Strike Like Lightning
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Opening Theme Blue Suede Shoes I Got A Woman All Shook Up Love Me Tender Jailhouse Rock / Don't Be Cruel Heartbreak Hotel Hound Dog Memories Mystery Train / Tiger Man Monologue (Life Story) Baby What You Want Me To Do Runaway Are You Lonesome Tonight Yesterday / Hey Jude Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra Introductions of Darlene Love & Bill Medley In The Ghetto Suspicious Minds What'd I Say Can't Help Falling In Love. It’s Now Or Never (partial, August 27, 1969 DS) Loving You (August 27, 1969 DS) One Night (August 27, 1969 DS) Love Me (August 27, 1969 DS) |
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From the press notes:
The "Straight Arrow" label is back with its first release of 2019, titled
"Strike Like Lightning!" (SA/SP 2019- 56-02). We are aware of the fact that we
have released 1974-1977 Elvis concerts of late. These releases were appreciated
by the hardcore fans, but we strongly felt that the time had come for a change.
On the 50th anniversary of Elvis' fantastic comeback in 1969, we are now able to
release a tape that captures the electricity of that event. Until now, we had
not released any 1969 live shows before, simply because most live tapes from
that year are poor quality. Imagine our excitement when we got hold of a good
sounding tape of a sensational gig from that magical year!
The August 8th, 1969 M/S is a previously unreleased recording, taken from a
newly found audience recorded mastertape. This concert was never available in
good sound quality thus far. There was a CDR with a so-called August 5th, 1969
M/S in circulation, which is the same concert, taken from an xxx-generation
copy, but wrongly dated and in far inferior audio quality. Original cassette
paperwork proves that this concert is definitely the August 8th, 1969 M/S!
As a small bonus, we have decided to add 4 tracks, recorded during the August
27th, 1969 D/S. Two of these tracks were released by the "Victrola" label on
their conceptual 3CD album "FLESH, BLOOD AND BONE" but these were never before
available in decent sound quality, before now.
As usual, this release is presented in a de-luxe 6-panel digipak, with a
collection of photos taken in Las Vegas, NV, August 1969. Most of the photos
were taken by Ann Moses, editor of Tiger Beat Magazine. Dig the psychedelic,
period perfect artwork! As for the concert itself... wow, just wow! Elvis is
groovy, sexy, earthy, charismatic, funny... And singing with real fire in his
belly, never really heard again after this. Pure greatness.
It’s a new "Straight Arrow" so you know what to expect! Every second was
digitally restored, every click manually removed, every drop-out fixed to
achieve optimal listening pleasure. Ask your local dealer for samples to judge
for yourself!
In 2019, the Straight Arrow team will focus especially on the concert years
1969-1972, so stay tuned. We're just warming up! … There's more comin'!
As a nice addition we get those rare live tracks from August 27 in fine quality. This release is a must-have for collectors of such stuff ! (Ciscoking)