LIKE A BLACK TORNADO - LIVE AT BOSTON GARDEN

The ‘Memphis Recording Service’ (MRS) Label will release a CD Deluxe titled ‘LIKE A BLACK TORNADO - LIVE AT BOSTON GARDEN 1971’.

This CD contains a captivating performance from one of Elvis’ earliest tours of the 1970s. Performed and recorded in Boston on 10th November 1971, this show demonstrates the raw energy and spirit Elvis displayed when performing away from his Las Vegas engagements, reminding everyone that, finally, he was back!

For the first time ever, this recording (formerly in mono) has been remastered, carefully restored, and remixed to true stereo using the most sophisticated technologies. The accompanying 40-page booklet includes rare photographs and memorabilia taken from this performance, along with introductory notes.

TRACKLIST

01.Also Sprach Zarathustra
02.That's All Right
03.I Got a Woman / Amen
04.Proud Mary
05.You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
06.You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
07.Polk Salad Annie
08.Coming Home Baby (instrumental)
09.Love Me
10.Heartbreak Hotel
11.Blue Suede Shoes
12.One Night
13.Hound Dog
14.How Great Thou Art (in part)
15.Introductions (in part)
16.I'm Leavin'
17.Bridge Over Troubled Water
18.I Can't Stop Loving You
19.Love Me Tender
20.Suspicious Minds
21.Coming Home Baby (instrumental)
22.Funny How Time Slips Away
23.Can't Help Falling in Love

The MRS label has to compete with the beautiful release by the Gravel Road Music label. This bootleg label released a book with 3 discs but is more expensive than the MRS release.

THE BOSTON GARDEN NOVEMBER 10, 1971

This is a new project by Gravel Road Music. It's a three disc set in 24k gold high definition. 

Gravelroad Music has announced a deluxe 168 pages book including a 24K gold CD, DVD & Bluray in HD to ensure the best possible quality. The audio is a brand new transfer from soundboard tape and the footage on Bluray is high definition. 

The Book

168 pages and over 150+ rare or unknown photos of the Boston concert, from private collections, mainly in color and unedited news reviews (good & bad ones), personal stories & little known facts. For the first time, a brand new transfer from the concert which unveils much more detail, previously unnoticed! The sheer richness and fullness is amazing. The idea of a mono recording is gone! And the best thing is, this is the real deal!

You’re wondering, “Do gold CDs sound better? Are they really that much better than regular CDs?” Short answer : “You bet!” - The fact is that the gold disc's aural improvements are audible under any circumstances. Yes they can be played in any CD/DVD/Blu-ray player.
To us, this concert doesn’t need any enhancements to overwhelm the listener, it is the first row with ELVIS & 15,000 fans at the BOSTON GARDEN! It sounds all new. There was additional work but it all started with the transfer and we loved it! It’s a thrill to hear it like this.

We included due to the large demand the footage of Boston & the November tour also in HD on Blu-ray. (Almost 2 hours and yes, it includes little bit of new footage too). The very first release in High definition!
We’ve chosen to use dual-layer DVD to have the best possible quality on a DVD. As a bonus we added a compilation of Boston & Tuscaloosa to have a more enjoyable viewing expirience of the Boston concert. Although priority has been given to the historical content. So you’re good to go either way!

Tracklist CD:

01 Also Sprach Zarathustra

02 That's All Right

03 I Got A Woman/Amen

04 Proud Mary

05 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

06 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

07 Polk Salad Annie

08 Coming Home Baby (instr.)

09 Love Me

10 Heartbreak Hotel

11 Blue Suede Shoes

12 One Night

13 Hound Dog

14 How Great Thou Art

15 Band Introductions

16 I'm Leavin'

17 Bridge Over Troubled Water

18 I Can't Stop Loving You

19 Love Me Tender

20 Suspicious Minds

21 Instrumental Intermezzo

22 Funny How Time Slips Away

23 Can't Help Falling In Love

24 Closing Vamp

This is an intersting release if you ask me. Although we have this concert as an official release by FTD as "Boston Garden 1971" this is an amazing release.

 

THE CONCERT RECORDINGS LAS VEGAS 1971 - PT. 1

The Dutch Elvis One label released 4 soundboard concert recordings from January 1971. All shows were previously released by other import/bootleg labels. If you don't have the original CD's these are a must have for your collection. The sound is very good for a 70's show and there aren't many soundboards from 1971 available. Only a few were originally released by the FTD label.  

