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Charlie, Bring Me The Request Box!

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Title: Charlie, Bring Me The Request Box! - Elvis' Summer Festival 1975
Label: Straight Arrow
Label Number: AS/SB 2016-01-02
Release Date: 2016
Recording Type: Live Audience Recordings
Location: Las Vergas, Hilton Hotel
Date: August 18 -20, 1975
Sound: various
 

 

CD 1 - August 18, 1975 - Opening Show

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01 Opening Vamp / C. C. Rider   04:16
02 I Got A Woman / Amen   05:40
03 Love Me (funny version)   03:54
04 If You Love Me (Let Me Know)   03:30
05 Blue Suede Shoes (by request)   01:52
06 Suspicious Minds (by request)   04:06
07 My Boy (by request)   03:51
08 Heartbreak Hotel   01:47
09 Polk Salad Annie   03:59
10 Band Introductions   02:03
11 Johnny B. Goode   01:05
12 Drums Solo (Ronnie Tutt)   01:17
13 Bass Solo (Blues - Jerry Scheff)   01:34
14 Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin)   01:26
15 School Day (Hail Hail Rock'n'Roll)   00:52
16 The Wonder Of You   03:29
17 T.R.O.U.B.L.E.      03:05
18 Why Me Lord (funny version)      02:37
19 How Great Thou Art      03:05
20 Can't Help Falling In Love   01:39
21 Closing Vamp   00:59
      
Sound Sample: My Boy
Concert: See comments for "Las Vegas in Gypsy Style"
 

 

CD 2 - August 19, 1975 - Dinner Show

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01 Also Sprach Zarathustra   01:16
02 C.C. Rider   05:07
03 I Got A Woman / Amen / Monologue   08:02
04 Blue Suede Shoes (by request)   01:07
05 If You Love Me (Let Me Know)   02:53
06 It's Now Or Never   02:29
07 My Boy (by request)      03:37
08 Love Me      03:52
09 Loving You (by request)      01:36
10 Suspicious Minds (by request, performed last time ever)      03:44
11 Introductions      04:33
12 Johnny B. Goode      01:06
13 Drums Solo (by Ronnie Tutt)      01:33
14 Bass Solo (by Jerry Scheff)      01:32
15 Piano Solo (by Glen D. Hardin)      02:01
16 School Day #1      00:51
17 School Day #2      00:56
18 Introduction of Neil Sedaka      00:30
19 T.R.O.U.B.L.E      03:26
20 Why Me Lord   02:34
21 How Great Thou Art   02:49
22 Let Me Be There   02:37
23 Crying In The Chapel (by request, performed 1st time)   01:28
24 Can't Help Falling In Love   01:34
25 Closing Vamp   00:56
       
      
Sound Sample: Suspicious Minds
Concert: See comments for "Loving You"
 

 

CD 3 - August 19, 1975 - Midnight Show

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01 Also Sprach Zarathustra   01:04
02 See See Rider   03:46
03 Elvis talks: Bathroom Story   01:24
04 Blue Suede Shoes   01:11
05 Young And Beautiful   02:14
06 Are You Lonesome Tonight? (by request)   03:45
07 If You Love Me Let Me Know   03:30
08 Softly as I Leave You (by request)       02:38
09 It´s Now Or Never (by request)       02:39
10 Polk Salad Annie       03:50
11 Band Introductions       02:08
12 Johnny B. Goode (James Burton)       01:14
13 Drum Solo by Ronnie Tutt       01:36
14 Bass Solo by Jerry Scheff       01:51
15 Piano Solo by Glen D. Hardin       01:31
16 School Days       00:56
17 Introduction of Vernon Presley       01:17
18 Introduction of the Righteous Brothers /
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (excerpt)
      01:55
19 T-R-O-U-B-L-E (with false start)   04:01
20 Why Me Lord?   02:50
21 Love Me Tender (by request)   02:44
22 All Shook Up   01:07
23 Love Me   02:09
24 Hound Dog  / Are You Sincere (excerpt) /
Hound Dog (by request)
  02:33
25 My Boy (by request)   04:57
26 Can´t Help Falling In Love (with false start)   02:03
27 Closing Vamp   01:00
          
      
Sound Sample: Are You Lonsome Tonight?
Concert: See comments for "Fast Movin'".

