CD 1: September 2 - 1973 , 3 a.m. Show
CD 2: September 2 - 1973 , Dinner show
Sound:
good / very good
Track Listing:
CD 1:
01
Also Sprach Zarathustra
01:05
02
C. C. Rider
03:28
03
I Got A Woman / Amen
03:25
04
Love Me
01:28
05
Steamroller Blues
02:48
06
You Gave Me A Mountain
03:12
07
Trouble
02:04
08
Rock Medley*
02:08
09
Love Me Tender
01:44
10
Fever (including excerpt of Polk Salad Annie)
03:04
11
What Now My Love (funny version)
03:33
12
Suspicious Minds
03:55
13
Band Introduction
01:41
14
Release Me
01:57
15
An American Trilogy
04:06
16
Mystery Train / Tiger Man
02:44
17
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
03:18
18
How Great Thou Art (with reprise)
03:48
19
Can't Help Falling In Love
01:35
20
Closing Vamp
00:20
CD 2:
01
Also Sprach Zarathustra
00:56
02
See See Rider
03:44
03
I Got A Woman / Amen
03:53
04
Love Me
01:39
05
Steamroller Blues
03:24
06
You Gave Me A Mountain (funny version)
03:35
07
Trouble
02:05
08
Rock Medley*
02:26
09
Love Me Tender
01:39
10
Fever
02:56
11
Bridge Over Troubled Water (with reprise)
05:34
12
Suspicious Minds
03:51
13
Band Introduction
02:03
14
Introduction of Gloria Loring
00:33
15
My Boy
03:25
16
I Can't Stop Loving You (with false start)
02:26
17
Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
01:55
18
An American Trilogy
04:09
19
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
03:27
20
How Great Thou Art (with reprise)
03:59
21
Can't Help Falling In Love
01:36
22
Closing Vamp
00:27
Notes:
* Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin´ Goin´ On / Mama Don't Dance /
Flip Flop & Fly / Hound Dog
Press note:
The AudiRec label will release 'Elvis At The Hilton' a brand new audience
recorded double CD Set with the the 2 concerts performed on September 2, 1973,
the complete '3 A.M.' Show on disc 1 and the complete Dinner Show on disc 2.
It was the summer of 1973 - 'Labor Day Weekend' brought thousands of visitors to
Las Vegas, the 'Entertainment Capital City of the World' and Elvis - again - was
the most requested performer people wanted to see in Concert. No wonder the
Colonel agreed when being asked to schedule a special '3 A.M. Show' on Sunday
morning (Sept. 2) to fulfill the many requests for tickets. Elvis was so popular
in Vegas, it is hard to compare with any of today´s artists. So it is never a
fault to say that Elvis was indeed the 'King Of Vegas'. For our first release
and with all the technical help we could get from our friends from the 'Straight
Arrow' Label we were able to obtain two rare shows, both from September 2, 1973.
We were given the opportunity to work with the original tapes, recorded at the
showroom of the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel by a very well-known and a hundred
percent devoted Elvis-Fan.
Both shows have been recorded with a tape-recorder brought in secretly and have
to be called 'typical audience recordings', though clearly ones which are of
real good quality for that type of recordings.
Sound Sample:
What Now My Love (3 a.m. show)
My Boy (dinner show)
Concert:
The dinner show was incomplete released before on "Top
Acts in Vegas Vol.4". See comments there.
The 3 am show
debuts on silver disc here. I would rate this one as the better show out of the
two. Elvis is in a good mood and we get strong renditions of songs like Steamroller Blues, Release Me, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
or How Great Thou Art. He was also having much fun on stage. The audience surely
had one happy hour to enjoy ! (Ciscoking)