This first volume brings us the February 23 closing show and January 26, 1971 opening show. The February 23 closing show was  previously released by the labels International as Showroom Internationale 1971 and Gravel Road Music as Let It Rock and several songs from the January 26 opening night show was previously released by FTD as The Impossible Dream

Tracklist:

February 23, 1971 closing show

01 Also Sprach Zarathustra

02 That's All Right
03 I Got A Woman/By The Time I Get To Phoenix (excperpt)/I Got A Woman

04 Elvis talks/I Walk The Line (one line)

05 Love Me Tender (excerpt)/Love Me

06 Mystery Train/Tiger Man

07 Sweet Caroline

08 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

09 Polk Salad Annie

10 Someting

11 Johnny B. Goode

12 How Great Thou Art

13 Don't Be Cruel

14 Heartbreak Hotel

15 Blue Suede Shoes

16 Bridge Over Troubled Water

17 Little Sister/Get Back

18 Hound Dog

19 Supsicious Minds (1st part only)

January 26, 1971 opening show

20 Also Sprach Zarathustra

21 That's All Right

22 Mystery Train/Tiger Man

23 Elvis talks/I Walk The Line

24 Love Me Tender

25 Johnny B. Goode

26 Band Introductions

27 The Wonder Of You

28 Elvis introduces Hal Wallis

29 Can't Help Falling In Love

30 Make The World Go Away

31 Something (with encore)

THE CONCERT RECORDINGS LAS VEGAS 1971 - PT. 2

This 2nd volume in the "The Concert Recordings Las Vegas 1971" brings us the January 27 midnight show and part of the January 28, 1971 dinner show in Las Vegas.

Unfortunately the sound engineer didn't record these show in full. Portions of these shows were released on:

DAE: All Things Are Possible
Gravel Road Music: Only Believe

And most of the the January 28, 1971 show was released by FTD as The Impossible Dream.

Tracklist:

January 27, 1971 midnight show

01 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

02 Elvis talks / Love Me Tender

03 Elvis talks

04 There Goes My Everything

05 Sweet Caroline

06 You\ve Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

07 Polk Salad Annie

08 Musicial Intermezzo

09 Only Believe

10 How Great Thou Art

11 Band Introductions

12 Johnny B. Goode

13 The Wonder Of You

14 Something

15 Make The World Go Away

16 Elvis talks / Love Me

17 One Night

18 Blue Suede Shoes (with 3 false starts)

19 Hound Dog

January 28, 1971 dinner show

20 Release Me

21 It's Now Or Never

22 Suspicious Minds

23 The Impossible Dream

24 Closing Vamp

THE CONCERT RECORDINGS LAS VEGAS 1971 - PT. 3

This 3rd volume in the "The Concert Recordings" series a live concert from January 28, 1971 midnight show concert in Las Vegas.

Soundboard concerts from 1971 were in the 'old days' pretty rare, but nowadays a lot of bootleggers released and re-released these shows, so they aren't so 'rare' anymore in my opinion. 

We have this show already in our collection, maybe through these import labels:

Fort Baxter - Lean, Mean And Kickin' Butt

International - Showroom Internationale 1971

Gravel Road Music - Leaner & Meaner Than Ever

Tracklist:

01 Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 That's All Right
03 I Got A Woman
04 Elvis Talks
05 Love Me Tender
06 Elvis talks
07 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
08 Sweet Caroline
09 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
10 Polk Salad Annie
11 Band Introductions
12 Johnny B. Goode
13 Band Introductions
14 Something
15 Band Introductions / Something (encore)|
16 The Wonder Of You
17 Heartbreak Hotel
18 Blue Suede Shoes
19 Hound Dog
20 One Night
21 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
22 Suspicious Minds
23 Come Home Baby (instrumental)
24 The Impossible Dream
25 Closing Vamp
26 Elvis' acceptance speech of Jaycees Award

THE CONCERT RECORDINGS - LAS VEGAS 1971 - PT. 4

This 4th volume of  "The Concert Recordings Las Vegas 1971" brings us another soundboard concert recording from January 29, 1971, Dinner Show in Las Vegas. 

This concert has been previously released by the 2001 label as Snowbird and by the Gravel Road Music label as Snowbird Revisited. So I guess this the 3rd time that this concert has been released on CD. The cover foto is the same as the GRM CD, but is phoshopped with an all black background. 

The tracklist:
01 Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 That's All Right
03 I Got A Woman
04 Elvis talks / Love Me Tender
05 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
06 Elvis Talks About The L.A. Show
07 Sweet Caroline
08 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
09 Polk Salad Annie
10 Band Introductions
11 Johnny B. goode
12 Band Introductions
13 Something 
14 Heartbreak Hotel
15 Elvis Talks / Blue Suede Shoes
16 Loving You (excerpt)
17 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
18 Hound Dog
19 Elvis Talks / Snowbird (incl. 2 false starts)
20 Elvis Talks
21 The Impossible Dream
22 Closing Vamp
23 Telephone call, april 1971 with DEA agent Ron Wentz

LIFE - THE ALTERNATE NASHVILLE RECORDINGS 1970/1971

ELVIS Life is a 17 Tracks CD, including alternate recordings that were missing on official releases. That makes this cd a great addition to the sensational albums 'From Elvis In Nashville' and 'Back In Nashville'.

All in the best sound quality! Also included are 2 duets from 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', one with Ginger Holladay and one with Temple Riser.

