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1969-08-21
Midnight Show
International Hotel
Las Vegas NV
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Blue Suede Shoes
02. I Got A Woman
03. All Shook Up
04. Love Me Tender
05. Jailhouse Rock > Don't be Cruel
06. Heartbreak Hotel
07. Hound Dog
08. Memories
09. Mystery Train > Tiger Man
10. Monologue (Life Story)
11. Baby What You Want Me To Do
12. Runaway
13. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
14. Yesterday > Hey Jude
15. Band Introductions
16. In The Ghetto
17. Suspicious Minds
18. Whatd I Say
19. Cant Help Falling In Love
Elvis Presley - 1969-08-21 - Las Vegas. NV (SBD)
The King 1969 #1: We promised you 2 Double Shots of the King this month, so today we begin one from 1969! In early 1969, buoyed by the success of his December 1968 televised comeback special, Elvis Presley was ready to make a return to live performing. His manager, Colonel Tom Parker booked Elvis at the then new International Hotel in Las Vegas, which boasted the largest showroom in the city, for 57 shows spread over four weeks beginning July 31, 1969. Since his normal backing band, the Jordanaires, declined to participate, afraid of losing the lucrative session work they had in Nashville. Presley assembled an entire new group of backing musicians, led by guitarist James Burton and including two gospel groups, The Imperials and Sweet Inspirations. The King was nervous, however, as these would be his first series of live shows since 1961, and his first in Las Vegas since a disastrous 1956 engagement. All nerves vanished when Presley took the stage on July 31, 1969 for his 1st Vegas show as the audience of 2,200, including many celebrities, gave him a standing ovation before he even sang a note. Presley was spellbinding, so much so that the next day, Parker was able to negotiate a 5 year deal with The International for Elvis to play each February and August, at a then unheard of annual salary of $1 million. This soundboard recording captures the King during that historic run on August 21, 1969, 46 years ago today. Download this one, then stop back on August 23 for the 2nd part of this Double Shot.
4 comments:
Thank you Speedy! We don't have this one.
Dave & Rosebud
missing disc one?
CD-1
Viva Las Vegas (July 10, 1963 studio) / See See Rider / The Wonder Of You / Polk Salad Annie / Release Me / Let It Be Me (February 17, 1970 MS) / I Just Can't Help Believin' (August 13, 1970 MS) / Walk A Mile In My Shoes (February 19, 1970 MS) / Bridge Over Troubled Water (August 11, 1970 DS) / Patch It Up (August 12, 1970 DS) / You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (August 10, 1970 OS) / You've That Loving Feeling (August 12, 1970 MS) / An American Trilogy / Never Been To Spain / You Gave Me A Mountain / The Impossible Dream
Recorded Live at the International, February 18, 1970 Midnight Show
Recorded Live at The Hilton, February 16, 1972 Midnight Show
http://www.elvisconcerts.com/cds/vivalasvegas.htm
Thanks for pointing folks to disc 1. It is intentionally not included here as this post is from August 21, thus, in keeping with the "concert from today in history" approach of this blog, only the tracks from the 8/21/1969 show were posted.
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