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Labor Day Madness

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Digipak

  
Title: Labor Day - Madness
Label: Straight Arrow
Label Number: SA/SP 2012-06-02
Release Date: 2012
Recording Type: Live  Audience Recording
Location: Las Vegas, Hilton Hotel
Date: CD1: September 3, 1972 - Special 3am Show
CD2: September 3, 1972 - Midnight Show
Sound: Excellent / Very Good
  Track Listing:  
  CD 1:        
01 Also Sprach Zarathustra   01:10
02 C. C. Rider   02:56
03 Johnny B. Goode   01:41
04 Until It's Time For You To Go   02:27
05 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me   02:03
06 Polk Salad Annie   03:37
07 Instrumental intermezzo / Elvis talks   01:26
08 What Now My Love   03:04
09 Fever   03:38
10 Love Me   01:31
11 Blue Suede Shoes   01:03
12 Heartbreak Hotel   01:33
13 All Shook Up   01:13
14 Love Me Tender   02:32
15 Walk That Lonesome Road (J.D. Sumner and the Stamps)   03:11
16 Suspicious Minds   04:51
17 Introduction of vocalists, musicians   02:16
18 Introduction of celebrities *   03:03
19 My Way   04:10
20 Big Hunk O' Love   02:03
21 You Gave Me A Mountain   03:13
22 Mystery Train / Tiger Man   02:28
23 Can't Help Falling In Love   01:40
24 Closing Vamp / Announcements   01:16
           
           
  CD 2:        
01 Also Sprach Zarathustra   01:10
02 C. C. Rider   03:08
03 Johnny B. Goode   01:44
04 Until It's Time For You To Go   02:30
05 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me   02:02
06 Polk Salad Annie   03:36
07 Instrumental intermezzo / Elvis talks   01:58
08 What Now My Love   03:09
09 Fever   03:14
10 Love Me   01:31
11 Blue Suede Shoes   01:06
12 Heartbreak Hotel   01:38
13 All Shook Up   01:02
14 Love Me Tender   02:20
15 Hound Dog   02:12
16 I'll Remember You   02:42
17 Walk That Lonesome Road (J.D. Sumner and the Stamps)   03:15
18 Suspicious Minds   04:23
19 Introduction of vocalists, musicians   01:24
20 Introduction of Shirley Bassey   00:40
21 My Way   03:49
22 A Big Hunk O' Love   02:04
23 You Gave Me A Mountain   03:23
24 Mystery Train / Tiger Man       02:26
25 Can't Help Falling In Love       01:43
26 Closing Vamp / Announcements       00:53
         
 
Notes:

* 1/18 Introduction of celebrities: Bob Dover, Gunther Gebel-Williams, Shirley MacLaine, Marty Allen, Pat Henry, Tom Jones, Leslie Uggams and the 5th Dimension

Press note:
This time around fans may thrill to two fantastic Nevada summer performances by the King: the Saturday, September 2, 1972 Special 3AM Show and the Sunday, September 3, 1972 Midnight Show. Both were recorded by the same super-fan, and the Sunday tape is previously-unreleased. The set will be housed in a deluxe digipack, with photos taken from the 1972 "Summer Festival."

As usual, the recordings are excellent quality, sourced from first-generation, 1981 cassette copies of the original mono tapes. Sit down, relax, put on a pair of comfortable headphones, and be transported back to a crazy Labor Day weekend at the Hilton, where Elvis was rocking fans and celebrities alike. Elvis looked great and he sang even better!

 

Sound Samples: Fever (September 3, 1972 - 3am Show)

I'll Remember You (September 3, 1972 - Midnight Show)
Concert:

The concert on CD 1 has been released before on "King Of The Neon Jungle" (wrongly dated "MS"). There, the beginning of Suspicious Minds was missing. Now the show is complete from start to finish.
The "business day" in Vegas ends at 6 am the next day. So the show on CD 1 is dated September 2, 1972 - 3 am. The correct date, of course is September 3, 1972 3 am. The concert took place on the night from Sat to Sun.

Both shows are decent entertainment with excellent and varied set lists. The sound is very good throughout considering the source. Recommendable ! (Ciscoking).