The King In The Salt City “From The Chris Brown Master Tapes Vol. 2 - Straight Arrow

 The King In The Salt City “From The Chris Brown Master Tapes Vol. 2 - 
Straight Arrow

My brother, David, and I left Toronto for Syracuse, New York expecting to see three shows (two in Syracuse, one in Rochester), but hoping for four as the first show of our short tour was on a Sunday, and Elvis might do a matinee. When we arrived, we learned he would not.

Although he would return in two days, it’s surprising that the Colonel had not consented to a matinee and free up Tuesday for another city - but it came to be known later that Elvis was really not up to performing two shows in one day. A matinee would often suffer and would usually be shorter.

This auditorium featured a fixed stage at one end of the building, with no seats behind Elvis or on the very sides of the stage – very unusual. Curtains draped the edges of the stage, and we couldn’t see Elvis until he was on the stage.

The show was good, though Elvis seemed to be really more interested in interacting

with his back-up singers and musicians. The show suffered with what some have

described as the ‘quick close syndrome - only three or four songs after a lengthy break for introductions, resulting in Elvis only singing for 5 to 7 minutes, though it often included the highlight of the show - 'Hurt'.

I was disappointed with this show after having seen the opening show of the previous tour in Buffalo, but perhaps the following two days would be better." (excerpts from liner notes by Christopher Brown).

CD:

01. Introduction Also Sprach Zarathustra

02. C.C. Rider

03. I Got A Woman / Amen

04. Love Me

05. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)

06. You Gave Me A Mountain

07. All Shook Up

08. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel

09. And I Love You So

10. Jailhouse Rock

11. Fever

12. America The Beautiful

13. Polk Salad Annie

14. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra

15. Early Mornin' Rain

16. What'd I Say 

17. Johnny B. Goode 

18. Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt)

19. Bass Solo (Battle Of New Orleans, Jerry Scheff)

20. Piano Solo (Tony Brown)

21. Electric Piano & Clavinet Solo (David Briggs)

22. Love Letters

23. School Day

24. Hurt (with reprise)

25. Hound Dog

26. Funny How Time Slips Away

27. Can't Help Falling In Love

28. Closing Vamp &Announcements.

All tracks recorded live from audience on July 25th, 1976.

Note: this audience recordings of this show were previously released as 'Stormin' Syracuse‘ (1999) and on 'Onondaga Nights‘ (2015).

Source: ElvisCollectors | ElvisDayByDay