The brand new
Rainbow Records label will release a double CD
set entitled "Vegas Variety". This release
contains a complete and nearly 90 minutes long
performance of Elvis Presley�s September 1st,
1974 Dinner Show recorded from the audience in
Las Vegas.
From the press release: The recording of this
show has been taken from the original first
generation (audience recorded) Cassette-Tape and
it has been carefully worked on in a
professional studio. So the Producers are able
to present exactly what their aim for this
project stands for: one of the best performances
of Elvis� August/September 74 concert series at
the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel in best possible
sound-quality, rounded off by a great 16 page
booklet containing all necessary information
regarding the show � and lots of pictures. We
truly believe that this is a great show with an
extremely talkative Elvis (including a nearly 10
minutes long monologue about the difference
between kung fu and karate) who delivers a bunch
of his later classics (the only 50�s
throwaway-style-sung title in this show is
"Hound Dog", no more �time killers�!). Hear
Elvis, who is clearly in a relaxed mood, doing
classy versions of songs like �It�s Midnight�,
�Big Boss Man�, �I�m Leavin��, �If You Talk In
Your Sleep� (introducing a series of karate
moves) and �Bridge Over Troubled Water�. As a
bonus you can hear recordings from the September
2, 1974 �Closing Night�, taken from the
soundboard � including some rare dialogue of
Elvis while �Voice� Pete Hallin is preparing
himself before singing �I Couldn�t Live Without
You�. The �Strung Out Mix� is a nice and funny
gem and finally, you can hear Ed Parker talking
about the King in an excerpt from a late 70�s
radio show called �The Elvis Hour�.
Disc 1 (Running
Time: 59:18)
[00:51] 01 - Also Sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)
[03:24] 02 - See See Rider ( Traditional )
[08:01] 03 - I Got A Woman / Amen (Charles /
Traditional)
[03:13] 04 - Talking About GI BLues (Elvis
talks)
[01:52] 05 - Love Me ( Leiber / Stoller)
[02:50] 06 - If You Love Me (Rostill)
[03:20] 07 - It's Midnight (Wheeler - Chesnut)
[02:37] 08 - Big Boss Man (Reed)
[03:37] 09 - Fever (Porter)
[03:17] 10 - I'm Leavin' (Jarrett - Charles)
[03:03] 11 - Softly As I Leave You (deVita -
Sharper)
[02:34] 12 - Hound Dog (Leiber - Stoller)
[04:05] 13 - Polk Salad Annie (White)
[09:06] 14 - Band Introductions (traditional)
[02:46] 15 - Monologue (Elvis talks)
[04:42] 16 - If You Talk In Your Sleep (West -
Christopher)
Disc 2 (Running Time: 52:29)
[09:42] 01 - Karate Monologe (Elvis talks)
[02:47] 02 - Help Me (Gatlin)
[02:40] 03 - Why Me Lord (Kristofferson)
[03:33] 04 - Let Me Be There (Rostill)
[04:35] 05 - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon)
[03:23] 06 - Hawaiian Wedding Song (King -
Hoffman - Manning)
[01:41] 07 - Can't help Falling In Love (Weiss -
Peretti - Creatore)
[00:45] 08 - Closing Vamp (Traditional)
[06:25] 09 - I Couldn't Live Without You (Hallin)
[02:57] 10 - Bringin' It Back (Gordon)
[03:43] 11 - Aubrey (Gates - Griffin)
[04:59] 12 - Strung Out Monologue (Elvis Talks)
[02:11] 13 - Strung Out Mix (Elvis Talks)
[00:34] 14 - Karate Monologue (Elvis Talks)
[02:34] 15 - Ed Parker (Ed Parker Talks)
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Posted: 12th. July 2007