ELVIS ROCKS THE HILTON

FROM THE "BOOTH TAPES" VOL. 10

On this 3 disc release you'll find the following concerts:

• Monday, August 20, 1973 midnight show,
• Friday, August 31, 1973 dinner show
• Sunday, September 2, 1973 midnight show

Label: Straight Arrow Special
Products SA/SP 2020-62-02

Between 2007 and 2016 Straight Arrow has released 20 of the so called sound booth recorded concerts. Starting with "Kicking and Rolling" in 2007, "Faded Love" and "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" in 2010, we decided to create a miniseries called "From the booth tapes." From 2013 to 2016 we have released 9 volumes, and now the right time has arrived to introduce the volume 10. 

The August 20th,1973 Midnight show sound booth recording was first released by the
legendary "Fort Baxter" label on "A Profile - The King On Stage Vol. 1" box set in 1995, since
then it has been re-released several times but never from the original source and totally
complete - until now! The pitch was incorrect on all previous individual releases of this show.
The August 31st, Dinner & September 2nd 1973, Midnight shows were released (by our own
sub-label called "Vegas Strip") in 2008 on "Getting Down The Business" & "High Spirit In
Vegas" CDs. The sound of these CDs was speed-corrected by one of our colleagues back
then, but unfortunately, the pitch was still not right. For our final release all 3 shows came directly from the RCA tape duplications chromdioxide compact cassettes. You can see the reproductions of individual cassettes on the CD artwork. 

Please note that the August 31st, Dinner show was mislabeled on the cassette as the August 30th Dinner show. All 3 shows were meticulously pitch-corrected by a professional musician.
We were able to edit the missing parts of August 31st Dinner and September 2nd Midnight
shows, using another source recorded by our dear friend from the UK. These tapes were never in circulation and they are of an excellent quality.

We have repaired the incomplete "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "How Great
Thou Art" from the August 31st, 1973 Dinner show to make it complete.
As usual, this release is presented in a deluxe triple digipack with a collection of images taken
on and off the stage during Elvis' 1973 Las Vegas Summer season.

Tracklist:

CD1 - Monday, August 20th 1973 Midnight Show

01. Orchestra Intro - 02. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 03. C. C. Rider - 04. I Got A
Woman / Amen - 05. Love Me - 06. Steamroller Blues - 07. You Gave Me A Mountain - 08.
Trouble - 09. Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip
Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog - 10. Love Me Tender - 11. Fever - 12. What Now
My Love - 13. Suspicious Minds - 14. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 15.
Introduction of Bob Hope - 16. My Boy - 17. Release Me - 18. An American Trilogy - 19.
Mystery Train /Tiger Man - 20. Help Me Make It Through The Night - 21. How Great Thou
Art - 22. Can't Help Falling In Love - 23. Closing Vamp / Announcements.

CD2 - Friday, August 31st 1973 Dinner Show

01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 02. C. C. Rider - 03. I Got A Woman / Amen - 04.
Love Me - 05. Steamroller Blues - 06. You Gave Me A Mountain - 07. Trouble - 08. Long Tall
Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip Flop And Fly /Hound
Dog - 09. Love Me Tender - 10. Fever - 11. Bridge Over Troubled Water - 12. Suspicious
Minds - 13. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 14. Introduction of Charlton
Heston & Lisa Marie Presley - 15. My Boy - 16. I Can't Stop Loving You - 17. An American
Trilogy - 18. A Big Hunk Of Love - 19. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - 20. How Great
Thou Art - 21. Can't Help Falling In Love - 22. Closing Vamp.

CD3 - Sunday, September 2nd 1973 Midnight Show

01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 02. C. C. Rider - 03. I Got A Woman / Amen -04.
Love Me - 05. Steamroller Blues - 06. You Gave Me A Mountain - 07. Trouble - 08. Long Tall
Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip Flop And Fly / Hound
Dog - 09. Love Me Tender - 10. Fever - 11. Bridge Over Troubled Water (with reprise) - 12.
Suspicious Minds - 13. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 14. Introduction of
Hugh O'Brian, Marty Allen & Vernon Presley - 15. My Boy - 16. I Can't Stop Loving You
(with false start) - 17. An American Trilogy - 18. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - 19.
Mystery Train / Tiger Man - 20. How Great Thou Art (with reprise) - 21. Can't Help Falling
In Love - 22. Closing Vamp.