Elvis Meets Liberace - Straight Arrow
Monday, December 2nd 1975 Opening show, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV.
Straight Arrow Special Products SA/SP 2023-70-02
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.
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.
Tracklist:
01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
02. C. C. Rider
03. I Got A Woman / Amen
04. Elvis monologue about his August hospital stay
05. Love Me
06. Fairytale
07. Big Boss Man
08. It's Midnight
09. Early Morning Rain
10. And I Love You So
11. Tryin' To Get To You
12. All Shook Up
13. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
14. Hound Dog
15. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
16. Blue Christmas (with long false start)
17. Polk Salad Annie
18. My Boy
19. How Great Thou Art
20. Mystery Train / Tiger Man
21. Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen)
22. America (The Beautiful)
23. Can't Help Falling In Love
24. Closing Vamp
Source: ElvisCollectors
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