Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman / Amen
Elvis monologue about his August hospital stay
Love Me
Fairytale
Big Boss Man
It's Midnight
Early Morning Rain
And I Love You So
Tryin' To Get To You
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
Hound Dog
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Blue Christmas (with long false start)
Polk Salad Annie
My Boy
How Great Thou Art
Mystery Train / Tiger Man
Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen)
America (The Beautiful)
Can't Help Falling In Love
Closing Vamp
Announcement: Following the remarkable success of our "IN THE GHETTO" CD, it is
time to move on to yet another exciting project. Straight Arrow decided to
re-release the Las Vegas, December 2nd, 1975 Opening show, which was previously
released in 1996 on "Season's Greetings From Vegas - Christmas Opening '75" (now
a very rare CD) and never re-released since then. 27 years later, Straight Arrow
was fortunate enough to obtain an old audience recorded tape used for the
original release and release this show again, using today’s sound restoration
technology.
Elvis December 1975 engagement was meant to make up for his abbreviated Summer
festival in August, cancelled just after 3 days and five shows. Starting on
November 30th, for the following 3 days Elvis had stage rehearsals in the Las
Vegas Hilton showroom. The only really new song added to the set list was
"America (The Beautiful)." Bobby Hatfield from The Righteous Brothers and Elvis'
old friend, the legendary Liberace attended this concert and they met with Elvis
after his show. Surprisingly, Elvis performed the song "You've Lost That Lovin'
Feelin'" for the very last time - definitely due to Bobby Hatfield's presence!
Every second of the tape was enhanced in the renowned Sound & Vision studio to
achieve the optimal listening experience. The sound was remastered to the
correct speed. If you have enjoyed our previous improved releases i.e. "HERE
COMES THE STARS" CD in 2009, we sincerely believe that you will love this one as
well. Ask your local CD vendor for teasers! This special Christmas release is
presented in de-luxe digipack inspired by December '75 Las Vegas Hilton Hotel
menu, accompanied with Variety press review and liner notes. All images used for
this project were taken on stage during Elvis' 1975 Las Vegas December Opening
Night.