I'm Leavin' - Volume 1 & 2 - Paradise Road Records

 I'm Leavin' - Volume 1 & 2 - Paradise Road Records

Two new releases from Paradise Road Records: I'm Leavin' contains live audience recordings from August 9 - 16, 1971 - Elvis live at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

These 2 albums contains many rarities and show highlights including 'That's All Right' with break, 'I Need Your Lovin'' (excerpt), a full version of 'Memphis Tennessee', 'Jailhouse Rock', Rip It Up (excerpt), 'Trying To Get To You', 'Help Me Make It Through The Night', 'I Can't Stop Loving You', great live versions from 'I'm Leavin' and 'The Impossible Dream', and 

many many others... Till now we have no soundboards from this season so these audience recordings are the only recordings we have... I'm Leavin' Volume 1 and 2 represents the first week of this season, including recordings from opening night (for the first time on cd) but also from August 10 (dinner and midnight show), August 11 (dinner show), August 12 (midnight show), August 14 (midnight show) and August 16 (midnight show). All recordings remastered.

The artwork is in the style of the 1971 single 'I'm Leavin', including an 8 pages booklet!!! And an ultra limited edition. Two rarities from Paradise Road Records... Go back to August 1971 and enjoy!

VOLUME 1

01. I Walk The Line (excerpt) / You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

02. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

03. Polk Salad Annie

04. Intro / That’s All Right (with break)

05. Proud Mary (with rare start)

06. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

07. Sweet Caroline

08. Polk Salad Annie

09. It’s Impossible (with funny start)

10. Hound Dog (with blues intro)

11. Memphis Tennessee

12. Tryin’ To Get To You

13. I’m Leavin’

14. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

15. The Impossible Dream

16. It’s Over (two false starts only)

17. Love Me

18. Heartbreak Hotel

19. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel

20. Rip It Up (excerpt)

21. Hound Dog

22. Suspicious Minds

23. I’m Leavin’

24. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

25. I Can’t Stop Loving You

26. Can’t Help Falling In Love

27. Closing Vamp

28. Jailhouse Rock

29. Johnny B. Goode

30. Heartbreak Hotel

31. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel (incomplete)

32. Hound Dog

Tracks 1-3 & 16-21:  August 14, 1971, ms.

Tracks 4-15: August 11, 1971, ds.

Tracks 22-27 & 30-31: August 9, 1971, os.

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Tracks 28 & 29: August 10, 1971, ms.

VOLUME 2

01. I Need Your Lovin’ (excerpt)

02. Suspicious Minds

03. I’m Leavin’

04. It’s Over

05. Bridge Over Troubled Water

06. Bridge Over Troubled Water (reprise)

07. Can’t Help Falling In Love

08. Also Sprach Zarathustra

09. That’s All Right

10. Proud Mary

11. Jailhouse Rock

12. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

13. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

14. Polk Salad Annie

15. It’s Over

16. Love Me

17. Blue Suede Shoes / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On

18. Heartbreak Hotel

19. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel

20. Love Me Tender

21. Musical Intermezzo / Having fun with the intro of ‘Hound Dog’

22. Hound Dog

23. Suspicious Minds

24. Introductions by Elvis

25. Introduction of Mike Stone

26. I’m Leavin’

27. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

28. Hound Dog

29. Help Me Make It Through The Night

30. Mystery Train / Tiger Man

Tracks 1-3 & 5-7:  August 14, 1971, ms.

Tracks 4, 18 & 28: August 12, 1971, ms.

Tracks 8-17 & 19-27: August 10, 1971, ds.

Tracks 29 & 30:  August 16, 1971, ms.

Source: ElvisCollectors