Presented as a promo release. The artwork is in the style of Elvis' 1971 single 'Only Believe / Life'.

1. Stranger In The Crowd
(rehearsal / alternate take 7)
2. Life (rehearsal / take 1)
03. Heart Of Rome (overdub take 3)
04. Heart Of Rome (overdub work part 1)
05. Cindy Cindy (overdubbed unedited master)
06. Make The World Go Away (overdub work part 1)
07. When I’m Over You (string overdubs / unedited master)
08. Tomorrow Never Comes (take 13 / ending only)
09. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (duet with Ginger Holladay)
10. Sylvia (take 7)
11. Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off It
(Additional brass overdubs / unedited master)
12. Life (take 17)
13. Life (take 18 & 19)
14. Mary In The Morning (backup vocal overdub / unedited master)
15. It’s Your Baby You Rock It (backup vocal overdub / unedited master)
16. I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day (take 7)
17. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (duet with Temple Riser)

HIGH NOTES AT THE KIEL

Rag Doll is back with a brand new unreleased audience recoring performance! ''High Notes At The Kiel'' contains Elvis his performance at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis on June 28, 1973.

The June 1973 tour is often considered one of Elvis best tours and while this certainly is true, some dark stuff went on preceding Elvis show on June 28, 1973 in St. Louis, MO.

Back stage moments before Elvis was supposed to take the stage Vernon Presley called Dr. Nick to the singers hotel room, only to find an Elvis that was passed out barely breathing, after an injection with a stimulant and putting Elvis in a bath tub full of cold water they put him in his nail studded jumpsuit and Elvis took the stage to loud applause.

Not showing any signs of what had happened only moments before. As seen in recently released 8mm footage and pictures one has to ask themselves was this story dramatized or was it all true?

For the first time we can now listen to the infamous concert containing one of Elvis his best versions of ''I Can't Stop Loving You'' and ''I'm Leavin’'' we also have a great performance of ''How Great Thou Art'' including a reprise, a beautiful ''Help Me Make It Through The Night'' and ''What Now My Love'' among the recently introduced ''Rock 'N' Roll Medley'' and a rousing performance of ''Steamroller Blues''.

The person who recorded this show unfortunately missed the first and last song but the majority is here and worth listening to and should be part of any serious Elvis fan's collection.
We are releasing this as a digipack filled with pictures of the show.

I Got A Woman
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Steamroller Blues
You Gave Me A Mountain
Love Me
Blue Suede Shoes
Rock 'N' Roll Medley
I'm Leavin'
How Great Thou Art
How Great Thou Art (Reprise)
Hound Dog
Fever
Something
What Now My Love
Suspicious Minds
Band Introductions
I'll Remember You
I Can't Stop Loving You
An American Trilogy
A Big Hunk O' Love

February, 1970 ON STAGE - THE ALTERNATE RECORDINGS

Paradise Road Records presents by special request... The cd release from the ultra rare vinyl FEBRUARY, 1970 - ON STAGE - THE ALTERNATE RECORDINGS which was sold out within a few minutes...

The cd release contains the original vinyl tracks PLUS some bonus tracks, including more great and rare live recordings!

The first 6 selections taken from the original soundboard tape, all other tracks taken directly from fan audience recordings.

All performances have been remastered. Also the original vinyl artwork is used!

1. POLK SALAD ANNIE 02/16/70 ms
2. BUZZING BEES AND BACON (monologue)02/19/70 ds
3. I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU 02/19/1970 ds
4. DON’T CRY DADDY 02/19/1970 ds
5. WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES 02/19/1970 ds
6. LET IT BE ME 02/19/1970 ds
7. SEE SEE RIDER 02/05/1970 ds
8. KENTUCKY RAIN 02/03/1970 ds
9. IN THE GHETTO 02/05/1970 ds
10. TEDDY BEAR / DON’T BE CRUEL 02/05/1970 ds
11. LET IT BE ME 02/03/1970 ds
12. POLK SALAD ANNIE 02/22/1970 ms
13. WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES FALSE START ONLY) / SEE SEE RIDER 02/22/1970 ms
14. PROUD MARY 02/03/1970 ds
15. INTRODUCTION OF ROY ORBISON 02/22/1970 ms
16. WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK
TO CAPISTRANO (one line) 02/05/1970 ds
17. NO JAILHOUSE ROCK (monologue) 02/17/1970 ms
18. SUSPICIOUS MINDS 02/20/1970 ms
19. TEDDY BEAR / DON’T BE CRUEL 02/03/1970 ds

ds = dinner show / ms = midnight show

All tracks recorded live in the Main Showroom
at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This CD from the Paradise Road Records label has almost the same cover as their previoiusly release "Don't Cry Daddy and other great songs", but now with a black background. I guess the inspiration by the art designer was gone. 

Although there are pretty good songs on this release, I don't understand why this label chose to put some songs twice on the CD: Let It Be Me, Polk Salad Annie and Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel.