AudiRec
proudly presents: ELVIS – OPENING NIGHT AT LAKE TAHOE – a brandnew CD which
will be released shortly. It includes an audience recording of the complete
and so far unreleased performance from April 30, 1976 (the Opening Show was
actually a Dinner Show, there were two performances this day).
Welcome to another AudiRec CD release which takes you back to the spring of
1976. At the time this CD is being released it means that it´s actually kind of
a “40th Anniversary”. To be honest, we did not plan to do this just
because it is exactly 40 years ago that Elvis played his final Lake
Tahoe-Season.
As a matter of fact Elvis was working very hard the whole year of 1976. While
in January Elvis had a rather quiet time and even showed some effort to just
relax and have fun, early February he was kind of “forced” to record new songs
for an album release and early March he was back on tour. We all know from
“Elvis History”, that the “King” would have done much better for his health if
he would not let himself being that busy but for whatever reason tour after
tour was being scheduled… and done. No matter what the critics in many
newspapers wrote about his performances – at least they had to admit that
Elvis´ popularity (at least all over the USA) was so big that ticket-selling
for any upcoming concerts didn´t even need any advertising. Billboard´s
Headline in early March 76´ told us “No Ads, But Presley SRO On Current
5-Concert Gig” for the short tour in March. “Elvis plans busy spring” was
another headline shortly after this and it said “Like Lightning: Who says Elvis
isn´t working hard? Before he stars at the Sahara Tahoe April 30 – May 9, Elvis
will be on a concert tour”, then adding the dates and finally conclude “Elvis
is still the super superstar”.
So when Elvis came to the beautiful area of Lake Tahoe at the end of April, he
most likely was not aware that this would be his last season at the Sahara
Tahoe Hotel. The shows have mostly been described by fans as “relaxed” with “lots
of surprising moments”, but there were also remarks saying that the “King”
looked unhealthy and tired. From what we can hear on the so far released CDs it
sure was a mixture of all of this and still we believe that this last
engagement had many moments fans do not want to miss.
Please be aware that this new release is limited to 300 copies only! Be sure to
get your copy if you are interested. Once you have it in your hands, we hope
your spare time will allow you to sit back, put your headphones on, flip
through the accompanied 16-page booklet and listen to the show from April 30,
1976. It´s Lake Tahoe! It´s the Sahara Tahoe Showroom! It´s ELVIS! Enjoy!
Tracklisting:
Lake Tahoe, 30.04.1976 Opening night
01. Also Sprach Zarathustra
02. C .C. Rider
03. I Got A Woman / Amen (medley)
04. Love Me
05. Let Me Be There (false start only) /
If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
06. You Gave Me A Mountain
07. All Shook Up
08. Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel (medley)
09. Trying To Get To You
10. Polk Salad Annie
11. Band Introductions
12. What'd I Say (James Burton)
13. Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt)
14. Bass Solo (Jerry Scheff)
15. Piano Solo (Tony Brown)
16. Electric Piano Solo (David Briggs)
17. School Day
18. America The Beautiful
19. Hurt
20. Burning Love
21. How Great Thou Art
22. Funny How Time Slips Away (with
reprise)
23. Hound Dog
24. Can't Help Falling In Love (with
false start)
25. Closing Vamp / Announcements
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