the fans. The
shows presented here are two solid, engaging performances with plenty of
highlights, including a gorgeous ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ and a
rare-for-this-engagement one to last performance of ‘Something’.
It
should be noted that neither of these superb-quality, off-line concert
recordings have been previously issued. The August 23, 1973 Dinner show is
completely new, even to die-hard Elvis fans. This concert was never in
circulation, in any form.
CD1 - Thursday, August 23, 1973 Dinner Show
01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 02. C. C. Rider - 03. I Got A Woman
/ Amen - 04. Love Me - 05. You Gave Me A Mountain - 06. Blue Suede Shoes - 07.
Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance
/ Flip Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog - 08. Love Me Tender (with
false start) - 09. Fever - 10. How Great Thou Art - 11. Suspicious Minds - 12.
Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 13. My Boy - 14. Release Me -
15. Something - 16. An American Trilogy - 17. A Big Hunk O'Love - 18. Can't
Help Falling In Love - 19. Closing Vamp / Announcements.
CD2
- Thursday, August 23, 1973 Midnight Show
01. Opening Vamp / C. C. Rider - 02. I Got A Woman / Amen - 03. Love Me - 04.
Steamroller Blues - 05. You Gave Me A Mountain - 06. Blue Suede Shoes - 07.
Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance
/ Flip Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog - 08. Love Me Tender - 09.
Fever - 10. What Now My Love - 11. Suspicious Minds - 12. Introductions of
singers, musicians, orchestra - 13. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (with false
start) - 14. An American Trilogy - 15. Release Me - 16. Mystery Train / Tiger
Man - 17. Can't Help Falling In Love - 18. Closing Vamp.
The bootleggers really try to sell these kind of CD's with beautiful phrases as "taken directly from the booth tapes". These kind of CD's are audience recordings.
