HE IS THE ONE

Saturday, August 28th, 1971 Dinner Show, Las Vegas International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Straight Arrow Special Products SA/SP 2018-52-02

Straight Arrow is very pleased to bring you  this rare concert recording from Elvis’ Summer 1971 festival. It is always a delight to find new, fresh tapes from this year, and from this particular season -- especially when it's in very good sound quality. 

This is an excellent recording of the August 28th dinner show.

Elvis' previous engagement there had shown signs of his high performing standard slipping, but here he sounds like he's back on track again. Late August shows are tight, no-nonsense affairs with Presley in good voice and in strong form. He performs with focus and professionalism, and he sings a fantastic variety of music.

The Las Vegas, August 28th, 1971, Dinner show is previously unreleased. The only existing tape/CDR in circulation is of very poor quality. Our release has been taken directly from a recently obtained first generation copy of an original audience-recorded cassette. This concert was recorded by an Elvis fan from France, Marie Chantal Rivière, who also taped other August 1971 Las Vegas shows. We have released Marie Chantal Rivière's recordings of the August 27th & 29th dinner and midnight concerts on the 2CD “Solid As Rock” (SA/SP 2015-37-02) and the CD “Last Stint At The International” (SA/SP 2016-38-02). If you like those releases, you cannot go wrong with “He’s The One In ‘71”!

This release is presented in a de-luxe 6-panel digipak with collection of photos taken in August 1971 and press reviews.

Tracklist:

01. Orchestra Intro02. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra03. That’s All Right04. I Got A Woman05. Proud Mary06. Sweet Caroline07. Polk Salad Annie 08. Instrumental intermezzo / Elvis talks09. Johnny B. Goode10. It’s Impossible11. Love Me12. Blue Suede Shoes / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Blue Suede Shoes13. Heartbreak Hotel14. Hound Dog15. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel16. Suspicious Minds17. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra18. I’m Leavin’ 19. Introduction of Ed Parker20. Bridge Over Troubled Water21. Can’t Help Falling In Love22. Closing Vamp / Announcements