 


 

CD 4 - August 20, 1975 - Dinner Show

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01 Also Sprach Zarathustra   00:57
02 C.C. Rider   03:39
03 I Got A Woman / Amen   04:42
04 Hound Dog (by request)   02:39
05 It's Now Or Never (by request)   02:34
06 And I Love You So (with false start)   03:38
07 Blue Suede Shoes   01:12
08 Green Green Grass Of Home (by request)   03:33
09 Fairytale   02:59
10 Softly As I Leave You   03:17
11 Band Introduction   02:16
12 Johnny B. Goode   01:05
13 Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt)   01:19
14 Bass Solo (Blues - Jerry Scheff)   01:35
15 Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin)   01:20
16 School Days   01:17
17 T-R-O-U-B-L-E   03:31
18 Why Me, Lord?   02:39
19 Until It's Time For You To Go (by request)   03:18
20 Burning Love   03:24
21 Can't Help Falling In Love   01:42
22 Closing Vamp   00:42
       
      
Sound Sample: It's Now Or Never
Concert: See comments for "Green Green Grass Of Home".
 


 

CD 5 - August 20, 1975 - Midnight Show

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01 Opening Vamp / That's All Right / C. C. Rider / That's All Right   04:36
02 I Got A Woman / Amen   04:35
03 Fever (by request)   02:49
04 If You Love Me (Let Me Know)   03:01
05 Until It's Time For You To Go (by request)   02:33
06 Softly As I Leave You   02:23
07 Burning Love   03:11
08 Band Introductions   01:41
09 Happy Birthday to James Burton   00:26
10 Johnny B. Goode (James Burton, instrumental)   00:51
11 Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt)   01:39
12 Bass Solo (Jerry Scheff)   01:31
13 Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin)   01:50
14 School Days   00:54
15 Introduction of The Carpenters   00:36
16 T-R-O-U-B-L-E   03:34
17 It's Now Or Never (by request)   02:32
18 Why Me, Lord?   02:33
19 Let Me Be There   02:39
20 Can't Help Falling In Love   01:37
21 Closing Vamp   00:52
      
Sound Sample: Fever
Concert: See comments for "Top Acts In Vegas Vol. 2".
Notes: Press note:

Straight Arrow's 5-CD box release „CHARLIE, BRING ME THE REQUEST BOX!“ (SA/SB 2016-01-02), featuring the complete Elvis Presley August 1975 Summer Festival. It was shortest ever Elvis Las Vegas season – after just 5 concerts, the rest of the season was cancelled due to health issues.

Compared with the previous June/ July 1975 tours, Elvis was a bit heavier and regardless of the problems that were plaguing him at the time, he was in an amicable mood, and his playfulness and warmth resulted in many delightful moments during these shows. Not only that, but he also continued with the ‘request box’ idea which he’d started in Ashville, NC about a month earlier. Fans were able to write their requests on a piece of paper and put them in a request box (actually a champagne bucket). During the shows Elvis would sometimes grab a couple of pieces of paper and select a song from those. This resulted in various true live rarities being performed, such as “Crying In the Chapel”, “Loving You” and “Young And Beautiful”. Some songs were performed for the last time ever: “Green Green Grass Of Home”, “T.R.O.U.B.L.E.” and “Suspicious Minds”. After 2 days it was clear that Elvis was not well enough to fulfill the season. He appeared exhausted and prior to the August 20th, 1975 Midnight show, the decision was made to cancel the rest of the season.

Through the last 25 years, the August 18th-20th, 1975 shows were released on various bootleg CDs of variable quality and completeness. For the last couple of years, the Straight Arrow team has been looking for the best sounding audience recorded tapes available, to make this new release the ultimate August 1975 ‘Request Shows’ box. In nearly all cases we were able to work from the original cassettes, thus providing us with the best conditions to give you the best release possible. As you can expect from Straight Arrow, each single show was individually restored from scratch -- this was definitely no quick „copy & paste“ job, as by certain other labels! Every second was faithfully enhanced to achieve optimal listening pleasure. Ask your local dealer for samples to judge for yourself!

Presented with usual Straight Arrow's high standard, every disc is placed in an individual cardboard sleeve and there is a topnotch 16-page booklet too, with many on- and off-stage photos taken in Las Vegas between August 18th and 20th, 1975. To make this release even more definitive, various memorabilia items and historical concert reviews, as published by Rex Martin in „Worldwide Elvis Service News Weekly“ are reprinted as well as various newspaper articles, all related to this season, its cancellation and Elvis’ subsequent hospitalization.

Those five shows sound better than ever and for the first time as complete as possible! This new release is a labor of love, it is a gem of a release that you can’t afford to miss!